Movie Review: I Am Legend

WEEK OF GEEK SERIES: I AM LEGEND: PART VII

I Am Legend
Directed by Francis Lawrence
Written by Mark Protosevich and Akiva Goldsman
Starring Will Smith, Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Salli Richardson, Willow Smith
Rated PG-13
Release date: Dec. 14, 2007

As scientists discover a cure for cancer they also unwittingly unleash a virus that wipes out nearly all of humanity. Most of the world's inhabitants die immediately. Those who survive the infection are turned into blood-craving creature-like cannibals who cannot withstand exposure to direct sunlight. Those few who were immune to the virus ultimately fall prey to the infected beasts. Three years pass and no one is left alive... except for Robert Neville (Will Smith) -- The Last Man on Earth...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!

Comic Review: 'I Am Legend: Awakening'

WEEK OF GEEK SERIES: I AM LEGEND: PART V

DC/Vertigo has created a free online comic book that serves as a prequel to the upcoming Warner Bros. film, I Am Legend, which sees a deadly virus leave one human survivor on Earth (Will Smith starring as Robert Neville) amongst a newly formed race of humans-turned-vampire/zombies.

There are four issues in the online series, titled I Am Legend: Awakening, set in the world of Richard Matheson's 1954 novel I Am Legend and told through the experiences of some of the earlier survivors before the introduction of Robert Neville. The virus at this point has killed off many people, but those who've survived are either immune or infected, the latter transformed into vampire-like beings who, after dark, prey on the living...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!