Bless the Child( 2000)

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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.

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
Eugene Lipinski
Stuart
Anne Betancourt
Maria
Ian Holm
Reverend Grissom
Helen Stenborg
Sister Joseph
Matthew Lemche
New Dawn Kid at Van
Dan Warry-Smith
New Dawn Kid
Peter Mensah
Good Samaritan Janitor
Matt Birman
Upstate Cop

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A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on Sun Dec 03 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 ...