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Grab your BFG and get ready to kick some Martian-demon butt in Doom, another entry in the increasingly crowded videogame-to-movie genre. The Rock plays Sarge, the commander of a squad of Marines sent to investigate a disturbance at a scientific research facility on Mars. Among the squad is John Grimm (Karl Urban, who played Eomer in The Lord of the Rings), who turns out to have had a previous relationship with Samantha (Rosamund Pike, Die Another Day), the scientist who's accompanying the Marines in order to retrieve some vital data from the facility.
Based on id Software's legendary first-person shooter, Doom tries its best to look like a game, with dark, angled corridors, ferocious creatures appearing out of nowhere, and a variety of lethal weapons that will, like the aforementioned BFG, warm the cockles of a gamer's heart. There's also one memorable sequence that actually turns the movie into a first-person shooter; the good news is that in the context of the whole film, it's not quite as goofy as it might have been.
And that's not a bad frame of reference for the film in general. Considering the game-to-movie field includes such duds as Wing Commander, if you go into Doom with low expectations, you'll probably find it a surprisingly respectable horror/sci-fi thriller in the Resident Evil vein (including its somewhat obligatory subplot of corporate wrongdoing). Also in its favor is that it's unabashedly R-rated, for the extreme gore that is a trademark of the game. After all, the purpose of the movie is to pack scares and thrills into a setting that gamers will quickly recognize. In that sense, it qualifies as a success. --David Horiuchi
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Universal, Studios, Region 2; Region 5 2005 100 mins
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Well, i wasn't going to watch this film because of it's bad press.. i did and i am so glad i did. I really enjoyed it, it has a good storyline, graphics, characters and awesome first person shooter scene. I have never played the games but i know this film can't be much or at all worse than the game. SO if you like sci - fi horror movies with good plots then watch it, ignore the other reviews :) i really enjoyed it.. i love it :) <3
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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this is a great film with the rock star of the show a good storyline and good special effects deserves more credit arrived on time and in good condition
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
I wasn't expecting a lot from this ilm and was very surprised to find that I really enjoyed it. Its quite fast paced and its far more enjoyable than your average action horror film. Sure it misses some of the excitement of other FPS games and could have been a lot better but its still a very exciting watch.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
doom n gloom.
I did not get the chance to watch this dvd as it has scratches all over, it was supposedly a new dvd. Read more
Published 4 months ago by mr.d.n.
Doom is a dud
Watching Doom reminded me of the films 'Aliens' and 'Event Horizon' and is inferior to both. The characters are almost all stereotypical one dimensional macho personas that have... Read more
Published 5 months ago by D. Wilson
In a word...
In a word...this movie is DOOMed from the initial credits, what was HollyWood thinking, don't they know that movies of games now do not work, this is an horrendous Movie and in no... Read more
Published 6 months ago by J. Sharples
Broom the Doom.
I'm not a gamer guy, nor am I what you would call a comic book geek either. It's these two facts that let me enter into the film adaptations of said topics with absolutely no frame... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Spike Owen
Clearly not made for the fans of the game, another cash in on a great...
This film is just terrible, they changed the original and interesting concept that was handed to them and changed the plot to a virus, something that has been done countless times... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Stingray_745
a film which lost its way and then made me want to die.
this film is good, until the awful game sequence.
he can't kill aliens for toffee, the game sequence starts and they die left, right and centre. Read more
he can't kill aliens for toffee, the game sequence starts and they die left, right and centre. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Ihaterain
Doomed from the start.
If I remember correctly the whole 'plot' of Doom the game was that scientists had created teleport technology and accidentally opened a gateway to hell, from which all manner of... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Mark G.
Quality horror, awesome.
Yet again, another film my dad introduced me to. He knows I love horror and I thought the game was fairly decent so I said "yeah, why not". Read more
Published 21 months ago by review boy
One of the worst films I have ever seen
You want to watch Dwayne Johnson run around shouting about "following orders" for 90 minutes? Then treat yourself to this pile of rancid action. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Random
Mediocre
The film had an excellent potential, but turned out to be rubbish. I didn't mind though, as I wasn't expecting much and for the price... Why not buy it? Read more
Published 23 months ago by P. Perhac
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