I could hardly contain my excitement when I learnt that ‘The Omen’ (I own The Omen Pentology) was being re-imagined as a TV series and follows Damien in his adult life. For those of you that are not familiar with ‘The Omen’ here is a brief background.
The Omen movies are an American-British horror set in 1976 and is about a young boy Damien, who was adopted at birth by Mr Thorn the American Ambassador and his wife after their their own son was still born but things are not what the seem with Damien and surrounded by mystery and death, the Thorn’s are totally unaware their son is the Antichrist. You dont need to have seen the movies to understand whats going on in the TV series as it explains his past along the way.
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Damien (Bradley James) a war photographer on assignment in the Christian Quarter of the old city in Damascus, Syria has forgotten his Satanic past untill today his 30th birthday while he photographs an old woman the army comes screaming to the camp and starts violently ejecting the young and the old on as they are illegally staying in the camp, while all the comotion is going on the old woman Damien photographed is knocked to the ground and Damien rushes over to help her up as she stands up she grabs his face and he has a flash back from his childhood, she then seems possessed and says “Damiem I love you, this is all for you Damien” he then has another flash back of his Governess saying the same thing before she jumps out the two story window with a rope tied around her neck, Damien and the old woman get separated in the comotion and he is unable to find her in the crowd, with the comotion now over all journalists and photographers are deported immediately. Now back in New York Damien is trying to find out how this old woman is and find that she is in every single photo he has ever taken, so reunites with ex-girlfriend Kelly Baptiste (Tiffany Hines) to help find answers, while Damien has more disturbing visions of his past flash before his eyes. He learns from a biblical professor that he is the Antichrist and decovers the numbers of the Beast branded on his scalp.
Being a big fan of The Omen movies I had a high expectations for the TV series and I must say that my expectation has been met so far with episode 1 and I cannot wait to see what episode 2 will bring.
My rating for The Beast Rises is: 🎬🎬🎬🎬
The Presh Scale:
1 x 🎬 The Worst
2 x 🎬 Not Bad
3 x 🎬 Good
4 x 🎬 Very Good
5 x 🎬 Awesomeness