Due to an experimental vaccine, Dr. Robert Neville is the only human survivor of an apocalyptic war waged with biological weapons. Besides him, only a few hundred deformed, nocturnal people remain - sensitive to light, and homicidally psychotic.
Peppered with some sharp, even amusing dialogue, the story temporarily shelves the heavy allegory and slips into good, slam-bang suspense. But it doesn't last.
– Howard Thompson,
New York Times,
9 May 2005
rotten:
The ghouls are a little too ridiculous to quite fulfill their function in the movie. They make all the wrong decisions, are incompetent and ill-coordinated.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
fresh:
Not bad, but far from a classic.
– ,
Chicago Reader,
10 Dec 2007
fresh:
Averagely competent exercise in comic strip sci-fi.