The Omen (2006)

Posted : 11 months, 3 weeks ago at Nov 30 19:14

A remake of the 1979 movie, The Omen, where an American diplomat (Liev Schreiber) comes to realize that his son is the Anti-christ. The only good thing about this re-make is Mia Farrow as the nanny. She brought some creepiness to an otherwise unscary film (the scene where she's feeding Damien strawberries was the only time I felt ill at ease). She played the character in an understated, quiet manner but at the same time you sensed her determination to "do right" by Damien. And now for the bad. Let's start with Julia Stiles. UGH! How this woman cannot act - she's so ineffectual, so drained of life that I couldn't dredge up even an ounce of sympathy for her. Also Liev Schreiber and her do not make for a believable couple. The kid who played Damien kept trying to pass constipated fo...Read more

Rating : 3/10

Posted : 1 year, 4 months ago at Jul 3 23:02

"The son of the devil will rise from the world of politics." Considering the paranoid religious gibberish pertaining to the release of Richard Donner's 1976 horror flick The Omen, it's scarcely surprising that a remake was commissioned to tie in with the rare date of 6-6-06. In the current cinematic age, remakes of horror movies are a fickle beast endlessly being rolled out for money. Only rarely have I witnessed a horror remake that produced decent results (I have yet to see a brilliant remake) such as Zack Snyder's reinvention of Dawn of the Dead. Other remakes such as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre have become some of the worst segments of modern cinema. Put very simply, Hollywood has become too lazy to create original ideas, so they're recycling and reusing ideas for an easy profit. Th...Read more