The Omega Man

1971 • 97 minutes

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.

Ratings and reviews

This is the original film that was based on the book I am legend. This is a far better movie than the modern take on the book "I am legend" staring will smith. It really is worth watching if you like post apocalyptic films, just be warned it is old.

This is the 2nd film to be adapted from the book. The first being, Last Man On Earth, starring Vincent Price. Both were seriously creepy in their own way. And both far surpass Wil Smiths effort. Which sadly, like so many of the remakes Hollywood is kicking out, just didn't have the more "personal touch" that films without CGI have. And with Heston in the film. How could anything possibly go wrong?

Watch this film love it made me cry