Despite the enormous success of video games and movies, the genre was not the most important in Hollywood in 20007, until this epic science fiction film starring Will Smith appeared in theaters. It is one of those films that transformed the world, and today you can see it on Amazon Prime Video.
In December 2007, it debuted as one of the most anticipated films in history, as the idea of a world that succumbed to the zombie apocalypse had not been exploited on the big screen. Plus, the setting was perfect: New York, covered by grass and with wild animals in the streetswithout its eternal lights shining at night and without a single person in sight.
WHAT IS I AM THE LEGEND OF WILL SMITH ABOUT?
Robert Neville (Will Smith) walks every day looking for a sign of life. A shortwave radio message, a visit to BlockBuster and a bunch of dummies to keep him sane are part of his new life. Fortunately, Robert is accompanied by a beautiful dogwhich serves as a warning alarm, since the living dead begin to take to the streets when the sun sets.
Before the end of the world, humanity celebrated that scientists found the cure for cancer, but The miracle quickly turned into a nightmare. Those who took the cure began to mutate their bodies: they lost their hair and sanity, their body mass reduced, and their skin turned white. Between zombies and vampires, these beings began to spread the infection at night, as the sunlight burned their new skin. Strangely, Robert Neville was immune to the infection.
With a budget of more than 150 million dollars and profits of more than 580 million, It is one of the most successful and remembered films in Will Smith’s career., and despite this we are still waiting for a sequel. Be that as it may, the legacy of the film continues to appear year after year in pop culture, from the bleak sepia color in the first posters of, to the way in which cities are recovered by nature in or.
WHERE TO WATCH I AM LEGEND ON STREAMING?
If you want to start the year with one of the best science fiction movies, you can watch on Amazon Prime Video or HBO Max, in both cases at no extra cost to your monthly subscription. And yes, the sequel is already in development, with Michael B. Jordan (, ) as the new protagonist, alongside Will Smith… but we don’t have a release date.
