The Omega Man
Summary:
This second film adaptation of Richard Matheson's science-fiction novel -I Am Legend (the first version being The Last Man on Earth with Vincent Price) unfolds in a post-apocalyptic 1976. Charlton Heston is Robert Neville, the sole recipient of a serum that enabled him to survive an onslaught of germ warfare between Russia and China - which seemingly rendered him the last (nor... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Charlton Heston - (Neville)
Anthony Zerbe - (Matthias)
Rosalind Cash - (Lisa)
Paul Koslo - (Dutch)
Lincoln Kilpatrick - (Zachary)
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Review:
Entertainingly cheesy, The Omega Man is another entry in Charlton Heston's toothy last-man-standing science fiction phase, à la Planet of the Apes (1968) and Soylent Green (1973). Adapted from Richard Matheson's -I Am Legend with key 1970s differences, the dystopian story of one man's fight to save humanity features intentionally a... Continue >>
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