I Am Omega (2007) (V)

User Rating:

3.3/10   

Director:

Griff Furst

Writers:

Richard Matheson (novel)
Geoff Meed (writer)

Release Date:

18 November 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Action

Tagline:

The Last Man Alive Must Battle a Planet of the Dead.

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Rescue | Bomb | Timer | Gas Pipeline | Disease

Cast

Mark Dacascos	...	Renchard
Geoff Meed	...	Vincent
Jennifer Lee Wiggins	...	Brianna
Ryan Lloyd	...	Mike
Joshua Schlegel	...	Renchard's Son (as Joshua William Schlegel)
Gregory Paul Smith	...	Various Zombies
Matthew Bolton	...	Various Zombies
Myles McLane	...	Various Zombies
Frank Forbes	...	Various Zombies
Afton Forbes	...	Various Zombies
Hayden Forbes	...	Various Zombies
Charles Peeke Jr.	...	Various Zombies
Wil Braithwaite	...	Various Zombies
Marlon Nash	...	Various Zombies
Bob Landau

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Australia:MA | Australia:MA (2008) | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Global Asylum, The

Goofs:

Continuity: Throughout the course of the film, the bombs set around the city count down from 48 hours until the city is destroyed, but during the last 10 or so minutes of the film, one shot of the bomb timer shows 40 seconds and clearly counts up to 43 seconds before cutting away. The timer then continues counting down.

Quotes:

Renchard: Why don't you just shoot them all?
Vincent: Because that would be too easy.

Movie Connections:

References Heathers (1988)

I Am Omega (2007) **1/2

I'd heard about this one, another apocalyptic combo takeoff on I AM LEGEND and THE OMEGA MAN, that was independently produced on a low budget and released direct to DVD on the Asylum label. It's about a man who is one of the few survivors on Earth after some sort of catastrophe (it's never made clear) has turned people into grotesque and marauding zombies. He meets up with a couple of other guys who need his aid in reaching one known female survivor somewhere who may have the cure within her own blood.

There is nothing that's new or unique here, but it functions very much like a "LAST MAN ON EARTH meets DAWN OF THE DEAD", and is more of a zombie film than anything else. On that level I think it succeeds pretty well in spite of the lack of funds... the ghoul makeup and special effects are actually quite good, and there is a decent amount of one-on-one threat and action with the creatures (who are played by real people). In fact, while watching this I thought to myself how much better this aspect of the movie played out than ANY of the silly and needlessly cartoon-like "dwellers" of Will Smith's mega-budgeted I AM LEGEND (which wasn't released until after this, also in 2007) ! Sometimes less is more in this regard, and a tiny budget requires more realism. Sure, there are many curious mistakes (how do computers still work, and why are there lights everywhere at night, for instance?) but I got the impression that hearts were in the right place and the filmmakers did the best with what they had.