Richard Matheson's sci-fi novel about the last man left alive on earth has been filmed twice, most memorably as The Omega Man with Charlton Heston in 1971. Now it is Will Smith who plays the military scientist Robert Neville, left utterly alone in an eerily deserted New York City after a virus wipes out the human race - but there are beasts lurking in the shadows. There is something a bit thin about the story, and just as in 28 Days Later, I find that digital, rage-filled zombies halve in dramatic interest with every second that passes. There's a credibility niggle too: in this post-apocalyptic wasteland, Neville's apartment has electricity, perhaps from a generator - but also running water. No one, though, could fail to be impressed by the gobsmacking digital creations of an empty, ruined Manhattan, a jungle with real zoo-bred animals roaming around.
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