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: When Dacascos parks his car right outside the dead-guy's grocery store, the car faces towards the entrance door. When he leaves the store and gets in the car, the car now faces the direction where he wants to go.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

References Heathers (1988)

Dacascos is Charlton Heston is Will Smith...

Behold the inevitable straight to video incarnation of Matheson's now thrice adapted "I Am Legend" which effectively combines the titles of the two latest ("Omega Man" and "I Am Legend") into one that will fool the unsuspecting movie renter/buyer. As with most knock-offs available from The Asylum, the much labored over box art promises a far more interesting and far more expensive film (it may be a tragedy that these are some of the last examples of good movie-related graphics). But since this is from The Asylum I'll assume you all also know what sort of inexpensive film to expect.

Trashing the straight-to-DVD industry aside, it is hardly the worst movie of its kind (that honor belongs to "Forsaken" with turns the story into a vampire road movie). "I Am Omega" has pretty good location use and competent production value. The editing is fairly stellar and the zombies weren't that laughable (although they were no substitute for the cloaked mutants of "The Omega Man"). And mercifully there are no bad video after effects like a lot of these low budget movies do.

The main problem is the slowness. The flashbacks in this version of the story (which cause the first 30 minutes to drag badly) choose to explain Dacascos' character as a tortured soul rather than unfold the explanations for the world being near over. The decision to use mindless zombies rather than intelligent mutants makes the action a little repetitive and doesn't actually help much with the horror. Red necks and the token female are added to give our heroes someone else to deal with. Director Furst and writer Meed add an explosion count down to move things along as well.

It won't hurt you too much if you keep your expectations low. If you're new to The Asylum, this is perhaps one of the better examples you'll find.