Doomsday

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http://www.doomsdayiscoming.com/

In the action-packed new thriller from writer/director Neil Marshall ("The Descent"), 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, captained by Eden Sinclair (Rhona 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.

Came accross it there, looks good has anyone heard anything about it?

Not The Real Scarecrow

Been following stuff about it for the last few years.Was disappointed by the trailer at first because it came across as a different type of film from the one I thought was being made.
I honestly don't knowwhat to make of it.I am a fan of Marshal so I'm kinda going on faith that it will be good but at the same point I'm not expecting much.

red dave

Yeah, I saw a trailer for this in the cinema last week. From the start of the trailer I was thinking to myself "Yeah, this looks good... "

and then the trailer went on and on..

by the end I'm thinking "I might avoid this".

Won't rule it out totally as I might give it a gander when it's out

Tusky

I actually think that looks really good and I'm a big fan of the director. Kind of a cross between 28 days later and Mad Max.

User45701

Tusky wrote: »

I actually think that looks really good and I'm a big fan of the director. Kind of a cross between 28 days later and Mad Max.

I didnt watch any trailers but from the screen shots ye i thought 28 days/mad max.

I think it will be a very watchable movie, either fantastic or good or else leave your brain at home kinda movie. Any of the above i would be happy.

Maximilian

Looks like "I am Legend of Escape from New York 28 days later".

Not The Real Scarecrow

Here's actually a fairly positive review of it
http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/blog/view_blog.php?id=1E16297181712F98AC1565DD013DC279
Apparently not getting great reviews across the boards though.

Jack B. Badd

O.o From the looks of the trailer, the un-named country which is quarantined is

Scotland, or at least part of it

. Is there some reason that they're pussy-footing around the location? I can understand them wanting to give the impression that it could happen anywhere but it doesn't really work in this case.

pixelburp

I saw this last night. I think I was the right demographic as I am a fan of early 80s John Carpenter and that general circle genre. Even so, there's a fine line between "hommage" and "sloppy knock off" & I think Marshell crossed it with gusto. There were some nice touches (like using the same approximate font Carpenter would use on the title), but in reality it was a big bloody mess.

I hate it when people describe a movie by merging two other, apparently unique, films (it's like "Dangerous Liaisons" crossed with "Star Wars"), but in this case, it really is 100% accurate to say that "Doomsday" is like crossing "Escape from New York" with "Mad Max". This is not as awesome as you think.

JangoFett

So what does this virus do exactly?

If its Zombies then its just 28 Days later

pixelburp

Just makes everyone break out in a bad case of face-squirts. Lots of blood vomiting, then death. No zombies I'm afraid.

Not The Real Scarecrow

finally saw it, and enjoyed it alot. The car chase scene was straight out of mad max and I loved it for it.Movie was a bit disjointed but other than that thougt it was really good. Think the bad reviews don't really get it.I mean, the guy went from directing really small movies with his mates on tiny tiny budget, to a massive action movie with a **** load of people working on it. Would love to see any of the critics try that.Hopefully there will be a directors cut cause there was just a smell of studio editing with it in certain scenes that just jumped with out reason on to other scenes. Forget the bad reviews and watch it for yourself would be my advice to any one.

madrab

thought it was a bit meh

it ripped off way too many movies, had WAY too many stupid plot holes in it, acting was muck (apart from the bad guy, thought he was really good)

sergiotheonly

I think there is a lot to enjoy in Doomsday, so long as you go in with the right attitude. One major thing to remember is that, with all due respect, a lot of the films it references weren't really that good to begin with. I enjoy John Carpenter's films but whole segments of Escape from New York are a disjointed, murky mess. Likewise the sense of high camp which surrounds movies like The Warriors or the Mad Max films has not just been applied retrospectively. These films were hit and miss in the 70's and 80's too, but that doesn't stop them from being enjoyable or becoming classics in their own right.
Doomsday is a gloriously tasteless mix tape of nostalgia and gore. It is also wildly uneven and sometimes boring (an extended musical number in the first half really throws off the pace). Rhona Mitra makes a capable lead, even managing to churn out some almost Snake Plissken worthy one liners. The director, Neil Marshall, is the supposed star here and while Doomsday is undoubtedly his weakest film to date is also shows his potential when given a film of semi-decent scale and budget.

So, go in with the right attitude and Doomsday will give you a few hours of fun.

pixelburp

I don't think anyone is going to claim that early John Carpenter movies were high art, but when you're happily ripping off (and I'm sorry, that's what it feels like, "hommage" only plays so far) already poor source material, the result is nothing less than trashy. And not in a good way.

MisterAnarchy

The film started promisingly but then degenerated into a farce.
Visually it does look good and the production values are excellent.
Rips off too many films though,its a cross between Mad Max,Braveheart,Escape from New York .
Not too bad if you dont take it seriously but not too good either.

Driver 8

McDowell must need a paycheque these days, he was very Kurtz in his own way

Mitch Connor

From the trailer it looks like they find a Bently in 'the zone' which is in pretine condition and perfectly drivable, after what i would imagine to be 30 years of neglect considering what they show us of the society that has been biult behind the wall. Is there a decent explanation for this?

pixelburp

Tauren wrote: »

From the trailer it looks like they find a Bently in 'the zone' which is in pretine condition and perfectly drivable, after what i would imagine to be 30 years of neglect considering what they show us of the society that has been biult behind the wall. Is there a decent explanation for this?

