Such is daily life for US Army virologist, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Neville, as played by Will Smith in the horror-thriller, I am Legend (2007, Francis Lawrence).įew viewers would think to ask where research protections for human subjects have gone in this movie’s post-apocalyptic landscape. The scientist throws down his gear and retires for the day – another subject, another failure. The camera zooms in on her wide-open mouth, shrieking in agony, before she falls backwards and flatlines. “We may have something here.” The subject abruptly bolts upwards screaming in the hackneyed style of a Hollywood jump scare. Almost immediately respiration, heart rate, and core temperature drop to stable levels. Commencing human trials.” With that news he plunges a syringe into the subject’s IV line. Vaccine test: GA series serum 391 compound 6. Symptoms and tissue samples confirm subject is infected with KV. A man in a white lab coat speaks into his audio recorder: “Extreme reaction to UV exposure. Her chest is heaving with exertion and the heart rate monitor is racing. A subject lays limp on a medical gurney, restrained at the wrists and ankles in an underground laboratory. Skin bakes under the harsh blue light of an ultraviolet lamp. I. Introduction: One Story over Fifty Years
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