In this latest adaptation of Richard Matheson's apocalyptic science-fiction novel of 1954 (which has been previously adapted at least a couple of times as The Last Man on Earth with Vincent Price and The Omega Man starring Charlton Heston), Smith plays Robert Neville, a military immunologist who is the only real human left in New York. The Krippen Virus has killed 5.5 billion people, leaving the few unlucky souls who have an immunity alone with 500 million mutated, gray-skinned, rabid cannibals who come out at night to feast on the blood of the living and screech at great volumes. Krippen (a brilliant, uncredited Emma Thompson), is informing the public that they can now feel free to smoke filterless cigarettes and lie out in the sun the next, Manhattan is an overgrown wasteland where thousands of rusting, driverless cars fill the streets, and herds of lions roam through Central Park like it’s the African savanna. Here are 30 trivia facts and Easter eggs you might have missed the first time around.In a bit of black irony any cynic would have to appreciate, the virus that decimates the world’s population in I Am Legend is the result of an unforeseen reaction to a miraculous new cancer vaccine. I Am Legend is currently available on HBO Max and Netflix. Thanks to DVD / Blu-Ray extras, we can watch the filmed alternate ending and decide for ourselves: Is this a more sophisticated, impactful ending to the movie? Or had I Am Legend simply not earned this ending, by not laying the necessary groundwork for it? The emptiness of the City That Never Sleeps was enough, on its own, to create an uncanny, creepy atmosphere.īut bring up the movie today, and most of the dialogue concerns the ending, which was different from the novel's and different from the filmmakers' original intentions.
Glass facades of buildings had collapsed, exposing their steel underpinnings. The majority of it focused on its depiction of a desolate Manhattan, now being reclaimed by nature. At the time of its release, I Am Legend received widespread critical acclaim.
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