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Doom (Extended Edition) [2006]


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Amazon.co.uk Review

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 who's accompanying the Marines in order to retrieve some vital data from the facility.

Based on id Software's 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 gamer's heart. There's 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, it's not quite as goofy as it might have been.

And that's 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, you'll 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 it's 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 love it! Great Sci-Fi/Horror.
Review date: 2008-09-24 Rating: 8 out of 10

I must say this is my favourite film of all times. I've seen it in cinemas with my dad (he's a big fan of Doom). The last time I'd play Doom was on the PS1 only and the previous games was good as this film.
This film is very gory...the storyline does actually makes sense to what happens to all six scientist who were killed and these handsome men with big guns to search and destroy. I've been watching it about 8 times...to be honest I think if you guys watch this film carefully and notice how these scientist are infected by a vicious humanoid mutant then you'll undestand.

I do love sci fi action and horror but this film is the one for me and everyone to see!

Worth to watch. :)





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great for the money
Review date: 2008-09-22 Rating: 8 out of 10

bought it for less than two quid bought some beers cheap night can,t beat that...

A great laugh
Review date: 2008-08-11 Rating: 2 out of 10

This film is nothing short of hilarious from the incredibly bad acting to a storyline which would make toddlers cringe, it is really so appauling it becomes a great laugh.

Hollywood Cash in ?
Review date: 2008-06-22 Rating: 4 out of 10

Another overhyped film, very Hollywood, guns, muscles & testosterone everywhere, this could have been a very dark scary movie but alas it falls very short & just becomes too tongue in cheek.
Monsters were comical in even though they looked very good, the rock is not an actor & it shows.
I was very surprised there wasn't a barely clothed tough girl power female running around, cliché anyone?
Not a film but another product by the Hollywood machine.


Fairly nuff
Review date: 2008-06-20 Rating: 4 out of 10

This is almost a complete mess. Five minutes of FPS filming at the end get it a second star. The rest is drivel.

Product Details/Specifications


Actor(s):
Karl Urban
Razaaq Adoti
Richard Brake
Tom McAdams
Dwayne Johnson

Creators:
Karl Urban (Primary Contributor)
Richard Brake (Primary Contributor)
John J. Moers (Cinematographer)
Aaron Campbell (Producer)
Cory Watson (Producer)
William Hyde (Producer)

Recording label: Universal Pictures UK
Manufacturer: Universal Pictures UK
EAN: 5050582390094
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2006-04-03
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 116 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2006-04-03
Language: English (Original Language)

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