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The Omega Man

Name: The Omega Man
Director: Boris Sagal
Genre: Science Fiction, Action, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1971-08-01
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash, Paul Koslo, Eric Laneuville

1971 · 1h 38m · Science Fiction, Action, Drama, Thriller

IMDb 6.4 Metacritic 56 RT 65%

If you dig post-apocalyptic sci-fi with a claustrophobic, existential edge, absolutely watch it—Charlton Heston's lone-survivor performance is iconic and the premise is genuinely unnerving for 1971. It's dated but not in a bad way; this is the spiritual ancestor to everything from The Road to I Am Legend, so catch the original tonight.

Plot

Due to an experimental vaccine, Dr. Robert Neville is the only human survivor of an apocalyptic war waged with biological weapons. Besides him, only a few hundred deformed, nocturnal people remain; sensitive to light, and homicidally psychotic.

Director: Boris Sagal

Cast: Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash, Paul Koslo, Eric Laneuville

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