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  此页面介绍的是2007年上映的末世科幻电影。关于其原著小说，请见“我是传奇 (小说)”。关于Lollipop棒棒堂第2张专辑，请见“我是传奇 (专辑)”。
我是传奇
I Am Legend
基本资料
导演弗朗西斯·劳伦斯
监制
编剧
原著我是传奇
李察·麦森作品
主演
配乐詹姆斯·纽顿·霍华德
摄影安德鲁·莱斯尼
剪辑Wayne Wahrman（英语：Wayne Wahrman）
制片商
片长101分钟
产地 美国[1][2]
语言English
上映及发行
上映日期
  • 2007年12月14日 (2007-12-14)（美国）
发行商华纳兄弟影业
预算1.5亿美元[3]
票房5.853亿美元[3]
各地片名
中国大陆我是传奇
香港魔间传奇
台湾我是传奇

《我是传奇》（英语：I Am Legend，香港译《魔间传奇》，中国大陆、台湾译《我是传奇》）是一部于2007年上映的美国末日题材惊悚片，由弗朗西斯·劳伦斯执导，马克·普鲁托塞维奇（英语：Mark Protosevich）与阿奇瓦·高斯曼编剧，剧情根据李察·麦森撰写的同名1954年小说改编。

It is 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 Matheson's 1954 novel I Am Legend, following 1964's The Last Man on Earth and 1971's The Omega Man.

Warner Bros. began developing I Am Legend in 1994, and various actors and directors were attached to the project, though production was delayed due to budgetary concerns related to the script. Production began in 2006 in New York City, filming mainly on location in the city, including a $5 million scene[4] at the Brooklyn Bridge.

I Am Legend was released on December 14, 2007, in the United States and Canada, and opened to the largest ever box office (not adjusted for inflation) for a non-Christmas film released in the U.S. in December, and was the seventh highest grossing film of 2007, earning $256 million domestically and $329 million internationally, for a total of $585 million. The film received mostly favorable reviews, with Smith's performance being singled out for praise; criticism focused on its divergences from the novel, particularly the ending.

剧情

编辑

2009年，“K病毒”（K Virus，简称KV）原本是研发出来用以治疗癌症的基因改良病毒，在进行人体临床试验一段时间之后，开始产生类似狂犬病的意外副作用，并失控造成大规模传染。除了造成世界上90%人口的死亡外，也使得约9%的人口变成狂暴、嗜血但体能惊人的变种夜行怪物“黑暗猎人”（Darkseekers），与仅有1%的幸存者，会因体内产生自然抗体而不发病。前军方病毒学家罗伯·奈佛（Robert Neville，威尔·史密斯饰）因为体内有自然抗体而未受到感染，而成为纽约市唯一的幸存者，甚至曾一度认为自己就是全世界唯一幸存的人类。他独自一个人据守在荒烟蔓草中的纽约曼哈顿，身旁只有德国牧羊犬萨曼莎（昵称山姆）和M4卡宾枪为伴，除了一面自立求生存之外，并努力研发这种传染病毒的解药。

因为一次偶然的遭遇，奈佛发现了变种人在日间的藏匿据点。他为了获得研发疫苗的过程中所需的人体实验素材，设下陷阱捕捉到一名女性变种人，却也因此注意到原本一度被认为是彻底失去人类智能与社会能力、只依照生物本能行动的变种人，似乎也有意识与思考能力。之后奈佛因为大意不慎误陷变种人以一样的手法所设置的陷阱而受伤昏迷，而错失了在日落之前赶回藏匿处的时机。在与变种人和受感染的恶犬正面冲突的过程中，山姆因为舍身救主而被感染了KV，奈佛在不得已的情形下，狠下心在它完全丧失心智之前亲手杀了爱犬。

