- Film Review
- Reviewed By Adam Smith
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3 out of 5
Déjà vu will probably be the most likely response to this absurdly faithful remake of Richard Donner's 1976 horror classic. Director John Moore seems to have followed the original screenplay to the letter, making only a few cosmetic changes and upping the gore content. Liev Schreiber inherits the Gregory Peck role of American diplomat Robert Thorn, who finds himself in a pickle when he realises that his adopted son Damien is the Antichrist. The classy cast also includes Pete Postlethwaite, in the role of oddball priest Father Brennan (originally played by Patrick Troughton), David Thewlis, in David Warner's role as the suspicious photographer and Mia Farrow, hamming it up magnificently as Mrs Baylock, Damien's devilish nanny. It's competently directed and reasonably enjoyable, but you do end up wondering what the point was - perhaps just to serve its release date, 06/06/06.
Plot Summary
Remake of the 1976 horror classic, starring Liev Schreiber and Julia Stiles. When Katherine, the wife of American diplomat Robert Thorn, loses her child at birth, her husband is persuaded by a Catholic priest to substitute an orphan baby, whom he names Damien. But over the years, as one bizarre and frightening event follows another, Katherine comes to the chilling realisation that the child is the Antichrist.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Robert Thorn
- Liev Schreiber
- Katherine Thorn
- Julia Stiles
- Mrs Baylock
- Mia Farrow
- Jennings
- David Thewlis
- Damien Thorn
- Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick
- Bugenhagen
- Michael Gambon
- Father Brennan
- Pete Postlethwaite
- Dr Becker
- Nikki Amuka-Bird
- Tom Portman
- Reggie Austin
- Ambassador Steven Haines
- Marshall Cupp
- Tabloid reporter
- Harvey Stephens (2)
Crew
- Director
- John Moore (3)
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