I Am Legend (film)

I Am Legend is a 2007 American postapocalyptic film directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Will Smith, who plays US Army virologist Robert Neville. The story is set in New York City after a virus has wiped out most of mankind, leaving Neville as the last human in New York, other than nocturnal mutants. Neville is immune to the virus, which was originally created to cure cancer. He works to create a remedy while defending himself against the hostile mutants.

In 2009, a genetically reengineered measles virus, originally created as a cure for cancer, turns into a lethal strain which kills 90 of those it infects, and mutates the remaininginto predatory, nocturnal mutants called Darkseekers who are extremely vulnerable to sunlight and other sources of UV. Three years after the outbreak, US Army virologist Lieutenant Colonel Robert Neville Will Smith lives an isolated life in the ruins of New York City, which is now deserted, unsure if any other uninfected humans are left in the world.The effects of the virus vary in other species. Animals that coexist with humans like rats and domestic dogs are infected but wild animals like deer and lions are unaffected. The city has fallen into ruins and overgrown vegetation covers crumbling buildings and wild deer roam the streets while being preyed upon by lions that have escaped Central Park Zoo. Nevilles daily routine includes experimentation on infected rats to find a cure for the virus and trips through Manhattan to hunt for food and supplies. He also waits each day for a response to his continuous recorded radio broadcasts, which instruct any uninfected survivors to meet him at midday at the South Street Seaport. Flashbacks reveal that his wife Salli Richardson and daughter Willow Smith died in a helicopter accident during the chaotic evacuation of Manhattan, prior to the militaryenforced quarantine of the island in 2009, in which Neville stays behind on the island as military personnel. Nevilles loneliness is mitigated by the companionship of his German Shepherd Sam given to him by his daughter Marley as a puppy to protect him before she died in the helicopter crash, interaction with mannequins he has set up as patrons at a video store, and recordings of old television broadcasts. At night, he barricades himself and Sam inside his heavily fortified Washington Square Park home to hide from the Darkseekers. One day while waiting for survivors, Sam follows a deer into a dark bui

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