25
A dumb end to a dumb series of movies that, in retrospect, play like the paranoid ramblings of a religious fundamentalist who sees unholy anti-Christian conspiracies behind every world event.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
30
Not only the silliest chapter in the Omen trilogy, it's the dullest and most inept. [30 Mar 1981, p.83]
40
Washington Post by Gary Arnold
There's sure nothing purgative about the kind of anxiety the filmmakers are exploiting. If anything, it condemns them to strictly degenerate company. [24 Mar 1981, p.B8]
40
Unfortunately, half the time this feels more like an Omen parody than a chance to give it a great send off.
30
The New York Times by Janet Maslin
In the cast are many, many dogs, who are charmed by Damien in a way no audience is likely to be.
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Jay Scott
Graham Baker, a British director of television commercials, makes a debut that is technically auspicious, and Robert Paynter and Phil Meheux, the cinematographers, have approximated the rich, chocolaty chiaroscuro of The Godfather saga. Does anyone care? [24 Mar 1981]
33
Director Graham Baker has little gift for atmosphere, and apart from one inspired sequence, I suspect I'll forget every aspect of this movie in a couple of days.
50
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
A terrific opening. But, alas, the moment The Final Conflict turns to dialogue and a plot, it loses its inspiration.