The Omega Man [HD DVD]

The Omega Man [HD DVD] Review

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This is the DVD version of the movie, and the Heston version too. I never knew about this movie before I came across it in the local public library.

I love science fiction, and enjoyed this movie. (I haven't seen the other two versions of this movie, nor have I read the book version.)

Being deaf, I relied on the closed captions, and they worked just fine.

I did find it strange that the power was still working two years after the catastrophe apparently occurs in the year 1975. Even back then the technology wasn't that good for such a thing to be possible. I wish they had tried a more plausible way of providing power.

A second inconsistency is that the eyes in the night folks are supposed to be sensitive to the light, which means the irises in the eyes should have been especially large so that it lets too much light in and therefore they can't see in the daytime. But in the movie the irises of the night folks are really small, and you'd expect that would mean they couldn't see at night without sunglasses to boot (so why wear sunglasses at all at night?) and would be able to see easily without sunglasses during the day. The filmmakers must have understood this optics stuff all backward.

Those were the only two inconsistencies I noticed when I watched this film.

BTW, a few of these reviews mention another car in the distant background in the opening moments of the movie, I missed that and will have to look for that car the next time I watch this movie.

I was really struck by the ending, and loved it.

The Omega Man [HD DVD] Feature

• Welcome to the future. Biological war has decimated life on Earth. Los Angeles is a windswept ghost town where Robert Neville tools his convertible through sunlit streets foraging for supplies. And makes damn sure he gets undercover before sundown, when other "inhabitants" emerge. The Omega Man adapts Richard Matheson's novel I Am Legend into a high-impact, high-tension saga of a fate not far remo

The Omega Man [HD DVD] Overview

Welcome to the future. Biological war has decimated life on Earth. Los Angeles is a windswept ghost town where Robert Neville tools his convertible through sunlit streets foraging for supplies. And makes damn sure he gets undercover before sundown when other "inhabitants" emerge. The Omega Man adapts Richard Matheson's novel I Am Legend into a high-impact high-tension saga of a fate not far removed from reality. Charlton Heston is Neville fending off attacks by The Family sinister neopeople spawned by the plague. He also becomes a man with a mission after meeting Lisa (Rosalind Cash) another unifected survivor - and guardian of some healthy children representing our species' hope. Year: 1971 Sound: ENG FR; Subtitles: ENG FR Screen Format: Side A: Standard; Side B: WiedescreenFormat: DVD HD Genre: SCI-FI/FANTASY UPC: 085391185376

The Omega Man [HD DVD] Specifications

Science fiction took a grim turn in the 1970s--the heyday of Agent Orange, nuclear peril, and Watergate. Suddenly, most of our possible futures took on a "last man on Earth" flavor, with The Omega Man topping the doom-struck heap.

Charlton Heston plays the government researcher behind the ultimate biological weapon, a deadly plague that has ravaged humanity. There are two groups of survivors: a dwindling band of immune humans and an infected, psychopathic mob of light-hating quasi-vampires. The infected are led by Mathias, a clever, charismatic man set on destroying the last remnants of the civilization that produced the plague. Heston has a vaccine--but he and the few remaining normals are outnumbered and outgunned. By day, he builds a makeshift version of the nuclear family (with Rosalind Cash as his afro-wearing, gun-toting little lady). They plan for the future while roaming freely through an empty urban landscape, taking what few pleasures life has left. By night, they defend themselves against the growing horde of plague victims. Both a bittersweet romance and a gothic cautionary tale, The Omega Man paints a convincing portrait of hope and despair. It ain't pretty, but it's a great movie. --Grant Balfour






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Just because it is a old, doesn't mean it's good - one guys opinion - Jacksonville, Florida
I recently watched this film through the instant view option on Netflix. Heston did a really good job in the Ape films, so I figured I would give this one a shot. Here, Heston overacts, and the motivation behind the way the behavior of the cult is silly, and worse, inconsistent.

Simply put, this film is aweful! Not terrible enough to be campy. Just bad enough to make you want your time back.

Omega Man - G. Medina -
Omega Man is pretty cheesy and dated: fake blood, bad costumes, laughable dialogue, and solidly anchored in the '70s. Vicent Price's "Last Man on Earth" is a superior version of "I am Legend" IMHO.