I Am Legend

I Am Legend is a 2007 post-apocalyptic science fiction horror film directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Will Smith. Smith plays virologist Robert Neville, who thinks he may be Earth's only human not affected by a man-made virus. He works to create a cure while living in a city inhabited by mutant victims of the plague. 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.via

Synopsis:

A virus is harnessed and used as a cure for cancer. Months later the recipients of the cure start to develop rabies-like symptoms as the virus mutates. Will Smith's character Robert Neville, and his dog Sam are survivors. Neville survives due to his immunity to both airborne and contact strains of the virus. As far as Neville knows, he is the only uninfected person in New York, and possibly the world.


He spends his time trying to make contact with other survivors, working on a cure to the virus using his blood. He kidnaps an infected Alpha female to try an antidote on. It fails, but he keeps her to continue his experiments. His dog is infected (dogs can only be infected by the contact strain) when Neville gets caught in a trap. He wants revenge but two survivors save him. The woman, Anna (Alice Braga) and the boy Ethan (Charlie Tahan) tell him about other survivors and a colony in Vermont. He doesn't believe them and starts to yell at her but he is interrupted by an attack by the Alphas.


Neville, Anna and Ethan make it to the basement laboratory where they see that the final experiment on the Alpha female was successful. He draws a vile of blood from the Alpha and gives it to Anna. The other Alphas have broken down the door and are smashing their way into the alcove to get at them. There is a small door at the back and Neville helps Anna and Ethan into the safe space. He pulls a grenade from the desk and pulls the pin. The Alphas break through to him just as the explosion rocks the building.


The final scene is Anna and Ethan driving through Vermont and arriving at the colony with the antidote. There is a narration that explains the Legend of Robert Neville and his hope for humanity.via

Cast:

Will Smith ............. Robert Neville
Alice Braga ........... Anna
Charlie Tahan ...... Ethan
Salli Richardson ... Zoe
Willow Smith ....... Marley
Darrell Foster ...... Mike - Military Escort
April Grace .......... TV Personality
Dash Mihok ......... Alpha Male
Joanna Numata .. Alpha Female
Samuel Glen ........ Military Driver - Jay
James Michael McCauley ... Male Evacuee (as James McCauley)
Marin Ireland ...... Woman Evacuee
Pedro Mojica ........ Sergeant
Anthony C. Mazza ... Evacuation Cop (as Anthony Mazza)
Steve Cirbus ... Military Police