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03/14/08
Doomsday (2008)
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Reviews Counted:63
Fresh:30
Rotten:33
Average Rating:5/10
Consensus: Doomsday is a pale imitation of previous futuristic thrillers, minus the cohesive narrative and charismatic leads.
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
US Box Office: $10,955,425
Synopsis: Writer/director Neil Marshall earned the respect of horror devotees with his first two features, DOG SOLDIERS and THE DESCENT, refreshing and scary twists on the werewolf and expedition-gone-wrong... [More]
Starring: Rhona Mitra, Bob Hoskins, Adrian Lester, Alexander Siddig
Director: Neil Marshall
Reviews for Doomsday
Doomsday is a mess of lousy filmmaking and unrelenting artistic bankruptcy, smashed together to form an ear-splitting, overcooked, awfully irritating shell of an experience.
03/14/08
Doomsday typifies the kind of movie that gets dumped into theaters during the late winter -- a regurgitated storyline, no big stars, and no real prospects at the box office.
03/14/08
If Marshall's goal was to deliver a no-nonsense, tongue-in-cheek, mega-violent "throwback" action flick, I'd say he's done a damn fine job of it.
03/16/08
As scattered as it is senseless.
03/14/08
Soulless, impersonal and shamelessly derivative, this dime-a-dozen sci-fi garbage is such a depressing step down for Neil Marshall that one can hardly believe it was made by the same guy responsible for the rightfully acclaimed The Descent.
03/15/08
spintati pseytokaltia, poy o,ti yposhetai sto dinei aplohera
05/06/08
The survivors have made it a priority -- as they have in so many post-apocalyptic action flicks -- to store up provisions of mascara and hair dye.
03/14/08
Neil Marshall should be ashamed for foisting such a disappointing follow-up to The Descent on his fans.
03/15/08
Marshall delivers what he promises and Mitri makes for a cool, kick-arse heroine in the Ellen Ripley mold.
03/14/08
Here's a gorefest that also includes a little story line.
03/14/08
Attention, apocalypse-hungry filmgoers: Doomsday may be the blue-light special you're looking for.
03/17/08
I can't support or defend Doomsday in the slightest. But it's also the most fun I've had at the movies in weeks. If you're in the mood for sheer sensation without the slightest bit of intelligence, this is the flick for you.
03/14/08
Brimming with exploitation antics, grindhouse sensibilities and, heh heh, exploding bunnies, Doomsday conjures a future thrown back to the dead-end styles and amoral excesses of the eighties - and no future could be bleaker than that.
05/09/08
The movie doesn't disguise the fact that this is a loving homage to early 80's science fiction cult classics.
06/05/08
A series of loosely linked action scenes, Doomsday plays out more like a video game than a movie.
03/21/08
Doomsday might seem novel - if you've never seen "The Road Warrior," "Aliens," "Escape from New York" or any other post-apocalyptic flick before.
08/02/08
As the crowd screams and pounds their chests, the camera shows Eden's back. It's a grim resolution, even in the post-apocalypse.
03/21/08
When the film's unspooling and we're watching Rhona Mitra drive a sports car through an exploding bus, we find ourselves in movie geek heaven.
04/01/08
Most fantasy-action films blow their budgets in the first half-hour, and limp home with their makeup smeared. Doomsday is unusually patient, smartly saving most of its fireworks for the later innings.
03/18/08
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