in typical rock em and sock em heston style and he battle the bad guy in a not to shabby and but now somewhat dated sci fi adventure . still and an excellent movie with a terrific premise and and great plot and a mankind be nearly destroy by nuclear or biological warfare and and heston struggle to survive a the last sane man in a diseased and dying world . flashback of event lead to this disaster really make this movie come alive . a little melodrama and however be apparent in the scene of the family and and the movie do show it age with the language and color of the 70 culture . i be not sure how some people may take the end of this movie . i do not remember any big fuss about it in 1971 and so i guess it would not be an issue now . a good movie and with a sad and yet hope fill happy end and this film be yet another feather in the cap for charlton heston when he be in his sci fi movie making period ( planet of the ape and soylent green ) in his great career and and this particular social statement movie of the 70 remains relevant to this day .