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Release
Date: |
06/06/2006
- Nationwide |
Run
Time: |
1
hr. 45 min. |
MPAA
Rating: |
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For
disturbing violent content, graphic images and some language. |
Genre: |
Horror |
Starring: |
Liev
Schreiber, Julia Stiles, Josh Hutcherson, Mia Farrow, David Thewlis
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Director(s): |
John
Moore |
Producer(s): |
John
Moore, Glenn Williamson |
Writer(s): |
Dan
McDermott |
Studio: |
20th
Century Fox |
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| Synopsis |
Many believe the prophecy from the Book of Revelation provides a
map to a terrifying future--or it presents fragments of history that
have come to life in our time. The signs, they claim, are all around
us: terrorist attacks, extreme weather--the list goes on. The passage
specifically points to the arrival of the Anti-Christ, who is branded
with the numerical sequence 666: the mark of the Beast. The Anti-Christ
will receive his power directly from Satan to establish a counterfeit
kingdom on earth, signaling the beginning of Armageddon. Robert Thorn
is unaware of such dark prophecies. Thorn, a senior American diplomat,
has other things on his mind. His wife, Katherine, has endured a difficult
delivery and she's as yet unaware their newborn child has died. Devastated
by the loss, Thorn's concern turns to Katherine, who had suffered
two previous miscarriages. The news will surely devastate her. The
hospital priest, Father Spiletto, presents Thorn with another child
born that night, whose mother died in childbirth. The priest compels
Thorn to take the infant boy as his own; Katherine will never know
the truth, and their son, which they name Damien, will be raised as
their flesh and blood. Katherine embraces the child as her own, blossoming
in motherhood. Thorn's career ascends--he becomes the U.S. ambassador
to Great Britain--and the family settles into an estate outside London.
But certain events, all seeming to revolve around the new five-year-old
Damien, are deeply disturbing: Damien's nanny hangs herself at the
youngster's birthday party; a strange priest brings dire warnings
to Thorn; a children's trip to the zoo results in a panicked frenzy;
Damien becomes hysterical during a drive to church; and blurred movements
in a series of photographs portend shocking deaths. Enter Mrs. Blaylock,
Damien's new nanny, who seems to have a preordained devotion to the
child. Then tragedy strikes closer to home. Damien is no ordinary
child; he is the long-prophesized Anti-Christ. Now, Thorn must make
the ultimate sacrifice to prevent the unspeakable terror that awaits
the world. The prophecy is clear, the signs unmistakable: Armageddon
is upon us.
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