If you’ve turned to this review in the hope
of working out whether Francis Lawrence’s I am Legend
is worth a look then let me give you your answer now so that
you can move on with your life: no. I am Legend
is clearly the result of a series of late-in-the-day re-writes
and re-shoots that transformed a tale of alienation and despair
into a muddled and confused religious allegory that makes
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe look like Thomas
Aquinas’ Summa Theologica, such is the smug
simple-mindedness of its spirituality.
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