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- 1971
- GP
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 38 m
- 1971
- GP
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 38 m
Summary Army doctor Robert Neville struggles to create a cure for the plague that wiped out most of the human race.
Directed By: Boris Sagal
- 1971
- GP
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 38 m
- 1971
- GP
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 38 m
The Omega Man
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Summary Army doctor Robert Neville struggles to create a cure for the plague that wiped out most of the human race.
Directed By: Boris Sagal
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Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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43% Positive
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57% Mixed
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0% Negative
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If nothing else, The Omega Man remains worth seeing for its remarkable shots of Heston wandering through an abandoned metropolis.
The Omega Man is an extremely literate science-fiction drama starring Charlton Heston as the only survivor of a worldwide bacteriological war, circa 1975. Thrust of the well-written story [adapted from Richard Matheson's novel] is Heston's running battle with deranged survivors headed by Anthony Zerbe.
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Not bad, but far from a classic.
It's not the plot that disappoints, it's the poor dialogue between action sequences. Sadly another film to file under not as good as the book.
Badly dated and clumsily allegorical, The Omega Man has some fairly interesting moments, the most memorable being the view of a devastated, empty downtown Los Angeles.
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.
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.
Production Company
Walter Seltzer Productions
Release Date Aug 1, 1971
Duration 1 h 38 m
Rating GP
Tagline The last man alive... is not alone!
Awards
Image Awards (NAACP)
• 1 Nomination
