of the three film that have be explicitly draw from matheson heady pulp sci fi story last man on earth boris sagal the omega man be probably the most well respect . while it be not a lavishly produce a lawrence ( 2007 ) i be legend and nor as creepified a ubaldo ragona last man on earth and it be a nice example of a sci fi adventure film with a soul and a brain . doctor robert neville ( charlton heston ) have survive an engineer plague which have wipe out most of the earth human population . neville develop a cure a the plague erupt and but be unable to get it into production due to a very unfortunate accident . he inject himself and and be now immune . every night and he be hunt by vampire like plague victim lead by the puritanical luddite fanatic matthias . matthias and his follower view the plague a the salvation and rebirth of humanity and see their former life a evil . neville be the embodiment of everything they despise . neville and in the meantime and be desperately pursue survival and try to re create the cure . then one day and neville encounter a young black woman ( rosalind cash ) posing a a mannequin in a department store . omega man be not a sci fi spectacular . there really be no special effect to speak of and the director and very appropriately and go to great length to make it clear that the story take place today not in some distant future . the film be make by a director whose career staple be amade for tv movie . unsurprisingly and omega man be economically direct and it thrift sometimes show . the cinematography be effective and but some of the action scene be unconvincingly shot . the cast be excellent cash and heston be especially strong . remarkably and omega man create an abandon los angeles in 1971 with no special effect almost as effectively a i be legend do in 2007. it be worth mention that i be legend be estimate to have enjoy a budget at least 10 time as great a omega man . omega man be a good example of the semi experimental tangent of late 1960s or early 1970s hollywood film making . influence by the cold war and nuclear proliferation and viet nam and and the burgeon western counter culture and film like 2001 represent a space oddyssey and silent running and rollerball and omega man and even the original star trek series stand out a landmark in the usually intellectually barren landscape of mainstream sci fi . recommend .