I Am Legend (2007)
Action, Adventure, Drama |.
I Am Legend is a American post-apocalyptic action thriller film loosely based on the 1954 novel of the same name by Richard Matheson. Directed by Francis Lawrence, the film stars Will Smith as US Army virologist Robert Neville.
Set in New York City after a virus, which was originally created to cure cancer, has wiped out most of mankind, leaving Neville as the last human in New York, other than nocturnal mutants. Neville is immune to the virus and he works to develop a cure while defending himself against the hostile mutants.
It is the third feature-film adaptation of Richard Matheson’s 1954 novel I Am Legend, following 1964’s The Last Man on Earth and 1971’s The Omega Man.
In 2009, a genetically re-engineered measles virus, originally created as a cure for cancer, turns lethal. The virus kills 90% (5.4 billion out of 6 billion) of the world’s population and turns 9.8% (588 million) into vampiric albino zombie like cannibalistic mutants called Darkseekers, who are extremely vulnerable to the ultraviolet rays in sunlight. The remaining 0.2% (12 million) of the population are immune to the virus and are the prey of the mutant Darkseekers.
Three years after the outbreak, U.S. Army virologist Lt. Col. Robert Neville lives an isolated life in the deserted ruins of Manhattan, unsure if any other uninfected humans are left. Neville’s daily routine includes experimenting on infected rats to find a cure for the virus, searching for food and supplies, and waiting each day for any immune humans who might respond to his continuous recorded radio broadcasts, which instruct them to meet him at midday at the South Street Seaport. Flashbacks in his life reveal that his wife and daughter died in a helicopter accident during the chaotic evacuation of Manhattan, as the military enforced a quarantine of the island. Neville himself stayed behind with other military personnel.
Director: Francis Lawrence
Writers: Mark Protosevich (screenplay), Akiva Goldsman (screenplay), Richard Matheson (novel), John William Corrington (1971 screenplay), Joyce Hooper Corrington (1971 screenplay)
Stars: Will Smith, Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Willow Smith, Darrell Foster
Cast:
| Will Smith | … | Robert Neville |
| Alice Braga | … | Anna |
| Charlie Tahan | … | Ethan |
| Salli Richardson-Whitfield | … | Zoe Neville (as Salli Richardson) |
| Willow Smith | … | Marley Neville |
| Darrell Foster | … | Mike – Military Escort |
| April Grace | … | TV Personality |
| Dash Mihok | … | Alpha Male |
| Joanna Numata | … | Alpha Female |
| Abbey | … | Sam |
| Kona | … | Sam |
| Samuel Glen | … | Military Driver – Jay |
| James McCauley | … | Male Evacuee |
| Marin Ireland | … | Woman Evacuee |
| Pedro Mojica | … | Sergeant |
| Anthony C. Mazza | … | Evacuation Cop (as Anthony Mazza) |
| Steve Cirbus | … | Military Police |
| Calista Hill | … | Little Girl Evacuee |
| Gabriella Hill | … | Little Girl Evacuee |
| Madeline Hill | … | Little Girl Evacuee |
| Adhi Sharma | … | Military Scanning Tech |
| Tyree Michael Simpson | … | Evacuation Cop #2 (as Tyree Simpson) |
| Blake Lange | … | Coast Guard Ground Crew |
| Alexander DiPersia | … | Male Evacuee #2 |
| Abraham Sparrow | … | Male Evacuee #3 |
| Pat Fraley | … | President (voice) (as Patrick Fraley) |
| Caitlin McHugh | … | Special Blond Model |
| Deborah Collins | … | Civilian |
| Mike Patton | … | Creatures (voice) |
| Exo | … | Infected |
| Katherine Brook | … | Infected |
| Vince Cupone | … | Infected |
| Lynna’ Davis | … | Infected (as Lynná Davis) |
| Anika Ellis | … | Infected |
| John Grady | … | Infected |
| Moses Harris Jr. | … | Infected |
| Kennis Hawkins | … | Infected |
| Marc Inniss | … | Infected |
| Eric Jenkins | … | Infected |
| Reed Kelly | … | Infected |
| Grasan Kingsberry | … | Infected |
| Heather Lang | … | Infected |
| Drew Leary | … | Infected |
| Asa Liebmann | … | Infected |
| Deborah Lohse | … | Infected |
| Jon-Paul Mateo | … | Infected |
| Ian Mclaughlin | … | Infected (as Ian McLaughlin) |
| Luke Miller | … | Infected |
| Courtney Munch | … | Infected |
| Kimberly Shannon Murphy | … | Infected |
| Okwui Okpokwasili | … | Infected |
| Erin Owen | … | Infected |
| Victor Paguia | … | Infected |
| Paradox Pollack | … | Infected |
| Will Rawls | … | Infected |
| William Schultz | … | Infected |
| Hollie K. Seidel | … | Infected |
| Hannah Sim | … | Infected |
| Eric Spear | … | Infected |
| Mark Steger | … | Infected |
| Charlie Sutton | … | Infected |
| David Hamilton Thomson | … | Infected |
| Anthony Vincent | … | Infected |
| Greg Wattkis | … | Infected |
| Danielle E. Campbell | … | Female Evacuee (uncredited) |
| Jack Caruso | … | Evacuation Cop (uncredited) |
| Jonathan Gabriel Charles | … | Male Evacuee #2 (uncredited) |
| Ann Chow | … | J. J. Lassman (uncredited) |
| Tom Coughlin | … | Pedestrian evacuating (uncredited) |
| Katie Couric | … | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Gustavo Cunha | … | Self (uncredited) |
| Ann Curry | … | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Kathryne Isabelle Easton | … | Fleeing Young Woman (uncredited) |
| Troy Faruk | … | Evacuee (uncredited) |
| Chandler Foster | … | Evacuee (uncredited) |
| Cooper Foster | … | Infected Woman (uncredited) |
| Arthur Fridman | … | Evacuee (uncredited) |
| Logan Fry | … | Male Evacuee (uncredited) |
| Theresa Galeani | … | Evacuee (uncredited) |
| Dan Griffin | … | Evacuee (uncredited) |
| Anthony R. Gutierrez | … | Crowd Member (uncredited) |
| Jim Haggerty | … | News Anchor (uncredited) |
| Johnathan Hallgrey | … | Infected Evacuee (uncredited) |
| Jeanine Hill | … | Evacuee (uncredited) |
| Laura Jean | … | Female Evacuee (uncredited) |
| Angelo King | … | Infected Evacuee (uncredited) |
| Khafre King | … | ESU (uncredited) |
| Matt Lauer | … | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Sal Lizard | … | NYC Evacuee (uncredited) |
| Todd Benjamin Marshall | … | Infected (uncredited) |
| Sean McGillen | … | Male Evacuee (uncredited) |
| Don Money | … | Hank (uncredited) |
| Paul Nicholasi | … | Man Fleeing NY (uncredited) |
| Enrique Novello | … | Evacuee (uncredited) |
| Michael Phelan | … | Evacuation Cop (uncredited) |
| Steven Quale | … | Cowboy (uncredited) |
| Speir Rahn | … | Evacuee (uncredited) |
| Frankie Ramos | … | Evacuation Cop (uncredited) |
| Luis Rosa | … | Pedestrian (uncredited) |
| Martin Soole | … | Video Store Mannequin (uncredited) |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia