I Am Legend Comparison Essay
Will Smith has been in numerous successful films during the last two decades that he has been acting. He is the only actor to have eight consecutive films reach the $100 million mark in the United States alone. Two of Will’s more recent films that he stared in are “I Am Legend” and “Hancock”. These two films are both the story of the struggles that a lonely man goes through just trying to survive each day. My personal favorite, “I Am Legend”, is about a United States Army lieutenant and virologist named Robert Neville that lives in New York City with his wife and daughter. A new drug that cures cancer, with 100% success, was released and has been widely used around the world, without the proper studies and experiments being done beforehand.
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Hancock is a miserable drunk that fights crime without considering the consequences of his recklessness. He costs the city millions of dollars in damage each time he rescues or apprehends people. When an unsuccessful businessman, Ray Embrey, gets caught in traffic on top of a railroad track with a train coming down the line, Hancock comes to save the day. Instead of getting Ray out of the way of the train, Hancock stands in the way of the train and with his invulnerability, derails the train and ruins the train engine. The city has had enough of Hancock’s recklessness so they jail him, and Ray convinces Hancock to not break out so that the city will realize how much they need him. Los Angeles eventually needs Hancock for a hostage situation in a bank, so they release him so that he can save all the hostages. Ray convinces Hancock to do a neat, honorable job this time, in which he does and receives a pardon for the destruction he had caused. Hancock finds out that Ray’s wife, Mary, is his other half, and has the same superpowers as he does. She tells him that they are meant to be together but become immortal when they are. The bank robber tries to get his revenge on Hancock but both Hancock and Mary get shot and the only way for both of them to live is to depart from each other so that the immortality will set back in. So to save their
Hancock is a miserable drunk that fights crime without considering the consequences of his recklessness. He costs the city millions of dollars in damage each time he rescues or apprehends people. When an unsuccessful businessman, Ray Embrey, gets caught in traffic on top of a railroad track with a train coming down the line, Hancock comes to save the day. Instead of getting Ray out of the way of the train, Hancock stands in the way of the train and with his invulnerability, derails the train and ruins the train engine. The city has had enough of Hancock’s recklessness so they jail him, and Ray convinces Hancock to not break out so that the city will realize how much they need him. Los Angeles eventually needs Hancock for a hostage situation in a bank, so they release him so that he can save all the hostages. Ray convinces Hancock to do a neat, honorable job this time, in which he does and receives a pardon for the destruction he had caused. Hancock finds out that Ray’s wife, Mary, is his other half, and has the same superpowers as he does. She tells him that they are meant to be together but become immortal when they are. The bank robber tries to get his revenge on Hancock but both Hancock and Mary get shot and the only way for both of them to live is to depart from each other so that the immortality will set back in. So to save their