The writing is terrible, especially the dialogue, and whole chunks of plot seem to be missing, as coincidences and unresolved scenes start to pile high. At one point, Kinnear is hit over the head by De Niro and left for dead in a burning church … only to somehow arrive moments later to stop the cloned son from killing Romijn-Lettuce. It's not explained, nor referred to again. And the movie ends precisely at the point you figure the big showdown will occur, leaving you scratching your head and wondering whether the writer or director had even remotely thought things through. The acting is also miserable across the board, especially De Niro, who at this point seems positively intent on destroying his reputation as one of the all-time finest actors (which he never was, anyway). Cameron Bright is alright as the kid, but the "evil child" thing is played with zero originality … at best, he'd have fit in with the Children of the Corn, but he's not fit to lick the Satanic shit out of Damien's ass, nor the phantasmagoric pubic hair on Haley Joel Osment's beautiful little balls. Movies suck.
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