
Due to an experimental vaccine, Dr. Robert Neville is the only survivor of an apocalyptic war waged with biological weapons. The plague caused by the war has killed everyone else except for a few hundred deformed, nocturnal people calling themselves "The Family". The plague has caused them to become sensitive to light, as well as homicidally psychotic. They believe science and technology to be the cause of the war and their punishment, and Neville, as the last symbol of scien... (Full plot summary below)
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Due to an experimental vaccine, Dr. Robert Neville is the only survivor of an apocalyptic war waged with biological weapons. The plague caused by the war has killed everyone else except for a few hundred deformed, nocturnal people calling themselves "The Family". The plague has caused them to become sensitive to light, as well as homicidally psychotic. They believe science and technology to be the cause of the war and their punishment, and Neville, as the last symbol of science, the old world, and a "user of the wheel", must die. Neville, using electricity, machinery, and science attempts to hold them at bay.
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| Montreal Film JournalKevin N. LaforestHeston [is] an uncompromisingly masculine presence as well as multi-layered mind who's always riveting. The Omega Man affected me in a way few movies ever had. |
| The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsIf nothing else, The Omega Man remains worth seeing for its remarkable shots of Heston wandering through an abandoned metropolis. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeSo-so last man on earth flick that looks pretty quaint today. |
| Antagony & EcstasyTim BraytonA breezy film about the death of mankind in a way that only the '70s could have provided. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyUnsatisfying sci-fi thriller, though it's not Charlton Heston's fault |
| Empire MagazineIan NathanIt'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. |
| FulvueDrive-in.comChuck O'LearyDespite being baked in early '70s cheese, The Omega Man is easily the most entertaining film version of Richard Matheson's sci-fi novel, I Am Legend |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe 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. |
| VarietyVariety StaffAn extremely literate science-fiction drama. |
| The New York TimesHoward ThompsonPeppered 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. |