Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil.
This apocalyptic movie mostly avoids physical gore to boost its relatively unoriginal storyline with suspense, some excellent acting (especially from Warner and Whitelaw), and a very deft, incident-packed script.
– ,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
rotten:
As long as movies like The Omen are merely scaring us, they're fun in a portentous sort of way.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
fresh:
A member of the Exorcist family, it is a dreadfully silly film, which is not to say that it is totally bad.
– Richard Eder,
New York Times,
9 May 2005
fresh:
Richard Donner's direction is taut. Players all are strong.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
fresh:
Richard Donner directs more for speed than mood, but there are a few good shocks.