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The Omen Reviews

2006

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Liev Schreiber (EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED) plays Robert Thorn--a wealthy American official living in Rome--whose wife Kate (Julia Stiles, MONA LISA SMILE) has just lost her first child. At the behest of a strange priest, Robert substitutes an orphaned child for his own without Kate's knowledge, and soon the small family is .. Read more

Starring	Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, Mia Farrow, David Thewlis
Director	John Moore
Genres	Horror

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  No atheists in foxholes.
  
  For those who never saw the original, this is a good movie. It's intense, nicely photographed with excellent surround sound, and capably acted.
  
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  - JediSi
  - 301 reviews
  - Kent
  - 07 Nov 2007 at 20:44
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  good but not as good as the orignal
  
  not a bad film, still scary and demonic, but however its not as good as the original.
  
  the original was much more on the ball this one just seemed to ... read more »
  
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- - cheesekake
  - 766 reviews
  - uk
  - 07 Mar 2012 at 21:58
- - 0
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  Life in The Young Devil Yet
  
  While some critics have dismissed this as a pointless almost scene by scene remake of Richard Donners 1978 version I found it a most entertaining supernatural ... read more »
  
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  - tennsy
  - 17 reviews
  - Louth
  - 18 Nov 2011 at 09:43
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  I think we are a hard bunch to please
  
  I watched the re-make of Nightmare on Elm Street and was disappointed as they deviated so much from the original and only seemed to keep the odd little shot the... read more »
  
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- - Horrorfan81
  - 6 reviews
  - Exmouth
  - 02 Nov 2011 at 20:17
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  - 0
  Improved Cinematography = Less Scary
  
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  I was expecting great things from the remake of a truly heart-racing horror classic. But the improved cinematography and detail in the gruesome scenes has made ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 06 Jun 2011 at 15:37
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  An Unnecessary Remake
  
  Not a patch on the original, but holds it's own.
  
  Nicely done, but an unnecessary remake.
  
  The acting is solid, and has been brought up ... read more »
  
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- 980944
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  - Flintsteel
  - 42 reviews
  - Newcastle-upon-Tyne
  - 11 Apr 2011 at 09:25
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  rubbish
  
  A slow and tatty re-make of the cult film,it is to be hoped they make no more!!
  
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  - midlands
  - 13 Dec 2010 at 12:10
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  Close, but not quite
  
  The original Omen was perhaps my favourite horror film, This is quite a good remake and not at all as bad as I expected. There are some additions which, for me ... read more »
  
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  - Devon
  - 09 Nov 2010 at 20:00
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  The Omen
  
  Having seen the original movie i was skeptical, but after watching this version, i was pleasently suprised. They kept to the story, and on whole it was a ... read more »
  
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- - radley37
  - 17 reviews
  - Abingdon
  - 05 Oct 2010 at 10:08
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  - 2
  Pure crap hey?
  
  OMG what a load of rubbish!! Haven't seen the original but this remake sucks. The accident of the ambassador in Rome was ridicolous, I didint recognize any ... read more »
  
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- - gianino
  - 502 reviews
  - London
  - 23 Sep 2010 at 22:53
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  Mildly interesting but not scary
  
  I had not seen any of the Omen films and i had heard so much about it that i had to watch and i was quite disapointed. Whilst it was a good story line the boy ... read more »
  
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- - Emman2307
  - 21 reviews
  - Gloucestershire
  - 03 Sep 2010 at 09:36
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  No atheists in foxholes.
  
  For those who never saw the original, this is a good movie. It's intense, nicely photographed with excellent surround sound, and capably acted.
  
  ... read more »
  
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- 492312
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  - JediSi
  - 301 reviews
  - Kent
  - 07 Nov 2007 at 20:44
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  Why?
  
  Why remake such a fantastic classic into such a dire, laughable film that relies on sudden shock tactics to scare instead of building tension of the oringinal.<... read more »
  
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- - Thetruthisoutthere
  - 26 reviews
  - Croydon
  - 07 Jun 2006 at 23:19
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  Read this Sign!
  
  Why remake a film only 30 years after the original it's not as if the original has dated that badly.
  
  The remake is okay... read more »
  
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- - KH08
  - Bristol
  - 23 Oct 2006 at 11:06
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  - 5
  Bad omen
  
  We went for a West End cinema on 6/6/6, the day of release, in the hope of a bit of atmosphere and were mightily disappointed. All the ingredients appear to be... read more »
  
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- - Tim
  - London, England
  - 08 Jun 2006 at 12:32
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  'oh man'
  
  Q. How do you remake a classic movie.
  
  A. Not very well.
  
  Firstly If you have not seen the original,this film is not too bad.As it stands by... read more »
  
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- - mattyladd
  - 22 reviews
  - sutton
  - 08 Jun 2006 at 18:49
- - 5
  - 1
  not great
  
  i would only go and see this film if you seen everything else there. all remake do is look better with the aid of a computer
  
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- - nez202
  - 17 reviews
  - Middlesbrough, England
  - 09 Jun 2006 at 19:21
- - 5
  - 1
  The Omen - 2006
  
  Great remake of an old classic. Still has the 'jump of your seat' parts. Would recommend if you like your horrors!
  
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- - Gordon
  - 1 review
  - Newcastle upon Tyne
  - 15 Nov 2007 at 11:24
- - 5
  - 2
  The Oh No
  
  Please watch the 1976 classic, ten times better than this new version rubbish.
  
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- - a customer
  - West Midlands
  - 11 Jun 2006 at 17:34
- - 4
  - 0
  What was the point...
  
  By watching this new version of The Omen, I just made me realise how good the original was. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a bad movie but I just ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Essex
  - 10 Dec 2006 at 20:45
- - 4
  - 1
  thought was ok
  
  Me and my fiancee both watched this and thought that it was good. My fiancee could remember the original and pointed out differences and similarities however it... read more »
  
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- - Hayley
  - london
  - 01 Jan 2007 at 14:52

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  Liev Schreiber (EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED) plays Robert Thorn--a wealthy American official living in Rome--whose wife Kate (Julia Stiles, MONA LISA SMILE) has just lost her first child. At the behest of a strange priest, Robert substitutes an orphaned child for his own without Kate's knowledge, and ...

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