Omega Doom

Omega Doom (1996)

Robots rule the Earth. Only one man can stop them.

After earth is taken over by an army of robots, the small number of humans left are forced into hiding. In the nuclear winter, only droids walk the face of the earth, in fear of the rumored human resurgence, and in search of a hidden cache of weapons. One robot, his evil circuits destroyed, enters a small town where a robot civil war is taking place.

Date of release
1996-10-21
TMDB
4.5 / 10 (73)
Runtime
1h 24m
Genres
Science Fiction
Director
Albert Pyun

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Yojimbo

Omega Doom is a 1996 American science fiction action film directed by Albert Pyun and starring Rutger Hauer. It was written by Pyun and Ed Naha. The story, set in a dystopian future, concerns a robot warrior who, during a nuclear winter, plays both sides of a robot civil war in a small town. The film is mostly based on Yojimbo by Akira Kurosawa. It is considered a cult film.

Production

Christopher Lambert was considered for the lead role before Rutger Hauer was cast.

The screenplay written by Albert Pyun and Ed Naha was originally set in Paris, at EuroDisney. The characters were supposed to be an animatronic theme park's figures who continue to operate after a global catastrophe. Each "Zone" was the domain of the animatronic characters who were part of that same zone's theme.

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