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Omega Man, The (BD) [Blu-ray]

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Condition
New
Format
Multi-Format December 18, 2007
Dimensions
0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 in; 2.08 oz
Initial release date
2007-12-18
Language
English
MPAA rating
PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Director
Boris Sagal

Description

Charlton Heston stars as a scientist who believes he is the only human to survive a worldwide bacteriological war unharmed as he attempts to save humanity by developing a curative serum from his own blood in this frightening vision of a post-apocalyptic near future.

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Genre Science Fiction & Fantasy, Drama, Mystery & Suspense
Format Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, Color, NTSC, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Contributor Charlton Heston, Eric Laneuville, Paul Koslo, Boris Sagal, Rosalind Cash, Walter Seltzer, Anthony Zerbe, Lincoln Kilpatrick
Initial release date 2007-12-18
Language English
MPAA rating PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Product Dimensions 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.08 ounces
Director Boris Sagal

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"You are discarded. You are the refuse of the past."
Based on Richard Matheson's novel "I Am Legend", which is worth a couple of reads, The Omega Man (1971), directed by Boris Sagal ("Mike Hammer", "Peter Gunn"), features Academy Award winner Charlton Heston (Touch of Evil, Ben-Hur, Planet of the Apes) in an exciting `last man on Earth' tale, one in which he battles against the mutated remnants of a society decimated by germ warfare. Also appearing is Anthony Zerbe (Will Penny), Rosalind Cash (Uptown Saturday Night), Eric Laneuville (Black Belt Jones), Lincoln Kilpatrick (Soylent Green), and Paul Koslo (Mr. Majestyk). Heston plays Robert Neville, a former military scientist who's now the only man left on Earth not affected by killer plague, one which turns those who don't croak outright upon infection, into albino, light sensitive, scabby skinned mutants. As we come into the story, which is set about two years after the shizz went down i.e. the collapse of society as we know it, we see Neville holed up in a pretty sweet fortified townhouse in the Los Angeles area. During the day he ventures out to patrol the area and pick up supplies, while at night, when the mutants come out to play, he hunkers down in his groovy, well stocked, self sufficient pad. Seems Neville has a real hate/hate relationship with the semi-organized, lesion covered mutant population in the area, led by a well-spoken demagogue named Matthias (Zerbe). You see, the mutants, who refer to themselves as `the Family', see Neville as the last holdout of the evil (i.e. technology) that precipitated the downfall of civilization, and it's their purpose, given the fact they survived, to `cleanse the world'. Now I think there's a bit of jealousy mixed in given the fact the plague has left them all in a rather funky state, while Neville remains pinkish in hue and unblemished. On other hand you have Neville, who sees the mutants as a plague fit for extermination, which is why he spends much of his daytime hours seeking out their nest. So how does one man hold his own against vastly superior numbers? Firepower, my friend...you see since the mutants stupidly eschew technology, relying on primitive weaponry like rocks, arrows, and spears, while Neville, a former Colonel in the military, depends on his well stocked armory to even the odds. The situation between two parties is relatively evenly matched, that is until Neville discovers he's not completely alone once a healthy looking African American woman named Lisa (Cash) makes the scene... As I mentioned earlier, I have read the book this film was loosely based on, and I agree with the general consensus that it is better than the movie, but in all fairness, how often is the movie ever better than the book? The most obvious difference between the two is the mutant element within the film. In the book they're vampires, in the movie they're mutants. Now why this aspect was changed I don't know, but I suspect, given the film was released in the early 1970s, the writers (or producers) may have thought the vampire angle played out and opted to go with a mutant theme instead. In terms of faithfulness to the source material, Vincent Price's Italian made The Last Man on Earth (1964), was probably closer to Matheson's novel than The Omega Man, the downside being the Price film is pretty shoddy given its extremely low production values (shoddiness aside, it still fun and worth a look). Now I've gotten word Will Smith is currently filming an adaptation, titled I Am Legend, directed by music video director turned film director Francis Lawrence (Constantine), scheduled to be released sometime in 2007. Given Smith's star power I suspect the film will have a ginormous budget, but than doesn't mean it will be good (I'm cautiously optimistic). Despite the changes from the original story here, I really enjoyed this film and have no problem classifying it as a cinematic sci-fi staple. It is a B film, but a highly entertaining one, if only to see Heston, who chews up the scenery with a healthy appetite, socking it to some pigment deficient mutant trash. I thought most of the performances were decent, one of the more memorable ones delivered by Anthony Zerbe as the fanatical firebrand Matthias. Seriously, he's got some of the best lines in the feature, and he delivers them with meaning and intent, rather than with an overblown sense of pomposity as is generally seen in such an antagonistic role. There's plenty of action, one of the more exciting sequences coming near the end, as Neville, the last action hero, attempts a full frontal assault on the Family, ramming his military vehicle through a mass of agitated mutants. The one thing I learned from this film is Charlton Heston, while certainly an accomplished actor, seemed to have a bit of trouble behind the wheel, especially