Plot
Robert Thorn, an American diplomat stationed in Italy, is told that his son died during birth. Unknown to his unconscious wife, Katherine, Robert adopts an orphaned newborn, due to the suggestion of the hospital's Catholic priest, Father Spiletto. Naming him Damien, Robert and Katherine raise the boy. Robert's career ascends over the course of the next five years. He is named Deputy Ambassador to the Court of St. James in the United Kingdom. Following the bizarre death of the previous ambassador, Robert assumes his position and settles in a large estate just outside London. However, disturbing events begin to transpire, including the suicide of Damien's nanny at his birthday party.
Robert is approached by Father Brennan, who claims to have been involved with events surrounding Damien's birth. Meanwhile, photographer Keith Jennings finds that several of his photographs contain mysterious omens, including premonitions regarding people's deaths. A new nanny, Mrs. Baylock, is hired. Tension rises when Baylock starts to make decisions without their consent, including adopting a Rottweiler for Damien's protection.
Following an incident near a chapel, in which Damien attacks Katherine, she begins experiencing vivid dreams about Damien, each involving a red-hooded jackal skeleton. When the Thorns visit a zoo, the animals react violently at the sight of Damien. Katherine begins to wonder if Damien is not all that he seems to be. Father Brennan confronts Robert, telling him that Damien's mother was a jackal, making him the Antichrist. He explains that Damien must die and a man called Bugenhagen, located in Megiddo, could assist. After being rebuked, Father Brennan is killed in a freak lightning storm.
Katherine discovers she is pregnant and is determined to get an abortion, in fear of having a child similar to Damien. Soon afterward, Damien severely injures Katherine with his scooter, causing a miscarriage. In the hospital, Katherine confides with Robert that Damien is evil. Robert decides to rendezvous with Jennings and search for Damien's biological mother, Maria Avedici Santoya. They discover the hospital where Damien was delivered has since been incinerated. They then go to Subiaco and meet Father Spiletto, who directs them to a graveyard. They find the grave of Santoya, who is revealed to indeed be a jackal. In the neighboring tomb, Robert discovers the corpse of his murdered biological son. He and Jennings are attacked by a pack of dogs and barely escape.
Baylock visits Katherine in the hospital and kills her via an air embolism. Learning of Katherine's death, Robert goes to Megiddo, meeting Bugenhagen, who instructs him to kill Damien with seven sacrificial daggers on consecrated ground. Bugenhagen tells Robert to examine Damien for the 666 birthmark. Robert refuses to kill his son, while Jennings picks up the daggers. Jennings is suddenly decapitated by a falling sign.
Robert arrives home and is attacked by Baylock's Rottweiler, which he subdues. In Damien's room, he finds the 666 birthmark. Baylock attacks Robert, but he fends her off and after killing her with his car, escapes. Pursued by the police, he drives to a church to kill Damien, but is killed by a Diplomatic Protection officer.
Robert's funeral is attended by the President of the United States, who holds Damien's hand.
Read more about this topic: The Omen (2006 Film)
Famous quotes containing the word plot:
“If you need a certain vitality you can only supply it yourself, or there comes a point, anyway, when no one’s actions but your own seem dramatically convincing and justifiable in the plot that the number of your days concocts.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)
“The westward march has stopped, upon the final plains of the Pacific; and now the plot thickens ... with the change, the pause, the settlement, our people draw into closer groups, stand face to face, to know each other and be known.”
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)
“After I discovered the real life of mothers bore little resemblance to the plot outlined in most of the books and articles I’d read, I started relying on the expert advice of other mothers—especially those with sons a few years older than mine. This great body of knowledge is essentially an oral history, because anyone engaged in motherhood on a daily basis has no time to write an advice book about it.”
—Mary Kay Blakely (20th century)