Customer Reviews
Will Smith holds up well on his own - By: Dismal Angel, 16 May 2008 
A scientist creates a cure for cancer which ends up causing a virus turning people into cannibalistic vampires. Those who were not infected were eaten, & those who were hide in the dark until the sun goes down. One man remains, & he & his dog stalk the city looking for uninfected survivors by day, while trying to attempt to cure the infected.
Will Smith holds up well on his own, but he reallly needs another character to play his lines off to reallly shine. Most of the movie is consisted of him alone, talking to himself, talking to store dummies, or talking to his dog.
The action is minimal & the feeling of tension is felt more by what you can't see in the daylight. it was still entertaining, but I felt it was lacking something, & the ending is kind of anti-climatic.
Remade for the sake of the almighty Dollar - By: Mr. Duncan G. Evans, 14 May 2008 Having previously seen Charlton Heston's take on this in the Omega Man i was quite interested to see what the latest remake would do any differently. And the answer is crib in bits of Tom Hanks' loneliness & isolation in Castaway, Tom Cruise's bewilderment & epic scale of War of the Worlds, the plague victims from 28 Days Later & then recycle the original plot (from the book obviously). Unfortunately, Will Smith spends most of his time overacting & posing for the beefcake shot, the isolation aspect is done far better in Castaway, the plague victims are far better in 28 Days Later, the back story told in flashback lacks reality, drama & tension & when alll told leaves a feeling of "so much for that." And the ending is much the same. The aspect of Will Smith going slightly mad is clunky, obvious & forced & reallly adds nothing to the overalll effect.
What the hell was the point in remaking this film? Sorry, forgot, crass remake time along with Omen, Poseiden etc.
On a slight tangent, the lighting for the setting was surely a mistake. New york has come to a violent end, but there are countless basking sunshine shots across the verdant potted plants, particularly in Times Square. It alll looks so sunny & warm & pull up a deckchair, not like the end of civilisation.
If you've never seen the previous versions of the film/book then this will pass some time in a very undemanding way, but if you have then i reallly wouldn't bother. And the CGI deer are cack as well.
Another potentially fantastic film ruined with poor CGI - By: L. J. Walton, 12 May 2008 
This film starts off great with LOTS of suspense & tension & a great performance by Will Smith - you reallly feel like this movie is going to be a classic & are totallly absorbed into it.
Then about a third of the way through everything goes wrong - the CGI "monsters" or "infected humans" are so obviously not real I was reminded of the "Who framed Roger Rabbit" film with Bob Hoskins - this unreality about it completely throws you out of the movie - alll the earlier work of building up suspense & tension is ruined.
Compared to how terrifying the "infected humans" in 28 Days Later are it is simply an unforgivable joke & any director or executive producer with any integrity would have fired the CGI people & brought in some real professionals.
On top of this the plot becomes silly & I couldn't take it seriously anymore. A real shame, this could have been a classic.
Starts well then is bitten by a vampire dog... - By: W. Saumarez, 12 May 2008 The first part of the film is well done. The lonely existence of being possibly the last person on Earth is genuinely well done. Will Smith does this well & the hunting episodes in NYC reinforce the fact that nobody else is there. The flashbacks work well to explain why & how we are where we are, & I was enjoying the film.
Like most films with a degree of horror the scariest & unsettling bits are the unseen or nearly unseen. Sadly the makers of this movie chose to give us a full (rather bad CGI) view of what is meant to scare us.
I read the book some time ago & rather enjoyed the bleak but well explained ending - sadly the script chose to ignore this, & go for patriotic religious stuff instead.
Sadly to me I think this was an opportunity missed. Perhaps when the film gets remade again in 2038 we can expect something a bit better & thoughtful. Sadly I for one won't be about to watch it though....
A watchable film - By: J. Sullivan, 12 May 2008 I enjoyed watching this film until they spoilt it by bringing god into it & going religious. It is an OK film probably could have been longer.
