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The Final Conflict (1981)
The story of Damien Thorn comes to a close with this third chapter.
Set around the countdown of the second coming Damien (Sam Neill) is in a position of power in the US government and sent back to Britain as U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom; The same title his father held in the first Omen film. However Thorn is followed by a group of priests led by South Pacific star Rossano Brazzi, who carry with them the Seven Daggers of Megiddo - the only way to kill the Antichrist before he can prevent the second coming of Christ by ordering his followers to kill all boys born in England on the morning of March 24, 1981 to prevent Christ's return to power
Seemingly more authentic with it's return to British locations and creepier with it, The Final Conflict sadly suffers from diminishing returns syndrome.
Although the idea of killing children is pretty grim it's the early death of the US Ambassador prior to Damien that is the films most memorable aspect with the shotgun blast to the head when his office door is opened.
The rest of the film kind of muddles by in a 'seven guys try to stab Damien in the back scenario' - talk about an underwhelming way of preventing Armageddon until Christ himself matter of factly kills Damien in the final scene whilst at a monastery in North Yorkshire.
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