The Omen (2006)

Director: John Moore

Writer: David Seltzer

Tagline: His Day Will Come.

Actors: Predrag Bjelac, Carlo Sabatini, Bohumil Svarc, Liev Schreiber, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Julia Stiles, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick

Runtime: 1h 50m

Category: Anti-Christ, Demon, Killer, Psychological

Synopsis: Robert Thorn is a senior American diplomat whose wife, Katherine, gives birth to a child who dies. The hospital priest informs Mr. Thorn that another child was born the same night and the mother died. The priest compels Thorn to do a secret adoption that only he and the priest know about. Flash forward five years; unsettling events begin to occur: Damien’s nanny hangs herself at his birthday party; a strange priest brings dire warnings to Thorn; Damien starts to make bizarre things happen that frighten his mother; and blurred objects in a bunch of photographs show how people Thorn has been in contact with, will die. Enter Mrs. Baylock, Damien’s new, and freakin weird nanny, who seems to be a little too devoted to the kid from the get go. Fearing that word will get out of what he has done, Thorn speaks to the priest again and with the photographer’s help go back to where Damien was born to get answers. Along the way they find out some shocking things that will ruin the movie if I tell you them. Lets just say this; Damien is no ordinary child; he is the prophesized Anti-Christ. Now, Thorn must make the ultimate sacrifice to keep Damien from the world.

Review: Well, this remake was just that, a remake. It is definitely not the original but the story was the exact same. There was no new twist or anything. The acting was good and the cast was pretty strong. However, little Anti-Christ, Damien was no more frightening than the Chucky doll I used to put next to my brother’s head when he was little. He was kind of girly and not as creepy as the real Damien. I didn’t expect much since I never do with remakes, and I think that is why I liked it. I own the original and that is where it stops. It’s like owning a movie on DVD, then deciding to buy the VHS version. What’s the point? Overall, it was decent good acting but it was the absolute same move from 1976.

Rating: I give this movie a 16. I am much tougher than my brother is. I am not as forgiving and require a little more than half-assed work to get a good rating. Had it not been an exact replica with new actors, maybe a higher rating. Overall, if you liked the original, I say give this a shot. It is amazing what technology can accomplish in 30 years. On a side note the original gets a 23 rating. (16of25).