The Omega Man (1971)

Directors:

Boris Sagal

Writers:

Joyce Hooper Corrington, John William Corrington

Actors:

Steve Goldstein, Forrest Wood, Linda Redfearn, Monika Henreid, John Dierkes, DeVeren Bookwalter

Synopsis:

Robert Neville, a doctor, due to an experimental vaccine, 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.
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The Omega Man (1971)

I don't know if this seemed novel in 1971, but it certainly hasn't aged well. This goofy, anticlimactic adaptation not only ignores the interesting parts of its source material, but it's not even entertaining. I like Mr. Heston, but even he can't breathe life into this dead film.
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November 25, 2012