The Omega Man
Due to an experimental vaccine, Dr. Robert Neville is the only survivor of an apocalyptic war waged with biological weapons. The plague caused by the war has killed everyone else except for a few hundred deformed, nocturnal people calling themselves 'The Family'. During the day, he roams through the vacant city. At night, he fends off a bloodthirsty horde of mutant scavengers garbed in Spanish inquisition robes and sunglasses, led by Matthias, a former television newscaster in his good ol'; pre-mutant days.
2 May 1959, Los Angeles, California, USA
20 May 1936, Long Beach, California, USA
12 February 1932, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
10 November 1914, Los Angeles, California, USA
8 September 1939, Brookville, Pennsylvania, USA
2 December 1943, Los Angeles, California, USA
4 October 1923, Wilmette, Illinois, USA
31 December 1938, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
25 August 1919, Ticonderoga, New York, USA
14 July 1952, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
10 February 1905, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
19 November 1913, USA
27 June 1944, Germany
2 December 1939, Dallas, Texas, USA
December 22, 2007
...not an awful film, just a remarkably dull one.
September 19, 2007
An extremely literate science-fiction drama.
August 28, 2011
Unsatisfying sci-fi thriller, though it's not Charlton Heston's fault
December 19, 2007
A breezy film about the death of mankind in a way that only the '70s could have provided.
April 29, 2008
Sadly another film to file under 'not as good as the book.'
December 10, 2007
Not bad, but far from a classic.
January 26, 2006
Averagely competent exercise in comic strip sci-fi.
April 29, 2008
Despite not having aged particularly well, the opening sections of this sci-fi allegory remain potent, although the rest of its apocalyptic storyline is decidedly leaden.
October 09, 2005
Despite being baked in early '70s cheese, The Omega Man is easily the most entertaining film version of Richard Matheson's sci-fi novel, I Am Legend
October 23, 2004
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.
September 19, 2007
Another misfired adaptation of Richard Matheson's fine science fiction novel I Am Legend.
May 09, 2005
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.
