The Final Conflict

"The power of evil is no longer in the hands of a child."

1981 1h 48m EN

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Damien Thorn has helped rescue the world from a recession, appearing to be a benign corporate benefactor. When he then becomes U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Damien fulfills a terrifying biblical prophecy. He also faces his own potential demise as an astronomical event brings about the second coming of Christ.

“The power of evil is no longer in the hands of a child.”

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Cast

Sam Neill
Damien Thorn
Rossano Brazzi
De Carlo
Don Gordon
Dean
Lisa Harrow
Kate Reynolds
Barnaby Holm
Peter
Mason Adams
President
Robert Arden
American Ambassador
Leueen Willoughby
Barbara

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Graham Baker
Writers: Andrew Birkin
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.1× over at the box office.

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ERA

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45 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "The Omen Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Graham Baker, shot by Robert Paynter. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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ERA

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Original score by Jerry Goldsmith. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Alan Strachan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Sam Neill and Rossano Brazzi and Don Gordon carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

RUNTIME

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Marketing tagline: "The power of evil is no longer in the hands of a child.".

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The take

Graham Baker directs. Robert Paynter behind the camera. Jerry Goldsmith scores. Alan Strachan cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Made its money back 4.1× over at the box office.
245 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "The Omen Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Graham Baker, shot by Robert Paynter. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Jerry Goldsmith. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Alan Strachan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Sam Neill and Rossano Brazzi and Don Gordon carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "The power of evil is no longer in the hands of a child.".
9IMDB entry: tt0082377 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 10 themes, including "chicago, illinois", "london, england", "ambassador", "halloween".
11Released under 21 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Robert Paynter
Original score: Jerry Goldsmith
Editing: Alan Strachan
Production design: Herbert Westbrook
Makeup / hair: Freddie Williamson
Stunt coordinator: Marc Boyle
Runtime: 108 min · 1h 48m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $5,000,000
Box office: $20,471,382
Return: 409% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: The Final Conflict (1981)

Part of

The Omen Collection

Supernatural horror series centered around Damien Thorn, the Antichrist.

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John Chard2019-10-04
★ 6/10
Slay The Nazarene! The Final Conflict is directed by Graham Baker and written by David Seltzer and Andrew Birkin. It stars Sam Neill, Rossano Brazzi, Don Gordon, Lisa Harrow, Barnaby Holm and Mason Adams. Music is by Jerry Goldsmith and cinematography by Phil Meheux and Robert Paynter. The third and final part of "The Omen Trilogy" sees adult Antichrist Damien Thorn (Neill) now as a massive mover in industry and about to shift towards politics. As he surges towards the top, with a biblical prophecy about to come true, the second coming of Christ and a religious order look to be the only hope for mankind. Although it's undeniably the weakest of the trilogy, this does however close things down without utter embarrassment. Bringing to attention Sam Neill as an actor to note, where he is splendidly sinister, we are however burdened with a too long running for what is a surprisingly bloodless affair. The dark shades in the narrative are strong enough to keep us hooked in (yikes, infanticide), but there's too many unanswered questions and ignorance of continuity requirements from the previous two films. While it ends on a hopelessly twee religious Christmas card crescendo. Ultimately it's more a case of being one for fans of the series only, where the story reaches the conclusion for those who began the journey back in 1976. For casual observers, though, the lethargic nature of this particular beast is likely to bore and grate. 6/10
JPV8522019-10-10
★ 6/10
Sam Neill was great, even with some of the cheesier dialogue, as Damien. Feels a bit of an underwhelming conclusion to a trilogy but still was entertaining in a shocking way, going places not many films go... 3.0/5
CinemaSerf2023-06-07
★ 6/10
I am not much of a fan of Sam Neill at the best of times, and he really did not possess the skills to be menacing at all here. Still, this is way better than the second in the trilogy. Now running his huge "Thorn" conglomerate, "Damien" sets out to thwart the newly born Nazarine baby whom, together with the sacred daggers, could still stop him becoming ruler of the world. In true Herodian style, he tries to make sure all boys born between midnight and 6 am on the fateful day die; but when he discovers that the true bairn lives much closer to home, he must get his own hands dirty. It's very much a hybrid of the first one this and it's too long, but it's nice to see Rossano Brazzi ("Barefoot Contessa" (1954) and "Italian Job" (1969) on screen again, and it does move along reasonably quickly to an ending that given it's called "The Final Conflict" really doesn't leave too much to our imagination. It's not great, but it's not rubbish either...