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I Am Legend

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UK Release Date: 26 December 2007 Certification: 15 Director: Francis Lawrence Cast: Alice Braga, Will Smith, Willow Smith, Charlie Tahan, Salli Richardson-Whitfield Rating: 76%   I Am Legend is based on the 1954 book written by Richard Matheson.  Review:  This blog post is written in week 5 of the lockdown in the UK due to the coronavirus pandemic. I wanted to watch, and review, Francis Lawrence's 2007 I Am Legend, starring Will Smith.  In I Am Legend Will Smith stars as military scientist, Robert Neville one of the few survivors left in an apocalyptic world created by a deadly virus. Although immune to the virus, Neville isn't alone in a seemingly desolate New York City. Mutant victims of the virus - 'Dark-seekers' - lurk in the shadows, transformed into carnivorous monsters.  The parallels with the coronavirus pandemic have lead Will Smith to say that he "felt responsible for a lot of the misinformation about the novel coronavirus." Wil...