A post-holocaust caused by a virus, in a germ warfare , has been destroying most of mankind , the plague that causes the end of the world was unleashed as the result of a border war between China and Russia , in fact, China and Russia had some very serious border skirmishes during 1969 that had many world leaders concerned about the possibility of an all-out war between the Communist superpowers an U. S . As an Army scientist named Robert Neville (Charlton Heston) , who had immunized himself, is practically alone in the city of Los Angeles, except for a group of albino-like survivors . Army doctor Robert Neville struggles to create a cure for the plague that wiped out most of the human race . Neville is immune to the effects of a biologically engineered plague and fights those aren't , an army of mutants bent on destroying what's left of the world and constantly harass him . Neville uses a Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) with an Infra-Red scope killing mutants . The pale-skinned men are led by sneering and creepy leaders (Anthony Zerbe, Lincoln Kilpatrick) , they want to eradicate what is left of mankind, but they feel is responsible for the disaster and this, of course, includes Neville. But Neville isn't the sole survivor , early appear a few survivors, an African-American woman named Lisa (Rosalind Cash). Pray for the last man alive. Because he's not alone. The World Is Dead. One Survivor. Then The Others. Crawling In Darkness. The Strangest Sect Of All. *Hunting The Last Man On Earth.*

Omega Man's spectacular adaptation with top-notch performance by Charlton Heston . Strong intrigue and suspense with considerable violence based on novel by Richard Matheson , which is also the basis for the film ¨The last Man on Earth¨ directed by Sidney Salkow , starred by Vincent Price and a modern version ¨I am legend¨ by Francis Lawrence with Will Smith and Alice Braga . This is a blockbuster production that manages to convey an eerie atmosphere to dismay . The film packs noisy action, tension , thrills , terror and entertaining enough. Good performance by Charlton ¨Chuck¨ Heston , usual actor of spectacular Sci-fi and epic movies . This movie marked the fourth teaming of producer Walter Seltzer with star Charlton Heston who worked together on 1973 ¨Soylent Green¨ , 1972 ¨Skyjacked¨ , 1969 ¨Number one¨ , 1968 ¨Will Penny¨, 1965 ¨The War Lord¨ , they would work together again on ¨The last hard man¨, their seventh and final movie together .Interesting screenplay by John and Joyce Corrington based on novel "I Am Legend" by Richard Matheson , though he said that The Omega Man was so removed from his book that it didn't even bother him . Heston is well acccompanied by a good cast , such as : Rosalind Cash, Anthony Zerbe , Paul Koslo , Lincoln Kilpatrick and the teen Eric Laneuville

Atmospheric but rare musical score fitting to action and suspense by Ron Granier . Colorful and glimmering cinematography by Russell Metty . The production company wanted a locale that looked like an abandoned metropolitan area, but it was too costly to build , the producer drove through Downtown Los Angeles and majority of the movie's exteriors were shot there on weekends when shoppers were closed . The motion picture was professionally directed by Boris Sagal , a television series expert such as ¨Rich man, poor man¨, ¨Ike¨ , ¨Columbo¨, ¨Diary of Anne Frank¨ ,¨Masada¨. Rating : Above average and well worth watching .