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Doomsday
2008
Drama
Sci-fi
1h 45m
Authorities brutally quarantine a country as it succumbs to fear and chaos when a virus strikes. The literal walling-off works for three decades until the dreaded Reaper virus violently resurfaces in a major city. An elite group of specialists is urgently dispatched into the still-quarantined country to retrieve a cure by any means possible.
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Doomsday
2008
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Sci-fi
1h 45m
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Rated 14 Mar 2010
76
60th
A mixture of elements from all film genres is thrown into Doomsday, a gory and overly violent post apocalyptic sci-fi homage. It respectfully borrows and divides its plotline from Mad Max and Escape from New York. This intelligent mash-up of films combines to make a fun, bloody, illogical, shameless and nonsensical laughfest of a film. Just turn your brain off and enjoy it as it is.
Rated 14 Mar 2010
Rated 17 Jun 2008
66
50th
Ok, I'm gonna be weird here and say I actually liked this movie. Don't get me wrong, I shouldn't - it's bad. It cribs from a dozen better movies, is dissapointing coming from Marshall, and is all around ridiculous and silly. BUT, the movies it rips off actually make it feel more like an homage than a plagiarism, and the mashup of them somehow works. I really liked how half the outcasts went Mad Max and the other half went King Arthur.Not a movie to take seriously, but fuck it, its kinda fun.
Rated 17 Jun 2008
Rated 08 Mar 2020
70
53rd
Stupid, disgusting nonsense. How did their photo satellite not accidentally capture one of their fine young cannibal concerts? Long review short Doomsday is pretty much just two hours of “how did” questions. I revisited this to train for the Coronavirus. The toilet paper Wars have begun.
Rated 08 Mar 2020
Rated 11 May 2008
15
7th
It doesn't happen very often that some movie makes me angry. It's actually quite rare. Nevertheless Doomsday certainly is one of that kind.
Rated 11 May 2008
Rated 27 Jul 2008
55
46th
Plotholes the size of a Bentley, in-your-face ripoff/hommage to Mad Max. With the Scots.
Rated 27 Jul 2008
Rated 19 Jan 2010
25
13th
This movie is adorable. Horrible, yes, but adorable. I don't think Neil Marshall knew what kind of movie to make so he made three movies at the same time, all of them bad. Of course, it also has the most glaringly obvious product placement, which is de rigueur at this point.
Rated 19 Jan 2010
Rated 04 Jul 2009
64
32nd
It has a nice old-school mentality to it, but I can't really call it a good movie, despite some fun to be had.
Rated 04 Jul 2009
Rated 29 Jul 2008
25
16th
Doomsday tries to combine lots of films from Mad Max to 28 Days Later but never succeeds in it. Script is really bad and even the numerous action scenes are mostly boring.
Rated 29 Jul 2008
Rated 16 Oct 2010
62
30th
Half of it doesn't make any sense and a lot of it doesn't work, but damned if it isn't fun.
Rated 16 Oct 2010
Rated 22 Dec 2008
70
48th
My justification for liking this movie? It's fun. This isn't any of those genres it's listed as, it's an all out comedy! If you rate this movie low because it didnt live up to your post apocalyptic standings, look at it from the "so stupid it must be a joke" point. If you managed to take this movie seriously you might be one of those who needs background laughter to realise it's a joke.
Rated 22 Dec 2008
Rated 14 Oct 2008
16
13th
I've never really been keen on Neil Marshall's movies, but Doomsday is probably my least favourite yet. It tries to be brainlessly gory and enjoyable, but for me it never pulled this off. The gore is for the mostpart not really entertaining at all, the action is stupendous and the whole movie is generally quite tasteless. The obvious divide between the cultures of the tribes was interesting for a while but there are loads on inconsistencies and puzzlements over the car chase scenes. Not great.
Rated 14 Oct 2008
Rated 04 Aug 2008
70
52nd
Everything was thrown into Doomsday but the kitchen sink, unfortunately, it all does not necessarily go together well. That being said, this is a fun movie. Many reviewers have called it a rip-off, I like to think of it as an homage. Escape From NY, The Mad Max series, and even a bit of Conan at the end, it's all in here. Important to mention is Rhona Mitra, who plays one of the most bad ass female heroines I've ever seen. Loved the song choice at the end. Not a "must see", but watch it for fun.
Rated 04 Aug 2008
Rated 04 Sep 2008
22
6th
A collection of random, yet pointless, action set-pieces thrown together without the glue of a plot to tie it all together. A film riddled with so much implausibility and so many illogical points that your head may explode if you try to make sense of it. Imagine if Mad Max 3 and Escape from New York had a bastard child with none of its parents' good traits but all of the bad... and then some. Avoid at all costs.