失去了心灵上的唯一依靠让奈佛陷入绝望，并不顾危险在夜间出门与变种人激烈冲突作为发泄，就在他失手即将命丧变种人首领手中之际，突然被闻讯赶来的安娜（Anna，艾莉丝·宝嘉饰）与伊森（Ethan，查理·他罕饰）所拯救。来自巴西圣保罗、原本曾是红十字会工作人员的安娜是无意间收到奈佛平日发出的调幅广播，而特地自马里兰州北上纽约寻找奈佛，并希望继续北上寻找隐藏在北方佛蒙特州森林中、由幸存的人类所建立的难民营。虽然在安娜等人的拯救下奈佛暂时逃过一劫，却也因此泄漏了藏匿地的位置，引来大批变种人在入夜之后包围袭击。纵使预先埋放了包括汽车炸弹在内的各项防御措施，但是奈佛等人仍然无法抵挡变种人的袭击而被逼退到最后防线的地下实验室内，就在绝望之际，奈佛发现先前施打在女性变种人身上的疫苗似乎在低温下发挥了治疗的作用，于是他将实验对象的血液样本托付给安娜，将两人藏匿在安全之处，并牺牲自己的性命与突破最后防线的变种人首领同归于尽。事后，生还下来的安娜与伊森母子两人成功地找到了幸存者的营地，他们除了成功地确保奈佛的研究成果得以继续之外，也将奈佛的故事流传了下来，而使他成为日后人类所传颂的传奇。

另一个结局则是奈佛将女性变种人还给变种人首领，并且成功的存活下来并带着疫苗前往佛蒙特州，此版本收录在DVD版中[5][6][7][8][9]。

角色

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  • Will Smith as Dr. Robert Neville: A former U.S. Army virologist before the worldwide plague, he loses his wife and daughter in a helicopter crash shortly after Manhattan is quarantined and spends the next three years trying to find a cure while defending himself against the Darkseekers. He is immune to the virus and uses vials of his blood to try to create a cure.
  • Alice Braga as Anna Montez:[10] A survivor from Brazil, she spent days harbored on a Red Cross ship in Philadelphia. After the city was overrun, she stayed with Ethan and several other survivors on the ship, but eventually, only Ethan and she survived since they were immune and the others were either infected or killed. She followed Neville's broadcasts to track him.
  • Charlie Tahan as Ethan: A boy from Philadelphia, who spent time on the Red Cross ship with Anna and accompanied her when the ship was overrun.
  • 达什·米霍克饰演男性变种人首领[11], the dominant male of the vampire-like mutants, Darkseekers, who is determined to get his mate back from Neville, defying Neville's perception of them as mindless and emotionless creatures.
  • Emma Thompson as 艾莉丝·柯普恩博士Dr. Alice Krippin: The doctor who creates the cancer cure, she inadvertently brings mankind to the brink of extinction. Neville dubs the virus "柯式病毒the Krippin virus". Her performance is uncredited.
  • Salli Richardson as Zoe Neville, Robert's wife
  • Willow Smith as Marley Neville, Robert's daughter
  • Joanna Numata as Alpha Female, the Alpha Male's mate who gets taken by Neville and is used as the subject for his cure.
  • Darrell Foster as Mike
  • Pat Fraley as voice of the President of the United States
  • Mike Patton as voices of the Darkseekers

制作

编辑

开端

编辑

美国作家李察·麦森于1954年发表了恐怖小说《我是传奇》，并分别在1964年和1971年被改编成电影《地球上最后一人（英语：The Last Man on Earth (1964 film)）》和《最后一个人》。美国制片商华纳兄弟从1970年以来就一直持有《我是传奇》的电影版权[12]，也是《最后一个人》的发行商。1990年代晚期，科幻惊悚一类的电影逐渐复苏[13]，华纳兄弟于1995年开始着手筹备新版《我是传奇》电影的制作[12]。华纳兄弟相当欣赏马克·普鲁托塞维奇（英语：Mark Protosevich）撰写的待售剧本《入侵脑细胞》，于是聘请他来担任新电影版的编剧。普鲁托塞维奇当时写的初稿内容设定在2000年的美国旧金山，与完成版剧情有许多相似之处，不过初稿里感染者“黑暗猎人”的文明程度比较接近《最后一个人》里的描写，且安娜的角色设定是个孤身一人的吗啡成瘾者，甚至还出现一个叫克里斯多福（Christopher）的黑暗猎人和奈佛联手的情节。华纳兄弟迫不及待想要投入制作，尼尔·H·莫瑞兹也加盟担任制片人[13]。

