I Am Legend (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition with Digital Copy)
by Francis Lawrence (II)
List Price:
Our Price: $8.23
You Save: $26.76 (76%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $5.97 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD details
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD details
Actor: Charlie Tahan, Paradox Pollack, Salli Richardson, Thomas J. Pilutik, Will SmithDirector: Francis Lawrence (II)
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: Anamorphic, Color, NTSC, Special Edition, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-03-18
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Reviews of I Am Legend (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition with Digital Copy)
DVD Review: Too much disbelief to suspend
Summary: 4 Stars
When it came out there was a great advertising and promotion campaign. Yet it did not fulfill its promises. One more survival film, you will say. Maybe but I am afraid it is more serious than that. One more epidemic film. Yes for sure, but yet it is deeper than that. One more zombie and living dead film then. Absolutely, but the disappointment comes from farther than that. The film uses three very common forms and it could have intertwined them and twisted them in a new creative way. But with one character and a dog, you do not go that far. In fact it is the whole argument of Stephen King's The Stand. The super flu, the dying of everyone, the survival of a few. But Stephen King remains human and the two antagonistic camps are human survivors and then they represent the two opposite impulses of the human species: to fight and kill to survive against others, and to organize collectively to survive with others. In this film the survivors are good humans and all the others are bad mutants. Badness in man is thus not human but antihuman. That is very na?ve indeed, especially when we understand the epidemic was caused by the irresponsible experiments of one doctor on thousands of people with genetically manipulated viruses. It is this vision of good humans attacked from outside by some who are no longer human at all that makes the film poor and even weak. Evil is not outside. Evil is inside. Anyone who says the reverse is just a blind man. Then the plot is no plot because we know what it is going to be. There is no surprise and no psychological death. And the dramatic events here and there are defused by too much disbelief to suspend. How did the woman arrive in Manhattan, how did she escape the house, how did she drive out of Manhattan, how did she know where to go? And many other questions like those. Then the legend becomes a fable and a weak one at that. Too bad because the theme could have been better and the author behind, Matheson, is supposed to be better than that.
Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris Dauphine, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne & University Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines
DVD Review: A decent zombie film
Summary: 3 Stars
The interest in zombie films is huge, and the current fear seems to be that the entire world will become consumed with zombies. It's all over the place: from video game adaptations like Resident Evil - Extinction (Widescreen Special Edition) to alien invasion films like The Invasion to standard zombie pics like 28 Days Later (Widescreen Edition) and George Romero's newest George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (Unrated Director's Cut) and George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead.
Fortunately, I am Legend stands above all of those, except, perhaps above 28 Days Later, one of the best zombie films of all time. The premise is similar, but I won't repeat the plot here, for it has been summarized well by others. What I don't really understand is why this film was made now. After 28 Days Later, I am Legend appears to be a remake that uses CGI zombies instead of real people with camera effects.
But there are two things that make this movie worth it: Will Smith and his character's development. He's good. In fact, he's exceptional. Forget The Pursuit of Happyness (Full Screen Edition). Smith shines in this film, and it's partly because of the writing. As the last person on earth that doesn't desire to eat people, he's created a character that moves and relates in a way that we can understand.
So I recommend I am Legend, but only because of Will Smith. He makes the film.
DVD Review: Not worth 4 *s
Summary: 3 Stars
but a good 3, so let's say 3&1/2.
Agreed with most reviews which state that the 1st hour was good but then it gradually deteriorates.
So here's my list of problems with the plot:
How a cure for cancer became an airborne virus is not explained.
Why is Neville immune? He must know because he is making the anti-virus.
The zombie/vampire creatures are made out to be exceptionally stupid, but for stupid creatures they show some great signs of intelligence towards the end. Like:
laying a trap for Neville, which he falls for and ends up hanging from a rope.
climbing a lamppost in order to flatten his car.
Samatha's death - why did he not inject Sam with the cure that he knew worked on a rat, and ultimately worked on humans?
