Omega Man

"Damn You! Damn you all to hell!"

Ok, Charlton Heston didn't say that in this movie but it would go well in it.

THE STORY: I've never had anything against Charlton Heston. I really never paid too much attention when he criticized Ice-T and Body Count for the song "Cop killer". The only thing he's ever done that has lessened my opinion of him is being a spokesperson for the NRA. But I can understand why he supports the NRA from this movie. The opening scene shows Heston driving a convertible through a city. He pulls over, grabs a machine gun and opens fire on a shadowy figure in a building! Obviously, Mr. Heston is afraid that without the NRA he won't have the firepower to defend himself against mutated night creatures!

Heston plays Colonel Robert Neville. Neville managed to create a cure for a deadly plague that was unleashed in WWIII, but he created it too late. He's apparently the last normal person left. Those that didn't die became pasty-white night creatures that can't bear light. The mutated humans are led by Mathius and call themselves the family. They want to rid the world of technology and science since science unchecked has destroyed the world. Neville has turned his home into a fortress to protect himself from the Family's nightly attacks. By day he forages for supplies and searches for the Family's hiding place so he can destroy them. One day however he spots a woman, Lisa, in the city. she runs away before he can communicate with her. Neville isn't sure he even saw her. He thinks he may be hallucinating. Later that very day he is captured by the family. They plan on burning him at the stake but he is freed by Lisa and her friend Dutch. That's when Neville discovers that Lisa and Dutch have a hideout outside of the city where they care for some children. Lisa's brother Richie is coming down with the plague and will soon become one of the family. This fate awaits everyone except for Neville. Since he used his antidote on himself he's immune. Taking Richie and Lisa back to his place, Neville manages to cure Richie and concoct a cure from his blood. Richie tries to get Neville to offer to the Family but Neville refuses. His plan is to take the serum, give it to Dutch and the kids and they all head out far away where they'll be safe from Mathius and the Family. Being a dummy, Richie goes to see Mathius  to see if he'll talk to Neville and accept the cure. Mathius doesn't want the cure and kills Richie. Lisa, out gathering things before they leave suddenly comes down with the plague and changes. (some people take a few hours, some take weeks) Neville goes to rescue Richie but finds him dead. Returning to his home he finds that Lisa, now one of the family has let Mathius and his followers inside. He narrowly escapes with Lisa, but Lisa hesitates and wants to go back to Mathius. This gives Mathius a chance to throw a spear at Neville, mortally wounding him. The sun comes up and the family goes into hiding. Dutch and the kids come looking for Neville and find him dying outside of his home. Lisa is cowering from the sunlight. with his final breath, Neville gives Dutch the cure. He takes Lisa with him and the kids and they all leave for the mountains.

This movie was kind of depressing. But I guess all movies can't end up with the bad guys destroyed and all the heroes riding off into the sunset.

Best Lines: "And if you just have to play James Bond I'll bust yo' ass!"-A warning from Lisa when she rescues Neville.

1.) Neville is out foraging and he goes to a theater and watches a movie. Then he goes outside and sees the sun setting and gets really scared. The Family will be out soon and he has to go home! What, did he forget the sun would set that day? Moron! He had all day to [unwrite] around! Why wait until the absolute last minute to have to rush home to safety before the homicidal night people come out!?

2.) The Family comes outside of Neville's fortified home every night with the intentions to kill him. Now, its to Neville's advantage that the Family doesn't use anything remotely technological or they could have gotten him by now...but this has apparently been going on for two years! Why doesn't Neville just move? The Family is inactive during the day! He could set up shop in a SECRET location so they'd have a harder time finding him. Yeah, he tells Lisa its his home and he's not going to move, but come on...if you were alone in a city full of crazy mutants that want to kill you wouldn't you want a hideout no one could find? I would. The law of averages would tell me sooner or later the Family is going to get tired of dickin' around and get me! (Hell, I'd just leave the city!)

3.) Speaking of leaving the city--that's the big plan once Neville concocts his serum for the kids. But before he didn't even know they existed. Why didn't he go somewhere safer?

4.) Lisa's escape plan when she rescues Neville involves riding a motorcycle. Man, its a good thing Neville knows how to ride a motorcycle. in fact, he's like Evel Knievel! ( you can tell that its stunt doubles which makes it fairly hilarious)

5.) There's a lot of dead bodies all over the city. I guess the plague killed all the rats and flies too.

NUDITY AND SEX: Lisa is seen nude. Being the only normal adult woman, Neville does the love thang with her. (Hey it's been two years. The guy hasn't been laid since the world ended!)

HUH?: Why would Lisa go out shopping the day they plan on leaving? Unacceptable risk. There has to be another small town they can stop in and get stuff on their way. I also couldn't help but wonder why Lisa and Neville didn't get some radios and Walkie Talkies or something. That way they could communicate with each other and even Dutch! The Family isn't going to listen in because they can't stand technology! I would have done that!

The Family uses a crude catapult to fire a burning something or other into Neville's window. That's when I thought, if they want to kill him so badly but they can't get in his place why don't they burn the building down?

THE TALLY: Not really exciting, but not that boring either. Lisa has a bigass afro too. That made me laugh. (the Soooouuuulllllll train!) Still it was kind of depressing.