The Omega Man

Name: The Omega Man
Released: 1971-7-28
Cast: Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash, Paul Koslo, Lincoln Kilpatrick

The Omega Man

PG
1h 38m
1971

64%

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Charlton Heston stars as a scientist who believes he is the only human to survive a worldwide bacteriological war unharmed as he attempts to save humanity by developing a curative serum from his own blood in this frightening vision of a post-apocalyptic near future.

Director:

Boris Sagal

Producer:

Walter Seltzer

Cast:

Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash, Paul Koslo, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Eric Laneuville

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

64%

Critics Consensus: It may not live up to its classic source material, but The Omega Man transcends its limitations often enough to offer some mildly entertaining post-apocalyptic thrills.

Reviews

Reel Film Reviews

David Nusair

Filmmaker Boris Sagal, working from a script by John William and Joyce H. Corrington, delivers an erratically-paced yet generally entertaining sci-fi endeavor that benefits from Heston's commanding, ingratiating performance...

The film s a pretty terrible direct translation of what is one of the easiest-to-adapt-to-screen books I've ever read. But it doesn't want to be the novel. It has something else on its mind.

Unsatisfying sci-fi thriller, though it's not Charlton Heston's fault

In adapting Richard Matheson's novel I Am Legend, the film loses the original's quiet paranoia and rethink of the vampire theme, but it has quite a lot of gritty flair.

...not an awful film, just a remarkably dull one.

June 21, 2017

FULL REVIEW

Additional Info

Genre:Sci-Fi, Action, Thriller, Drama
Release Date:July 28, 1971
Languages:English
Captions:English
Audio Format:
Stereo
Screen Pass Eligible:Yes

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The Omega Man

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