Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, Mia Farrow
The prophecy from the Book of Revelation provides a map to a terrifying future. The passage specifically points to the arrival of the Anti-Christ and the beginning of Armageddon. Robert Thorn, a senio...( read more
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DVD Release Date: October 17, 2006
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September 30, 2009It?s a rubbish remake of a fantastic film. It does not improve on the story in any way. It does have some good turns by Thewlis, Farrow & Postlethwaite but they are fighting a losing battle when up against a talentless director, a kid that isn't scary and the pain to watch that i...( read more)
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October 10, 2008Why? Why present a remake so faithful it almost shot for shot and word for word. Even terrible dialogue such as "She's pregnant" " I'm afraid not" remains. Coming from a doctor in todays day and age that is pretty disgraceful. Why not just stick your tongue out and go "Na na nee...( read more)
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August 20, 2008As I general rule, I am not really a fan of remakes. Especially those of the horror genre. I consider myself an avid horror movie fan. I would rate this movie, right up there with the remakes of The Amityville Horror and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. They all seemed to pale in com...( read more)
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August 9, 2008Painful and pointless shot for shot remake just go back to the 1976 version so much better!
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July 3, 2008"The son of the devil will rise from the world of politics."
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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 -
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November 18, 2009I thought this was actually a really well done remake. It looked beautiful and is just an improvement on the original. Liev Schreiber and Mia Farrow were just amazing and everyone else was good too. I think that at the core, the idea is really disturbing in the fact that the vill...( read more)
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November 13, 2009it was really cool though i expected it to be more scarier...and i thought something really scary will happen at the end
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Critic Reviews
November 13, 2006
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
June 12, 2006
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Not since Gus Van Sant inexplicably directed a shot-by-shot remake of Hitchcock's Psycho has a thriller been copied with so little point or impact. full review
June 6, 2006
Kyle Smith, New York Post
The devil takes care of business in exactly the same way, as if he's reading from the book of Re-Revelation. But director John Moore has added some creepy visuals and assembled an unusually strong cas... full review
June 6, 2006
Kurt Loder, MTV
This new Omen works fine. It has its own look and it plays the story straight, as if this were the first time it was being brought to the screen. If you haven't seen the original movie, this one shoul... full review
June 6, 2006
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Yes, it may be 6/6/06, but was there a reason beyond that to remake the 30-year-old horror classic? full review
June 6, 2006
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Moore delivers several powerful jolts, stocking the film with potent jump-scares, pacing its two-hour length tightly and bottling the tension that escalates with each new act of satanic cruelty. full review
June 6, 2006
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
A slavishly literal remake of the satanic-horror standby that elicits laughter, sleep and occasional eye-popped shock but drums up scant real terror. full review
June 6, 2006
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Compared to Al Gore's new global-warming documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, The Omen makes the Apocalypse look comforting and child-friendly. full review
June 6, 2006
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The Omen is a faithful remake of the 1976 film, and that's a relief; it depends on characters and situations and doesn't go berserk with visuals. full review
June 5, 2006
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
Yet another remake no one needs is The Omen, based on an empty 1976 horror vessel. full review
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October 30, 2008Good remake! Interested in being in it? Go to http://dareyoutowatch.com/ and watch yourself push Julia Styles over the railing
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January 24, 2008how is josh hucherson in this ? i didnt see him if eny one knows please leave a comment on my profile im soo confused
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January 24, 2008
this film is way cool me and friend wached itat 12:00 it was a bit jumpy in some places but still cool ~! lol
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July 12, 2007AND EVERYONE SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE THE END OF THE WORLD!!!!!!!GREAT MOVIE!!
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February 1, 2007i thought this would be a really good movie if it wasn't TRYING to be scary it had about to fright that wern't even scary but its a really good story and i love the idea of the omen and the little boy did really well at acting he was an evil little child lol
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January 22, 2007it isn't scary but it takes a rilegion side by wrong way (man cannot defeat dievel by his little power but he must ask for power from GOD)
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December 2, 2006Do u ppl get this? Josh Hutcherson is 14yrs right/ and in the OMEN he is like 6. and he acted in runaway vacation which was realeased in 2006 so woz the omen
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November 4, 2006Just saw it on the 5th Nov. REALLY FREAKY but at the same wos kool.The granny hangin herself wos horrific.but at the same time was entertaining
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