I Am Legend(2007)

1h 41m

Release Date: Dec 14, 2007 | Wide

Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure.

Releases

Original Release | Dec 14, 2007

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Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$77,211,321
Total US & Canada:
$256,393,010
Total International
$329,017,042
Total Worldwide:
$585,410,052

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Director & Top Cast

Francis Lawrence
Director

Will Smith
Robert Neville

Alice Braga
Anna

Charlie Tahan
Ethan

Salli Richardson-Whitfield
Zoe Neville

Willow Smith
Marley Neville

Darrell Foster

Mike - Military Escort

April Grace

TV Personality

Dash Mihok

Alpha Male

Joanna Numata

Alpha Female

Abbey

Sam

Kona

Sam

Samuel Glen

Military Driver - Jay

James McCauley

Male Evacuee

Marin Ireland

Woman Evacuee

Pedro Hector Mojica

Sergeant

Anthony C. Mazza

Evacuation Cop

Steve Cirbus

Military Police

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: SDDS,Dolby Digital,DTS

Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States,United Kingdom

Language: English

Summaries

Plot Summary

A 2009 attempt to genetically modify the measles virus in order to treat cancer turns deadly, infecting and killing a large number of people. The people that survived were transformed into vampire, albino, cannibalistic mutants known as Darkseekers. These individuals wander at night and feed on the naturally immune survivors. They are particularly susceptible to sunlight.In 2012, three years after the outbreak, LTC Robert Neville, a U.S. Army virologist, lives alone in a strongly protected house in Washington Square Park in Manhattan. Every day, Neville searches for food and supplies, experiments on sick rats to try to cure the virus, and waits for any survivors who might react to his constant recorded radio broadcasts telling them to meet him at the South Street Seaport at noon. Neville's only friend is his German Shepherd Samantha (Sam), and he frequently "talks" to mannequins and the characters on video shop recordings in order to deal with his loneliness. He hides from the Darkseekers at night by barricading himself inside with Sam. Since the military was imposing a quarantine on the island and Neville remained behind with other military personnel, he is plagued by thoughts of his wife, Zoe, and daughter, Marley, who perished in a helicopter accident during the chaotic evacuation of Manhattan.One day, Sam follows a deer into a shadowy structure as Neville hunts it. Sam and Neville carefully follow her inside and find the deer's body, only to find the place crowded with Darkseekers. The sunlight kills the assaulting Darkseekers, and both make it out unscathed. Neville creates a snare trap and catches a female Darkseeker after discovering a potential therapy made from his own blood. When a male Alpha Darkseeker tries to follow them, the sunshine stops him and he retreats back into the darkness. Neville cures the woman in his laboratory in the basement of his home, but it seems to be unsuccessful.The following day, Neville shoots the confused mannequin "Fred," which is typically found outside Grand Central Terminal at the neighborhood video store. Neville is aware, though, that the Darkseekers are observing him from adjacent structures. He is caught in a trap like the one he used to catch the female as he gets close to Fred, and he hits his head and is knocked out. The sun has already fallen as he awakens, and infected dogs attack him. Sam is bitten during the struggle, but Neville and Sam kill them. Dogs are resistant to the airborne version of the virus, but they can contract a separate type through bites. She receives an injection of Neville's serum, but as soon as she starts to change and exhibit symptoms of infection, Neville is compelled to strangle her to death. Enraged and heartbroken, Neville goes out the next night and intentionally assaults a group of Darkseekers before being saved by two immune humans, Anna and a small kid named Ethan, who had come from Maryland after hearing his broadcast.They take the injured Neville back to his house, where Anna tells him that they are traveling to a survivors' camp in Bethel, Vermont, after surviving the outbreak on a Red Cross evacuation ship from São Paulo. According to Neville, there is not a survivors' camp like that. Neville theorizes that he can boost the effectiveness of the therapy by using ice to reduce the female Darkseeker's body temperature as he continues to strive to heal her. A gang of Darkseekers who had been pursuing Anna and Neville the previous evening break into the residence the next evening. Together with the female test subject, Neville, Anna, and Ethan withdraw into the basement laboratory and barricade themselves in.Theatrical conclusionNeville evaluates the situation as the Darkseeker alpha male smashes himself against a glass door to break in as the Darkseekers storm the lab and learn that the previous treatment worked. Before locking Ethan and Anna in a coal tunnel at the rear of the laboratory, Neville takes a vial of blood from the woman he treated and hands it to Anna. The cure is then spared when Neville uses a grenade to destroy himself and the attacking Darkseekers.After arriving at the survivors' camp in Bethel the next day, Anna and Ethan are welcomed by military officials and other survivors before Anna gives them the cure. Anna tells the story of how Neville's sacrifices and efforts to preserve mankind became legendary.A different conclusionThe alpha male Darkseeker attempts to burst through the glass of the lab while forming a butterfly shape as the Darkseekers assault. Neville understands that the alpha male and his followers have just been attempting to reclaim his mate, and that it alludes to the butterfly-shaped tattoo on the female Darkseeker's neck. After dropping his revolver, Neville hands the woman back. After seeing the alpha male's emotional reaction to his mate's homecoming, Neville apologizes to him after they look each other down. Together with the other members of the pack, the alpha male leaves. After they are gone, a startled Neville regrets the experiments he has conducted over the years as he glances at the numerous photos of his test victims and understands he has turned into a monster in the eyes of the infected.The next morning, a transformed Neville gives up his studies and sets out for Vermont with Anna and Ethan in the hopes of discovering the survivors' colony. As they cross the George Washington Bridge, Anna gives a resolute monologue that concludes, "You are not alone."Although it was first offered as a book-accurate alternate ending on the 2008 two-disc special edition DVD of I Am Legend, the "other" ending was taken out of the theatrical cut after receiving unfavorable feedback from audiences who saw the original test screening.The "alternative" ending of I Am Legend would be regarded as the canonical one in the sequel, which was revealed in February 2023. Will Smith would play Dr. Robert Neville again, continuing his experiments on the Darkseekers.

