Movie Review: 20th Century Fox's The Omen, Directed by John Moore

The Omen, Directed by John Moore, a 20th Century Fox film, was greatly anticipated by movie fans who had their appetite for film narratives based on religious legends reawakened by The Da Vinci Code several weeks prior to 6-6-06 release of the remake of the 1976 thriller. Julia Stiles and Liev Schreiber are the parents of Damien, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick who is in the care of nanny Mia Farrow. Could the angelic face of this boy be that of the modern Anti-Christ?

What is the backstory of the Anti-christ? In 64 A.D. the Roman Empire was ruled by Nero, a ruler not wise in his utilization of the total powers he had over the Roman populace and the many subject peoples that they exerted control over. During the long-hot summer the city of Rome had caught fire and burned for a week.  Somebody must be blamed and that troublesome group that had spread their doctrine from the provinces to the glorious capital of the Caesars itself, the Christians were available. Blaming the Christians would shift the blame for the once-greatest city in the world not having any resources ready to deal with one of the two common hazards of the time (floods being the other-volcanos errupting  were spectacular disasters and capable of wiping out towns situated at their base, but very rare.)

The Christians were becoming more troublesome (and numerous) as time went on. They were prostelyizing the Roman citizens as well as the many slaves they owned. (It has been estimated that there were three times as many slaves as there were Romans.) Caesar Nero had other problems as well, empires have to have a constant infusion of  wealth from new conquests to keep the economic system functioning and the citizens content with their rulers.