Commits every crime a prequel could possibly commit. Steals scenes and exact camera shots from the original while simultaneously contradicting major plot points. They want you to remember the nanny who hung herself and the priest who got impaled, among other scenes, but want you to forget Damian was birthed by a jackal. This was expressly stated several times throughout the original trilogy, most notably by Father Brennan in The Omen and again by Damian himself in The Final Conflict. And we see the corpse of the jackal buried with Thorn's real son. But no no, this movie couldn't happen if that were the case, so they change it completely and, I kid you not, the jackal was Damian's father. Seriously, I'm not joking. Oh, and the fire mentioned in the original happens here because of course it does and the jackal burns in the fire, making the scene in the cemetery in The Omen make no sense. Speaking of making no sense, the central conflict of the film is not a satanic cult secretly operating within the catholic church, but the catholic church itself trying to bring about the birth of the antichrist to make people afraid again and boost church membership. I did not exaggerate this plot point for effect. That's literally their motive. It's absurd beyond belief. Combine all this with a ham fisted metaphor for women's reproductive rights and what you get is a terrible movie that spits in the face of everyone involved in the original trilogy.
Review of The First Omen
