I Am Legend (2007)
Man in Apocalyptic zombie-ridden NY tries to find cure to disease.
Very good take on the zombie film-- in this case it's a cancer cure gone wrong, so the blame goes to us. Ok. Great empty Manhattan CGI. Excellent monsters-- faster, stronger, smarter, and meaner. Something about a zombie running at top speed reallly gets me. The hyperventilating lady monster was deliciously creepy.
Will Smith is very good for the most part. Don't know why he always fixates on his little tastes in his movies to help galvanize his character w the audience (I like Shrek, Bob Marley, That's my blender, etc). I guess it works, whatever.
The female lead and her son bore me-- yes they did their job, but can you have negative presence on film?
Personally I would've like to have seen more looting footage--imagine going into various residences/stores in Manhattan, looking around and grabbing whatever you need-- an indy film of just that would be fun. However I do respect the story, so that's just my personal bent.
Overall, very watchable, and rewatchable, so I give it
4.6 hyperventilating female zombies out of 5