Battening down his Washington Square home with metal shutters, the lonely man prepares for night after night of the living dead. (It’s a visually stunning sightseeing trip, with NYC looking perfectly shabby from a riot followed by neglect.) However, this idyllic life ends when the sun goes down. Robert fills his days hunting deer, using the aircraft carrier Intrepid as a driving range to knock golf balls over the Hudson River, and fishing in the opulent pond fronting the Temple of Dendur in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Three years later, he and his dog wander the ghost town that was once New York City. By the time the fast-spreading bug was discovered, the Big Apple was in shambles, and hopes for evacuation were fading fast. Will Smith (who seems to attract alien and mutated life forms on the silver screen) plays Robert Neville, a military research scientist who is immune to a deadly virus that was an unplanned side-effect of a miraculous cure for cancer. I Am Legend may be the most religious movie to hit screens during the 2007 holiday season, with a character uttering lines like, “If we listen, you can hear God’s plan.” But before you get too excited about the idea of a film that demonstrates practical application for faith in everyday life, you must understand the reason for turning to a supreme being is desperation-because flesh-eating zombies are knocking at the door… and the windows… and eating their way through the roof.
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