Dopo aver fumato troppo incenso, gli alti papaveri della chiesa cattolica si convincono che l'11 settembre, l'esposione al rietro dello shuttle
columbia, lo tsunami nel sud-est asiatico, il trattato di Roma (l'Unione Europea è
il maaale 
) ed un po' di altri allegri eventi annuncino l'arrivo del
deeemonio e conseguente armageddon.
Il figlio di satana puntualmente viene scodellato in un ospedale romano (ma guarda il caso), nello stesso luogo e giorno del figlio del viceambasciatore americano.
Seguendo una logica contorta, al politico viene detto che suo figlio è morto e viene convinto a crescere il satanasso.
Trasferitisi a Londra tutto procede per il meglio fino al quinto compleanno di
Damien (un nome
maaalvagio ) quando orrende disgrazie iniziano ad accadere accanto al bambino.
Chissà come un prete ed un fotografo convincono il novello ambasciatore che qualcosa non va nel figlio che ha allevato; l'uomo quindi, invece che
ambasciare un po' qui e un po' là, molla tutto e parte alla ricerca della verità e, avuta la certezza che il bambino è in realtà l'egregio signor lucifero, di un modo per eliminarlo.
Dopo un'ora soporifera il film sfodera le sue qualità trash: una trama bacata fino al midollo ed una regia disturbata (ehi,
lo stesso pirla che fece quell'orrenda lordura di
Behind Enemy Lines) confezionano un horror pre-apocalittico imparagonabile
all'originale, e molto più simile agli squallidi seguiti.
Di veramente horror restano i primi piani
del protagonista ed i lifting di una mummificata
Mia Farrow.
Voto: 3. Trashometro
® 4/10:
Tags: horror, omen, diavolo, trash, morti, armageddon, ambasciatore, Mia Farrow.
Moore, John (V)
Data di nascita: c. 1970
Ultimi lavori: Trivia random: He set up the innovative production company, Clingfilms, with among others Damien O'Donnell, who went on to direct _East is East (1999)_ .
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
Behind enemy lines - Dietro le linee nemiche
Regista: John Moore Scrittore: Jim Thomas,
John Thomas Genere: Action, War, Drama, Thriller
Valutazione: 6.0/10 (13863 voti)
Durata: 106 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Czech
Cast:Trama:Fighter navigator Chris Burnett wants out: he was looking for something more than the boring recon missions he's been flying. He finds himself flying the lone Christmas day mission over war-torn Bosnia. But when he talks pilot Stackhouse into flying slightly off-course to check out an interesting target, the two get shot down. Burnett is soon alone, trying to outrun a pursuing army, while commanding officer Reigert finds his rescue operation hamstrung by politics, forcing Burnett to run far out of his way.
Trivia random: When the crew of the carrier are linking a satellite to view Burnett, as the Thermal image appears on the screen, the sound effect is the same as in Predator (1987) when the screen shows the Predator's Thermal view.
Citazione random: [talking to Burnett on the radio]::Admiral Reigart: Burnett!::[pauses]::Admiral Reigart: Zero-six, you've been shot down, life is tough. You're a combat aviator, start acting like one. Remember your training, put some angles between you and your pursuers. Evade and survive, and we will bring you home. You got that? We will bring you home.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Omen, The (1976)
Presagio, Il
Regista: Richard Donner Scrittore: David Seltzer Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Valutazione: 7.4/10 (11018 voti)
Durata: 111 min
Paese: UK
Lingua: English, Latin
Cast:Trama:Gregory Peck is the ambassador to the United States who's wife has a stillborn child. Without her knowledge, he substitutes another baby as theirs. A few years go by, and then grisly deaths begin to happen. The child's nanny hangs herself and a priest is speared to death in a freak accident. It turns out the child is the son of Satan and can only be killed with the seven daggers of Meggado.
Trivia random: Charlton Heston, Roy Scheider and William Holden turned down the lead role. Gregory Peck, who hadn't worked for 5 years accepted the lead. William Holden did eventually accept a role in a sequel.
Citazione random: Robert Thorn: If there were anything wrong, you'd tell me, wouldn't you?::Kathy Thorn: Wrong? What could be wrong with our child, Robert? We're the beautiful people, aren't we?
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Schreiber, Liev
Nome di battesimo: Schreiber, Isaac Liev
Data di nascita: 4 October 1967
Altezza: 6' 3" (1.91 m)
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:Liev (pronounced Lee-ev) is the son of Tell Schreiber, a theatrical actor with some film roles. His mother, Heather, was a painter. At age 1, the family moved from San Francisco to Canada. His parents divorced when he was 4 or 5. He and his mother then moved to New York, where she drove a cab. During that time, they lived as squatters in an abandoned building. His mother now lives in an ashram in Virginia. His mother taught him to read. She also forbade him from seeing color movies. Thus he grew up seeing movies at a local revival house, particularly those of Charlie Chaplin. Started acting at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. Then graduated from the Yale School of Drama in 1992. He originally wanted to be a playwright, but his teacher encouraged him to become an actor.
Trivia random: Prefers to keep his dating life private, although he has been romantically linked to actress Kristin Davis and to film producer Kate Driver (Minnie Driver's sister).
Citazione random: "If you are going to remake a film, you may as well remake a classic. I do think great stories have a way of retelling themselves. The medium is so young that so much is not content-driven, it's about stars and the studio. But when we have gotten through that phase of film, which I figure we probably will in about 15 or 20 years, films will be able to stand on the legs of their stories."
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Farrow, Mia
Nome di battesimo: Farrow, Maria de Lourdes Villiers
Data di nascita: 9 February 1945
Altezza: 5' 4¼" (1.63 m)
Coniuge: André Previn::(10 October 1970 - 1979) (divorced) 6 children, Frank Sinatra::(19 July 1966 - 1968) (divorced)
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:Mia Farrow is the daughter of the director John Farrow and the actress and Tarzan-girl Maureen O'Sullivan. She debuted at the movies in 1959 in very small roles. She was noticed for the first time in the film Rosemary's Baby (1968) by Roman Polanski. She showed her talent also on TV and at the theatre but her final breakthrough was when she met Woody Allen and became his Muse after the film A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982). After that Woody Allen wrote many other roles for her.
Trivia random: She and Woody Allen made 13 movies together: Broadway Danny Rose (1984), Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), Alice (1990), Another Woman (1988), The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), September (1987), Husbands and Wives (1992), A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982), New York Stories (1989), Radio Days (1987), Shadows and Fog (1992) and Zelig (1983)
Citazione random: As a young actress on her slender, waifish figure, "I'm kind of 20-20-20."
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb. 
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