adonis98-743-186503 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+)

karmaswimswami 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.

mylucylumpkins The best part was knowing that nearly everyone was going to die. The filmmakers took the worst aspects of the original film and based their film around them. There are the same existing plot holes from the original (like if it's the end of the world and only the Catholics knew it, why did't they send backup to the one man who has to kill his adopted son?), but none of the great creepiness. One of the most jaw-dropping moments of the original were attempted to be recreated for this film, but unfortunately really just missed the mark. A prime example of this being the suicide of the nanny. That scene was incredibly realistic and powerful in the original, as was the dynamic between mother and nanny. The remake covered it briefly, and while I see what they were trying to do with it, it fell flat. The actors were terrible for the most part, especially the entire Thorn family. I could actually see Liev Schreiber's Robert Thorn being able to kill his child because Schreiber himself cannot portray personality or emotions. Immediately when seeing Julia Stiles I had to frantically reassure myself that she would be the first of the Thorn family to die. Most disappointing was Damien. There is just no way to compete with the equal amounts of innocent and creepiness of the child from the original film, but this little boy did not even come close. The best part was Mia Farrow, and it was obvious that she would be.

utgard14 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.