The Omega Man

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Summary: a real action movie
Review: if you are in the mood for an intense, fun, and stylish action/sci-fi romp, watch the omega man. charlton heston is the best actor ever, in my humble opinion, and he proves it here. right from the start, the audience gets hooked. anthony zerbe is great as the main villain-hollywood does not make them like this anymore!

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Summary: A True Cult Classic That's Entertaining to the Core
Review: Charlton Heston stars as Neville, the last man on earth after the onset of a biological plague that has killed the greater part of earth's population, and turned the "survivors" into zombie-like mutants. Though decidedly NOT one of Heston's best performances, the film is entertainment of the highest order. The action scenes are excellently played out, and one wonders just how the director of the film was able to clear out entire sections of Los Angeles of people to give the film its deserted, almost claustrophobically spacious feel. For a night of medium-weight high concept science fiction, The Omega Man is your best bet. Enjoy!

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Summary: Quien es mas macho? Chuck Heston.
Review: I may have been 12 or 13 when I first saw this movie on television, and I was never the same. For me, ultimate cool will always be defined as zooming around an empty post-apocalypse cloverleaf in a Mustang. Next to me a beautiful babe with a mile high afro tapes extra ammo clips to our machine guns. This is good oldtime scifi.

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Summary: Read the book!
Review: If you like this movie ...you'll love the book...I Am Legend...also available thru Amazon.com

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Summary: As good as it looks
Review: Sagal's 'The Omega Man' does several things as a picture and there are some things it does not do. In the latter category is found the claim that it reeks of Seventie's cheesiness and disaster movie melodrama. This is a common peeve, cited most often by viewers who expect too much. Yes, the fact that it was shot in 1971 and not ten years after does put a noticeable frame around the movie but it's not a deciding factor in its effectiveness by any stretch of the imagination. Heston's commmanding, independent presence is just right for the part and the constant siege flavour lends tremendous amounts of suspense to an already sound story. 'The Family' (doubtlessly owing a debt to Charles Manson's group) present themselves as a fearsome antagonist group, notwithstanding the excesses and camp delivery of Zerbe's 'Matthias' leader. There is a definite sense of claustrophobia and peril conveyed throughout the first and last thirds of the film. This is a very disquieting predicament for Heston's 'Dr. Neville' character. When Heston finally does make contact with survivors, the viewer is softened up a little, ready to be crushed by a return to the old violence later on. Although less moody than the Italo-flick starring Vincent Price seven years before it, 'The Omega Man' is no less thought-provoking. Is the film dated? Of course it is: it has to be because it deals with a concept which has itself become extremely dated. In 1999, there exists no analogy to rework that back from into an extraneous story. The thing which adds most to the movie? Neville's unexpected death at the end. The thing which detracts most from the movie? A keyboard/strings soundtrack that gets a little more repetitive than anthemic as the plot unwinds. Undoubtedly the more successful screen adaptation of Richard Matheson's 'I am Legend' novel, 'The Omega Man' owes its presentation to good Hollywood investment which no longer works for 1990's pictures.

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Summary: Extremly Outdated
Review: If I see one more chick with a 12 inch afro, dressed in bell bottoms, I will puke all over your new silverware! Really, how anyone can give this campy, Ed Wood influenced junk 5 stars is obviously just another Charelton Heston fan.Admit it. If he wasn't in this sorry adaption of "I Am Legend" you wouldn't give it more than 3 stars.

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Summary: Heston at his 70's clenched-tooth, turtleneck-wearing best
Review: It's the 70s, the world's population has been decimated by germ warfare,who better than Chuck Heston to step in and take care of business? He's got a boat-sized convertible, an endless supply of turtlenecks and enough weapons to start WWIII.While he systematically annhiliates'The Family' we see greater moral issues develop, culminating in Chuck as a Christ figure who just might hold humanity's salvation within his grasp.

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Summary: Typical Heston...One of his finest works.
Review: What's not to love about Heston cruising around by himself in a world destroyed by germ warfare? The beginning portion of the movie is really the best part; he has no one to turn to except himself. I wish the movie had another hour of Neville going it alone, systematically hunting down the Family and wandering about in the desolate city. I think the movie takes a turn for the worse when he meets up with Lisa and Dutch, even though they did save his arse. In his death, we are led to believe that his blood is the basis for syrum which ultimately saves the remaining humans, but Neville would have been better off wasting Lisa when he had the chance. Then, he would have lived to see another day and continue his destruction of the vermin Family. A great movie, great 70's music, and irreplacable Heston! An interesting adaptation of I am Legend.

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Summary: Heston does it again!
Review: A movie that tries to deal with what we are doing to this planet and ourselves and the consequences of our slide into nuclear dependancy and therfore nuclear accidents.

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Summary: Very cool concept that makes you think, what if?
Review: What if? This is a question we all ask, and the Omega Man is a wonderful vision of the classic "what if" doomsday movie. Charton Heston plays the perfect "last man on earth" in a fight for survival that the human race has entangled itself in. The Sino-Russian War was a true possibility in the 1970's and the movie can make one think, even today as the post-cold war world is approching it's first decade of existance. Must see. The soundtrack is also wonderful and the music fits the moods of the scenes extremly well. Great flick to watch with your friends!