Rating of
3.5/4
Pray for the last man alive.
gideon43 - wrote on 05/28/10
To date, there have been three adaptations of Richard Matheson's excellent novel "I am Legend"; Vincent Price starred in "The Last Man on Earth" in 1964 and Will Smith did a credible job in "I am Legend" (2007).
For me though the best version undoubtedly remains The Omega Man.
Cheesy it may be, dated, unquestionably but scene for scene, this is one of the best Sci Fi movies ever.
Nobody could have played this role any better then Charlton Heston as an archetypal all action survivalist. A gripping, stirring and thought provoking script hammers home the apocalyptic vision and the action rarely misses a beat.
A classic film born of the 70s with a role tailor made for Heston and remember, "There's never a cop around when you need one".
