Not a bad remake of "The Omega Man" (1971)

Rating: 6/10 (5 January 2008)

Intentionally or not this looks a lot like a remake of the old film "The Omega Man". I was very caught up by this film when I as a teen watched it for the first time and again much older saw it for the second time. The keyword is "atmosphere" with a lot of tension, the more it can be built up without it looking ridiculous the better. It is important that you "are alone" with the main character, that you feel lost with him. I'm thinking that the dog shouldn't even be in the new film. So I have mentioned the old and the new one. My point is that I saw them both and even though Will Smith is one of my favorites and one of the most devoted actors imo the 2007 movie fails to build the atmosphere as good as in The Omega Man. As other people have said, we have seen so many computer generated images that we can tell easily when we see one. It kills it a bit for me having to look at too many cgi's.
All in all its a good movie BUT it was a remake that wasn't better, even though it was made 30 years later and had one the leading actors on this planet. It fails because its a copy of lessor quality regarding the atmosphere. Its everything for me in this genre.
Still love ya Will :-)