Doom (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
starring Karl Urban, Rosamund Pike,
Dwayne Johnson, Ben Daniels,
Razaaq Adoti
Some Wil Like It Some Will Not
Grab your BFG and get ready to kick some Martian-demon butt in Doom,
another entry in the increasingly crowded videogame-to-movie genre. The
Rock plays Sarge, the commander of a squad of Marines sent to
investigate a disturbance at a scientific research facility on Mars. Among
the squad is John Grimm (Karl Urban, who played Eomer in The Lord of
the Rings), who turns out to have had a previous relationship with
Samantha (Rosamund Pike, Die Another Day), the scientist whos
accompanying the Marines in order to retrieve some vital data from the
facility. Based on id Softwares legendary first-person shooter, Doom tries
its best to look like a game, with dark, angled corridors, ferocious creatures
appearing out of nowhere, and a variety of lethal weapons that will, like the
aforementioned BFG, warm the cockles of a gamers heart. Theres also
one memorable sequence that actually turns the movie into a first-person
shooter; the good news is that in the context of the whole film, its not quite
as goofy as it might have been. And thats not a bad frame of reference for
the film in general. Considering the game-to-movie field includes such
duds as Wing Commander, if you go into Doom with low expectations,
youll probably find it a surprisingly respectable horror/sci-fi thriller in the
Resident Evil vein (including its somewhat obligatory subplot of corporate
wrongdoing). Also in its favor is that its unabashedly R-rated, for the
extreme gore that is a trademark of the game. After all, the purpose of the
movie is to pack scares and thrills into a setting that gamers will quickly
recognize. In that sense, it qualifies as a success. --David Horiuchi
I enjoyed this movie, even if it wasnt 100% like the games. I fine with it, to
me it was a good action.
I can understand while alot of folks dislike it as they expected it to be 100%
exact copy of the game and dont like the rock. But still I bought this to
replace the Dvd edition I got went it came on dvd.
I would recommand to any one as long they dont look at it as a game to
movie but as a action movie it self. That way they wouldnt have the game
in their minds when there watching it but rather a action movie.
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