Bless the Child

Bless the Child

Mankind's last hope just turned six.

R 2000 · 107 min · ★ 5.4 · Drama, Horror, Thriller, Crime

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.

Directed by Chuck Russell · Written by Clifford Green

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Kim Basinger Maggie O'Connor
Jimmy Smits Agent John Travis
Rufus Sewell Eric Stark
Ian Holm Reverend Grissom
Angela Bettis Jenna
Holliston Coleman Cody
Christina Ricci Cheri Post
Lumi Cavazos Sister Rosa
Michael Gaston Det. Frank Bugatti
Eugene Lipinski Stuart
Dimitra Arliss Dahnya
Anne Betancourt Maria

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