#167: Omen III: The final conflict , Movies recommended or seen lately... les films a voir

Genre: Horror/Horreur

Annee/Year: 1981

Format: DVD

Omen III The final conflict. The third installment in the Omen series was also successfull but not as cleanly realised nor received as the others. Director Graham Baker (Alien Nation...) casts a very young Sam Neil as antichrist at a ge 32.

Now a successfull industrialist and a politacally astute man, Damien Thorne gets appointed to be the UK ambassador. This is actually part of the prophecy as Damien is planning to prevent the coming of the Christ who was reborn in that country. Damien's plan is to have all the members of his dark army now following him to eliminate all the children born on that day predicted by the convergence of stars. During that time a group of 7 priests attempt to eliminate Damien but that is a very dangerous task. Damien seduces a beautiful red haired journalist who was the last chance to display his true indetity. Then in the ultimate scene makes a face off with the christ child himself. The final scene is a bit of a let down on FX sides from our point of view 30yrs later. This movie had definitely lost much of the magic from the two previous installment. That even though the music from Jerry Goldsmith continues to evolve on the same themes. Entertaining but weaker than the other 2 movies.

La malédiction III. La troisième partie de ce classique nous est apporté par le directeur Graham Baker et met en scène un tres jeune Sam Neil dans le rôle de Damien à 32ans. Devenu un homme d'affaires important et influent sur la politique internationale Damien est nomme par le président des États unis au poste d'ambassadeur américain de Grande-Bretagne. Là il fera la guerre au retour du Christ lui-même qui doit revenir en Angleterre selon les alignements astronomiques. Damien utilisera son armée de fidèles pour tuer tous les enfants nés en ce jour. Après avoir séduit une belle journaliste rousse, qui était le seul espoir de le démasquer, Damien confrontera dans la scène finale le bébé du Chirst lui-même dans une scène peu convaincante nous montrant le retour du Christ lui-même. À voir pour terminer la série, mais définitivement plus faible que les 2 autres films de la série.

Great quotes:
Damien Thorn: Disciples of the Watch; I stand before you; in the name of the one who was cast out from Heaven, but is alive in me.
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Damien Thorn: He was born last night... I feel his presence. Like a virus, a parasite feeding on my energy; trying to drain me of power. For everyday that he lives and grows, my force will weaken.
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DeCarlo: Every child still living born between those hours is in mortal danger if, indeed, he has not already been killed.
Kate Reynolds: Are you suggesting they've been murdered?
DeCarlo: No, no, I am not. I'm stating it as a fact.
Kate Reynolds: But who on Earth would do such a thing?
DeCarlo: He is born again. And so is the Antichrist - the son of Satan - as foretold in the Book of Revelation.
Kate Reynolds: I'm sorry, Father. Look, I do respect your faith but I don't share it.
DeCarlo: You are not a practicing Christian.
Kate Reynolds: No, I'm a practicing journalist. And one of the first rules of journalism is to be a doubting Thomas. I need to see evidence with my own two eyes.
DeCarlo: All right, here is your evidence. Check that for yourself.
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Kate Reynolds: I feel like a moth, flying closer and closer to the flame.
Damien Thorn: Which is the moth, and which is the flame?
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Damien Thorn: Nazarene, charlatan, what can you offer humanity? Since the hour you vomited forth from the gaping wound of a woman, you have done nothing but drown man's soaring desires in a deluge of sanctimonious morality. You've inflamed the pubertal mind of youth with your repellent dogma of original sin. And now you absolve in denying them the ultimate joy beyond death by destroying me ? But you will fail, Nazarene, as you have always failed. We were both created in man's image, but while you were born of an impotent god, I was concieved of a jackal. Born of Satan, the desolate one. Your pain on the cross was but a splinter compared to the agony of my father. Cast out of heaven, the fallen angel, banished, reviled. I will drive deeper the thorns into your rancid carcass, you profaner of vices. Cursed Nazarene. Satan, I will avenge thy torment, by destroying the Christ forever.

Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082377/maindetails

Rating perso: 6.0/10