男演员汤姆·克鲁斯、麦克·道格拉斯[14]和梅尔·吉逊[13]都曾是男主角的考虑人选[14]，导演则敲定由里德利·斯科特担任。到了1997年6月，片商青睐的人选变成阿诺·施瓦辛格。7月，斯科特和史瓦辛格谈定了片约[15]，电影制作即将于同年9月开始[14]，并计划在美国休斯敦拍摄剧本中发生在洛杉矶的剧情[16]。斯科特将普鲁托塞维奇给撤下，由他指定的编剧约翰·罗根（英语：John Logan (writer)）接手。两人花了数月的时间紧锣密鼓地完成了好几份不同的新剧本草案。斯科特和罗根写的剧本是科幻片和心理惊悚片的混种，电影的头一个小时没有任何一句对白，结局相当阴郁。[13]这个版本中的黑暗猎人和完成版剧情比较像，具有相当的兽性，本性野蛮。华纳兄弟担心这样子会导致电影的票房吸引力和行销潜力下降，进而开始犹疑他们给斯科特的自由空间会不会太多了点。当时华纳兄弟正处于票房接连出师不利的艰困时期，致使他们向剧组施压，要求重新审视剧本中缺乏动作戏的问题。华纳兄弟见识过另一位编剧尼尔·希门尼斯（英语：Neal Jimenez）“深涩难懂”的剧本后，决定把普鲁托塞维奇找回来，普鲁托塞维奇只好不情愿地和当初赶走他的斯科特共事。[13]

1997年12月，媒体和华纳兄弟的股东对高预算企划进行了审核，本片因为预算上升到1.08亿美元的巨额而遭到质疑[17]。斯科特重写了剧本，试图将预算缩减至2000万美元[18]，但在1998年3月，华纳兄弟还是因为预算上的问题迟迟无法解决而取消了本片的制作计划[19]。也有分析认为原因是斯科特当时执导的三部电影《1492：征服天堂》（1992年）、《巨浪（英语：White Squall (film)）》（1996年）和《魔鬼女大兵》（1997年）票房都很失败，且史瓦辛格的《毁灭者》（1996年）、《蝙蝠侠与罗宾》（1997年），甚至是华纳兄弟当时自己推出的高预算科幻片《2013终极神差》（1997年）和《地动天惊》（1998年）也没有好表现。[13]1998年8月，导演罗伯·鲍曼（英语：Rob Bowman (director)）投身制作企划[20]，普鲁托塞维奇又被找来写了第三版的剧本草案，这次的内容更加着重于动作戏[13]。鲍曼希望尼古拉斯·基治可以来演男主角[21]。然而，鲍曼后来改去执导另一部电影《火龙帝国》[21]，企划再度告吹。

2002年3月，史瓦辛格当上《我是传奇》的制片人，并开始与导演人选麦可·贝和主演人选威尔·史密斯交涉[22]。贝和史密斯都受到预算删减版的剧本草案吸引[23]，但因为华纳兄弟时任总裁艾伦·F·霍恩（英语：Alan F. Horn）不喜欢这份剧本，企划制作遭到延宕[24]。2004年，阿奇瓦·高斯曼接受制作组长杰夫·罗宾诺夫（Jeff Robinov）的邀请，出任本片的制片人[25]。2005年9月，导演弗朗西斯·劳伦斯签约执导本片，拍片作业预计于2006年开始。史密斯原本想要找的导演是乔勒蒙·戴托路，但戴托罗为了执导《地狱男爵2：黄金军团》而拒绝[26]。罗伦斯和高斯曼合作过电影《魔间行者》（2005年），他对于空无一人的城市非常着迷，并表示：“有样东西总是让我感到兴奋，在心理角度上怎么说呢，就是经历多不胜数的失去，以及长时间没有和任何人或者以任何形式进行社交互动来着”。[25]

