Review by neurotic71

I loved the Omen movies as a kid. Couldn't get enough of them. But The Final Conflict falls a little short. There are two reasons for this. First is that in the original two movies the Antichrist is surrounded by legions of birds, dogs, nannies, stepmothers, etc. that always protect him. This gives a really creepy edge to the proceedings as it feels like the devil's minions are everywhere. In this film we see them gather for a while (how silly that a nurse would wear her uniform to a satanic gathering by the way)but there doesn't seem to be that many of them. This episode concentrates too much on Damien and one evil figure isn't nearly as scary as a whole host of evil - even if he is supposed to be the Antichrist. Second is the ending which everyone has talked about. The thing that gets me is that Damien spouts Bible verses throughout the movie, the seven priests are constantly spewing verse, and neither side has figured out yet that christ wasn't supposed to come back as a baby. It's pretty boring stuff for sure, but you'd think one of these guys would have read the Bible. Remember that whole "coming back with eyes of fire and double edged sword, blah, blah, blah" thing. It's pretty clear that's no baby. So the big surprise at the end when everyone realizes that christ didn't come back as a baby isn't much of a surprise at all. And if he didn't return as a baby why is he hiding while the Antichrist gets some baby killing done? It's all so goofy. I don't care if it matches up with the Bible, but it might as well match up with itself. How could nobody have known? Too dumb to get into. Still a slightly scary flick overall and worth seeing if you're into the other two.