The Omen: A Sign of Things to Come...

...for the rest of the summer? Hopefully not, but maybe it'll just be one more sign of the apocalypse. I mean come on...Garfield 2? If that doesn't spell doomsday I don't know what does. So as far as The Omen goes I guess it's not that BAD of a movie, it's just really not that GOOD of a movie either. As an aside I actually have no basis for comparison to the original Omen, so there will be no comparisons to it.

The Omen is basically the story of a US foreign diplomat and his wife raising what they believe to be a normal healthy boy, Damien. Of course the viewer knows differently , and we're just sitting there waiting to see what kind of hellish consequences Damien will unleash on his unwitting parents. Well, be prepared to wait a while. There are a total of 3 of what I'd actually call real "death" scenes. Spread those out over a 2 hour movie and you've got alot of space to fill in there. Unfortunately, that space is filled with slow paced dialog, uninspired writing, and predictable situations. So, if you're going to check out the cool death scenes, save your money and go rent Final Destination 2, 10 times the gore and a much more interesting story. Yeah, that's right, Final Destination 2 is better than The Omen...deal with it.