the film be set in the near future and charlton heston seem to be the only person leave on the planet . everyone else be either dead or a psychotic zombie that can not come out during the daytime . so during much of the film and cool heston drive about town in his cool car root for food or blow apart the occasional zombie . and after a long day of this and it home not for a miller beer and but to hide out in his amazing fortress home . at night and the crazed zombie attack his home again and again and but since heston would later become the president of the nra and it wasn not surprising that he proceed to blow the crap out of the intruder and do it with great gusto and style . see heston with a machine gun mow them down be indeed a guilty pleasure . there a lot more to the movie than this include a reason for the plague that do this to the people and explain why he be immune ( something forget in the early version of this film that star vincent price ) . in addition and later in the film some hope for the redemption of mankind appear think you will have to see the film for yourself to find out exactly what occur . this film be rare in that it a remake of an early film and it actually well than the original . while not as good a heston great sci fi film and planet of the ape and soylent green and it be wonderful fun . sure and it isn not shakespeare or amazingly artistic just good old fun that be very re watchable . an excellent and cool film that will please most viewer .