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DOG GONE Will Smith's I Am Legend isn't best-of-breed sci-fi, especially when the german shepherd is off the screen, and its DVD packaging really goes astray
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Release Date: Mar 18, 2008; Rated: PG-13; Genres: Drama, Horror; With: Alice Braga and Will Smith; Distributor: Warner Bros.
By Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Ty Burr is a writer at large for EW and is no relation to Raymond or Aaron

When Will Smith's gallivanting around an eerie post-plague Manhattan with his German shepherd (played incisively by Abbey and Kona), I Am Legend feels fresh and gripping. Exit dog, enter the videogame night-people, and the film slowly but surely tilts into silly. The two-DVD ''special edition'' is a different sort of rip-off: The second disc is reserved for an alternate version whose three bonus scenes humanize the critters but could have easily fit on one disc. EXTRAS No commentaries, lame ''awesome animated comics,'' making-of docs you have to go online to watch — it's a B movie with C- packaging.


Posted Mar 21, 2008
 

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