I AM OMEGA
* * * (2007, 90 minutes, Unrated)
O(mega) are you?
This has only happened here once before: The mission of the Bargain Bin Review is to take on the
kind of crappy, straight-to-video films that no respectable reviewer would touch and seek out the
ultimate in "so bad it's good." And this film is legitimately not bad.
Well, it's certainly not great, but it's not bad. Definitely not "so bad it's good."
This story, like Will Smith's I Am Legend and Charlton Heston's The Omega Man, is based on
Richard Matheson's classic story, "I Am Legend." If you haven't read this, you really ought to.
Seriously. Turn off the computer, head over to the library, and read it. It's not a long story, and at
the risk of sounding cliché, none of these movies can hold a candle to it.
Still here? Oh well, I tried.
The story: Something Has Happened to turn just about everyone in the world in to Icky, Yucky
Mutants (in this film, the mutants are lizard-like, kinda like cousins to Voldermort). There's just one
man still alive, and fortunately for him, he appears to be an expert in Kicking Ass. Capt. Kick Ass is
a martial artist, a marksman, a master of fighting hand-to-hand with a machete and nunchucks (!!),
an expert in setting alarms and traps, a skilled electrician and a knowledgeable pharmacist. He
also appears to have an endless supply of ammunition, freeze-dried meals, painkillers and
dynamite (!!).
Capt. Kick Ass is very busy during the first half of the film: driving around, writing on maps,
strapping dynamite to things, popping pills and taking out the occasional mutant. No idea of what
he's up to, but I guess it doesn't matter.
The Omega status of Capt. Kick Ass is quickly upended when he receives a video message
across the Internet that magically still works. A cutie is stuck in L.A., and needs his help to get to
the save haven of survivors in Antioch (no word if they have a Holy Hand Grenade). When the cutie
can't convince Capt. Kick Ass to swagger forth, a pair of rednecks show up to give him a lift and
blow up Casa de Kick Ass with a bazooka. Helpful!
And, uh... it's okay. It's pretty good in an A-Team kind of way. Sorry if this review is light on the
funny, but there wasn't much to work with.
* * * (2007, 90 minutes, Unrated)
O(mega) are you?
This has only happened here once before: The mission of the Bargain Bin Review is to take on the
kind of crappy, straight-to-video films that no respectable reviewer would touch and seek out the
ultimate in "so bad it's good." And this film is legitimately not bad.
Well, it's certainly not great, but it's not bad. Definitely not "so bad it's good."
This story, like Will Smith's I Am Legend and Charlton Heston's The Omega Man, is based on
Richard Matheson's classic story, "I Am Legend." If you haven't read this, you really ought to.
Seriously. Turn off the computer, head over to the library, and read it. It's not a long story, and at
the risk of sounding cliché, none of these movies can hold a candle to it.
Still here? Oh well, I tried.
The story: Something Has Happened to turn just about everyone in the world in to Icky, Yucky
Mutants (in this film, the mutants are lizard-like, kinda like cousins to Voldermort). There's just one
man still alive, and fortunately for him, he appears to be an expert in Kicking Ass. Capt. Kick Ass is
a martial artist, a marksman, a master of fighting hand-to-hand with a machete and nunchucks (!!),
an expert in setting alarms and traps, a skilled electrician and a knowledgeable pharmacist. He
also appears to have an endless supply of ammunition, freeze-dried meals, painkillers and
dynamite (!!).
Capt. Kick Ass is very busy during the first half of the film: driving around, writing on maps,
strapping dynamite to things, popping pills and taking out the occasional mutant. No idea of what
he's up to, but I guess it doesn't matter.
The Omega status of Capt. Kick Ass is quickly upended when he receives a video message
across the Internet that magically still works. A cutie is stuck in L.A., and needs his help to get to
the save haven of survivors in Antioch (no word if they have a Holy Hand Grenade). When the cutie
can't convince Capt. Kick Ass to swagger forth, a pair of rednecks show up to give him a lift and
blow up Casa de Kick Ass with a bazooka. Helpful!
And, uh... it's okay. It's pretty good in an A-Team kind of way. Sorry if this review is light on the
funny, but there wasn't much to work with.
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