Omen III, The - The Final Conflict (1981)

6 out of 7 people found the following review helpful:

The final conflict.

Paul Gager from Pontefract, England, 27th March, 2005

The final installment of the trilogy sees Damien now into his early 30's and is played in this film by a young Sam Neil. Suprisingly i actually found this better than part 2 but still not a patch on the first one. Sam Neil does a good job playing Damien but the film just seems to lack ideas and when the ending finally arrives it was a huge let down...where was the 'go down with a fight' attitude you would expect from Damien? Worth a watch just to see how the trilogy ends thats all.

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2 out of 2 people found the following review helpful:

Brazzi-tastic!!!

A Customer from Scotland, 13th March, 2007

You know a movie where Rossano Brazzi is in charge of saving the new messiah has got to be fab!! Brazzi--what a guy! I first saw him in a forties version of Little Women--not much has really changed--he still appears to have learnt all of his lines phonetically in every English speaking movie he ever made. In Omen 3, he sports Chianti-red hair, one expression, and his usually agonized line delivery--love it! As for the rest of the movie--it's pretty good. Sam Neill makes a good anti-Christ and Lisa Harrow is fine. It's a shame Brazzi has passed away--no one else will ever have the same j'nai sais quoi!

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Oi, you, the Antichrist - DO ONE!

A Customer from Plymouth, England, 26th March, 2006

I finally got around to seeing The Final Conflict after seeing Damien: Omen II no fewer than five times in the last year on BBC Three. And yep, as an end to the trilogy, it was a disappointment. But not an entirely bad one. Sam Neill is superb as a grown up Damien, but let's not think too much about that fact all three movies are set in a distinct 70s period and he's aged like a progeria sufferer in a few short years. He's great, and lends a true sense of menace and believability (and charm) to Damien and that's what matters. Sadly, he's not in a better movie as several monks make increasingly ham-fisted attempts on his life with the 7 daggers still hanging around from the first movie. Example 1: If you must stab someone with a dagger closely, would you attempt to lob it down at him from 25 feet up on a rickety platform in a tv studio? Duh. Seriously, the monks go about their business in such a bad fashion, you almost start to sympathize with Damien that his pursuers are such a bunch of idiots. One should not sympathize with the Antichrist, but as the Monk's Wacky Wagon Train O' Death keeps rolling, that's what I found myself doing. Anyway the real problem with the movie is that it abandons the scary mythology of the series (including part 2's wonderfully creepy Yigael's Wall concept) for a series of death scenes without real impact. At the end, Damien is yelling for the Nazareen (the newborn reincarnation of Christ) to come out and fight him, and yet we know that it's a newborn baby - what does he expect, a boxing match? In the end, not a great finish to what could have been a great series, but Neill's performance and Jerry Goldsmith's tremendous score keep you interested til the end.

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2 out of 2 people found the following review helpful:

Omen III

A Customer from Suffolk, 3rd January, 2006

I have to complately disagree with 99% of the rest of the reviews here! I thought this film was excellent, Sam Neil exudes evil, he gives a top performance. There are some really great effects and gruesome parts, and the story holds up, especially after recently watching the first two parts. I think this is my favourite of the three films. Definitely worth a watch if only to make your own mind up about it!

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Omen III

A Customer from Leeds, 6th November, 2007

Still as scary after 20 years

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Can you say 'Continuity'?

A Customer from Edinburgh, Scotland, 20th September, 2007

This could have been an amazing film. It could have been a stunning cap to a great trilogy, but for the script throwing continuity out the window. Sam Neil is convincing as always, he nails some of the best monologues I've ever heard in film [the speach to the Jesus statue is especially good] and the plot roars along..... until, curiously, the script totaly discards the original instructions for the daggers. As such the final scene is an atrocious let-down after an otherwise bloody good epic.

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Good horror

A Customer from Wales, 30th May, 2007

This film was not as good as The Omen II, but was nonetheless watchable and better than a lot of rubbish that's churned out now with the title, 'horror...gripping...you will be scared, etc' Many recent films all seem to be the same...third rate chillers.

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omen 3

mark leather from secret, 15th May, 2007

not a bad conclusion to the trilogy still not a patch on the first omen film but still entertaining enough probably only worth viewing if you.ve seen the other 2 and wish to see the conclusion.

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