The woman and her son - they just appear out of nowhere with little explanation of how they survived the chaos. They bring a message to the movie that I have not seen revealed .. which is 'Human's screwed up and nearly wiped out their species, but god is finding a way to help the human race survive. She is a messenger from god, how else could she have found a human colony in Vermont?
Finally, the colony walls - what's the stop the creatures from scaling them?
Les.
DVD Review: Hope against bleak odds
Summary: 5 Stars
Because "I Am Legend" departs from the zombie formula of its predecessors is the reason it surpasses the others. Invasion, Body Snatchers, Omega Man, and the like thrill with fear. Legend takes the story to a personal level, one man's hopeless battle to survive and give hope for the world. Will gives a moving performance that stays with you. It's on the basis of memorable story and images that Legend is far more resonant than most movies I've ever seen. I love the Bob Marley tie in, having hope when life is at its bleakest. A standout movie that thrills and dares to depth.DVD Review: S'OK
Summary: 3 Stars
Not bad, not great, a few good moments, some tedious ones, could have been better had a few more things been explained or a couple plot holes been tidied up. Overall not a film to spend too much time thinking about as opposed to just passively watching sans deep analysis, a thing which tends to erode the suspended disbelief needed to make I Am Legend work. Will Smith earned his paycheck here more convincingly as a soldier than as a scientist, but on the other hand the mutants he battled were one of the neater CGI foes to come along in a monk's age. I Am Legend hasn't lingered in my mind the way a truly good movie will but I recall being pleased enough when I first saw its story of one man and his loyal dog surviving in a disquietingly vacant post-epidemic Manhattan. So, your call here. If you like Will Smith movies, grim futures, recumbent humanity and cannibalistic mutants-cum-monsters, you'll probably enjoy I Am Legend. If you're one of those "I Am Analytical" sorts, well, maybe a more cerebral cinematic outing is your poison. Either way, go have some fun. Jeez, everybody seems so serious anymore!
Description of I Am Legend (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition with Digital Copy)
Will Smith stars in the third adaptation of Richard Matheson's classic science-fiction novel about a lone human survivor in a post-apocalyptic world dominated by vampires. This new version somewhat alters Matheson's central hook, i.e., the startling idea that an ordinary man, Robert Neville, spends his days roaming a desolated city and his nights in a house sealed off from longtime neighbors who have become bloodsucking fiends. In the new film, Smith's Neville is a military scientist charged with finding a cure for a virus that turns people into crazed, hairless, flesh-eating zombies. Failing to complete his work in time--and after enduring a personal tragedy--Neville finds himself alone in Manhattan, his natural immunity to the virus keeping him alive. With an expressive German shepherd his only companion, Neville is a hunter-gatherer in sunlight, hiding from the mutants at night in his Washington Square town house and methodically conducting experiments in his ceaseless quest to conquer the disease.The film's first half almost suggests that I Am Legend could be one of the finest movies of 2007. Director Francis Lawrence's extraordinary, computer-generated images of a decaying New York City reveal weeds growing through the cracks of familiar streets that are also overrun by deer and prowled by lions. It's impossible not to be fascinated by such a realistically altered cityscape, reverting to a natural environment, through which Smith moves with a weirdly enviable freedom, offset by his wariness over whatever is lurking in the dark of bank vaults and parking garages. Lawrence and screenwriters Mark Protosevich and Akiva Goldsman wisely build suspense by withholding images of the monsters until a peak scene of horror well into the story. It must be said, however, that the computer-enhanced creatures don't look half as interesting as they might have had the filmmakers adhered more to Matheson's vampire-nightmare vision. I Am Legend is ultimately noteworthy for Smith's remarkable performance as a man so lonely he talks to mannequins in the shops he frequents. The film's latter half goes too far in portraying Smith's Neville as a pitiable man with a messianic mission, but this lapse into bathos does nothing to take away from the visual and dramatic accomplishments of its first hour. --Tom Keogh
