The Omen 666
Studio: 11:11 Mediaworks, Twentieth
Century Fox Film Productions
Director: John Moore
Writer: David Seltzer
Release date: June 6th 2006 USA
Staring: Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles,
Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Seamus
Davey-Fitzpatrick, Pete Postlethwaite
Running Time: 110 minutes
Rated: R
Century Fox Film Productions
Director: John Moore
Writer: David Seltzer
Release date: June 6th 2006 USA
Staring: Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles,
Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Seamus
Davey-Fitzpatrick, Pete Postlethwaite
Running Time: 110 minutes
Rated: R
Back of the box:
Grieving American ambassador Robert Thorn (Liev Schreiber) brings
home another baby to soften the blow when his wife, Katherine (Julia
Stiles), loses their first child during labor. But as young Damien (Seamus
Davey-Fitzpatrick) grows up, horrific things begin to happen as his devilish
lineage asserts itself. Mia Farrow, David Thewlis and Pete Postlethwaite
round out the cast in this chilling remake of the 1976 horror classic.
Grieving American ambassador Robert Thorn (Liev Schreiber) brings
home another baby to soften the blow when his wife, Katherine (Julia
Stiles), loses their first child during labor. But as young Damien (Seamus
Davey-Fitzpatrick) grows up, horrific things begin to happen as his devilish
lineage asserts itself. Mia Farrow, David Thewlis and Pete Postlethwaite
round out the cast in this chilling remake of the 1976 horror classic.
The Bloody Truth:
It seems that the one thing modern directors know how to do with old films
is drain the atmosphere right out of them like some cinematic quality
control vampires. The demand for modern film to be sharp, clear, straight
forward and entertaining always seems to kill the dark foreboding
atmosphere that attaches itself to such films like The Omen and the
Exorcist.
The bloody truth is that the remake The Omen 666 is a good film. It
weaves in and out from great to ordinary unfortunately settling on the
ordinary when all is concluded. At times it even feels as though the movie
is compressing scenes and story moving quickly from event to event
without much time for reflection. In the same hand the director does stop
the fast pace to offer up some stunning visuals and intense moments.
Fans of the original and of biblical horror in general might be a bit
disappointed in the polished remake but the many qualities of the film such
as great performances by supporting actors such as Mia Farrows and
David Thewlis help this movie please the rest.
Great Movie Moment : Liev Schreiber attempting to punch a hell hound
off his arm.
It seems that the one thing modern directors know how to do with old films
is drain the atmosphere right out of them like some cinematic quality
control vampires. The demand for modern film to be sharp, clear, straight
forward and entertaining always seems to kill the dark foreboding
atmosphere that attaches itself to such films like The Omen and the
Exorcist.
The bloody truth is that the remake The Omen 666 is a good film. It
weaves in and out from great to ordinary unfortunately settling on the
ordinary when all is concluded. At times it even feels as though the movie
is compressing scenes and story moving quickly from event to event
without much time for reflection. In the same hand the director does stop
the fast pace to offer up some stunning visuals and intense moments.
Fans of the original and of biblical horror in general might be a bit
disappointed in the polished remake but the many qualities of the film such
as great performances by supporting actors such as Mia Farrows and
David Thewlis help this movie please the rest.
Great Movie Moment : Liev Schreiber attempting to punch a hell hound
off his arm.
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Acting - 4 Cinematography - 3
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Sound - 3 Music - 4
Story - 3 Reality - 3
When American politician Robert Thorn and his wife Katherine adopt a baby boy after she suffers a miscarriage their lives are changed
forever. On their sons’ fifth birthday things take a drastic turn for the worse as they begin to suspect their son may literally be the devil.
I had high hopes for The Omen when I saw the trailers. A little boy sitting on a creaky swing in a too quiet park; a family man
methodically nailing crosses to every inch of his house; taglines promising “his day will come” – it’s easy hype to buy into for a movie
being released on 6-6-6. Let me go on record now: this was a decent movie. It had some interesting dream sequences that made me
jump more than once and frankly the time frame works much better now than it did in the 70’s. Being born on June sixth at six o’clock in
the morning just doesn’t have the same ominous ring to it as the sixth day of the sixth month of the sixth year. Using current
catastrophic events like 9/11 (among others) to predict the birth of the devil child was extremely well done and a very welcome edition to
the original film. Where the remake struggles is with the spook factor associated with the original. Damien is just not scary and I found
his facial expressions to be quite comical at times. Harvey Stephens’ Damien was a creepy little kid whose smile sends shivers up my
spine. The new Damien, well he’s just cute and the film suffers for it. This is almost made up for, however, by Mia Farrows’ perfectly
peculiar Mrs. Baylock and David Thewlis’ fraught photographer Keith Jennings. If you’ve never seen the original this is a great scary
movie and if you have, it’s still pretty good.
forever. On their sons’ fifth birthday things take a drastic turn for the worse as they begin to suspect their son may literally be the devil.
I had high hopes for The Omen when I saw the trailers. A little boy sitting on a creaky swing in a too quiet park; a family man
methodically nailing crosses to every inch of his house; taglines promising “his day will come” – it’s easy hype to buy into for a movie
being released on 6-6-6. Let me go on record now: this was a decent movie. It had some interesting dream sequences that made me
jump more than once and frankly the time frame works much better now than it did in the 70’s. Being born on June sixth at six o’clock in
the morning just doesn’t have the same ominous ring to it as the sixth day of the sixth month of the sixth year. Using current
catastrophic events like 9/11 (among others) to predict the birth of the devil child was extremely well done and a very welcome edition to
the original film. Where the remake struggles is with the spook factor associated with the original. Damien is just not scary and I found
his facial expressions to be quite comical at times. Harvey Stephens’ Damien was a creepy little kid whose smile sends shivers up my
spine. The new Damien, well he’s just cute and the film suffers for it. This is almost made up for, however, by Mia Farrows’ perfectly
peculiar Mrs. Baylock and David Thewlis’ fraught photographer Keith Jennings. If you’ve never seen the original this is a great scary
movie and if you have, it’s still pretty good.
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