given his apparent propensity to crash vehicles despite the fact he's the only one on the road. The one element of the film I thought could have been improved was some of the dialogue. While Matthias' orations were engaging, the rest of the cast suffered from time to time saddled with some hipster slang apparently popular in the late 1960s/early 1970s. While most off it is easily shrugged off, the one bit that made me cringe was when Neville met up with Lisa's little band, eventually prompting a young girl to ask Neville `Are you God?', given the fact he wasn't affected by the plague, I suppose. Gah...anyway, this was minor to me compared to the whole, the whole being a fantastic and thrilling classic science fiction feature, with an outstanding musical score by British composer Ron Grainer ("Doctor Who"). The widescreen anamorphic (2.35:1) print on this Warner Brothers DVD release looks clean and clear, and the Dolby Digital mono audio, available in both English and French, comes through very well. There's a few extras including a newly made, four minute introduction piece featuring screenwriter Joyce Hooper Corrington and co-stars Eric Laneuville and Paul Koslo, along with a vintage featurette entitled `The Last Man Alive' (9:50). Also included are subtitles in English, French, and Spanish, the original theatrical trailer (in widescreen no less), and a text piece titled Charlton Heston - Science Fiction Legend, which briefly highlights Heston's career in the realm of science fiction features. Cookieman108 By the way, did anyone who saw this film want to see Neville use that big, honking machine gun positioned on the roof of his townhouse? A missed opportunity... ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2007 by cookieman108
DVD movie
Great movie with Charlton Heston.
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2025 by Kindle Customer
The original omega
I remember seeing The omega man when I was a kid I always live watching it. The movie with Will Smith cold legend is the updated movie to the Omega Man lotta people don’t probably know that, but if you look at it, the titles are different, but the story is just about the same
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2025 by Amazon Customer
Fun and exciting version of the story.
One of the best versions of the Last Man on Earth. The Omega Man is fun and thought provoking. Charleston Heston is great.
Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2025 by William Estes
A timeless, dramatic classic with a goldmine of themes
I obtained my DVD copy of this movie from Amazon, and it came in a timely fashion, was in the good condition (as advertised), and was thoroughly satisfactory in operation. The extras on the DVD made it even a better deal, though I would have bought it without the extras. That said, I want to say a few words about the film itself. I saw this at the theater a couple of months after its initial release in 1971. From that time to this, I have watched it every chance I got on TV, and later had my own VHS and DVD versions. I think Ron Grainer's musical score is what has enthralled me most about the film (finally tracked that down, and have it on CD), but in the course of my dozens (hundreds?) of viewings, I have also deconstructed this film thematically six ways from Sunday. For openers, there's the theme of the Cold War governments pursuing a power agenda, for which the LAST concern is the welfare of the man-in-the-street. That one is obvious. The theme of weapons and technology that "threatened more than they offered" is obvious, too, and one of the few things Matthias and Neville actually agree on. Less obvious is that of dehumanization of people in the military, and the reversibility of that when conditions permit. Neville helped develop cures for diseases other doctors hadn't yet invented---for the purpose of making those diseases a viable part of America's weapon arsenal---in the pre-apocalyptic world, before the Sino-Soviet conflict. But when civilization and humanity lie in ruins, he's the only doctor left, and he sets about finding a cure, and trying to find other humans with whom to rebuild humanity, with the future goal of a better, more humane civilization. Liberal do-goodism is another theme, in the disagreement between Neville and Richie about how worthwhile it is to offer the cure to Matthias and his people. Richie represents do-goodism run wild, to the point of silliness. Indeed, this seems to mark the film as a whole as rather conservative in tone, politically, as Richie's impulse leads to disaster for himself, and by extension, the other normal humans as well. The edited-out "woman in the cemetery crypt" scene would have given some political balance in the form of another, more specific and concrete indictment of war as a feature of the human world, had it been left in. Of course, the whole premise of the film stands as a more general indictment of war as a whole. One surprise that only struck me the last time I viewed it (a few nights ago) was the implicit symbolism in Lisa wetting her hooded head in the fountain when Neville drags her out of the house and into the front yard, presumably to wait for Dutch to arrive with the kids. It only makes sense when you consider what happens afterward. Though Neville is dying, Matthias victorious, and the family escaped from Neville's house (with the fire they started somehow miraculously put out), Lisa remains with Neville. The authoritarian Matthias would never have willingly allowed his trophy of victory to remain behind. The only explanation is that of divine intervention. Matthias must have been blinded to the fact that Lisa didn't accompany them away from Neville's place. And Lisa's head-wetting must have been a kind of BAPTISM---a prelude to a miracle. That is the hidden theme which writers John and Joyce Corrington, producer Walter Seltzer, and director Boris Sagal have brought us. Perhaps it was something they created subconsciously, hidden even to them. Just some thoughts... ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2013 by Mike Burns
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