Nonureva Really Surprised!

Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

ActuallyGlimmer The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

calvinnme Firstly, it has a seemingly fool-proof concept: the Antichrist, now a successful corporate CEO, is appointed U.S. Ambassador to England, AND president of the UN youth council. It practically writes itself. But, no, social commentary isn't brought into it; he doesn't kill his way into the U.S. Presidency, and the country is never thrown into a third world war. And to think I believed in him! You think this might also present a good chance for some overacting- but, once again, only missed opportunities. It was quite talky; Damien plays it cool, and Sam Neill's performance mostly involved making sinister expressions (at which he's a natural, granted,) and, frankly, the big lines he delivers come out kind of funny-sounding when modulated through his fake American accent (he has one of these in Jurassic Park, too, but at least that role didn't call for any serious acting.) I blame the director more than my man Sam, but I've seen some pretty terrible movies salvaged by one good performance.Why, this film even let down my bloodlusting side. It opens with a nice, gruesome death, but subsequent killings are either too silly to even guffaw at, or just plain uninspired- especially the climax.

vincentlynch-moonoi The first Omen film, starring Gregory Peck, was a masterpiece. Great story, fine acting, handsome production.The second Omen film, starring William Holden, was an unmitigated disaster.This third film is somewhere in between. Not as good as Omen I, but a heckuva lot better than Omen 2. There's some emotion here; there was none in Omen 2. Omen 2 was simply a "let's keep killing people off while we search for an actual plot" film. This production is a bit more elaborate. We see some emotion on the part of actor's portrayals. There's a definite plot.Now that's not to say that this is a top notch film. It seems as if in some scenes the director wanted to go further, but was hampered by the ratings system...probably for the good.Sam Neill has never been one of my favorites, but I always found him acceptable in various films. He was good here in his first big international role. At the time the film was released I remember thinking that he would go far...and he has done rather well.I found Lisa Harrow very good as the female lead. Apparently she and Neill were married (?).It was good seeing Rossano Brazzi, here as a priest, in one of his final films. He did well; seemed believable.If we could just leave out Omen 2 from the trilogy it would be much better, but then again it would be like leaving out a third of novel. Ah well, it is what it is. Don Gordon as Harvey Pleydell Dean

utgard14 Terrible sequel that will bore you to tears. It's an Omen film so you know there will be novelty death scenes bordering on camp. You get that here for sure. As another reviewer pointed out, every time someone gets close to killing Damien they have the worst possible luck and wind up dead themselves through some silly means. It turns the movie into an unintentional comedy.The movie has poor continuity with the other films but does manage to maintain most of their flaws. There are no real shocks or scares and you'll find yourself checking your watch frequently. Avoid it unless you want to finish the series. In which case, prepare yourself for disappointment.

Nitzan Havoc You'll have to forgive for not conforming to what I consider wrong, and for not praising this film. Altogether I've noticed that I don't exactly fall in line when it comes to the first three films of The Omen. I really didn't like the first one, thought the second was ten times better, as for this one - well, in my personal humble non-professional opinion a new record had been set. The Omen 3 for me was the worst of them I've seen so far.While the dialogue-acting continued to improve, the physical-acting still required much work, probably on account of undeveloped cinematography. The story, while being dark and compelling, still felt too far fetched for me as a non-Christian. Altogether, the events, Damien's monologues, and in particular the ending - all felt like little more (pardon my rudeness) religious masturbation.And speaking of the ending - what the heck was that?! Were we really expected not to notice that it had absolutely nothing to do with the build up? If that was the way it was going to end - why go through the entire film preparing us for something that never happened?I don't know. It might just be me, but I think the only reason to watch The Omen III is to have another check-mark on the way to finishing the series. I did enjoy watching it, can't deny it, but that doesn't mean it was a good film.