Bless the Child

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Bless the Child (2000)

R 2000-08-11 (US) Drama, Horror, Thriller, Crime 1h 47m

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Mankind's last hope just turned six.

Overview

When Maggie's sister Jenna saddles her with an autistic newborn named Cody she touches Maggie's heart and becomes the daughter she has always longed for. But six years later Jenna suddenly re-enters her life and, with her mysterious new husband, Eric Stark, abducts Cody. Despite the fact that Maggie has no legal rights to Cody, FBI agent John Travis takes up her cause when he realizes that Cody shares the same birth date as several other recently murdered children.

Chuck Russell

Director
Cathy Cash Spellman

Novel
Ellen Green

Screenplay
Thomas Rickman

Screenplay
Clifford Green

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Top Billed Cast

Kim Basinger

Maggie O'Connor
Angela Bettis

Jenna
Holliston Coleman

Cody
Rufus Sewell

Eric Stark
Christina Ricci

Cheri Post
Jimmy Smits

Agent John Travis
Michael Gaston

Det. Frank Bugatti
Lumi Cavazos

Sister Rosa
Dimitra Arliss

Dahnya
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A review by Wuchak

70%

Written by Wuchak on December 3, 2023

Inversion of "The Omen"

A little girl with awe-inspiring abilities is raised by her aunt, Maggie O'Connor (Kim Basinger), because her mother is a drug addict (Angela Bettis). The latter hooks up with a weird cult, led by the arrogant Eric Stark (Rufus Sewell), who wants the child for dubious purposes.

Released in 2000, "Bless the Child" is a thriller/horror that comes across as an inverted "The Omen" with elements of "End of Days." It has the same plot as the contemporaneous "The Calling," but is more sensical.

It's no low-budget production as it cost $40 million to make and was... read the rest.

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