Rated 04 Sep 2008
Rated 11 Jan 2011
52
17th
How did they get suddenly medieval in about 30 years???
Rated 11 Jan 2011
Rated 18 Mar 2008
82
79th
A rollicking good time that cribs heavily from a number of films -- the plot structure is a straight remake of Escape From NY, with elements of Aliens, 28 Days Later, The Road Warrior, and even a little bit of Fellowship and Excalibur thrown in. The good news is it feels more like a loving homage than just blatantly derivative, and all the influences come together to form something new entirely: a pure adrenaline adventure that's funny as hell.
Rated 18 Mar 2008
Rated 22 Aug 2011
38
18th
Starts off promising, but every twenty minutes the movie reaches a new stupidity-level that makes what came before seem sensible by comparison. Horrible editing in the action scenes will drain all the fun out of them, despite some nicely done gore effects.
Rated 22 Aug 2011
Rated 08 Aug 2009
29
10th
Mix of "Escape from New York" with dash of "Mad Max" and some "Resident Evil". Oh, and it goes medieval too. Sounds like someones wet dream, but doesn't even qualify to be 'so bad it's good'. But I guess it could work with lots of booze and a good mood.
Rated 08 Aug 2009
Rated 09 Sep 2008
69
53rd
So ridiculous it's really quite enjoyable.
Rated 09 Sep 2008
Rated 15 Sep 2011
38
39th
Imagine Escape from LA performed by the Cirque du "Sol"eil (see what I did there?) featuring a punked out Craig Conway shaking his booty to "Good Thing" by the Fine Young "Cannibals" (see what they did there?). Now picture a renaissance faire complete with a fiberglass castle, Malcolm McDowell, AND a wizened scribe to boot. What is that I hear? The soft whisperings of a 'w'? The tintinnabulations of a 't'? The fleeting flatulence of an 'f'? Yes, I know what that spells. Doomsday.
Rated 15 Sep 2011
Rated 17 Jun 2009
60
31st
The gratuitous bunny sniping made me sad.
Rated 17 Jun 2009
Rated 08 Jul 2011
75
60th
I don't know, whether it was unintentionally funny but the punks totally made my day. Better turn off your brain though.
Rated 08 Jul 2011
Rated 18 Sep 2010
80
89th
Doomsday is a film that wants you to have fun watching it. What it does is provide a solid two hours of entertainment. It's gory, over-the-top and action packed. It will take you from humorous scenes, to action scenes, with even a couple touching scenes sprinkled on top. It has issues, and is highly derivative from other post-apocalyptic films and other 1980's films. It keeps up the pacing it begins with, it doesn't get dull, and if you let it, the time will fly by while you watch it.
Rated 18 Sep 2010
Rated 13 Nov 2008
40
21st
Strange mixture of different movies. I was positively surprised this wasn't just another poor zombiemovie, but we don't need another Mad Max either.
Rated 13 Nov 2008
Rated 11 Jan 2014
20
5th
Starts off moderately interesting but quickly turns itself into a shameless Mad Max rip-off. Nothing new to see here. I'd advise you to skip it.
Rated 11 Jan 2014
Rated 17 Jun 2009
68
51st
Takes it one or two steps further than 28 days later. Has some good action, but Rhona Mitra isn't to believable in the role of the protagonist.
Rated 17 Jun 2009
Rated 06 Oct 2023
70
56th
Kind of a mixed bag for me. I loved the action and how it mixed some different genres together. You go from apocalyptic city to a medieval castle and it feels nuts. I just didn't find all of the plot that compelling. At times I was a little bit bored and I was left with practical questions I probably shouldn't ask. How did that Rover battle so conveniently against a Bentley GT, though? The Mark II Jaguar decked with human skin, skulls and hands was pretty damn cool, though.
Rated 06 Oct 2023
Rated 21 Jul 2009
3
74th
Utter B-movie junk, but superbly enjoyable B-movie junk. I am recommending this, but don't watch it expecting some huge level of quality. If you don't like goofy b-movies you're not going to like this--Rhona Mitra looks fantastic the whole time, though.
