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5.0 out of 5 stars
4th entry in the Omen Series near comparable to the original (4.5/5), Nov 3 2007
Whew.i just finished watching "The Omen 4:The Awakening.i know many
people think it is nothing more than an inferior made for cable piece
of garbage.i have to disagree.for my money,this movie is nearly on par
with the original.there are some terrifying moments that got my heart
racing.the acting was very good.Faye Grant is terrific as the mother of
the evil child Delia(Asia Viera).Micheal Woods plays the father and
husband and i found his character to be weak,although to be fair,his
character doesn't have a lot do. However,it is Asia Viera who plays
Delia who is the true standout.she can convey evil with just a look.she
is very charismatic,and dare i say,has the same natural ability of
Harvey Stevens,who plays the role of childhood Damien in the
original.the story is quite similar to the original.congressman Gene
York and his wife Karen end up adopting a baby girl at an orphanage and
of course very little is known of the biological parents.Strange
occurrences begin to happen.people die mysterious deaths.Karen begins
to suspect there is something horribly wrong about the child.there is
an interesting twist to the story which i thought was very
inventive.music is used to great effect in this movie,some of it
borrowed from the original movie.i also have to say that the production
values are very high for this film.of course,the violence of the deaths
is toned down a bit,but this movie doesn't rely on cheap gore,but on
suspense.besides,the original did not rely on violence either.One issue
i do have is that i thought the ending was a cop out,and didn't seem
plausible.it just didn't fit.but otherwise,this movie should give you
some genuine chills.i know it did for me. 4.5/5
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Blu Ray edition of Collection is incomplete, Mar 7 2012
This review is from: The Omen Collection [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
The Omen Collection [Blu-ray] contains only four movies: The Omen (1976), Damien: Omen II (1978), Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981) and the remake of the first film: The Omen (2006). Missing from the collection is the made for TV movie Omen IV: The Awakening (1991).
This collection is incomplete and the title is misleading. My 'collection' of the Omen series contains a neat little box of four Blu-Ray disk, and beside it, a DVD case with the 'missing' film that the studio forgot to include. The Awakening isn't available in the Blu Ray format (yet?).
This isn't a collection, it is an assortment.
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