高斯曼出于对《最后一个人》的喜爱而加入了本片的制作[27]。为了与其他将受到原著小说影响的僵尸电影以及近期上映的《惊变28天》划清界线，剧本又被重写了一次。[22][27]。高斯曼受到英国恐怖片中描写的荒废伦敦所启发，发想出《我是传奇》中荒废的纽约市市景[27]。2006年5月，剧组拟定出一份40页的大纲。史密斯接演的另一部电影《全民超人汉考克》原定于2007年开拍，后来因故延后，有人于是提议先让史密斯换一部电影拍。如果要先拍《我是传奇》，剧组在16周内就得进入拍摄阶段。高斯曼的剧本和大纲获得绿灯批准，企划终于得以通过[25]。高斯曼的剧本沿用了普鲁托塞维奇版的一些元素，剧组也找上传染病和单独监禁方面的专家进行咨询[27]。由于史密斯善于即兴演出，且罗伦斯偏好让场景没有声音，造成即便已经进入拍片阶段剧本仍不断在改写[25]。罗伦斯曾经因为不想打扰刚出生的儿子，在极小的音量下观赏珍·康萍的电影《琴挑怨妇心》（1993年），因而发现寂静可以是一种很有效的电影手法[28]。

演员敲定

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威尔·史密斯于2006年4月签约饰演男主角罗伯·奈佛[29]。史密斯表示，他接演的原因在于他感觉《我是传奇》能比美“《战斗勇将》（2000年）或《阿甘正传》（1994年）那些有着能吸引观众的绝佳成分、却又有着不容妥协的艺术价值的电影。这部片总是让我觉得有可能。”[27]。史密斯也称，饰演奈佛是继在《威尔史密斯之阿里传》（2001年）中饰演穆罕默德·阿里以来最艰难的演出经验，表示：“没别人的时候真的很难去找到冲突点。”考量到电影的风格相当黑暗，且奈佛是否已经因为孤单而发疯也是电影探讨的一部分，史密斯在拍片时必须压抑自己，以免走回以往习惯的幽默戏路[30]。为了准备演出，史密斯参访了美国乔治亚州的疾病控制与预防中心（CDC），并会见了一名曾被单独监禁的囚犯以及一名前战俘[31]。史密斯将奈佛这个角色比做圣经故事里的人物约伯，后者失去了他的孩子、生计以及健康。史密斯解释两者的共通点：“你把一个男人的一切都剥夺，他还能找到继续下去的理由吗？他还能燃起让生活进步的希望或欲望吗？抑或者说，他周遭所有事物的死亡会让他死到临头？”[22]他也提到汤姆·汉克斯在《浩劫重生》（2000年）中的演出带给了他影响[27]。

2006年9月，据报导，演员莎莉·里查森将在片中饰演奈佛的妻子柔伊（Zoe），而艾莉丝·宝嘉则将饰演幸存者安娜（Anna）[32]。2006年10月，宣布史密斯的6岁女儿葳萝·史密斯将在本片献出她的大银幕首秀，饰演奈佛的女儿玛莉（Marley）[33]。艾玛·汤普森也进行了未挂名演出，饰演艾莉丝·柯普恩博士，在电视上解说她发明的癌症疫苗（后来变异成僵尸病毒）[34]。派特·法利（英语：Pat Fraley）帮片中没有露脸的总统配音[35]。片中奈佛养的狗山姆由两只三岁的德国牧羊犬Abbey和Kona扮演[36]。

拍摄

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Washington Square on October 31, 2006: The area is being cleaned up before an evening shoot of the movie. In the background is the house where Will Smith's character lives.
 
The Brooklyn Bridge, where a $5-million scene was filmed
 
Marcy Avenue Armory

高斯曼将电影的取景地从洛杉矶改至纽约市，因为后者更能表现出空虚的感觉[12]。高斯曼解释道：“洛杉矶在下午三点的时候看起来空荡荡的，（但是）纽约市从来不会……如果要呈现世界的萧瑟、空寂，这么做更有意思。”[30]华纳兄弟起初因为在纽约市制作会出现后勤问题而否决了该提议[25]，但罗伦斯已经打定主意要在纽约市拍摄，相对于在摄影棚进行，实地取景更有种自然的感觉。罗伦斯带着手持摄影机去了现场，在人潮汹涌的地点录影，然后进行一次特效测试，成功将人群消除。这次的成果也打动了制片商的高层们。[28]Michael Tadross说服当局封闭大中央总站的高架桥、第五大道和华盛顿广场公园等繁忙地点以利拍摄[25]。本片主要采用变形镜头（英语：Anamorphic format）进行摄制，而闪回（英语：Flashback (narrative)）片段则以超35（英语：Super 35）毫米胶片摄影机拍摄[37]。

