Is it just me or does this movie have no plot?

There's maybe ooh 3 minutes of Damien realizing that he's the Antichrist (which contradicts the 1st movie where he already knew he was evil) and that's it.
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Damien was just a little boy in the first one and the evil doings were brought about other external influences and forces, surrounding and protecting Damien. He wasn't really old enough to be aware of who he was; but he was being nurtured into an understanding of this—which is what DAMIEN:OMEN II is about.

The film is sensationalistic and the characters reactions to the understanding of who Damien is, before he realises himself, and then get bumped off is admittedly cheesy; but that is the gimmick of the OMEN films. This 2nd instalment is my favourite. It is slickly presented, well casted and reasonably acted. I find the films premise—of a 13 year old boy who comes to the realisation of he really is and how he accepts this knowledge—quite intriguing. He still has conflicted 'human' feelings and his love for his cousin Mark and the ultimatum he offers him before destroying him, is one of the best scenes in all the OMEN films...IMHO.

Your description of "OH MY GOD, DAMIEN IS EV--" *dies* on repeat, is certainly true, however there is a lot more to this film bubbling away in the background (and foreground) for anyone who cares to think a little deeper.

What I'm referring to is covered many times on other threads (by myself and others) on this board so I'm not going to repeat them here.

i agree with you guys. this is my favorite omen movie. i do like them all though.

I've always felt the same way. It doesn't seem to really accomplish anything or advance the story in any way. The only thing accomplished is that he realizes he's the Antichrist.

One thing which may have made it feel as though it accomplished something in the advancement of the overall story would have been if he had started to put together a group of loyal followers in the end, setting up part 3 in which he has a large group of followers. But instead he kills that one lady who was his pawn, which never made sense to me.

It has a plot.
It shows not only the progression of Damien's life and his realization that he is the Antichrist, but shows the progression of the evil BEHIND Damien.
His disciples.


"I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus."
"Didn't he discover America?"
"Penfold, shush."

I think this movie has great character development for Damien. I don't remember Damien knowing for sure he was evil in the first movie. What I remember is all the bizarre events and deaths centered around the child so we aren't exactly sure if it's a coincidence or a deeper meaning until we saw the birthmark. I can see how him smiling at the end of the movie could hint he knows he is evil, but it never explicitly said that for sure.

In the second movie, he knows something is different about him and he isn't like any other human, but he doesn't know exactly what is wrong. The whole movie is based on this concept and you must've not paid very close attention if you only caught 3 minutes of that. Finally towards the ending he learns exactly what he is, comes to terms with it, and accepts it. The third movie does capture the ending of Damien's life, but I think it would've felt weird to go from 6 years old in the first movie to his thirties so I think the second movie is necessary to show what happens in his life in between those stages. I personally think this is the best movie of the whole series.

Death lives in the Vault of Horror!

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You could skip this movie and watch the third one and lose literally nothing.

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Except that the 3rd movie is awful.

But, yeah, you're right about this movie not having much of a plot. I was always too busy enjoying how ridiculous everything is to notice.