The Omen (2006) - C-

On DVD. R-rated, 105 minutes.

This one popped up on tv, and the first few minutes sucked me in. Unfortunately, the story completely unravels into a laughable and amazingly predictable mess.

Liev Schreiber and Julia Stiles star as the parents of Damien, the 6 year old antichrist. Pete Postlewaithe appears briefly and memorably as the spooky Father Brennan (he has the mark of the beast, but it is never explained). The first third of the movie, when the boy's parents are realizing and denying his true nature is pretty good. The scenes are interesting and believable. The last 2/3 devolved into a generic horror movie (that wasn't scary) that put a rich diplomat in Jerusalem with a wife beater on. Very stupid and generic.

$20 to anyone that could tell Erika Christensen and Julia Stiles if you saw them side by side.