The Omen
A diplomatic couple adopts the son of the devil without knowing it. A remake of the classic horror film of the same name from 1976.
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- Cast:
- Liev Schreiber , Julia Stiles , Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick , David Thewlis , Pete Postlethwaite , Mia Farrow , Predrag Bjelac
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I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.
As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.
The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;
An American official realizes that his young son may literally be the Devil incarnate. Despite 2 pretty good leas such as Liev Schreiber and Julia Stiles neither of them could match Gregory Peck and Lee Remick plus the movie felt like a piece by piece remake of the original with a few changes here and there like the dream sequence. I mean the priest gets impaled again, the photographer loses his head, the girl jumps and Thorn gets killed in the end. Pretty much piece by piece remake that is without a doubt tho better than The Omen III and IV at least. (D+)
The Omen (2006) is not a movie that is for everyone. Some people will definitely be turned off by it, and not because it's a bad film, but because it is a dark movie, it's not the goriest ever, but the plot and the overall tone of many scenes is very dark and gloomy. Julia Stiles and Liev Schreiber do a good job in their starring rules, I really enjoyed Liev in particularly, he just seemed very focused, dramatic when necessary, and he just seemed to fit in his role. The script is pretty well written and the direction worked also. The visuals are well done, although there is one killing that occurs in the film that I through was too brutal. The other violence and killings aren't over the top graphic, but that particular killing was just over the top in my opinion, and also, the visuals to that kill looked slightly fake/cheap. The nanny that comes to work for them after the horrific suicide of the first nanny is very creepy and just has a very eerie feel to her. That actress really did do a wonderful job at playing that role, her very presence gives you chills. The ending is bone chilling and well constructed, no spoilers here, have to see it for yourself. I will say though, this film is not for the squeamish or the kind that gets easily disturbed/offended by dark material. I mean after all, this is Satan's son we're talking about here. 7/10 for The Omen (2006)
As remakes go, this one of THE OMEN isn't half bad. It's well shot, with an attractive colour palette and good stunts to recommend it. Technical aspects are superior and a Macro Beltrami score adds to the experience. There are some quite horrific moments and some decent performances in the cast. Live Schreiber, an actor who I've never liked much, acquits himself well in the role of Robert Thorn; he's no Gregory Peck, but he makes a decent job of it. Julia Stiles is less assured in a somewhat bland turn as the put-upon mother, but the supporting cast make up for this. There's a raving Michael Gambon in a cameo role; a scary Mia Farrow, ageless and reminiscent of her role in ROSEMARY'S BABY as the creepy nanny, a scene-stealing Pete Postlethwaite as the mad priest, and best of all, a mannered and well-crafted turn from David Thewlis as the photographer played by David Warner in the original (Thewlis matches Warner's performance measure for measure).My main complaint, as with so many remakes, is that this one follows the original too closely. A couple of deaths are changed, but for the most part it's exact. Where's the fun in that? Why couldn't we have had a happy ending for a change? Nevertheless, this OMEN is a good film, and very much better than OMEN IV, the last sequel before this. Some of the deaths are inventive and pleasantly shocking, and the new decapitation doesn't disappoint. Sometimes things threaten to get a bit like FINAL DESTINATION but for the most part this rises above the rest as a good, old fashioned horror thriller.
This remake of the Gregory Peck/Lee Remick original is a point-by-point event-by-event facelift of a finely chilling movie that in no way needs remaking and which is best left alone. Neither the script, producers nor the director find anything remotely fresh to wring from the story arc, whose execution is drably formulaic, a somnambulistic walkthrough of the original film's script. The considerable abilities of Liev Schreiber and Julia Stiles never take flight because of no opportunities to do so. "The Omen" 2006 is told with no conviction and no enthusiasm, with also-ran shooting and editing. It's the most phoned-in waste-of-time film I have seen in several years.