A Completely Unnecessary Remake

The Omen (2006) (1.5/5 stars)

If you're easily drawn into cheap tricks and ridiculous contrivances in horror movies, this might be something you'd be into. I however did not enjoy this movie at all. While I wasn't expecting any kind of masterpiece, and having already seen the original Omen, which isn't even in the realm of my favorite religious themed horror movies (The Exorcist, and Rosemary's Baby are far superior), I thought it might at least be slightly entertaining.

The whole thing is just very silly, and the attempt to tie it to current events going on in the world even makes it even more preposterous. It's basically a bland thriller with the occasional MTV style cut-shot of something scary-looking, or a random supposedly scary dream sequence, to throw you off balance for a second, after which the regular (and oh so very compelling) story continues.

None of the actors are particularly bland, and some of the actual technical work in the movie is pretty good, but it doesn't make up for the lack of quality overall. If you're thinking about seeing this you should probably just see the original instead, or better yet, watch the other movies I mentioned above, which are way better.

The truly saddest thing about this is that Mia Farrow, whom I like and have missed, makes a comback appearance. It's sad because she picked such a completely awful movie to do it in. Hopefully she can get some better work if she so desires in the future.