拍摄作业于2006年9月23日开始进行[38]。奈佛住家的内景在纽约威廉斯堡的马尔西大街兵工厂拍摄[30]，而外景则取景于格林尼治村[22]。其他拍摄地点包含曼哈顿下城的翠贝卡街区、无畏号航空母舰、布朗克斯的金斯布里奇兵工厂（英语：Kingsbridge Armory），以及圣派崔克大教堂（St. Patrick's Cathedral）[12]。剧组从佛罗里达州引入杂草，遍植在各个取景地点，使城市看起来杂草丛生[25]。封闭重要街道惹来纽约市民的不满，史密斯表示：“我想之后不会有人在纽约这样子做了。民众不怎么开心。我出道以来还没被人比这么多中指过。”[22]

2007年1月，剧组在布鲁克林大桥拍摄纽约市民疏散的闪回片段，共连续拍摄了六个晚上。在全部1.5亿美元的制作预算中，剧组投入了500万美元的预算在大桥的桥段上，在当时可能是该市耗资最钜的电影拍摄工程。该次拍摄必须遵守14个政府单位的要求，动员了250名剧组人员，以及1000名临时人员（包含160名国民卫队成员）。[39][40]剧组也调用了几台悍马、三台史崔克装甲车、一艘110英尺（34米）长的快艇（英语：United States Coast Guard Cutter）、一艘41英尺（12米）长的工作艇、25英尺（7.6米）长的小船，还有德士、警车、消防车和救护车[41]。电影的结尾在新泽西州拍摄[42]。拍摄作业于2007年3月31日结束[38]。

重拍作业于2007年11月左右进行。罗伦斯指出：“我们直到1个月前才看到经过处理的完整镜头。整部电影仿佛有了新的生命。你总要等到晚些时候，才能从整体去评断一部电影，然后说：‘嘿，也许我们应该在这中间安插一小段东西，或者稍微调整一下这个。’碰巧，我们的重拍作业都是围绕着结局的部分进行。”[43]。

设计与特效

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感染者

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在原著小说中，感染者们成了吸血鬼，但电影没有直接沿用此设定[27]。虽然安娜称他们为“黑暗猎人”，且他们也确实会吃活人，但在设定上他们的状况其实是肾上腺不停作用，并不是传统认知中的吸血鬼。[30]。进入拍摄一周后，罗伦斯认为让演员透过假肢化妆来扮演病毒感染者的效果不佳，决定改用电脑生成图像（CGI）来呈现，但这样势必会花更多钱，后期制作的时程也会被延长。罗伦斯表示：“他们（指感染者）的演出中必须有种放弃的感觉，这种感觉不是半夜打着赤脚的人能表现出来的。而且他们的代谢相当旺盛，造成他们不断地过度换气，你总不可能让演员长时间这样子做，会昏倒的。”[25]虽然如此，演员们还是需要留在片场帮感染者进行动作捕捉[30]。剧组邀请歌手麦克·派顿（英语：Mike Patton）帮片中的变种人配上奇怪的声音，花了4个小时完成录音[44][45]。

片中出现的老虎和鹿是以CGI技术呈现。为了消除在纽约市拍摄的镜头中的路人，剧组也使用了CGI技术，而镜头里面透过窗户看得见的上班族、旁观者和一段距离外的行驶车辆也通通都被移除。劳伦斯在描述他对空无一人的纽约市的构想时，表示自己受到知名导演约翰·福特影响，并称：“我们不想拍一部一副末日光景的末日电影。很多电影都挑在一个风和余晖时光的日子。相较于”

In addition, CGI was used for the lions and deer in the film, and to erase pedestrians in shots of New York. Workers visible in windows, spectators, and moving cars in the distance were all removed. In his vision of an empty New York, Lawrence cited John Ford as his influence: "We didn't want to make an apocalyptic movie where the landscape felt apocalyptic. A lot of the movie takes place on a beautiful day. There's something magical about the empty city as opposed to dark and scary that was the ideal that the cast and crew wanted."[27]

