To me, this movie is perfection.

What begins as a feel-good-human-interest story turns into a mystery, then a tragedy, and ultimately an outrage.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

I have owned the Omen Trilogy for years on both VHS and DVD. Omen II was by far my favorite for multiple reasons. Hey, don't get me wrong, the Omen original from 1976 was awesome but felt the second movie Omen II was by far way better and did I mention the awesome soundtrack??? "Ave Santini" I didn't realize until recently, is translated: "Hail Satan." This is very disturbing to me as a Christian but still consider it one of the best soundtracks of all time.The production for Omen II was so well done and actually scary compared to the cheap budget movies you see today. To this very day, Omen II is in my top 10 as the most scariest movies of all time due to mixing religion with horror. This is a movie full of suspense, horror, mystery and very well produced. A must see for everybody and would encourage everybody to watch the entire trilogy from back in the day. I wish they would make movies similar to the Omen series today, unfortunately, a majority of horror/thriller movies are made on very low budgets, terrible remakes, horrible acting and scripts. I miss the good old days.

Simple to say, this is pretty much a rehash of part one, but, yeah, it is.Sure, there's some clever ideas, deaths and good actors involved, but it's just like the first two Harry Potter movies: almost identical, despite others trying to convince you otherwise. Okay, that's not all fair (especially since the 2006 remake exists now.) It does have its moments and it's nice to see the conflict in Damien. Basically, the movie opens where the first left off in probably the best scene in the film. But, forget that, it's years later and Damien's in military school for whatever reason and the same things happen from the first movie. Only, he's growing stronger, so watch out!It's alright. Not really worth it, but hey, if you have hours to kill and LOOOVE the first one, why not?***Final thoughts: I love the fact that the actor playing Damien once played Christ in a play. Full circle, eh?

Although flawed at times, this is nevertheless a truly great sequel of the original cult movie.Admittedly, the movie lacks the surprise momentum of the original as the audience - unlike the actors - knows from the very beginning, who Damien Thorn really is. Furthermore, the movie's formula is quite simple: Whoever either finds out Damien's real origin, or stands in his way from rising to his power as the sole heir and leader of the Thorn fortune and company, dies a gruesome death - in the first half of the movie brought about by Damien's subconsciousness personified by an evil raven - but still his foster "father" Richard Thorn is stubbornly denying any warnings of well-meaning, soon- to- be- demised persons that the devil's son is among them and everybody standing in its way is in grave danger - until it is too late. So, in this sense, there is nothing "new" compared to the original, and the movie is indeed predictable.Nevertheless, the appearance of the raven as foreboding of near death, accompanied by Jerry Goldsmith's creepy score, builds up horror as you know that the poor victim just cannot escape its faith.And in my opinion, Jonathan Scott-Taylor as Damien does wonders for the role and he is perfectly cast. He manages, as far as the script allows, to give his persona depth and a kind of child-like innocence at first, up to a point where you even feel sympathy for him when he is being treated meanly by his aunt. When he finds out about his origin he struggles heavily with it and despairs of his fate, breaking down and screaming "Why me". Due to bad writing, in the very next scene he though seems to have come to terms with his fate which seems a little too rushed. He "is OK now" being who he is, and starting to like his newly-found powers, and is certainly starting to like being quasi-invincible and bringing about the end of people around him, with one exception: When his cousin Mark fails to join him rising to power and is consequently killed by Damien, angry and hurt to be rejected by the only person he "loves" and not being able to help it, Damien seems to be struck by grief and shock of what he has done with his devilish trance like stare. Here, the last "human" part of him dies with Mark, and from thereon, the impassive, cold, power-driven and creepy kid entirely wins over for good.The ending is of course a nod to the ending of the original movie; the movie itself is meant to be a filler episode and a preparation for the (weak!!!) third part of the trilogy.I though like it at least as much if not better than the original, as I like the focus on the development of Damien and the - unfortunately only hinted - inner conflict his heritage imposes on him at first. Here, there would have been great stuff to explore deeper.Furthermore, the end seems a little rushed and abrupt; it would have done the movie better if it would have lasted another half hour to smoothly bring all the plot threads together.Nevertheless, this movie is - for a 70s movie- very scary and technically well done (the lake scene!!!!) and certainly makes a lasting impact on the viewer with its creative deaths, fantastic music and a great cast. This outweighs, in my opinion, its flaws, and makes it an underrated horror classic very enjoyable to watch.

All Omen series are very powerful and full of mystery. Each of the series has its own hypnotizing effect based on mystical twists of the story and great play of the actors (e.g., Sam Neill). However, the second series, Damien: Omen II, was the most thought- provoking one for me. A key point of that series is Who Are We? The main protagonist, Damien, being a son of Satan, hasn't been aware of that till age thirteen (!). Before that revelation, he felt like an ordinary kid doing his daily routine, playing with other children, and following the same rules as they do. I was in my twenties when I watched the movie the first time and I was in shock. The son of the Prince of Darkness got that revelation, but how and where do we humans get the most important information in our life? The question "Who am I?" naturally comes after watching this story. If even the background of Satan's son was closed for him, how do I know who I am? It has been taken sometime for me to dig out this info. In accordance with New Age knowledge, all spiritual entities including human-beings have been getting own programs for their life existence, designed especially for that particular entity. Both our spiritual and materialistic pasts are closed from us. We don't know our previous backgrounds; we can only guess. It's done for many reasons, but perhaps the most important one is to make a materialistic reality more attractive and appealing for us. Have I been a priest or farmer, cosmonaut or housewife? Male or female or perhaps asexual? Or maybe this is my very first time on the earth? We also don't know our good and bad deeds, what karma we have accumulated on our evolutionary path and what choices we have been doing. Everything is closed from us to make our experience more challenging, unique and exciting. Wonderful movie!