Wonderful
Added 12/10/2009
Rutger Hauer is funny in this movie. It is one of my all time favorites.
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This is an action movie with a little bit of a twist.
Added 8/27/2008
The plot is a nice idea: blind martial artist. The writers, and especially Rutger Hauer, have fun with it, and the fun comes right across :-)
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Just a classic Hauer film!!
Added 6/22/2008
He was perfect for this part and then to have Shô Kosugi as the hired gun at the end......that's right!!!!
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This is really rather poor. Rutger Hauer does a pretty good blind man but his magical sword powers are way over the top. What this reminded me of was the Clint Eastwood "Every way..." films where Clint continually humilates and beats the living daylights our of a gang of hells angels. The trouble is those films weren't taking themselves very seriously. I got the impression that this was.
There are a few a nice humerous exchanges between Hauer and the young lad, but overall this was a disappointment. I strongly recommend renting first. If you must buy, only buy if its very cheap.
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Real fun.
Added 2/14/2008
This is one of my favorite Rutger Hauer movies! Both of my sons liked it too! Rutger puts in a good performance. This is really a b-grade movie, but nicely done, even if some of the action scenes are a little over the top. The interaction between Hauer's character and the boy in the movie is actually quite good. Grab a bowl of popcorn, kick back and enjoy!
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gotta have
Added 10/7/2009
if you a fan of Rutger this is a must omega is a lil like a foren film but is interesting, blind fury though is great and full of great humor
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Two Opposites Still Each Good
Added 7/11/2006
Omega Doom:
Nah, I don't think it's a horrible movie. Sure it lacks a lot of action that movies of the period had, but I never thought of this as an action movie anyway. It seemed to me to be more like a comic book/graphic novel meets 70's samurai movie meets spaghetti western. Despite the obvious overarching situation (apocalypse, possibility of humans returning, obvious society gone to hell), it pretty much all but ignores that and focuses on the problem at hand: ridding the robot town of the "bad guys." It ends with a sense that Omega Doom has really done nothing more than put a band-aid on the whole situation, but his actions are more along the lines of self-preservation than anything else. He just showed up for a drink and gets sucked into a fight. That's how pretty much any of the same genre starts. Someone comes along, wanting to be left alone, but some dumb schmuck picks a fight and then our hero has to teach them a lesson. Nothing is resolved, the world is still as crummy as it ever was, but the hero gets to get back on the road in one piece. Lather, rinse, repeat.
That's why this kind of movie appeals to me. I don't think it's boring or a waste of time. It's interesting enough in it's hopeless nothingness. I don't always want to see a happily ever after ending or some Matrix-y, save-the-human-race type of fight. Those are a dime a dozen. That's what has always appealed to me in old samurai movies, though those tend to focus more on making things better. This movie was very reminiscent of Philip K. Dick stories: bleak futures with small stories that just are what they are.
Of course this kind of movie doesn't appeal to everyone, not by a long shot. I think my little brother fell asleep. Van Damme movies were more his thing. Lots of fight scenes and the bad guys get their due. Not that I don't like those movies, I do. It's just that something of the type of movie that Omega Doom is, is a breath of fresh air. There's a pointless despair to it that I enjoy. Something is done, and yet it isn't.
Also, I know the special effects are bad, but I honestly thought it was an 80's movie. I was surprised to see 1995-1997 as a release date. I think it's much better thinking of it as an 80's movie if you're the type of person who just can't get past special effects not being as good as LotR or Star Wars.
So this gets 4 stars from me. Not the greatest, but not the worst. Despite IMDB and Amazon's plot description, it doesn't try to be anything other than it is, it fulfills my comic book/graphic novel pleasures, and I much enjoyed some of the talent in it compared to, say Van Damme.
Blind Fury:
This was much more of a Van Damme type of movie. I noticed most people who hated Omega Doom loved Blind Fury. That's fine, of course. It just goes to show that Omega Doom is the bleak, Dick-esque style of film, whereas Blind Fury is more of a revenge story in the style of Universal Soldier. I liked Blind Fury fine, but those kinds of movies are a dime a dozen. Yes, there was a lot of action, but after getting out of my Van Damme and Stallone phase, it occurred to me that action sequences aren't something to base a movie on. If it can run in the background while I'm cleaning house or reading a book and I still understand the entire movie and don't miss a thing, then it's nothing more than background noise. If I have to pay attention to it to catch the subtleties, then it's a movie I'm going to enjoy and watch.
I still can't tell the difference between most of those Van Damme movies. Same plot, same storyline. Somehow he's wronged, a friend is wronged, blah blah, and has to go lay a smackdown on someone. Someone shoot me now because the world doesn't need any more of them and could use a few more Omega Dooms (with better production values, of course).
Yes, I liked Blind Fury. I just liked Omega Doom more. I'm a bit of a comic and dystopian scifi geek. Of course I liked Omega Doom better. My brother is a martial arts and action movie geek. Of course he liked Blind Fury better.
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Blind Fury is a good movie But Omega Doom left me bored.
Added 5/19/2004
Blind Fury is a very good if simple movie. I just could not get into Omega Doom. It had some promise, But never followed through on it.At this price Omega Doom is a throw in anyway, so if you like
Blind Fury go ahead and buy this.
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