Release

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I Am Legend was originally slated for a November 21, 2007, release in the United States and Canada,[46] but was delayed to December 14.[47] The film opened on December 26, 2007, in the United Kingdom,[48] and Ireland, having been originally scheduled for January 4, 2008.[30]

In December 2007, China temporarily suspended the release of all American films in the country,[49] which is believed to have delayed the release of I Am Legend. Will Smith spoke to the chairman of China Film Group about securing a release date, later explaining, "We struggled very, very hard to try to get it to work out, but there are only a certain amount of foreign films that are allowed in."[31]

Premieres were held in Tokyo, New York, and London. At the London premiere in Leicester Square, British comedian and actor Neg Dupree was arrested after pushing his way onto the red carpet and running around shouting "I am Negend!".[50] The stunt was part of his "Neg's Urban Sports" section of comedy game show Balls of Steel.

Marketing

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The film's teaser was attached to the screenings of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. And a tie-in comic from DC Comics and Vertigo Comics was created, I Am Legend: Awakening.[51] The project drew upon collaboration from Bill Sienkiewicz, screenwriter Mark Protosevich, and author Orson Scott Card. The son of the original book's author, Richard Christian Matheson, also collaborated on the project. The project advanced from the comic to an online format in which animated featurettes (created by the team from Broken Saints) were shown on the official website.[52]

In October 2007, Warner Bros. Pictures, in conjunction with the Electric Sheep Company, launched the online multiplayer game I Am Legend: Survival in the virtual world Second Life. The game was the largest launched in the virtual world in support of a film release, permitting people to play against each other as the infected or the uninfected across a replicated 60英亩（240,000平方米） of New York City.[53] The studio also hired the ad agency Crew Creative to develop a website that was specifically viewable on the iPhone.[54]

Box office

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I Am Legend grossed $77,211,321 on its opening weekend in 3,606 theaters, averaging $21,412 per venue, and placing it at the top of the box office. This set a record for highest-grossing opening for a film for December.[55] The film grossed $256,393,010 in North America and a total of $585,349,010 worldwide.[56] The film was the sixth-highest grossing film of 2007 in North America, and as of April 2014, it remained among the top 100 all-time highest-grossing films both domestically and worldwide (unadjusted for ticket price inflation).[56]

Home media

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The film was released on DVD on March 18, 2008, in two editions: a one-disc release, including the movie with four animated comics ("Death As a Gift", "Isolation", "Sacrificing the Few for the Many", and "Shelter"), and other DVD-ROM features, and a two-disc special edition that includes all these extras, an alternative theatrical version of the movie with an ending that follows closer to that from the novel,[57] and a digital copy of the film.[58] On the high-definition end, the movie has been released on the Blu-ray Disc format and HD DVD format along with the DVD release, with the HD-DVD version being released later on April 8, 2008.[59] Both HD releases include all the features available in the two-disc DVD edition.[59] A three-disk Ultimate Collector's Edition was also released on December 9, 2008.[60]

The film has sold 7.04 million DVDs and earned $126.2 million in revenue, making it the sixth-best-selling DVD of 2008.[61] However, Warner Bros. was reportedly "a little disappointed" with the film's performance on the DVD market.[62]

Soundtrack

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I Am Legend
James Newton Howard的电影配乐
发行日期January 15, 2008
时长44:00
唱片公司Varèse Sarabande
制作人James Newton Howard
James Newton Howard专辑年表
The Water Horse I Am Legend

The soundtrack for I Am Legend was released on January 15, 2008, under the record label Varèse Sarabande. The music was composed by James Newton Howard. The film also features Bob Marley songs "Redemption Song" "Three Little Birds" and "I Shot the Sheriff".