General DVDs
DVD Video
- Action & Adventure
- African American Cinema
- Animation
- Anime & Manga
- Art House & International
- Classics
- Comedy
- Cult Movies
- Documentary
- Drama
- Educational
- Fitness & Yoga
- Gay & Lesbian
- Horror
- Kids & Family
- Military & War
- Music Video & Concerts
- Musicals & Performing Arts
- Mystery & Suspense
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Special Interests
- Sports
- Television
- Westerns
Bestsellers in General DVDs
The Nightmare Before Christmas (2-Disc Collector's Edition + Digital Copy)Release date: 2008-08-26; DVD
Best price: $20.90
Price in other shops:
Incredible Hulk (Widescreen Edition)Release date: 2008-10-21; DVD
Best price: $15.99
Price in other shops:
The Dark Knight (Widescreen Single-Disc Edition)Release date: 2008-12-09; DVD
Best price: $16.99
Price in other shops:
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Single Disc)INDIANA JONES & KINGDOM OF CRYSTAL SKULL (DVD; Release date: 2008-10-14; DVD
Best price: $12.49
Price in other shops:
Iron Man (Two-Disc Special Collectors' Edition)IRON MAN-ULTIMATE EDITION (DVD MOVIE); Release date: 2008-09-30; DVD
Best price: $18.10
Price in other shops:
The Dark Knight (Two-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy)Release date: 2008-12-09; DVD
Best price: $22.99
Price in other shops:
Iron Man (Single-Disc Edition)IRON MAN (DVD MOVIE); Release date: 2008-09-30; DVD
Best price: $10.98
Price in other shops:
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Two-Disc Special Edition)INDIANA JONES & KINGDOM OF CRYSTAL SKULL (DVD; Release date: 2008-10-14; DVD
Best price: $19.58
Price in other shops:
![Iron Man (Ultimate Two-Disc Edition) [Blu-ray] Image](/images/Iron-Man-Ultimate-Two-Disc-Edition-Blu-ray-B001GAPC1K-X.jpg)
Iron Man (Ultimate Two-Disc Edition) [Blu-ray]Release date: 2008-09-30; DVD
Best price: $24.75
Price in other shops:
![The Dark Knight (+ Digital Copy and BD Live) [Blu-ray] Image](/images/The-Dark-Knight-Digital-Copy-and-BD-Live-Blu-ray-B001GZ6QEC-X.jpg)
The Dark Knight (+ Digital Copy and BD Live) [Blu-ray]Release date: 2008-12-09; DVD
Best price: $24.95
Price in other shops:
Similar DVDs, VHS Video, Audio CDs
The Ruins (Unrated Edition)RUINS, THE (UNRATED) (DVD MOVIE); Release date: 2008-07-08; DVD
Best price: $7.29
Price in other shops:
![Rambo 1-3 Boxset [Blu-ray] Image](/images/Rambo-1-3-Boxset-Blu-ray-B0015XHP4K-X.jpg)
Rambo 1-3 Boxset [Blu-ray]LION'S GATE ENTERTAINMENT; Release date: 2008-05-27; DVD
Best price: $31.87
Price in other shops:
![The Rock [Region 2] Image](/images/noimg.gif)
The Rock [Region 2]DVD
Best price: $22.69
![AVP - Alien vs. Predator / Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem (Unrated Two-Pack) [Blu-ray] Image](/images/AVP-Alien-vs-Predator-Aliens-vs-Predator-Requiem-Unrated-Two-Pack-Blu-ray-B00147F8ZA-X.jpg)
AVP - Alien vs. Predator / Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem (Unrated Two-Pack) [Blu-ray]TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2008-04-15; DVD
Best price: $32.93
Price in other shops:
UntraceableSony; Release date: 2008-05-13; DVD
Best price: $7.98
Price in other shops:
The Mist (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)MIST, THE: 2-DISC COLLECTOR'S EDITION (DVD MO; Release date: 2008-03-25; DVD
Best price: $6.24
Price in other shops:
The InvasionWarner Brothers; Release date: 2008-01-29; DVD
Best price: $3.45
Price in other shops:
Aliens vs. Predator - RequiemTWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2008-04-15; DVD
Best price: $10.98
Price in other shops:
30 Days of NightSony; Release date: 2008-02-26; DVD
Best price: $5.98
Price in other shops:
HitmanTWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2008-03-11; DVD
Best price: $12.81
Price in other shops: