thesar-2 Simple to say, this is pretty much a rehash of part one, but, yeah, it is.Sure, there's some clever ideas, deaths and good actors involved, but it's just like the first two Harry Potter movies: almost identical, despite others trying to convince you otherwise. Okay, that's not all fair (especially since the 2006 remake exists now.) It does have its moments and it's nice to see the conflict in Damien. Basically, the movie opens where the first left off in probably the best scene in the film. But, forget that, it's years later and Damien's in military school for whatever reason and the same things happen from the first movie. Only, he's growing stronger, so watch out!It's alright. Not really worth it, but hey, if you have hours to kill and LOOOVE the first one, why not?***Final thoughts: I love the fact that the actor playing Damien once played Christ in a play. Full circle, eh?

Sober-Friend "Damien Omen II" should of been in reality the third film in the "Omen Series". The producers for some reason decided to age up Damien which proved problematic for this film.David Seltzer, who wrote the first film's screenplay, was asked by the producers to write the second. Seltzer refused as he had no interest in writing sequels. Years later, Seltzer commented that had he written the story for the second Omen, he would have set it the day after the first movie, with Damien a child living in The White House. With Seltzer turning down Omen II, producer Harvey Bernhard duly outlined the story himself, and Stanley Mann was hired to write the screenplay.This film is a little slow. The original director (Mike Hodge) was replaced. Now how much material that he shot that ended up in the final film is unknown to me. This film main problem is that there is almost no element of surprise discovery for the audience. The death scenes however are still effective (Even to this day) and it does scare you but not as much as the original did. The film is worth watching because the film is has Adult Actors that know how to act.

buckikris After the Deaths of his parents, Damien(Johnathan Scott-Taylor), is sent to live with his aunt, Ann Thorn(Lee Grant); and uncle Richard Thorn(William Holden). Damien is now 13 and arrives in affluent Chicago area, and there he meets his cousin, Mark Thorn(Lucas Donat). There Bill Atherton(Lew Ayres) is renowned archaeologist, who is showing the Thorns his recent digs. The boys get along great, always around each other, and getting ready to go away to Military School. Once there they are very protective of each other, they are anxious to meet their new Sargent. It's a typical day at any school, getting to know your away around, making friends, and settling in. Then Mark and Damien get ready to meet their platoon leader, SGT. Neff( Lance Henriksen) who warns them they will get no special treatment, due to the family name and ties with the school. While at school Uncle Richard is head of Thorn Industries a huge corporation, designed to grow more food through out the world. Once Damien and Mark come home for Christmas break, Damien meets Buher( Robert Foxworth). Buher has plans for Damien, but these exclude is cousin. As in the Omen, Damien begins to show signs of power. Especially when he confronts a boy at school. His cousin asks him how he did it, but Damien doesn't know. One day SGT. Neff takes him under his wing, and tells him to read his Bible. There he will find his true I.D.. Once Damien discovers his mark, he is crushed, but eventually accepts it. He will stop anyone who discovers who he is or gets in his way. Like in the first movie people close to Damien are warned, mysterious accidents happen, and people start to wonder about Damien. It isn't until a trip to the Thorn Industries Plant occurs. There with the help of Buher, a major accident happens. All his classmates as well as he are taken to the hospital. Once there Dr. Kane( Meshach Taylor), eases Richard and Ann's fears. He tells them the boys are fine, and are recovering from effect from the chemicals; except Damien. He was not affected, Dr. Kane does more blood work on Damien, and finds out he is a Jackal. When he is about to warn the Thorn's about Damien, he is killed in an elevator. Ayers arrives at the Thorn residence and warns him about Damien, and that's when Mark finds out about his cousin. Around this time it's too late all Damien cares about is power, the evil has consumed him entirely. This is a great sequel, it shows little by little how Damien change more toward evil. I was so young when this movie came out, but it is one of the best movie sequels ever. THX, Kris L. CocKayne

Leofwine_draca Well, after the worldwide success of THE OMEN, a sequel was rather inevitable, wasn't it? The producers of this decided to take no chances by virtually repeating the formula of the first film, basically having a loose plot interspersed with many grisly death scenes. Things kick off promisingly with a returning Leo McKern uncovering a mural on a wall in a spooky archaeological dig in Israel - along with a statue of the Whore of Babylon, there rests Damien's face as the Antichrist. Along with a bemused (and incidentally uncredited) Ian Hendry, the old man is buried along by tons of sand and his skeleton only discovered seven years later.After that, we are introduced to a whole load of new characters who basically take the place of people in the previous film. William Holden and Lee Grant are the new parents; plus a whole load of other characters whose only inclusion seems to have been to seemingly involve as many deaths as possible. What this film lacks is creativity - whereas in the original we have nice little touches like when David Warner discovered the black marks on the photographs - here, it's virtually a barren desert of ideas. Instead, the film is weighed down by a whole load of mumbo-jumbo and many superfluous characters who bear little relation to the plot. Many minor folks are simply required to run around and warn of death and destruction before getting killed. This is a formula which repeats itself throughout the film's lengthy running time and eventually becomes tiring.Still, Jonathan Scott-Taylor invests his evil little kid with a whole lot of menace, from brooding glares to sudden bursts of activity. Taylor enjoys many scenes he is given - such as the power game between himself and a history teacher. I also like the scene where he discovers who he is, and questions his role tearfully; "why me?!" he screams. This scene seems to ask for a little sympathy for the character, although this is immediately evaporated after he begins to kill off all those who dare know his secret in violent and cruel ways.William Holden lends a touch of class as the father figure; unfortunately, though, his role is ultimately identical to that of Gregory Peck (both fathers take an incredible amount of time to discover the true identity of their son, and both act too late). I found Lee Grant to be very shrill and annoying as Damien's mother, she is a superficial character whose role is to provide a sudden twist at the end. Along the way there are loads of familiar and respected actors and actresses to give much-needed credibility to the proceedings, as well as a disappointing turn from a young Lance Henriksen whose role is to...well, do nothing as it happens.Gore fans will be happy with the various killings on offer here, the deaths are where all the creativeness lies. People are poisoned by toxic fumes and turn blue, have their eyes pecked out by crows (queasy scene here), crushed by trucks and trains, or just simply collapse and die. In the film's "highlights", an ice hockey player is swept along UNDER the ice and an unlucky doctor dies a graphic death in a lift - cut in half by a falling cable. If you've ever watched DAY OF THE DEAD then you'll have some idea of what to expect. When I first watched this film - when I was an easily-impressed 15 years of age - I thought this film was a masterpiece. Now I'm not so sure. The fat running time means that a lot of scenes are unnecessary and ultimately boring. Worth catching once if you liked the first one, but not a film that stands up to repeat viewing.