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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.
19 November 1913, USA
12 February 1932, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
27 June 1944, Germany
10 November 1914, Los Angeles, California, USA
10 February 1905, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
2 December 1939, Dallas, Texas, USA
2 May 1959, Los Angeles, California, USA
25 August 1919, Ticonderoga, New York, USA
20 May 1936, Long Beach, California, USA
8 September 1939, Brookville, Pennsylvania, USA
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
August 28, 2011
Unsatisfying sci-fi thriller, though it's not Charlton Heston's fault
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.
September 19, 2007
Another misfired adaptation of Richard Matheson's fine science fiction novel I Am Legend.
December 22, 2007
...not an awful film, just a remarkably dull one.
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.
September 19, 2007
An extremely literate science-fiction drama.
December 19, 2007
A breezy film about the death of mankind in a way that only the '70s could have provided.
January 26, 2006
Averagely competent exercise in comic strip sci-fi.
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.
December 10, 2007
Not bad, but far from a classic.
April 29, 2008
Sadly another film to file under 'not as good as the book.'