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
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 2.5/4 |
One's enjoyment of Doomsday might stem from how much one admires a blatant homage to the 1980s. Full Review |
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 2/4 |
Doomsday might seem novel - if you've never seen "The Road Warrior," "Aliens," "Escape from New York" or any other post-apocalyptic flick before. Full Review |
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A bit like a medley of greatest hits performed by a hot, young talent who brings a new vocal inflection to the tired, old standards. Full Review |
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6/10 |
Doomsday possède définitivement toutes les caractéristiques d'un film culte en devenir, même si celles-ci nous laissent toujours en tête une curieuse impression de déjà vu. Full Review |
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3/4 |
A tribute to the early 1980s anarchy actioners The Road Warrior and Escape From New York, Neil Marshall's Doomsday also blends elements from 28 Days Later for a fun and ultra-violent action-sci-fi-kinda-horror film. Full Review |
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3.0/4.0 |
Get your Mad Max mutant-maniacs-in-monster-machines on. Full Review |
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3/4 |
The movie doesn't disguise the fact that this is a loving homage to early 80's science fiction cult classics. Full Review |
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B |
It's a mishmash of homages to writer/director Neil Marshall's favorite B movies. That doesn't make it bad at all, though; it ends up being quite entertaining. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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3/5 |
spintati pseytokaltia, poy o,ti yposhetai sto dinei aplohera Full Review |
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4/5 |
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. Full Review |
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3/5 |
After they blow a bunny to smithereens (aiming straight through a plot hole), I knew all bets were off. Full Review |
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The only thing that saves Doomsday from complete disgrace is that it knows it's trash. Full Review |
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1/5 |
...just the umpteenth killer-virus movie of the last few years... Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
Likely to be the year's most entertaining film withheld from critics, Neil Marshall's latest finds him pigging out at a B-movie buffet of bangers and mash. His alchemy of anarchy in the U.K. is exhilarating and playfully perverse. Full Review |
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3/4 |
A tongue in cheek action bonanza that I cheered on with fists in the air... Full Review |
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5/5 |
About twenty minutes into it I decided to pretend it was a long-lost mid-'80s film Marshall had dusted off and put his name on. Full Review |
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2/4 |
A series of loosely linked action scenes, Doomsday plays out more like a video game than a movie. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
Delivers the exploitation goods and then some, but it's so utterly derivative it represents a depressing step backward for Marshall... Full Review |
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1/4 |
If Doomsday was designed to be trash cinema, the filmmakers achieved their goal and then some. Full Review |
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