Doom (Blu-ray)
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: Unrated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 53 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: February 10, 2009
- Originally Released: 2005
- Label: Universal Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Karl Urban & Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson | |
Performer: | Rosamund Pike, Ben Daniels & Dexter Fletcher | |
Directed by | Andrzej Bartkowiak | |
Edited by | Derek Brechin | |
Screenwriting by | Wesley Strick & Dave Callaham | |
Composition by | Clint Mansell | |
Director of Photography: | Tony Pierce-Roberts |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3/5 --
... a guilty pleasure.
BBC.com
Rating: 2.5/4 --
Just your basic Aliens rip-off with the name of a formerly popular video game franchise tacked on it.
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Three Movie Buffs
Rating: 2/5 --
Movies inspired by computer games always seem to be more about merchandising than art and this big-screen adaptation of the ground-breaking shoot-'em-up does little to dispel that view.
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Radio Times
The Rock's ungainly performance is somewhat alleviated by Karl Urban as a crew member and Rosamund Pike as his twin sister, a doctor on the project.
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Chicago Reader
Rating: 3/5 --
[Doom's] relatively entertaining in a lunkheaded, overly explanatory sort of way.
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Black Horror Movies
The unnecessarily embellished storyline and dreadful acting unfortunately trump any notion of Doom being a classic film.
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Birth.Movies.Death.
DOOM has a few jolts, a few good laughs and an attractive female lead...
USA Today
Product Description:
In the not-so-distant future, a portal has been discovered leading from Earth to Mars, where the government operates a research base to examine the ruins of a lost civilization; scientists are studying it, conducting experiments they perhaps shouldn't be, and trying find out what happened. Answer: nothing good. That's what Sarge (The Rock) and his unit of high-tech Marines find out the hard way when they're sent to investigate a disturbance on the base--which turns out to be nothing less than an infestation of terrifying, evil, flesh-eating monsters.
DOOM, based on one of the most popular video games of all time, knows exactly what it wants to do, and wastes no time in doing it. Andrzej Bartkowiak, the director of lean, effective action flicks like ROMEO MUST DIE and EXIT WOUNDS, gets right to the meat of the movie: marines versus monsters in dark, dank corridors. The Rock brings just the right balance of bad-ass attitude and deadpan humor to the role of Sarge, while the cast's other standout is Reaper (LORD OF THE RINGS' Karl Urban), who tries to repair his strained relationship with his sister Samantha (Rosamund Pike), one of the base's scientists. They're joined by a motley crew, including the twisted Portman, intensely religious Goat, affable Duke, and newbie The Kid. While the plot differs from that of the game in a few key ways, it remains true to the spirit of the original--a no-frills fest of shooting, explosions, gore, and vicious zombies. The game was, of course, a "first-person shooter," and in an inspired moment, the movie turns itself into one for a stretch. It's exhilarating, as are several surprising twists that separate this fun, streamlined action extravaganza from lesser video game adaptations.
DOOM, based on one of the most popular video games of all time, knows exactly what it wants to do, and wastes no time in doing it. Andrzej Bartkowiak, the director of lean, effective action flicks like ROMEO MUST DIE and EXIT WOUNDS, gets right to the meat of the movie: marines versus monsters in dark, dank corridors. The Rock brings just the right balance of bad-ass attitude and deadpan humor to the role of Sarge, while the cast's other standout is Reaper (LORD OF THE RINGS' Karl Urban), who tries to repair his strained relationship with his sister Samantha (Rosamund Pike), one of the base's scientists. They're joined by a motley crew, including the twisted Portman, intensely religious Goat, affable Duke, and newbie The Kid. While the plot differs from that of the game in a few key ways, it remains true to the spirit of the original--a no-frills fest of shooting, explosions, gore, and vicious zombies. The game was, of course, a "first-person shooter," and in an inspired moment, the movie turns itself into one for a stretch. It's exhilarating, as are several surprising twists that separate this fun, streamlined action extravaganza from lesser video game adaptations.
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- Sales Rank: 36,671
- UPC: 025195055574
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