Bless the Child Page #3

Synopsis: Omens and concepts of good vs. evil have no place in Maggie O'Connor's well-ordered, practical universe. Her life revolves around her job as a nurse at a busy New York hospital, until one rainy night, her sister Jenna abandons her newborn, autistic daughter at her home. Maggie takes the baby in, and she becomes the daughter she never had. Six years later Jenna suddenly re-appears with a mysterious new husband, Eric, and abducts Cody. Despite the fact that Maggie has no legal rights to Cody, FBI agent John Travis, an expert in ritual homicide and occult-related crime, takes up her cause when he realizes that Cody shares the same birth date as several other recently missing children. The little girl, it soon becomes clear, is more than simply "special." She manifests extraordinary powers that the forces of evil have waited centuries to control, and her abduction sparks a clash between the soldiers of good and evil that can only be resolved, in the end, by the strength of one small child
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
Director(s): Chuck Russell
Production: Paramount Pictures
  1 win & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.1
Metacritic:
17
Rotten Tomatoes:
3%
R
Year:
2000
107 min
$28,134,407
Website
291 Views


[Whispering Continues]

[ Gasps ]

[ Voice Whispers, Indistinct]

[ Chattering ]

That's your guy.

- I'm looking for Detective Bugatti.|- Yeah, that's me.

- Agent Travis?|- How you doing?

Welcome to Brooklyn. I'll get you up|to speed on all this stuff later.

But... maybe it would be|a good idea...

if you try to keep|a low profile out here today.

- Why is that?|- Well, some of the guys,

they're wound up pretty|tight about this case.

They should be.

This is the fifth child|and from what I heard,

you still don't have any suspects.

That's true, but|some of the detectives,

they get a little territorial|when the bureau steps in.

That would include you?

Hey, I don't give a f***|if we gotta call in...

the French Foreign Legion if that's|what it takes to stop this guy.

- Mind if I take a look at the body?|- Yeah, no, go ahead.

- Hi, Cody.|- Hi.

Those are very pretty.|Who are they?

[ Gasps ]

Must be that poor bird. It flew|into a window and broke its neck.

They're all quite|curious about death.

Do you think|they understand death?

You'd be surprised.|I blame The Lion King.

Sister Rosa,|would you mind?

Cody fixed the bird!|Cody fixed the bird!

Maybe he was just knocked out|when he hit the window.

No, he was dead.

[ All ] Cody fixed the bird!|Cody fixed the bird!

- I'm tired, Mim.|- Okay, sweetie. We'll go home.

[Woman]|Thanks for staying.

- Sure.|- Must be a full moon tonight.

Helen got cut by a paranoid ''schiz''|with a razor blade.

- And there's a biter in four.|- Terrific.

And a recovering O.D.|in three seeing snow lights.

If you'll take the histories.

- No problem.|- Thanks.

- Cheri Post?|- Who are you?

I'm Maggie.|Wanna tell me what's wrong?

What do you think is wrong? I'm|sketching, you know, coming down.

Wanna lie down for me?

- Your name is O'Connor?|- Mm-hmm.

I don't care about your tracks.|I want to help you.

I just need a blood sample.

Some friends shot me up.

Wanted me to end up|in the morgue instead of here.

Why would they do that?

[ Chuckles ] They don't like|people quitting their club.

Nice club.

Just relax.

You're really nice|for a nurse.

Okay.|Put some pressure on that.

You kind of look like her.

Who? Make it good.|I need a boost.

Jenna.

My sister.|You know my sister?

No, a friend of mine,Janet.

No, no, no.|You said Jenna.

- Where is she?|- I don't--

I haven't seen her in six years.|I've looked for her everywhere.

She has a little girl|she hasn't even seen.

I know she has a little girl.

She's special. You know that,|don't you? That's why they want her.

Please tell me|where my sister is.

Forget about your sister, okay?|They've already got her.

Don't let them get|the little girl.

- [Door Opens]|- Maggie, I need you in four.

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Thomas Rickman

Thomas Rickman (8 June 1776 – 4 January 1841), was an English architect and architectural antiquary who was a major figure in the Gothic Revival. He is particularly remembered for his Attempt to Discriminate the Styles of English Architecture (1817), which established the basic chronological classification and terminology that are still in widespread use for the different styles of English medieval ecclesiastical architecture. more…

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