Messy, gory and numbing slaughter that tries to meld the
creation myth of the "Superman" saga with the demon-spawn story of
"The Omen." A boy (Jackson A. Dunn) on the cusp of adolescence, who
has arrived in his Kansas town from somewhere in outer space, slowly discovers
he has immense strength and a desire to kill, quickly terrorizing his
neighbors, classmates and parents. Director David Yarovesky and screenwriters
Brian Gunn and Mark Gunn have not provided an underlying psychological message,
or an allegory about troubled adolescence. It's just a sloppy horror tale best
missed.
Watch out for: A warped
sense of moral values, pervasive gore, fleeting rough language and profanities.
Rated: O, morally offensive;
MPAA: R
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