Storyline

Robert Neville (Will Smith) is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made in this post-apocalyptic action thriller. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But he is not alone. Mutant victims of the plague - the Infected - lurk in the shadows - watching Neville's every move - waiting for him to make a fatal mistake. Perhaps mankind's last, best hope, Neville is driven by only one remaining mission: to find a way to reverse the effects of the virus using his own immune blood. But he knows he is outnumbered - and quickly running out of time. — Warner Bros. Pictures A virus that was created for the purpose of battling cancer and it's administered to those with cancer, and it looked promising. But a few years later, it mutated into plague that kills most of the people on Earth or turns them into creatures, There are a few who are immune. Amongst them is military scientist Robert Neville (Will Smith), who has spent the last three years after the plague decimated humanity trying to find a cure. But he is losing hope until two others who are also immune show up. — rcs0411@yahoo.com Adapted from acclaimed author Richard Matheson's influential novelette of the same name, this movie follows the last man on Earth as he struggles to survive while fending off the infected survivors of a devastating vampire plague. A brilliant scientist who raced to discover a cure for the man-made virus as humanity came crumbling down all around him, Robert Neville (Will Smith) was inexplicably immune to the highly contagious super-bug. Now the entire population of New York City - and perhaps the world - has been transformed into carnivorous bloodsuckers that fear the light and live solely to spread their contagion to any remaining living creature that crosses their path. It's been three years since civilization came to an end, and the loneliness has taken a devastating toll on Neville. By day, he scours the city for food and supplies while sending out desperate radio messages in hopes that someone might respond, and by night, he attempts to find a way to reverse the effects of the virus by experimenting with his own blood. But time is running out for Neville as the legions of infected watch his every move from the safety of the shadows, waiting for the perfect moment to strike. They, too, long to learn the secret that lurks in Neville's blood, though they will have to take caution while attempting to procure it because Neville will sooner die attempting to slay every last one of them than willingly giving up a single drop. — ahmetkozan Meandering through a barren and ravaged post-apocalyptic Manhattan rendered uninhabitable by a virulent genetically mutated plague, the brilliant virologist and sole survivor, Robert Neville, still hopes to find signs of life, three long years after the devastating outbreak. When the sun is high, the resilient doctor along with his trusted German Shepherd, Samantha, comb the deserted streets scavenging for food, as the cure for the ravenous mutants, that were once humans, is still out of reach. However--vastly outnumbered, scared to death, yet determined to prevail--Robert knows that, sooner or later, there will be no place to hide; then, the only living man in New York will have to make his tragic and heroic last stand against the dangerously resourceful adversary. Is Dr Neville humanity's last hope? — Nick Riganas 1 more All