Wednesday, June 16, 2004

OMEGA MAN (1971)

The Omega ManEntertaining? Yeah, definitely! It's dated, but it's still a fairly smart movie. It's an adaptation of "I Am Legend" by Richard Matheson and it follows the adventures of the last survivor in Los Angeles after the world was overtaken by a plague. Those that survived the plague end up with pale skin, sores and are somewhat insane. They become obsessed with the lead character and are bent on killing him.
Technically any good? Well, some of the make-up wasn't the greatest and there was this really absurd helicopter crash, but the script was fairly solid and stuck to its own rules, for the most part.
How did I feel as the credits rolled? Entertained. It was a fun armageddony kind of movie. Not the best of it's kind, but not the worst, either. This was a pretty good partner in a double feature with Soylent Green, by the way.
Final Rating? SIYL

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