To be fair, yeah there is. It's a little contrived & convenient but it's there.

Basically while escaping the cannibals & are on their way to find Malcolm McDowell, they detour through an abandoned fallout shelter stocked with valuables and "stuff". We later return here as they search for a mode of transport

BigglesMcGee

Just saw this.

What a car crash of a movie.
WTF

Fysh

I find it odd that there's a general feeling of annoyance at the decline in the number of R-rated action films out there, and yet when Doomsday comes along and proves to be a highly enjoyable if brainless R-rated action film with inventive action sequences and plenty of violence, it gets panned. Sure, the plot has holes and it gets silly towards the end. So did all the action films from the 80s that people keep harking back to and thinking of when they mournfully declare that "they don't make 'em like they used to". They do. Doomsday is an example.

Sure, it's in no way high art, but it it is good fun and honestly, I don't understand what people were expecting if they went to see this film having seen the trailer and still came out disappointed...

BigglesMcGee

Fysh wrote: »

Sure, it's in no way high art, but it it is good fun and honestly, I don't understand what people were expecting if they went to see this film having seen the trailer and still came out disappointed...

I didnt see the trailer, but i did expect to see a good movie.

After the first 20 mins this became "Mad Martha - escape from Scotland and the men in tights".
I was expecting to see Leslie Neilson as the baddie at that stage.

smcgiff

Saw this recently enough - and like so often after reading many disparaging reviews I was pleasantly surprised by Doomsday.

The two lead characters (anti-hero and baddie) were very good. Although, if there weren't so many bad reviews out there already I'd be adding my own list of WTF were they thinking of.

So, not great, but not a total waste of time.

Fysh

I think the main problem with it is that the film takes itself far less seriously once it's 20 or 30 minutes in than you might expect, and by the time the final action sequence starts it's gotten very silly indeed. Not quite the film I expected to see from Neil Marshall, but certainly one I enjoyed.

Maximilian

This is an hilarious Aliens Rip-off. I think it might have been written by lolcats. The should have called it "Peeples". I think the lolcats had this conversation while planning their thrilling masterpiece:-

LC1: Can we has spays and skaree plannit?
LC2: noes too ekspensif. U can haz skotlan
LC2: Wut abowed sulacco or drawpshipz?
LC2: noes, too ekspensif. U can haz APC.
LC1: Can we has Ayleens den?
LC2: Noes, we no haz CGI or budjet. You can haz peeples.

There's lines nicked straight from Aliens ("watch those corners!"). The first scene in the hospital is just like the first encounter with the aliens in the atmosphere processer thingy.

Awful, crap, rubbish movie.

Kur4mA

It was terrible tbh. There's no point even comparing it to the classics of old as they couldn't even rip them off decently. There were WAY too many plot holes and dodgy acting for me to continue watching so

I just switched it off during the scene where two motorbike riding nutters with what appeared to be rubber skeletons attached to the front of them came flying over a clearly well made makeshift ramp during a very crap chase scene.

poo of the highest order tbh.

helimachoptor

I usually like these types of movies, but my god this was shockingly bad.

Fysh

Rewatched it over the weekend having picked up the DVD and I stand by my assertion that it's a fun action flick. This is what I hoped Wanted might be (needless to say I was disappointed there). Daft, mad, car chases, explosions out the wazoo, and a good sense of humour. Great, great stuff. I genuinely don't understand how people can look at this and say it's crap, then turn around and defend the likes of Mad Max or Escape From New York.

unreggd

t virus!


Ok, finally watched this, got the DVD for 3.99

Im kinda disappointed with it, but it wasnt exactly crap either

I think the reason it's such a letdown is because it was made out to be a kind of Resi Evil post-apocalypse kind of film, although thats what 28 Weeks Later was, virus, quaratined cities etc

The story is meant to revolve around surviving the Reaper virus, but ends up being about a gang tribe who just happen to be crazy cannibals

And it had Malcolm McDowell, strong CON right there!

Apart from killing your expectations, its an ok film

The fights and action were pretty good, although there was a lot more running than confrontation

And the way they had Malcom's side livin like Knights was just stupid!

I expected a lot more from a "horror" that came from Neil Marshall

I really like Doomsday, it set out to be an homage to film susch Escape From New York and the hundreds of cheesy Italian post apocalyptic flicks of the 80s and suceeds amazingly well.

MikeC101

I loved the first part, but the knights in castles, Mad Max / Escap from New York homage left me cold.

Having said that, if I'd been expecting that to happen I might have enjoyed it more.

omahaid

Hate dragging up old threads but just watched it. The last poster I think was the only one to mention mad max but, come on, it is half mad max. About 1/4 zombie and 1/4 escape from NY. Twas ok for my drink addled brain, cant imagine it would stand up to much scrutiny though.

Did some people compare it to the descent? Nah, come on, nowhere near as scary tbh. Although

, I did really enjoy the car chase at then end And the actual end was funny enough