The Omega Man

1971 • 97 minutes

4.3

25 reviews

65%

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About this movie

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. MPAA Rating: PG (c) 1971 Warner Bros. All Rights Reserved.

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Ratings and reviews

4.3

25 reviews

Stuart “boydster” Boyd

October 30, 2021

The original last Man on earth I don't know why people say like the book by........ No it's nothing like any book it's something that you will never forget, if you were around when this film first came out and seen it in the only option,,,,, the cinema.. people now have too much choice and don't know the value of great films...they don't make them like they used to....

A Google user

July 10, 2013

70s version of Matheson's I am legend. Highly enjoyable take on a classic book. Never get bored of this gem.

Matthew Dobbs

December 5, 2016

Check out 'last man on earth' the very first attempt at this story into film, with vincent price.

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