Rated 21 Jul 2009
Rated 07 Sep 2023
64
38th
Jeżeli kiedykolwiek zastanawialiście się, jak to jest oglądać Mad Maxa, Dawn of the Dead, Mad Max, 28 Days Later, Aliens i Ucieczkę z Nowego Jorku jednocześnie to Doomsday jest na to odpowiedzią. Dodajmy jeszcze Wzgórza mają oczy i w efekcie dostaniemy chaotyczny postapokaliptyczny bełkot w doborowej obsadzie. Neil Marshall potrafi i nie potrafi robić filmów, gdyż z jednej strony ma fantastyczny zmysł jeżeli chodzi o estetykę ale z drugiej strony praktycznie w każdym jego filmie coś nie gra i Do
Rated 07 Sep 2023
Rated 02 Feb 2009
30
35th
Hvorfor 30?? Fordi det er lykkeds at lave en film med så mange rip-offs og så meget unødvendig splat, at det bør belønnes. Filmen er komisk i sit forsøg på at blive taget alvorligt...
Rated 02 Feb 2009
Rated 11 Dec 2014
58
20th
If you have to have vacuous, unoriginal exploitation nonsense, this isn't that terrible.
Rated 11 Dec 2014
Rated 09 Dec 2008
9
2nd
Didn't have high expectations but they were still all crushed. I've never seen such boring action. The movie is set in the future, so why the hell did they have knights, that's right, like 13th century type knights. Such an unintentionally funny movie. Grade: F
Rated 09 Dec 2008
Rated 06 Feb 2011
20
1st
At certain points I felt angry at the people who made this, mostly for their lack of creativity and their assumption that I was stupid enough to swallow all this bullshit without raising an eyebrow. It first hit me when the APC's supposedly bullet-proof window was smashed by some asshole with a rock, and it was just compounded and compounded with every illogical scene. Ugh.
Rated 06 Feb 2011
Rated 15 Feb 2009
45
3rd
Why do they always send in a small group of specialists when they should send in the army??
Rated 15 Feb 2009
Rated 21 Dec 2012
33
30th
[Unrated] - Promising premise about a virus-infected and physically quarantined Scotland, and the survivors going all MadMax and medieval on an incoming small group.
Unfortunately this rushes through with lazy storytelling and a few too many cheap action-scenes inbetween decent splatter and fun; overall this isn't a doomsday to remember.
*Preview*: #12#, exp-3*, popcorn, story, creator Marshall/1, R2.
Rated 21 Dec 2012
Rated 18 Dec 2008
60
70th
Future sci-fi noir to post apocalyptic to medieval to modern day car chase in one movie!
Rated 18 Dec 2008
Rated 15 Aug 2008
47
17th
I already forgot what this movie was about.
Rated 15 Aug 2008
Rated 27 Jan 2010
85
76th
A shameless rip-off of equal parts The Road Warrior, Escape From New York, and (so I'm told) Excalibur that ultimately works so long as you're down for some relatively mindless entertainment. I suppose if you're going to rip off other films, you should probably pick great ones; this film is a great, fun example of that mash-up mindset.
Rated 27 Jan 2010
Rated 22 Jan 2012
43
22nd
People liked this, apparently? All I saw was a clumsy mix of already existing films with no entertainment inbetween. Not as fun as Dog Soldiers but not as boring as The Descent.
Rated 22 Jan 2012
Rated 12 Jun 2009
62
49th
Survivors in Scotland hold the key to a plague in the South?
Rated 12 Jun 2009
Rated 10 Oct 2010
50
3rd
so disappointing after the greatness of "The Descent".
Rated 10 Oct 2010
Rated 06 Aug 2008
74
35th
Go take a look at the movies this pays homage to and you'll find that they're built on atmosphere and tension, not action scenes. I really do appreciate the gesture but I'd appreciate a real movie more; you can't just build on other movies and expect your movie to be good because of it.
Rated 06 Aug 2008
Rated 25 Jan 2009
90
56th
I actually really enjoyed this movie for what it is. There are FAR too many movies out nowadays with the virus plot. What made this one different for me was the group of colorful characters in it.
Rated 25 Jan 2009
Rated 08 May 2008
5
12th
Utterly awful crap... one of those rare gems thak makes you feel sorry for the people who invested money to make it.... and even sorrier for all the fellow suckers who paid money to watch it.
Rated 08 May 2008
Rated 23 Nov 2008
70
42nd
A little to much going on for my taste, but has some very nice ideas
Rated 23 Nov 2008
Rated 11 Dec 2008
40
22nd
What a waste and what a mess. A couple of good action scenes, butnot worth the time.
Rated 11 Dec 2008
Rated 25 Aug 2015
50
33rd
The gore is unbelievable, but the excessive, seizure-editing almost completely ruins this. It develops really well as this extravagant fall of the British empire -- out there, in Glasgow and north of England, there are cannibal Mad Max-like punks and a medieval-like army of knights, but, hell, there's no war between them! That Marshall wants to compilate almost every action film of the last 35 years (from Escape from NY to Resident Evil) is not the real issue here, but the clumsy action scenes.
