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Doomsday (Unrated) | 
 enlarge | Director: Neil Marshall
Actors: Caryn Peterson, Adeola Ariyo, Emma Cleasby, Christine Tomlinson, Vernon Willemse
Studio: NBC Universal
Category: Movie
Buy New: $3.99
Rating:  84 reviews
Sales Rank: 5082
Genre: Action
Rating: Unrated
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 114 Minutes
ASIN: B001EX5D8Q
Theatrical Release Date: March 14, 2008
Release Date: October 14, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Synopsis:
From the director of The Descent comes an action-packed thrill-ride through the beating heart of hell! To save humanity from an epidemic, an elite fighting unit must battle to find a cure in a post-apocalyptic zone controlled by a society of murderous renegades. Loaded with ferocious fights and high-octane chases, Doomsday grabs you right from the start, and doesn't let go till its explosive end! |
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 Neil Marshall + Rhona Mitra = my favorite movie this yr May 23, 2008
Kevin Graham (AZ)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I have seen this movie about 26 times. Am I crazy, maybe I also saw Juno about 20 times.
Anyway,
I love female fronted action and science fiction movies. I love Sigourney Weaver's Ripley and watch all the Alien movies all the time.
Anyway I like Mila Jovovich ok and the other female heroines like Pitch Black's Radha Mitchel.
However, when I saw this movie Doomsday. Rhona Mitra totally blew me away. I mean she was tough, but also had such acting range. Like when fighting when she had the upper hand or had an idea for an offensive attack she would have a little glimpse in her eyes. Basically I could just watch her portrayal of Maj Eden Sinclair and just think she is the best action heroine suited for that movie and rivals Sigourney Weaver. While I feel Sigourney Weaver had great range in the Alien movies especially Aliens, Aliens 3, and Alien Resurrection. Maybe Rhona Mitra doesn't have quite that range but for me she made this movie awesome.
I mean I saw Rhona Mitra on the show the practice and didn't think much of her other than she was very pretty. But, this movie makes me really excited about seeing her in the new Underworld movie even though I am not into those. I feel she would be better than Kate Beckinsale for me I feel Kate is to stuck up.
Anyway the the movie Doomsday.
It is basically to me a good against evil movie. Not this grey the bad guys sometimes do good and the good guys sometimes do evil, but in this respect and old fashoined black and white drawn lines movie.
Now it is very violent. I mean cooking a person and eating them. In battle cutting of an arm and the head of an enemy. A rabbit is shot and explodes by a sentinal gun. A axe goes into the head of an enemy. An ultraviolent but cool car chase. A person being shot in the face with a shot gun at point blank range. A persons hand being cut off because it is attached to a brief case, they were already dead though. Cutting a guys throut. You get the point. But, I still feel it is good against evil so other than the rabbit there is a point to the violence.
The special effects, costumes, cinematography, and music were very good for I think 15mil dollars but may have been pounds they spent for the movie. Anyway the music is really good I did a review for the soundtrack. It is the only soundtrack I own.
Anyway I loved the movie as well as Neil Marshall's other movies like Dog Soldiers and another really voilent but good one the Descent.
I feel if you like action, scifi, good versus evil, and kind of like wierd indie alternative movies you may like this one I did.
K
Already one of the top ten guy movies of all time May 20, 2008
Jason Elin (Backwater, Alabama)
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
Pick your favorite post-apocalyptic movie like Road Warrior; add your favorite medieval movie with horses and armor; think about the best car chase in any movie; add a great virus outbreak like 28 Days Later; throw in a little Spartacus or Gladiator action; shut off an entire city/country like I Am Legend; blend in a few scenes that could just as easily have been in Hostel or Saw; and mix in anarchy, blood, explosions, axe-wielding maniacs, and a few beheadings for good measure and you'll touch the surface of Doomsday. I'm already declaring it one of the top ten guy movies of all time.
There is a terrible viral outbreak in Scotland, and the best way to deal with it is isolation. The entire country is condemned and sealed off with a massive wall full of firearms to keep out the undesirables. Allow decades to go by and all is well. Right?
Evidently not. People survive, evolve, and turn into a raping, murdering, cannibalistic horde hell-bent on survival. Unfortunately for those outside of the quarantine zone the virus has returned, and it's up to the government to go back into the original land of infected and find the cure amongst the survivors who want nothing more than to destroy and consume all who dare to invade their turf.
Rhona Mitra is a hardened, lethal, and incredibly hot leader of the group sent in for the nearly hopeless mission. From beginning to end she is on a race for survival - blasting, kicking, stabbing, and decapitating her way to a possible cure and eventual freedom.
Doomsday is action packed throughout, and it's surprisingly beautifully filmed, with great shots of the countryside as well as the dirty, urban environment left to fend for itself. It's a great action movie, great post-apocalyptic movie, has tons of worthwhile battles and gore, and is an all-out blast. If you love to watch a movie for pure entertainment, this should be on the top of the list.
Over-the-top action June 28, 2008
David L. Carter (Cass City, MI. USA)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I'd highly recomond this movie to someone who enjoys crazy out of control action. Yes this movie dosnt have the greatest quality but if your all about weird wild and crazy stuff this is the stuff right here so ignore all those in depth reviews and just enjoy the this wild movie!!!!!! (:
THIS IS OUR CITY!! May 14, 2008
ACP13 (Fernley, NV USA)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
Doomsday is a post-apocalyptic action horror where in Scotland a deadly virus called the Reaper Virus breaks out. the government seals off all of the northern half of the United Kingdom. 25 years later the virus has broken out, and survivors are found in the Quarantined area. so a team lead by Major Eden Sinclair (Rhonda Mitra) is sent into the devastated area to find a cure. they find out the survivors have split into two groups: medieval religious nut jobs living in a castle. the others are cannabalistic neo punk rockers. now they are in a race against not only the crazed survivors, but the virus as well. filled tons of gorey sights, black humor, amazing action, and an awesome car chase obviously inspired by The Road Warrior. this is the third film directed by Neil Marshall, following Dog Soldiers and The Descent. don't miss it.
I don't care if it's original or not it's ENTERTAINING AS HELL! August 5, 2008
G$ash17 (Nashville, TN)
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
Yea yea yea this movie rips off other movies so what?? It's FUN and obviously some people can't have fun with movies with nitpicking little crap, must suck to be uptight huh? Anyways this is well worth purchasing as the movie is a thrill ride from beginning to end that doesn't let up much anywhere in the movie. Tons of blood, violence and amazing action!
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