“I Am Legend” is a remake of “The Omega Man”, which itself is a remake of “The Last Man On Earth”. I saw “The Omega Man” and was disappointed, “I Am Legend” is a little better but it still ultimately disappoints for pretty much the same reasons as “The Omega Man”.

In “I Am Legend”, a virus has allegedly infected all of Earth’s inhabitants with the exception of Robert Neville (Will Smith “Men In Black”). He desperately seeks a cure for a disease in order to defeat the horrible creatures that lurk around in the darkness. The film starts off really strongly but takes a dive in quality in the second half.

Will Smith is alright as Robert Neville, he’s not a great actor and here is no exception. I liked his dog in a little more. The creatures in the film are really poor; they’re sort-of zombie-like but all look the same. The biggest problem I have with the film is that there are other characters just like how the film advertises and just like how “The Omega Man” has other people. It ruins the whole one man feel of the film, which is what both films were doing successfully up until the introduction of other characters.

“I Am Legend” has one intense and incredible sequence in which Neville’s dog runs into the darkness and he goes in to get it; the camerawork is exceptional. The second half of the film ruins it all because we lose the great feel of isolation. “I Am Legend” begins and for some time offers a sinister look at being isolated from mankind as we watch Neville go through the empty streets of New York but then it descends into zombie movie territory and that’s when I lost interest in it. The film had me and then it threw it all away.