We seem to now be living in an age where every single classic horror franchise is really for better or for worse getting a new cinematic installment. With the recent franchise to be brought back to the big screen being oddly enough enough The Omen a franchise that really nobody has talked about for decades at this point and yet for some really strange reason a prequel film for this franchise has just been released and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED review of the film that borrows a plot from another really recently released horror film with the film in question being called simply just "The First Omen" enjoy.
The plot of this film is a young woman goes to Rome to become a Nun where she becomes involved in a scheme to bring back the Antichrist. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With the biggest issue that this film has plot wise is the fact that it's pretty much a carbon copy of the plot of Immaculate with nothing being added to the plot to make it stand out and while yes this could very well be a coincidence it's to much of a coincidence for it be exactly that with this films take on the plot not really being all that new and different with the plot of this film also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this film is Nell Tiger Free as Margaret Daino , Sônia Braga as Sister Silvia and Ralph Ineson as Father Brennan. Also starring in this film is Bill Nighy as Cardinal Lawrence , Tawfeek Barhom as Father Gabriel , Maria Caballero as Luz Valez , Nicole Sorace as Carlita Skianna , Ishtar Currie Wilson as Sister Anjelica , Andrea Arcangeli as Paolo and Game Of Thrones star Charles Dance as Father Harris.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With alot of this films cast members turning in some really good performances while the films more well known cast members do indeed turn in some really good performances what lets the film down from an acting standpoint is the fact that alot of the films more lesser known cast members don't turn in that good of a performance with alot of them turning in what can only be described as wooden at best performances especially when compared to the more well known cast members this isn't to say that all of the films cast members turn in a good performances as that's not the case with Nicole Sorace turning in a really good performance but what does let the acting down is the fact that this films script is just so bad as it gives none of the films cast absolutely nothing to work with interms of what it is that there respective characters personalities are even meant to the in the first place which is something that really does effect the overall quality of the acting in this film.
This film does do something that not alot of modern films try to do and that's give us some actually likable characters. With nearly all of the characters that your supposed to like in this film being really likable with the same thing also being true for the films villains as they all comes across as being likable characters which makes it all the more shocking when the films villains are revealed as we the audience have been given the chance to really like these characters and want to see them succeed and yet when it's reveled who the films main villains are it really is truly shocking to see and it goes to show you that the makers of this film really do know how to make good characters as alot of this films characters do have flaws to overcome and while alot of this films characters aren't that memorable they are characters that have the potential to be really strong characters in their own right but at the same time tho the characters in this film could have been handled alot more better then what they actually were in the final cut of the film.
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This film is of course a prequel to the film The Omen altho you wouldn't really know about it as aside from one character who appears not even a handful of times there's nothing to tie the films together at all. All of which makes it feel like that this film started life as something that was separate from the Omen franchise but then at some point during the films production it then became an Omen as while the film does give us a pointless original for Damian it neither looks like nor does it even feel like an Omen film as it adds nothing to the mythology of the the earlier films it's just there for the sake of being there and as a result of that the film really does feel like that it's disconnected to the The Omen films as there's really nothing to suggest that these two films are connected to each other in anyway shape or form which with this film being a prequel film that really should have happend even if alot of it just felt like fanservice and added nothing to the plot of this film it still would have been really better then nothing.
As a film this one really did feel like it wasn't needed like it was only made s that Twentieth Century Studios could keep the rights to the film. As really nobody has been talking about this franchise at least from a mainstream point of view for almost twenty years and heck nobody eve talked about the TV show that came out in 2016 as by that point in time the franchise was all but dead something which was very swiftly helped by the 2006 remake and yet for some strange reason the makers of this film chose to give this franchise a prequel film which is made even more pointless when you take into account the first film and as a result of that we already know that Damian is going to come out of the film alive and well as he's the main character of the franchise and as a result of that we already know exactly how this film will end and because of that is the fact that this film really does loose any suspense that the film could have had going into it.
To give this film some credit it does try to give us something new and different as even taking the shocking similarities with Immaculate out of it. This is film is vastly different plot wise from all of the the horror films that have been coming as this film is just content with doing it's thing and with giving us characters that we actually like and while the plot is a carbon copy of another film that doesn't stop this film being as shocking as the original film even if the films most shocking moment is just a straight up carbon copy of the most famous scene from the original film and the whole idea of the main protagonist actually getting something wrong as she believes that it's her friend who's going to give birth to the antichrist is a good idea and the film does the best that it can do with that idea but it could have doe so much more with that idea like they could have shown the friend in question dying due to all of the pressure that Margaret has unknowingly been putting her under that right there would have the characters more interesting and it really would have Margaret herself a more human like protagonist as well.
Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and fifty minuets and forty seconds. Which is a tad bit on the long side for this film to have as this film really doesn't have alot there inters of plot to really cover that large amount of running time as being realistic the film only has enough plot for around forty to forty five minuets and as a result of this we have over an hour of the film that is nothing but pure filler and it's that filler that really does drag the film down as we don't need to see alot of the scenes in the convent as alot of it is just repeating information that we already got from any of the previous scenes scenes which does make alot of those scenes feel very same like and very boring as a result of that as we're not being told anything new we're just getting the same old information and we're really just watching the characters go about there day to day lives and there's only so long that you can really see that before it gets boring and that it's something that happens really quite quickly in this film but I will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.
So now then as this is horror film that means that we have to actually talk about the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual kills that are actually featured / presented too us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. As alot of this films were really good to look at and were rightfully really creepy as well as alot of them just come out of nowhere the famous scene from the original where the Nanny hangs herself at Damien's birthday party being pretty much redone here in this film only now the nun also lights herself on fire which is a little touch but it's one that also makes the kill just as effective even if it's not as scary and that's the same thing with alot of the kills in this film as alot of the kills were really done but alot of them just lacked that extra special something that makes them scary as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
SPOILERS END HERE!!!!!!!!!!
Overall this film while it is indeed a pointless film that really adds nothing to the franchise it is still a film that had all of the potential to be a really good film and if it was attached to a pre-existing franchise it would have been a better film as it wouldn't have all that love that really does come from being apart of a pre-existing franchise in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Disney fandom wiki page , the official The Omen fandom wiki page , Tenor , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images simply because Google Images actually has images from this episode up on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.
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