Reception

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Critical response

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On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes the film had an approval rating of 68% based on 213 reviews, with an average rating of 6.33/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "I Am Legend overcomes questionable special effects and succeeds largely on the strength of Will Smith's mesmerizing performance."[63] On Metacritic, which assigns a rating to reviews, the film has an average score of 65 out of 100, based on 37 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[64]

A. O. Scott wrote that Will Smith gave a "graceful and effortless performance" and also noted the "third-act collapse". He felt that the movie "does ponder some pretty deep questions about the collapse and persistence of human civilization".[65] Dana Stevens of Slate wrote that the movie lost its way around the hour mark, noting that "the Infected just aren't that scary."[34] NPR critic Bob Mondello noted the film's subtext concerning global terrorism and that this aspect made the film fit in perfectly with other, more direct cinematic explorations of the subject.[66] Richard Roeper gave the film a positive review on the television program At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper, commending Will Smith as being in "prime form", also saying there are "some amazing sequences" and that there was "a pretty heavy screenplay for an action film."[67] The film has been criticized for diverging from Matheson's novel, especially in its portrayal of a specifically Christian theme.[68] Much of the negative criticism concerned the film's third act,[69][70][71] with some critics favoring the alternative ending in the DVD release.[57] Popular Mechanics published an article on December 14, 2007,[72] addressing some of the scientific issues raised by the film:

  1. the rate of deterioration of urban structures, infrastructure, and survival of fauna and flora
  2. the plausibility of a retrovirus spreading out of control as depicted in the film (The measles virus depicted in the film, however, is not a retrovirus, but is in fact a part of the Paramyxovirus family.)
  3. the mechanics of the Brooklyn Bridge's destruction

The magazine solicited reactions from Alan Weisman, author of The World Without Us, virologist W. Ian Lipkin, MD, and Michel Bruneau, PhD, comparing their predictions with the film's depictions. The article raised the most questions regarding the virus' mutation and the medical results, and pointed out that a suspension bridge like the Brooklyn Bridge would likely completely collapse rather than losing only its middle span. Neville's method of producing power using gasoline-powered generators seemed the most credible: "This part of the tale is possible, if not entirely likely," Popular Mechanics editor Roy Berendsohn says.

Marxist philosopher Slavoj Žižek criticized the film politically for, in his view, "being the most regressive adaptation from the novel." He said that while the original novel had a "progressive multicultural message" where Neville became a "legend" to the new creatures and is subsequently killed by them (much like vampires were legends to humans), the 2007 film finds a cure for the Darkseekers and it is delivered by a survivor through "divine intervention." For Žižek, this misses the original message and "openly opt[s] for religious fundamentalism."[73]

Accolades

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I Am Legend earned four nominations for the Visual Effects Society awards,[74] and was also nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble at the Screen Actors Guild Awards,[75] Outstanding Film and Actor at the Image Awards,[76] and Best Sound at the Satellite Awards. In June 2008, Will Smith won a Saturn Award for Best Actor.[77] Will Smith also won the MTV Movie Awards for Best Male Performance.[78]

Possible prequel

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Director Francis Lawrence said in 2008 that there would be a prequel and that Will Smith would be reprising his role. The plot of the film would reveal what happened to Neville before the infected took over New York. D. B. Weiss was hired to write the script, while Lawrence was in negotiations to return as director, contingent on a sufficiently interesting story. Smith later discussed the premise, which would have his character and a team going from New York City to Washington, D.C., as they made their last stand against those infected with the virus.[79] The film would again explore the premise of being alone. Lawrence stated, "... the tough thing is, how do we do that again and in a different way?"[80] In May 2011, Francis Lawrence stated that the prequel was no longer in development saying, "I don't think that's ever going to happen."[81]

In 2012, Warner Bros. announced that negotiations had begun to produce another installment, with the intention of having Will Smith reprise his role.[82] In April 2014, the studio attained a script entitled A Garden at the End of the World, described as a post-apocalyptic variation of The Searchers. Studio executives found so many similarities to I Am Legend in the screenplay, they had the author Gary Graham rewrite it so it could serve as a reboot of the story, hoping to create a franchise with the new film. Will Smith, who is known for his reluctance to appear in sequels, has not commented on whether he would appear.[83]

Bibliography

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  • I Am Legend, Richard Matheson, Tor Books; Reissue edition (October 30, 2007), ISBN 0-7653-1874-1

See also

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