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Omen, The (2006)


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Three 1/2 out of Five

Movie

Rating: R (disturbing violent content, graphic images and some language)
Length: 110 minutes

Video

Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)

Audio

ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
FRENCH: Dolby Digital 2.0
SPANISH: Dolby Digital 2.0

Captions

English, Spanish

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Plot

A loving husband (Schreiber) is distraught to learn that the child his wife (Stiles) was delivering was stillborn. In an effort to cheat death, and unbeknownst to his wife, he accepts another baby from the church as a replacement. He was told the child's mother died while giving birth at the same time his child died. Once the child turns five, people start suffering some rather bizarre deaths. Could the child really be the Antichrist like a seemingly crazed priest claims?

Pros

A good story but obviously not an original one. There is very little different from the first movie other than the actors and the soundtrack. Obviously today’s technology helped improve the video, audio and special effects.

Cons

The one thing that makes the first movie work better than this version is the soundtrack. The original soundtrack added a foreboding sense to the movie; this soundtrack really doesn’t do much to add to the atmosphere of the film.

Extras

  • Unrated Extended Scenes and Extended Ending
  • Commentary By Director John Moore, Producer Glenn Williamson And Editor Dan Zimmerman
  • Omenisms Documentary
  • Abbey Road Recording Sessions Featurette
  • Exclusive Behind-The-Scenes Featurette: "Revelation 666"

Recommendation

This is a good film, just not as good as the original mostly due to the soundtrack. The extras are "Ok" but nothing to get excited about.

Director

John Moore   [Behind Enemy Lines, Flight of the Phoenix (2004)]

Actors

Predrag Bjelac - Vatican Observatory Priest
Marshall Cupp - Ambassador Steven Haines
Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick - Damien
Martin Hindy - Haines' Limo Driver
[Flight of the Phoenix (2004)]
Giovanni Lombardo Radice - Father Spiletto
Carlo Sabatini - Cardinal Fabretti
Rafael Sallas - Rome Embassy Marine
Liev Schreiber - Robert Thorn
[Hitler: The Rise of Evil, Scream, Scream 2, Scream 3, Sphere, The Sum of All Fears]
Bohumil Svarc - Pope
Julia Stiles - Katherine Thorn
[The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy]
Tomas Wooler - Damien - 2 Years Old

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