Rated 25 Aug 2015
Rated 11 Jan 2014
30
30th
Apparently you can't leave the Scots alone for 30 years without them reverting to the Dark Ages. The beginning is very promising but as soon as the action starts everything goes to shit and the movie becomes an awkward mishmash of various movies. It's a shame since the premise is great and one that I often think about when watching mediocre apocalypse/zombie movies.
Rated 11 Jan 2014
Rated 26 Nov 2011
70
46th
Top badass moment? Let's go for the topical one of Prime Minister John Hatcher doing the 'right thing' when he realises he's got the Reaper virus. How many politicians can you say that about? (Doing the 'right thing' I mean, not catching deadly viruses.) It was certainly quicker than going to all the bother of seeing the Queen to tell her you're resigning. 0 cats and 4 decapitations. (There might have been 5 actually, but I sort of forgot to keep count.)
Rated 26 Nov 2011
Rated 21 Sep 2013
34
8th
It's about one part Mad Max to about ten parts Escape From New York, but thrown into Scotland instead. Kind of weird how it took a little over 20 years for the whole country to devolve into pillaging cannibal rape-gangs, although instead of being a giant prison, the walled-off area was all infected with a crippling disease. Also, these barbaric cannibal rape-gangs are extremely forward-thinking when it comes to gender equality. I think they might have even had more women than men.
Rated 21 Sep 2013
Rated 17 Feb 2010
60
30th
Gory violent post apocalyptic schlock that was done better by other films. There are shades of 28 days later, road warrior, and other films here that it liberally rips off but overall it's not completely terrible. The medieval armored soldiers living in a commune is pretty campy though.
Rated 17 Feb 2010
Rated 06 Apr 2009
12
0th
The only other film I've seen by Marshall is Dog Soldiers, which is stupid but excellent. This is just stupid
Rated 06 Apr 2009
Rated 17 Aug 2010
11
16th
much praised armored vehicles could not endure molotov cocktails and arrows. lol. every moment of the movie is full of such non-sense
Rated 17 Aug 2010
Rated 17 Mar 2014
83
43rd
wild movie
Rated 17 Mar 2014
Rated 25 Jan 2009
57
30th
Mediocre. The people at the castle were pretty cool... but I found myself dozing off during this one.
Rated 25 Jan 2009
Rated 24 Mar 2008
51
21st
Forgettable. Literally forgettable, I'm writing the review 2 years after having seen this movie and I can't remember what happened.
Rated 24 Mar 2008
Rated 06 Jun 2019
81
75th
Post-apokaliptik benzer filmler arasında bile iyi bir yeri var. Tempo yüksek, sahneler ve kurgu başarılı, Rhona Mitra yine çok güzel daha ne ister insan bir filmden. Mutlaka izlenmeli.
Rated 06 Jun 2019
Rated 11 Jun 2010
76
58th
Escapre from NY meets Resident Evil meets Excalibur..this movie is everywhere. It is the same old same old..but Marshall has a good time it has the Road Warrior car chases....its fun....
Rated 11 Jun 2010
Rated 26 Sep 2012
80
86th
A grindhouse homage to countless post-apocalyptic films that manages to remain extremely enjoyable throughout. Story-wise the film is all over the place and the plot doesn't bear thinking about but it's still a tremendously fun comedy. And if after watching a man get beaten to death with a pheasant, and a maniac in a car made from human skin, you didn't realise this was a comedy then you're beyond saving.
Rated 26 Sep 2012
Rated 18 Feb 2009
30
37th
"...a fun and ultra-violent action-sci-fi-kinda-horror film."
Rated 18 Feb 2009
Rated 13 Apr 2009
2
16th
"...a clumsy, noisy pastiche, with the action stripped of desired effect by Marshall's disappointingly Michael Bay-like ADD editing frenzy."
Rated 13 Apr 2009
Rated 07 Mar 2010
56
52nd
poor direction marred what could have been a great flick
Rated 07 Mar 2010
Rated 10 Nov 2011
76
61st
The last 20-30 minutes elevates this considerably.
Rated 10 Nov 2011
Rated 22 Apr 2009
80
70th
"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."
Rated 22 Apr 2009
Rated 15 Jan 2011
25
61st
"Totally earnest but in complete awe of its predecessors." - Rob Humanick
Rated 15 Jan 2011
Rated 21 May 2008
35
13th
Poor film with car chase ripped straight out of Mad Max but done half as good.
