The Omega Man

Trailer—The Omega Man

I'm not sure if Matheson's novel is filmable -- it was done once before as a Vincent Price movie in the early '60s. This film holds its own as a very good post-holocaust movie. Heston, as a paranoid scientist, immune to a plague which either killed people outright or turned them insane, does a pretty good job. The film has some good suspense and action, but overall, the low-budget and lack of attention to detail (see the other reviewer's comments) turn what could have been a great film into just a good one.

Nothing beats your first time with The Omega Man. I first saw it as an impressionable pre-teen back in the 70s, and it immediately made it up there with James Bond, Evel Knieval and Bruce Lee as THE coolest thing I'd ever seen in my life. Time hasn't been all that kind to this film, and it seems a bit croaky all these years later, but c'mon, Charlton Heston fighting albino bikers has gotta be worth SOMETHING! The Woodstock scene is priceless, Zerbe makes a wonderful baddie, and remember Paul Koslo? What a dude. This movie is a hell of a lot of fun.

This movie scared the utter CRAP out of me when I first saw it at age 12. The mutants haunted my dreams for months afterward. Extremely creepy stuff! After all these years, "The Omega Man" still holds up as a thoughtful and chilling cautionary tale. Admittedly, it's now more campy and dated and has some unintentionally funny scenes, but that tends to simply add another dimension to the entertainment value. Great period detail and Charlton Heston in fine form. There have been rumors of a remake/revision of the film (actually of the source novel, "I Am Legend," by Richard Matheson). May I suggest John Carpenter as a possible director?

I find this version of the film entertaining! It's as much fun as the other two versions: The Last Man on Earth (1964) & I Am Legend (2007). Charlton Heston is great - nothing new there - but he's a lot of enjoyment in this cult classic flick! The film is extremely dated I do agree but the entertainment value is still high. Worth watching if you enjoyed the one or both of the other film versions of the story. If you like sci-fi horror stories and vampires/zombies then this is a film for you! 8/10

Omega Man, with Charlton Heston, was awesome. It had the science fiction, the science, the conflicts, the action, and something more, great drama. Charlton Heston was a great actor, and he had a great supporting cast in Omega Man. Anthony Zerbe is the main bad guy. He was a great actor, but he never made it to being a big star. In Omega Man, Zerbe delivers just enough evil desire for vengeance without going over the top. Rosalind Cash as Heston's girlfriend is the surprising wild card that everything depends on. She does a great job as Heston's romantic fire. Omega Man makes you feel despair and loneliness like the writer Richard Matheson intended. Omega Man has lots of action, and lots of drama. It is a really good film, with a message that is still resonating today.