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This second film adaptation of Richard Matheson's science-fiction novel I Am Legend (the first version being The Last Man on Earth with Vincent Price) unfolds in a post-apocalyptic 1976. Charlton Heston is Robert Neville, the sole recipient of a serum that enabled him to survive an onslaught of germ warfare between Russia and .. Read more

Starring	Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash
Director	Boris Sagal
Genres	Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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- 'Realistic' version of a novel which was about vampires taking over, and was previously filmed unsatisfactorily as The Last Man on Earth. This nasty version rises to a few good action sequences but is bogged down by talk in between.
- 32730
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
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  Not if he were the Last Man on Earth !
  
  The original novel, 'I Am Legend' by Richard Matheson is a exceedingly downbeat survivalist horror story of the last human living in a world where a ... read more »
  
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  - The Laughing Policeman
  - Pepperland
  - 29 Nov 2005 at 14:28
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  Funny buy awful
  
  This film has aged very badly. Comically bad dialogue combined with dated special effects - the albino 'mutants' in dressing gowns (looking like ... read more »
  
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- - Clownstep
  - 1 review
  - 19 Sep 2011 at 13:15
- - 3
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  Not bad at all
  
  I wanted to see how this shaped up to The recent Will Smith version as the two are based on the same Richard Matheson story. Clearly the more recent film has ... read more »
  
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- - Whippet9
  - 82 reviews
  - Brighton
  - 18 Nov 2010 at 22:09
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  70's film, and much of its time.
  
  That's not to say it's bad.
  
  I first saw this many years ago, and the memory stuck firmly in my mind, as a very scary film, with one of my ... read more »
  
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- - RabHaw
  - 4 reviews
  - Haywards Heath
  - 06 Nov 2010 at 19:12
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  Overall, terrific science-fiction
  
  One of my all-time faves - with Chuck Heston near the top of his game. The technical challenges must have been vast. Find a time of day when L.A.'s deserted... read more »
  
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- - davidbowman
  - 8 reviews
  - Dalkeith
  - 21 Jul 2010 at 22:07
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  Appears dated but more substantive content
  
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  This is the pre-cursor of I am Legend and is set in Los Angeles in the 70's. In many ways it is a superior version and closer to the book because the ... read more »
  
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  - cardeiff
  - 12 Jul 2010 at 20:08
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  the omega man
  
  a classic cult movie starring the late great charlton heston, this is a master piece for its day brilliantly cast with excellent cinematography it has ... read more »
  
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  - andlusian
  - 12 reviews
  - somerset
  - 05 Feb 2010 at 20:36
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  The omega man
  
  1971 good drama but a multi racial content that detracted from the story line
  
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- - meinkampf
  - 14 reviews
  - Birmingham
  - 29 Jan 2010 at 21:38
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  Unintentionally comic
  
  Scores highly on thge unintentional comedy scale, funny hearing Charlton Heston talking '70s jive.. Other than that dated badly and fairly poor.
  
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- - Smallpaul
  - 4 reviews
  - Brighton
  - 14 Oct 2009 at 10:41
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  well now i know.
  
  for ages i thought i'd seen this film and so when the will smith one came out (i am legend) i saw that and was a little confused. so i watch the omega ... read more »
  
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  - hippiemark
  - 10 reviews
  - Harlow
  - 24 Aug 2009 at 23:47
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  The Omega Man
  
  Interesting to see the forerunner of I, Legend, however this film is now too dated to be taken seriously. Charlton Heston tries hard but the passe attempts at ... read more »
  
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- - AMCJ
  - 1 review
  - Ilford
  - 18 Jul 2009 at 20:16
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- - 12
  - 2
  Not if he were the Last Man on Earth !
  
  The original novel, 'I Am Legend' by Richard Matheson is a exceedingly downbeat survivalist horror story of the last human living in a world where a ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 179600
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  - The Laughing Policeman
  - Pepperland
  - 29 Nov 2005 at 14:28
- - 8
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  Classic 70s that left me thinking
  
  I had been recommended Omega Man from a mate who's a highly talented film-maker and so when I opened my ScreenSelect package to find it had been delivered, ... read more »
  
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- - Simon Baptist
  - London, England
  - 07 Jun 2004 at 22:39
- - 5
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  Good post-apocalypse film
  
  The film is set in a post-apocalypse LA after a germ-warfare bacteria was set upon the US.
  
  The Omega Man (Charlton Heston) has all of LA to cruise ... read more »
  
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- - Doorbell
  - Essex
  - 18 Mar 2004 at 09:41
- - 4
  - 0
  A classic foundation
  
  To be brutally honest, there is little to recommend about this movie. My eternal test, the patience of my partner, got only two stars as she was making coffee ... read more »
  
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- - shellgrip
  - OXON
  - 15 Jul 2004 at 21:46
- - 3
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  Not bad at all
  
  I wanted to see how this shaped up to The recent Will Smith version as the two are based on the same Richard Matheson story. Clearly the more recent film has ... read more »
  
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- - Whippet9
  - 82 reviews
  - Brighton
  - 18 Nov 2010 at 22:09
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  Hilarious pretend casual 'behind the scenes' special feature
  
  Dated and wooden (the thickest and toughest oak imaginable) film - but hilarious if you think of it as a cult 'bad' movie. I pity the gorgeous female ... read more »
  
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  - Shrophire, England
  - 09 Mar 2006 at 12:25
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  the omega man
  
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  To start off with, this is only slightly based on I AM LEGEND. If you watch this film having read the novel you might be disappointed. Its still the same kind ... read more »
  
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  - Havant
  - 14 Dec 2007 at 10:53
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  70's film, and much of its time.
  
  That's not to say it's bad.
  
  I first saw this many years ago, and the memory stuck firmly in my mind, as a very scary film, with one of my ... read more »
  
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- - RabHaw
  - 4 reviews
  - Haywards Heath
  - 06 Nov 2010 at 19:12
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  Oh-No-mega Man
  
  Could have been so much more. Charlton 'from my cold dead hands' Heston plays the last man alive after a devestating biological accident. Passing time ... read more »
  
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- - Barry
  - Dunfermline Fife
  - 04 Mar 2005 at 16:26
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  Top notch film
  
  Great film, have always loved it. I watched the newer remake and make me want to see the original again. Great story, well had to be if they remade it right... read more »
  
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  - Croydon
  - 04 Mar 2008 at 22:44

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Critics' reviews
- 'Realistic' version of a novel which was about vampires taking over, and was previously filmed unsatisfactorily as The Last Man on Earth. This nasty version rises to a few good action sequences but is bogged down by talk in between.
- 32730
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
- This second screen adaptation of Richard Matheson's classic sci-fi novel I Am Legend (the first was The Last Man on... read more on Time Out
- 46034
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:16

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  In the aftermath of a bacteriological war, the future of mankind hangs in the balance. Only a chosen few have survived the mutating effects of germ warfare unharmed. A small enclave of healthy, stalwart resistors has formed a camp where, for the moment, they live peacefully. The other human ...

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- The Omega Man
  
  This second film adaptation of Richard Matheson's science-fiction novel I Am Legend (the first version being The Last Man on Earth with Vincent Price) unfolds in a post-apocalyptic 1976. Charlton Heston is Robert Neville, the sole recipient of a serum that enabled him to survive an onslaught of ...