An American official realizes that his young son may literally be the Devil incarnate.An American official realizes that his young son may literally be the Devil incarnate.An American official realizes that his young son may literally be the Devil incarnate.
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- 1 win & 7 nominations
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Tomas Wooler
- Damien - 2 Years Oldas Damien - 2 Years Old
- (as Tomas Wooller)
Martin Hindy
- Haines' Limo Driveras Haines' Limo Driver
- (as Martin 'Mako' Hindy)
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- Trivia(at around 19 mins) Harvey Stephens, who portrayed Damien in The Omen (1976), appeared in this remake as the tabloid reporter who asks Robert Thorn (Liev Schreiber) if the deceased nanny "was on drugs".
- Goofs(at around 1h 35 mins) At the end of the film when Robert is driving to the church, both Robert and the Police are driving on the right-hand side of the road rather than the left as would be proper in the UK.
- Quotes
Father Brennan: When the Jews return to Zion, and a comet fills the sky, and the holy Roman Empire rises, then you and I must die. From the eternal sea he rises, creating armies on either shore, turning man against his brother, until man exists no more.
- Crazy creditsDuring the first credits the "t" turns around creating an inverted crucifix
- ConnectionsFeatured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Worst Horror Movie Remakes (2014)
- SoundtracksOld Comrades
Written by Andrew C. Pilmer (as Andrew Pilmer)
Original melody by Carl Teike (uncredited)
Courtesy of Associated Production Music, LLC.
Top review
See the Original Instead
Virtual scene-for-scene remake of the 1976 Omen film with the 21st century music video gloss that passes for cinematography now. That this was made by the same director who would later do the awful Max Payne and A Good Day to Die Hard should come as no surprise. John Moore is a director more focused on making a film look good than actually be good.
Did The Omen need to be remade? Of course not but such is the nature of the business. Before I start going on a diatribe about that, I'd better get back to this film and what's good or bad about it. What's good: some nicely staged scenes, but nothing particularly creative or original. For a director so obsessed with visuals, Moore offers little to improve upon the original's film's creative death set pieces. He just copies them. How creatively bankrupt is this man? As for the bad: the movie is plodding, unoriginal, often boring with no suspense or scares worth mentioning. Will viewers unfamiliar with the original film feel the same way? I think so unless these viewers are just generally unfamiliar with movies altogether. The cast is nothing to write home about. Julia Stiles tries and Liev Schrieber is dull as mud. Mia Farrow does fine with a performance that, judging by some of the praise I've seen, is a tad overrated.
Overall, it's yet another misfire remake of a superior film. Do yourself a favor and see the original instead. If you already have seen the original, watch something else. Something new or something old you haven't seen before. Just not another crappy horror remake.
Did The Omen need to be remade? Of course not but such is the nature of the business. Before I start going on a diatribe about that, I'd better get back to this film and what's good or bad about it. What's good: some nicely staged scenes, but nothing particularly creative or original. For a director so obsessed with visuals, Moore offers little to improve upon the original's film's creative death set pieces. He just copies them. How creatively bankrupt is this man? As for the bad: the movie is plodding, unoriginal, often boring with no suspense or scares worth mentioning. Will viewers unfamiliar with the original film feel the same way? I think so unless these viewers are just generally unfamiliar with movies altogether. The cast is nothing to write home about. Julia Stiles tries and Liev Schrieber is dull as mud. Mia Farrow does fine with a performance that, judging by some of the praise I've seen, is a tad overrated.
Overall, it's yet another misfire remake of a superior film. Do yourself a favor and see the original instead. If you already have seen the original, watch something else. Something new or something old you haven't seen before. Just not another crappy horror remake.
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- Nov 5, 2013
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- Budget
- $25,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $54,607,383
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $16,026,496
- Jun 11, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $119,974,972
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