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Mad Max on Irn Bru , 26 May 2008
  • Doomsday
  • Doomsday on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Rhona Mitra,  Malcolm McDowell,  Bob Hoskins
    Director: Neil Marshall
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    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.   104 out of 108 people found this review helpful
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