To the utter disappointment of everyone in my comic-loving brotherhood, I absolutely adored Constantine, the surprisingly effective film direct by Francis Lawrence, heralding the advent of a director who knew setting a mood and character of a city. A unique worldview that he had was all that the film had going for it, and possibly the biggest reason Lawrence got slated to direct I Am Legend.
Not considering the previous adaptations – the poorly made yet cult-ish Last Man On Earth (1964) and the awful Omega Man (1971) – the seminal book by Richard Matheson is nothing but mood....