jandriod2012 It's such a shame this series has been cancelled, it had a great deal of potential and was genuinely creepy. Bradley James is excellent as Damien, still looking angelic enough to be the Antichrist. Contrary to other reviewers, I found Barbara Hershey's performance overwrought and hammy. The storyline itself is interesting and I would have liked to have seen where it eventually lead. Sadly the dialogue was poor in parts and some of the supporting cast were weak and extraneous to the plot. I liked the references to The Omen films and there were some good set pieces which neatly tied into the films, and some which mirrored classic scenes. What makes this more interesting is that Damien is not portrayed as a one dimensional character. We see him struggle with his humanity and destiny, is he the Antichrist or can he become a force for good as a prelude to the second coming? There are so many ways this series could have unfolded if only the production company had been brave enough to follow through. By comparison it is much better than some of the rubbish that has continued to be renewed, even The Walking Dead has lost the plot, the last series being one long fight scene. I wish producers/writers/companies would credit audiences with some intelligence and be prepared to take more risks. Anyway, I digress; as I said at the start, this had so much potential if only the production company tightened up the script and plot, had a bit of courage and persevered with the show; shame on them.

escctrlshift The original Omen series was not greatly loved by critics, nor do horror movies generally -- unless they happen to be Ridley Scott's _Alien_, among others -- ever fare too well with mainstream critical voices. As genres go, film horror has a long history of not taking itself too seriously. For one it's hard to take blood and guts too seriously when their are in superabundance. The exploding head, now a standard trope of the literary horror palette, was kind of funny from the beginning. And horror IS about horrible things. Taking them too seriously would be, well, just horrible. So the horror genre tends toward cheekiness. Horror film freaks are not all doom and gloom. I suppose most of us like to hold babies, tell silly jokes to our parents and do other sentimental humanish things. Religious fundamentalists, on the other hand, have a more severe view of the world, and do not ma6ke the best stand-up comics. They might well love the Damien series, which has no sense of humor at all, which is one reason, I believe, that critics will tend to dislike (or even ignore) the series altogether. Metacritic scores this one 56, based on one review. So critics are not exactly lining up to pan this one. The truth is, few viewers of a drama series really want to entertain a serious question about their own lives: is their evil in the world? For those of us who must answer with a resounding "Yes", this series provides, in a perverse way perhaps, a kind of comfort. Yes there is evil in the world, and even the ostensibly "evil" one is upset about it. I think evil exists and it upsets me off, too. So I cannot help but like the protagonist here. On the other hand, that I do like him is scary because he might become the person he least wishes to be. The potential is there in him, as it is in all of us. Each of us could, if we're not careful, become the person we least wish to be. There's a universal truth if there ever was one. Who wants to be reminded of that? Probably not people with their heads in the sand. That's why they put them there in the first place.Knowing one's own potential, for good or ill, is a serious way to be, to think and to act. Self-knowledge is a universal concern, and to that extent, it is a distinctly un-humorous proposition. Humor is, to the extent that it's funny, provincial in character. THat is why we are able to laugh at stereotypes, in certain contexts, even though they offend us in other contexts. Self-knowledge is a universal concern. In and of itself, it does not make us laugh, in part, because there is self-deception (=evil) involved. That is, knowledge exists within, and might emerge victorious over, deception and confusion. This is war, metaphorically speaking. Of course.Humor makes us laugh by showing that self-deception is provincial and small-minded. But the fact of self-deception is not, in itself, funny.So as campy and over-the-top as this (or any other, thematically similar) production tends to be, there is comfort in the fact that art, symbolically, addresses the truth of our subjective experiences around touchy, unfunny, but nonetheless real elements. Aside from a fine cast overall, that Barbara Hershey's character returns, full of chillingly evil characterization, is a MAJOR score for the series.

seema-17624 This is an extremely impressive series. I take it as a stand alone piece of art instead of a continuation of the Omen movies which I feel were unrealistic, a child giving someone evil looks and they die is somewhat a laughable connotation of what the Devil would be like on Earth which is what this series is about, it pertains to the human side of Damien, who is 29 or 30 years of age now. The narrative initiates in the main characters' journey of disbelieve of what he is which is plausible since this story is set in modern day, where science and reasoning exists and have somewhat overwritten Religion and Ancient Prophecies. This is a story of Fate/Faith in himself/Brutal Reality/Realisation/Strength/Failure/Disbelief, a mixed bag of emoticons and experiences. The audience that will appreciate this series are those that can relate to his journey or any journey of realization, it is for those who have struggled, have good and pure intentions but are in a pit of serpents. This show cleverly allows the audience to ponder upon if Damien is Good, Bad or Necessary if not all. I am on the sixth episode now and very excited to see what happens next!!!!! :D Some might say, "How eerie 6th episode!" LMAO!!!!

Maryana Serpinina I will give 3 only for amazing actors that I saw in other projects. Every time I see new episode it feels like script-team didn't see the Trilogy but also they read only short version of it in Wikipedia. They try to stick to it some details that were in movies and they fail completely by making many mistakes. The story here doesn't make any sense, people just die helping him or being against him. And the most dangerous people for him just stay alive. What he does makes sense, but then people who help him (demons right?) have no idea what is happening and behave in absolutely strange way, not suitable for the character. Worst execution of the script for TV-show based on movie I've ever seen. P.S. But very good idea to pick up this movie for the series because 3rd movie finishes with open door, like asking for it.