richkiel

It has an alien in it, but it's not an Alien series. It's more like Bladerunner in the sense that it's all about robots, cyborgs, and humans whose brains were transferred into artificial human bodies. It even has a whole bunch of new alien life forms, all of which seem to be deadly.

The series has no clue what story it wants to tell, the screenplay is confusing, the tone shifts from drama to horror to comedy, and the scenes switch between heavy use of irony and playing it straight, which only adds to the confusion because one can't figure out what the purpose of the irony is, or indeed whether the irony is even intentional or not.

This is a boring, confusing mess that punishes the audience with its inability to make sense. At no point does the viewer know what they are even supposed to be feeling, and time and again one ends up wondering what the scene is even about.

As for the alien himself, he's never been less scary or less important. Neither the alien, nor anything else here comes across as compelling. Ultimately, I had no idea why I was even watching it.

The positive reviews are completely fake. Not even a robot could enjoy this, let alone a human. Awful.

I couldn't watch beyond the middle because by then I knew exactly what to expect, and I was not prepared to endure it.

A slow-paced, tedious film that is mostly filler and ultimately has no story to tell. It's nothing but dull, episodic nonsense with few, and terribly bad scares. We are not invested in these characters, and we certainly don't care what happens to them because not even the filmmakers do. There is no creative spark and no desire to tell a story worth watching.

Moreover, nothing makes sense, and why our protagonist remains in her job even after being sexually assaulted and witnessing creepy things is something our lazy screenwriter couldn't care less about.

To top it off, this prequel contravenes basic plot elements from the original film, which is again a sign of total lack of interest and investment in the Omen saga on the part of the filmmakers.

Avoid this worthless trash.

By the end, I was actually hoping it would pull a M Night Shyamalan, because even a corny twist would have been better than what we got.

I have no idea why this film exists. It is not heavy on action and horror, and for the better part it hints that it might want to tell a family drama or address the protagonist's childhood trauma. I thought maybe it would end up being a story of redemption, or perhaps a tale about the power of love vanquishing evil. But no, it doesn't do any of these things. Instead, it clumsily moves on from one scene to the next, boring and frustrating the audience. No motif is developed in this film, every plot twist is telegraphed way ahead, the action is pretty bad, and the monster is pretty lame. The ending offers no payoff, nothing is explained, and one is left wondering what the purpose of the prologue was supposed to be. It tries to set up the idea that the boy is careless, and it might cost him dearly. But then they drop it, and nothing in the film connects with anything in the prologue. The protagonist even seems to have forgotten he'd even encountered the monster as a kid. The script completely ignores this experience. Things are hinted at, and never addressed again. There is no narrative purpose for his daughter, and no reason for her to be in the film. The film hints at a special bond between her and her father, but again, it is not developed into anything. This is a poorly written script that annoys people every step of the way. You'll probably want to leave the theater after about 30-40 minutes.