Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘The Final Conflict’

Written by Scott Edwards

​With great power comes great responsibility, I have heard that somewhere, but it seems to continue to be true in this day and age. With so many people needing help in all aspects of life, they are looking for someone that is able to step in and make their lives better in some form or fashion. There might not be many people that think that they can make a difference, but just an outreached hand can make someone understand that things are not all that bad for them. Sometimes it is difficult to believe that there are still sincere people out there trying to help with all of the madness that surrounds the country, but I bet you that you can find one or two that are willing to make a difference if given the chance.

Damien Thorn is all grown up and has taken over his family business and is making the world a better place. Wanting everyone to know what an upstanding citizen he really is with all of the relief efforts that Thorn Industries has made all over the world, his team of advertisers is not making the company's contributions public enough. With only one prize on the table that he wants, Damien knows that the only way to accomplish it is to have the people love and follow him, no matter what he says. Talking to his second in command, Harvey Dean, about what comes next, Damien wants to assume the post of the Ambassador to Great Britain that his late father held many years ago to have  his agenda heard.

With the former Ambassador killing himself, the President of the United States wants Damien for the job, but Damien will have to have a couple of demands met before he will assume the role, most importantly; that he is put in charge of the youth council. With his demands met, Damien assumes his new role, but has no idea if anyone still alive knows who or what he really is. As astrologists see an alignment of stars that has not happened in a millennium the religious factions know that this is a sign of the Second Coming and that their savior will be back on the planet to protect them from the Antichrist. 

After receiving the only knives that can kill the Antichrist, Father DeCarlo and his fellow monks are on a mission to kill Damien before the Second Coming takes place but fall short and need to come up with a new plan of attack. As the day of the Second Coming has come and gone, Damien demands all of his followers to take action in stopping the rebirth of Christ before he can be dethroned, even if it includes killing their own children. As every child that was born during the alignment is taken out, Harvey is not willing to give up his own for the cause, believing that Damien is crazy. Seeing what is happening, Father DeCarlo knows that there is only one person that can get close enough to Damien during his rise to power, a reporter, Kate Reynolds, that has taken a fancy to the young and powerful man. Telling her the truth about who Damien is not enough to prove to her what is really happening on the planet, but when she finds the proof that she needs to make the correct decision, will she be willing to act to save her son and all of humanity?

Wow, talk about a final conflict indeed. I must admit that Damien’s rise to power was crazy to watch and seeing all of his disciples was very disturbing. One thing that I wish this movie (which was also marketed as Omen III: The Final Conflict) gave a little more focus on is how Damien’s power really works, as he can control people’s minds with ease, but I would have liked to see some people struggle with it.  The monks that try to come to the rescue of mankind are great, but they were ill prepared for the battle with the Antichrist and are left having to rely on someone else to do their dirty work, I wish that was not the case, but it made for a great twist in the movie. The relationship between Kate and Damien was fun to watch grow, especially since she is forced to use her feminine woes to get what she really wants from him, the mark of the beast. With promises of better lives during the end of days, Damien has the message that everyone wants to hear, but I can guarantee you that he is not looking to make a good life for anyone, he is just going to acquire souls for his father and himself that they could not get any other way. Now wait just a second here, this seems to be a great ending to the series, but there is another movie that follows this one? How? Why?  Well, I guess I will have to answer those questions when I check out the fourth installment of The Omen series. Stay Scared.

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