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Doomsday
2008
From director Neil Marshall (The Descent, Dog Soldiers) and starring Rhona Mitra (Shooter), Bob Hoskins (Outlaw, Nixon) and Malcom McDowell (Heroes, A Clockwork Orange) Doomsday is an action-packed, science-fiction thriller! In Doomsday, a lethal virus spreads throughout a major country and kills hundreds of thousands. To .. Read more
| Starring | Rhona Mitra, Malcolm McDowell, Bob Hoskins, Alexander Siddig |
|---|---|
| Director | Neil Marshall |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller |
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Doomsday
From director Neil Marshall (The Descent, Dog Soldiers) and starring Rhona Mitra (Shooter), Bob Hoskins (Outlaw, Nixon) and Malcom McDowell (Heroes, A Clockwork Orange) Doomsday is an action-packed, science-fiction thriller!
In Doomsday, a lethal virus spreads throughout a major country and kills hundreds of thousands. To contain the newly identified Reaper, the authorities brutally quarantine the country as it succumbs to fear and chaos. The literal walling-off works for three decades - until Reaper violently resurfaces in a major city. An elite group of specialists, including Eden Sinclair (Mitra), is urgently dispatched into the still-quarantined country to retrieve a cure by any means necessary. Shut off from the rest of the world, the unit must battle through a landscape that has become a waking nightmare.
| Starring | Rhona Mitra, Malcolm McDowell, Bob Hoskins, Alexander Siddig, David O'Hara, Sean Pertwee, Nora-Jane Noone |
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| Director | Neil Marshall |
| Studio | UNIVERSAL PICTURES |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 45 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 45 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | DVD: 01 Sep 2008 Blu-ray: 01 Sep 2008 Production year: 2008 |
| Format | DVD |
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The Mohawk-sporting villain of Neil Marshalls futuristic action movie drives a Frankenstein car cobbled together... read more on Time Out
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86 out of 88 people found this review helpful
[Highly rated reviewer]
Mad Max on Irn Bru
This is ridiculous, indulgent, derivative, and oh so much fun. What happens, do you think, when you rebuild Hadrian's Wall to contain a killer virus epidemic in Glasgow? Well, 30 years later Glasgow has become crumbled and overgrown, and the surviving population have reverted to barbarism... think Saturday night on Sauchihall St with cannibalism thrown in. Other factions have retreated to the highlands and holed up in old Historic Scotland castles and are recreating a new form of vicious feudalism.
The small touches are the best here, like the fact you can still catch glimpses of the old Historic Scotland interpretative plaques and fire exit signs in the castles, or the way the Mad Max-style auto convoy of the Glasgow punk cannibals is made up of Glasgow cabs, delivery vans and buses (with the words 'out of f*cking service' scrawled on the front). There's lots of attention to detail that folk living in Scotland will really get a kick out of, if they can forgive the initial premise that all it takes is a apocalyptic disaster for the Scots to return to their natural savage state.
I loved this so much because it was like a 'best of' of all my favourite films and characters. Don't go expecting anything startling, challenging or original, but if you want chuckles and entertainment... enjoy. -
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14 out of 15 people found this review helpful
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Dont waste your time!
Im not suprised Scotland isnt happy about this film, I only gave it 2 stars because some of the acting was reasonable and needs recognition. If you are going to watch it firstly ask yourself. What's the point of 2 inches of steel when the windscreen is made from normal glass? And how exactly does a scrapyard car compete with a Bentley Continental GT with a top speed of 195 mph? And one more question...an unused Bentley battery lasts how long?!! If you think my review contains a spoiler, dont worry about it the film spoiled itself!
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Doomsday: Neil Marshall Interview
- 02 Sep 2008
We caught up with British cinemas very own Quentin Tarentino, Mr Neil Marshall, as he gave us the low-down on post-apocalyptic movie Doomsday. Neil explains how he came upon the idea for the film, his wariness of CGI and his love for Scotland… LOVEFiLM: Where did the idea for Doomsday come from? Neil Marshall: It was a combination of a couple of ideas; one was an image of a knight facing off against these futuristic soldiers in body armour. The other was growing up in Newcastle. Living... Read more
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