Director: Francis Lawrence
Actors: Will Smith, Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Salli Richardson-Whitfield
Plot: Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure.
Disc Release Date: 6 December 2016
Revisiting I Am Legend after some years reminded me of just how inventively Lawrence and hisproduction team realized Robert Neville's decaying metropolis. The CG-enhanced vistas ofManhattan going to seed...
The previous Blu-rays of I Am Legend�featured a 5.1 soundtrack encoded in Dolby TrueHD. Thesame soundtrack appears on the 4K disc, but encoded in DTS-HD MA. Since both formats arelossless, the tracks should...
The 4K disc contains the commentary by director Francis Lawrence and writer/producer AkivaGoldsman that was previously exclusive to the Ultimate Collector's Edition. The standard Blu-ray included in the...
Last Man StandingDirector Francis Lawrence's 2007 adaptation of Richard Matheson's novel I Am Legend�has seentwo Blu-ray releases, both in 2008 when the format was still relatively young. A single-disc...
It is unfortunate that Warner chose not to include the second disc of extras from the UltimateCollector's Edition of I Am Legend, which would have made the 4K release a definitive package.Nevertheless,...
‘I Am Legend’ makes its 4K Ultra HD debut with an HEVC/H.265 encode that while pleasing to the eyes, does raise some questions. The original Blu-ray that was released in 2008 had a stellar transfer, so...
Warner Brothers cheaps out on Ultra HD Blu-ray by not upgrading to a Dolby Atmos/DTS-X track, and instead opts for a DTS-HD MA 5.1 mix. This is a curious choice to me because of the fact that the original...
Commentary by Director Francis Lawrence and Producer – Screenwriter Akiva Goldsman – An interesting commentary that does a good job at getting you into the heads of the two creative minds. Instead of the...
Now more than ever, book adaptations have become prime source material for films in today's day and age. The older and more popular the book, the more adaptations and “reimaginings” we get. ‘I am Legend’...
'I Am Legend' takes full advantage of having great source material to draw from and two prior film adaptations to learn what worked and what didn’t. Director Francis Lawrence and Will Smith bring a striking...