After watching this film, a spontaneous question arose: "Why take one of the best horror films of the '70s and turn it into this garbage?!?".
The remake of "Omen" really turned out poorly. Not only was the original 1976 version completely misunderstood, but it even resulted in an absolutely subpar film.
Already the first scenes, set in Rome (made very much à la "The Da Vinci Code"), leave you puzzled: more than Rome, it seems like a cross between Beirut, Kabul, and Baghdad, but during bombings. The protagonists, disgusted by our capital, quickly flee to live in London. Of course, London, for the erudite Americans, is not a metropolis; indeed, England is only desolate lands, with inhabitants wandering around in carriages...
It's only been 10 minutes, and it's already clear that this film is a disgrace. Anyone who has seen the original and has terrifying memories of it already starts to hate the producers of this new film.
Continuing the viewing, however, everything gets worse.
The protagonist should be Damien, the son of the devil, who in reality is a chubby little pale boy, clearly affected by Asperger's syndrome. This already brings a bit of sadness and melancholy; and to think that the idea of the geniuses who made the film was to terrify the viewers. Damien's father, on the other hand, is nothing more than a poor man's Tom Hanks. Fortunately, a photographer, obviously an expert in biblical exegesis (as indeed all respectable photographers are), warns him of some oddities. His camera, in fact, takes photographs adding features that predict people's deaths. He probably bought it on e.bay from "The Ring" clearance.
After a thousand adventures, Damien's father starts touring Italy with his little friend (encountering a monstrous monk, by many accounts, a friend of the albino from "The Da Vinci Code"), trying to figure out if his son is really the devil's offspring. Of course, he encounters the most mysterious mysteries in human history.
But here is the real gem, reserved for the most ardent fans. Who could be the nanny of the son of the Devil? Of course, it couldn't just be the nanny from the sitcom; it had to be someone with a bit of experience with the devil's offspring. And behold, in fact, who better than Rosemary / Mia Farrow?
It's useless to say more. It is often said that remakes can never live up to the original. But, in this case, they really wanted to exaggerate.
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