"Set in post-apocalyptic 1977 America, disillusioned hero-M.D. Neville (C. Heston) struggles against a band of religious brainwashed fanatics." Blah, blah. This is a kick-**s 70's true sci-fi movie. Admittedly, the albino zombie-like freaks are not really scary enough but to see Neville go 'slightly mad' is really worth it. Since Neville is the last man on Earth he is constantly talking to himself, playing chess against himself, and dressing up for his sausage-Sunday dinner. He goes to the movies to see a woodstock drugumentary for the third year in a row -- and he knows the all the lines. Then he fights off a few albino religious freaks with his machine gun before doing some shopping in the local mall.
This movie must have inspired later sci-fi flicks like Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkies and Spielberg's War of the Worlds.
In my opinion, Omega man easily beats other 70/80s kitch sci-fi like Soylent Green and Quiet Earth. But not the magnificent Planet of the Apes (also starring C. Heston).
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