Omen 6/6/6 MPAA Rating: R Entertainment: +2 Content: -2

Cast: Julia Stiles, Liev Schreiber, Mia Farrow, David Thewlis, Pete Postlethwaite, Michael Gambon, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick. Suspense/horror. Screenplay by Dan McDermott, based on the 1976 screenplay by David Seltzer. Directed by John Moore. Opens 6/6/06.

FILM SNYOPSIS: The Omen, a remake of the 1976 classic thriller, centers around a young boy named Damien, the son of an American diplomat and his wife. Damien's family is unaware he is destined to become the Antichrist until shattering events reveal the terrifying truth.

When the Mrs. has a miscarriage, Mr. Thorne is offered another baby to raise as their own. No questions asked; the new little family bonds, moves to England, purchases what looks like Castle Dracula, and hires the nanny from Hell (literally). Bad things start happening as Satan begins moving his offspring into a position of power. PREVIEW REVIEW: The difference between this and the Gregory Peck version? The visceral special effects. While the melodramatic Valley of the Demons storyline and stoic performances remain the same, the technical improvements allow us to see a more realistic hanging and decapitation. And other gruesomes.

Will some attendees of this contemporary gothic horror begin to question spiritual matters and want to find out what the Bible says about the end times? Perhaps. It would be naive to presume that was the studios intent. Slick, commercial, a real seat grabber, but dont expect any real spiritual enlightenment from its Hollywoodized theology.

Preview Reviewer: Phil Boatwright
Distributor: 20th Century Fox