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- 2008
- R
- Rogue Pictures
- 1 h 45 m
- 2008
- R
- Rogue Pictures
- 1 h 45 m
Summary Authorities brutally quarantine a country as it succumbs to fear and chaos when a virus strikes. The literal walling-off works for three decades--until the dreaded Reaper virus violently resurfaces in a major city. An elite group of specialists, captained by Eden Sinclair (Rhona Mitra), is urgently dispatched into the still-quarantined c...
- 2008
- R
- Rogue Pictures
- 1 h 45 m
- 2008
- R
- Rogue Pictures
- 1 h 45 m
Doomsday
51
5.7
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Summary Authorities brutally quarantine a country as it succumbs to fear and chaos when a virus strikes. The literal walling-off works for three decades--until the dreaded Reaper virus violently resurfaces in a major city. An elite group of specialists, captained by Eden Sinclair (Rhona Mitra), is urgently dispatched into the still-quarantined c...
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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29% Positive
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71% Mixed
10 Reviews
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
51
29% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
71% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
One caveat: The film has more blood-splatter than a dozen zombie movies. If you can handle that, Doomsday's drunken mash-up of futuristic and feudal is surprisingly satisfying.
Neil Marshall's flair for visceral action more than compensates for his script's lack of conceptual novelty in Doomsday. Principally South Africa-shot tale of a post-apocalyptic Great Britain cobbles together large chunks of "Escape From New York," "The Road Warrior," "28 Days Later" and "Resident Evil," but those with a taste for revved-up, splattery fantasy thrills won't be complaining.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 65 User Ratings
5.7
40% Positive
26 Ratings
26 Ratings
38% Mixed
25 Ratings
25 Ratings
22% Negative
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 65 User Ratings
5.7
40% Positive
26 Ratings
26 Ratings
38% Mixed
25 Ratings
25 Ratings
22% Negative
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
In my honest opinion Rhona Mitra and David O'Hara did a great job acting. The nudity wasn't to my liking and I hated Sol with a burning desire for his suffering. I very much liked the plot even though it isn't the most original. Overall though, I really liked the movie but I understand why others didn't.
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Marshall’s fixation on John Carpenter and early James Cameron is all too apparent, but his own distinctive cinematic style isn’t, making Doomsday a likeably rambling but generic shoot-’em-up.
Mitra, clad in the requisite tight, sexy outfits, conveys a suitable toughness but little in the way of personality, while such distinguished British actors as Bob Hoskins and Adrian Lester dutifully show up to collect their paychecks.
As a guilty pleasure, it’s spectacularly entertaining
Marshall's film is crammed full of good ideas but doesn't have the cohesion to pull them all together. Less effective than "Dog Soldiers," never mind "The Descent."
I still believe with all my heart that no movie with real car stunts, a tough-chick hero, and a severed head that thunks directly into the camera can be all bad. But this is pushing it.
This is a highly underrated film. Brilliant storyline, fantastic actors and I only wish they'd do a sequel!
Watch it online for free: ****/watch-239-Doomsday-online-free
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Caught this halfway then recorded it on HBO. Rhona Mitra the quilty pleasure but this was a ghastly film with nods to Aliens, Mad Max, etc. Great cast including the wonderful Sean Pertwee and Bob Hoskins no less but what were they doing in this rambling mess?
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Doomsday spends almost two hours of screen time on gore, subpar action and an incoherent plot that feels like a poor compilation of better movies. It leaves its cast stranded with one-dimensional, uninteresting characters and therefore finds a place amongst the weakest dystopia movies.
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Hilariously bad. Not even a b-movie, more like a c-movie. Characters are unlikable and there’s pointless gore constantly
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Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Nomination