Rated 21 May 2008
Rated 01 Mar 2010
65
13th
So someone came up with a plot for an FPS video game and made it into a two hour movie. It's like a nerd-gasm of cliches; so in the end the only thing that really makes it watchable is to see how many more high school nerd interests they can fit into a movie. We have everything from zombies, to Mad Max, to medieval knights, to car chases. McDowell, however, is as usual stupendous. What the hell is he doing in this movie?
Rated 01 Mar 2010
Rated 15 Oct 2008
30
9th
Damn that flick was so unbelievable boring :-/ . After I've seen the Trailer a few Month before I expected a good Movie with an apocalyptic feeling.. but that was nothing...really disappointing!
Rated 15 Oct 2008
Rated 22 Mar 2008
86
76th
A fine, rollicking action flick which blatantly and hilariously disregards any sense of logic and common sense in able to offer us bountiful laughs, sight gags and gore. Turn off your brain and have a good time, suckas.
Rated 22 Mar 2008
Rated 14 Oct 2021
35
17th
Eh. Escape from New York and Mad Max 2 put a lot of effort into selling their worlds as possible. The same effort was not made here. I need a minimum level of verisimilitude to be established before I can begin to care about a story, and that level was not reached in Doomsday. That said, there's some decent production value and some fun action to be had. I just didn't care about any of it because the premise was so flimsy.
Rated 14 Oct 2021
Rated 17 Jan 2009
50
3rd
resident evil plus mad max plus some zombie flick.
Rated 17 Jan 2009
Rated 17 Apr 2012
46
9th
Nothing that hasn't been done twenty times better in every other PA movie.
Rated 17 Apr 2012
Rated 10 Mar 2012
60
57th
That was bloody fun, Mad Max meets 28 days later.
Rated 10 Mar 2012
Rated 11 May 2008
35
19th
With the exception of the great car chase at the end, Marshall's follow-up to "The Descent" is a huge disappointment. Rhona Mitra is awful as an action heroine, her fight scenes are badly edited and the story is just a rehash of over a dozen good movies...trust me you'll notice immediately from which movie Marshall stole.
Rated 11 May 2008
Rated 23 Dec 2013
40
14th
4- might want to skip this one, not that hot
Rated 23 Dec 2013
Rated 27 Aug 2012
55
7th
A film that tries to redefine the idea of post apocalyptic films never really settles in comfortably into a particular genre, and seemingly finds itself floating somewhere in movie space. It was one of those films that scored the "It's so bad, it's good" sympathy points, but certainly could have used better flow and a much more refined script.
Rated 27 Aug 2012
Rated 22 May 2008
55
4th
I wish I had more characters to describe the hideousness of this movie. Just complete trash. If you take Resident Evil and mix it with Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, removing all the good scenes, then throw in some blatant product placement and a shitty plot, you get this trash of a movie.
Rated 22 May 2008
Rated 15 Nov 2011
14
0th
Neil Marshall's movies have the brains of a John Carpenter film, but not the coolness.
So...dumb shit that isn't even anything. :/
Rated 15 Nov 2011
Rated 18 Nov 2011
32
8th
And has anyone ever seen Rhona Mitra act? At all? In anything she's in?
Rated 18 Nov 2011
Rated 20 Jul 2009
70
51st
See this, Mr Tarantino, is how to make a homage that doesn't bore the pants off people. Willfully silly and I like it for that. Extra marks for driving a Bentley through a bus and doing the Michael Bay shot at the same time.
Rated 20 Jul 2009
Rated 15 Dec 2008
64
41st
It's not a good movie, but it sure was fun to watch!
Rated 15 Dec 2008
Rated 07 Sep 2008
70
40th
was ok.. dark possibly a look at our future~
Rated 07 Sep 2008
Rated 12 Dec 2012
40
18th
Look, I like postapokalyptic nonsense as much as the next man, but while I can easily turn my blind eye to the similarities with Escape From New York, the 1980s Trauma-styled punk-cannibals were a bit much to take in. That said, it wasn't until the heroine found herself in a jousting contest, with ACTUAL MEDEVIL KNIGHTS (and an angry Malcolm McDowell), that I finally facepalm'ed so hard that I lost conscience...
Rated 12 Dec 2012
Rated 15 Sep 2010
48
28th
Do not eat while watching.
Rated 15 Sep 2010
Rated 06 Sep 2008
35
8th
Rhona Mitra as a badass is good, but the swiss cheese plot didn't help this movie one bit.
Rated 06 Sep 2008
Rated 28 Jul 2008
65
43rd
decent extension of the 'mad max' post-apocalypse category, liked the movie even though it pulled from lots of others.
Rated 28 Jul 2008
Rated 14 May 2021
65
71st
A son to Mad Max but the same level of violence.
Rated 14 May 2021
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