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Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981)

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The second sequel to the 1976 horror hit The Omen finds Damien Thorn assuming the full mantle of the Antichrist and preparing for a final, all-out battle with "the Nazarene." Now in his thirties, Damien (Sam Neill) has elevated the family business, Thorn Industries, into the world's biggest multinational corporation. A little bit of black magic paves the way for Damien to become ambassador to England and the head of an international youth council. He soon uses this platform to amass an army of

R, 1 hr. 48 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Horror

Sep 5, 2000

Twentieth Century Fox

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All Critics (21) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (13) | DVD (6)

...the moment The Final Conflict turns to dialogue and a plot, it loses its inspiration.

October 23, 2004 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | Comment
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The bad news is that Damien has a whole movie to get through before he gives up the ghost, and that the movie is a grisly one.

August 30, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
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Neill is fire and brimstone incarnate, but he can't seem to seal the deal.

October 31, 2008 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | Comment
Filmcritic.com

The Omen trilogy comes to a close with this expectedly uneven installment...

October 31, 2008 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comment
Reel Film Reviews

The gas had pretty much run out of the Omen franchise by the time of this second sequel, and yet THE FINAL CONFLICT is quite an interesting film ...

July 4, 2008 Full Review Source: ESplatter | Comment
ESplatter

Grim, disturbing devil doings continue.

June 1, 2007 Comment
Video-Reviewmaster.com

The Omen III is a decent demonic thriller, but it's not the Beelzebub's knees.

May 19, 2006 Full Review Source: About.com | Comment
About.com

The third best of the Omen films, but still a satisfying conclusion to a great trilogy.

February 18, 2006 Comment
FulvueDrive-in.com

it's getting silly now

September 19, 2004 Comment
Shadows on the Wall

Pretty damn funny.

December 29, 2002 Comment
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Damien grows up ... and the series grows dead.

July 27, 2002 Comment
eFilmCritic.com

The Final Conflict, from 1981, is really quite a bad movie, not actually awful enough to ever have achieved cult status...

October 31, 2001 Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | Comment
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An awesome horror movie in the Omen series, one of my favourite movies, I highly recommend it if you liked the other two.

September 6, 2010
ajv2688

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The Final Conflict had the potential to be a very strong, redeeming film over the bad second one, instead it's the worst sequel as of yet to the original Omen. I can give props however to Sam Neil to portray Damien Thorn effectively, but unfortunately his incredible acting ability doesn't even salvage this terrible

June 9, 2010
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Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

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