Years
after the tragic deaths of Ambassador
Thorn and his wife, the anti-christ
Damien (Jonathan Scott-Taylor) is now a
teenager living with his other relatives
in Chicago.
Damien
and his cousin Mark (Lucas Donat) are
sent to the Thorn Military Academy school
but certain people who learned the
history of Damien tries to warn the
family about Damien but however, they end
up being killed by certain causes when a
black raven is near them.
Eventually
the people at the Academy start to drop
like flies as well from horrible
accidents when a black raven is near.
After
Damien reads the bible about the devil
and the encoding on his head this freaks
him out but knows he's on a mission to do
the devil's deeds as more deadly
accidents happen to people who try to
figure out who Damien really is.
During the beginning of
this film you may think to yourself it's
a typical just above average sequel to a
classic horror film but it really picks
up.
It's nice to see Damien as an older
person and doing regular activities too
plus being able to talk as well.
The film is very adventurous as you
wonder what Damien's going to do next.
However, alot of the moments seem like a
remake from the first film when the
people try to stop Damien by putting an
end to his life.
The acting is
quite good. We have Jonathan
Scott-Taylor stepping in to play the
role of Damien and a good job he does at
so playing a deceiving innocent young
teenage boy and is good at being evil
when he does something.
Lucas
Donat was also great as Damien's
innocent cousin and shows a great role in
his part and a natural character actor
too.
A woman's eyes are
plucked out by ravens.
A professor is cut in half by a wire from
an elevator.
Don Taylor
& Mike Hodges seems to pull
through well for this film as they show
great scenes with the deadly accidents
like the elevator dropping.
They also showed some intensity with
Elizabeth Shepherd's role when the
ravens attack her too.
They make a scene with Jonathan
Scott-Taylor
really disturbing when he finds out that
he's the antichrist after seeing the
symbol on his head.
He also shows no expressions when he does
an evil deed too like a horror character
should in a film like this.
Lucas
Donat is dynamic when he discovers
who Taylor's character really
is when he tries to escape from him in a
snowy forest. Taylor was showing
great energy as well during this moment
trying to plead him into giving in.
Jerry Goldsmith
composed the music again for this one.
However, his music sounds a little
cheesier but he does use some of the same
material from the first flick..
Richard
Thorn: Ann, give me the daggers!
Ann Thorn: [stabs him with the
daggers] There are your daggers!
Richard Thorn: Ann?
Ann Thorn: I've always belonged to
him!
[Richard falls dead as Ann lets out a
primal scream]
Ann Thorn: Damien!
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