I Am Legend

I Am The Last Omega Man On Earth

Another remake. This time, a remake of a remake an adaptation of a novel. Anyway...
"I Am Legend" with will smith is more like the original "The Last Man On Earth" with Vincent Price but with some of the religious undertones of "The Omega Man" with Charlton Heston.

When I was a kid, I used fantasize about how cool it'd be to be the only person left alive on the planet. The theme's been used a number of times on TV shows in the 80s though I can't recall which ones. It was always something to do with the hydrogen bomb. You get to drive whatever you want and do whatever you want and eat whatever you want. It's pretty awesome really.

Poor old Will Smith's problem as with all version of Legend is all the damn zombies. Zombies are pretty cool too though. These zombies were more like the ones from 28 Days/Weeks later. Really fast and noisy and crazy. The great part of Legend is that our survivor in question didn't seem to be having that much of a hard time with being all by himself either. I couldn't handle this movie if all he did was cry about being so lonely and so all alone for two hours. Besides, he had a K9 companion to talk to, and mannequins! I find mannequins to be more creepy than zombies but that's just me.

Verdict: A Rent

Update: My wife insists that the crazies in the film are not zombies. I disagree. What do you think?

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