www.kajatm.com The Omen Surprise, Surprise no new ideas out of Hollywood. In the last recycled storyline out of Hollywood, The Omen is a remake of the 1976 classic horror flick based on Damien whom is the Son of Satan. Even though it is a remake and to my disappointment because I was really looking forward to blasting this movie The Omen was actually pretty good.
The only characters that everyone will recognize in this film are Julia Stiles, Pete Postlethwaite aka Koybyashi (The Usual Suspects) and Liev Schreiber (The Manchurian Candidate). I would mention the child actor that played Damien but I believe he had about 2 lines of dialog in the entire movie.
The film begins with the audience discovering that all the signs that the Son of Satan is coming to earth are being tracked by the Catholic Church and such events as 9/11 and all the fighting in the world shows that the time of Satan's son return is upon us. What I really want to know is if there is a Catholic division that tracks all of the priests that are molesting little boys? Sure the return of Satan is a big deal, but molesting little kids is no little item but that is neither here nor there.
Next we discover that up and coming political leader Robert Thorn (Liev Schreiber) and his wife Kate Thorn (Julia Stiles) are expecting the birth of their first child. However, the child "supposedly" dies in child birth which could be potentially crushing for both parents. But just like Monte Hall, a priest shows up and wants to make a deal. Lucky for both Kate and Robert the priest has an extra baby just waiting for them however he forgets to disclose that this baby is the Son of Satan and one would think that this would be a detail that you might want to mention.
After this we go into Robert's and Kate's life over the next couple of years in a made for the movies slide show. This takes us to present time and how the baby they have adopted is truly evil and how they are going to handle this situation. From here we have a lot of killing, traveling to find out about Damien, killing, more plotting to kill, planning and eventually the open door ending.
The only thing that really disappointed me about this movie was the sound track. Unlike the original there wasn't the chanting music in the background. This was highly disappointing because that music is about the only thing that stands out in my head about the original. How is a guy supposed to know that something bad is going to happen without the chanting music in the background? How I ask you, How! One thing that I think is worth mentioning is the release date of this movie. While a little bit corny you have to give it to 20th Century Fox for coming up with the brilliant marketing scheme to release this movie on 6/6/06. But this kind of marketing makes me wonder which came first, the idea of remaking the movie or the fact that some big wig at 20th Century Fox is patting himself (or herself) on the back for noticing that 6/6/06 was coming up and that it would be a good idea to make a movie that would take full advantage of that day.
I really did like this movie. There are a lot of good jump out of your seat moments and overall the storyline flows together very well. The kid that they picked to play Damien did an excellent job of looking creepy throughout the entire film however his acting ability is still unknown as his lines of dialog were limited. If you are a fan of horror movies or you are looking to scare your date into your arms I would recommend taking the time to go see this movie. But then again, what do I know?
The only characters that everyone will recognize in this film are Julia Stiles, Pete Postlethwaite aka Koybyashi (The Usual Suspects) and Liev Schreiber (The Manchurian Candidate). I would mention the child actor that played Damien but I believe he had about 2 lines of dialog in the entire movie.
The film begins with the audience discovering that all the signs that the Son of Satan is coming to earth are being tracked by the Catholic Church and such events as 9/11 and all the fighting in the world shows that the time of Satan's son return is upon us. What I really want to know is if there is a Catholic division that tracks all of the priests that are molesting little boys? Sure the return of Satan is a big deal, but molesting little kids is no little item but that is neither here nor there.
Next we discover that up and coming political leader Robert Thorn (Liev Schreiber) and his wife Kate Thorn (Julia Stiles) are expecting the birth of their first child. However, the child "supposedly" dies in child birth which could be potentially crushing for both parents. But just like Monte Hall, a priest shows up and wants to make a deal. Lucky for both Kate and Robert the priest has an extra baby just waiting for them however he forgets to disclose that this baby is the Son of Satan and one would think that this would be a detail that you might want to mention.
After this we go into Robert's and Kate's life over the next couple of years in a made for the movies slide show. This takes us to present time and how the baby they have adopted is truly evil and how they are going to handle this situation. From here we have a lot of killing, traveling to find out about Damien, killing, more plotting to kill, planning and eventually the open door ending.
The only thing that really disappointed me about this movie was the sound track. Unlike the original there wasn't the chanting music in the background. This was highly disappointing because that music is about the only thing that stands out in my head about the original. How is a guy supposed to know that something bad is going to happen without the chanting music in the background? How I ask you, How! One thing that I think is worth mentioning is the release date of this movie. While a little bit corny you have to give it to 20th Century Fox for coming up with the brilliant marketing scheme to release this movie on 6/6/06. But this kind of marketing makes me wonder which came first, the idea of remaking the movie or the fact that some big wig at 20th Century Fox is patting himself (or herself) on the back for noticing that 6/6/06 was coming up and that it would be a good idea to make a movie that would take full advantage of that day.
I really did like this movie. There are a lot of good jump out of your seat moments and overall the storyline flows together very well. The kid that they picked to play Damien did an excellent job of looking creepy throughout the entire film however his acting ability is still unknown as his lines of dialog were limited. If you are a fan of horror movies or you are looking to scare your date into your arms I would recommend taking the time to go see this movie. But then again, what do I know?
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