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The Omega Man

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The Omega Man
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PG,2hrs 0min
Genres:
Sci-Fi,Action
Release:
1971
Director:
Boris Sagal
Distributor:
Warner Home Video
Starring:
Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash  ...more
Synopsis: 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 (normal) human alive. Neville lives in a garish, antique-strewn L.A. penthouse. During the day, he roams through the vacant city. ... Full Synopsis
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Lucia Bozzola, AMG 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 and unintentionally striking images of arch-conservative Heston tooling ... Full Review
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