Movie Information
Overall Rank: 6375
Average Rating: 2.5/4
# of Ratings: 88
Theatrical Release Date: 03/14/2008
Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: 07/29/2008
Language: English
Genre: Action, Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Neil Marshall
Actors: Malcolm McDowell, Rhona Mitra, Bob Hoskins, Alexander Siddig, Jeremy Crutchley, Adrian Lester
Plot: A deadly virus is found in Scotland on April 3rd 2008. In order to contain the virus they build a huge wall around the country; no one gets in and no one gets out. Twenty-five years later the virus resurfaces outside the wall, but this time they have another plan. Break into Scotland, find a cure and bring it out. The only problem is that Scotland is now inhabited by punk rocker cannibals and fierce knights on horseback.
One woman enforcer goes in to kick some ass. -- Josh C
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Rating of
1.5/4
Ian - wrote on 09/15/2015
While being decently watchable, this movies biggest flaw is its lack of originality. It is pieced together with material from other films. Many scenes felt as though they were copied directly from a previous classic.
Rating of
3/4
Matthew Brady - wrote on 05/11/2014
The film is about a deadly virus is found in Scotland on April 3rd 2008. In order to contain the virus they build a huge wall around the country; no one gets in and no one gets out. Twenty-five years later the virus resurfaces outside the wall, but this time they have another plan. Break into Scotland, find a cure and bring it out. The only problem is that Scotland is now inhabited by punk rocker cannibals and fierce knights on horseback. One woman enforcer goes in to kick some ass. This movie is crazy, over the top, out of it's mind crazy. The action was shot well in some scenes and are main hero of the film was bad-ass.
Rating of
2.5/4
sapien - wrote on 09/08/2010
It wasn't your typical quarantine movie. There was definitely some original stuff here. But, Sol's death was waaay too melodramatic. In fact, the entire Sol character was a bit much. But still, not a bad movie.
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Rating of
1/4
"Doomsday" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 03/02/2012
A plague epidemic breaks out in Scotland, which is promptly quarantined and abandoned to its own fate. Three decades later a military unit is sent in to investigate the possibility of a cure when the virus reappears in the ghettos of London. After the hugely enjoyable Dog Soldiers, I held high hopes for Neil Marshall. Although it was clearly inspired by Predator, it was done with enough wit, homour and invention to make me think we may have found Britain's answer to Sam Raimi. Unfortunately after the tepid The Descent and now this dismal mess my hopes have been thoroughly crushed. The opening of the film is a pure rip off of Escape From New York, down to the retro computer graphics and synth soundtrack, and he even uses the same on screen type face for the subtitling. It then turns into …
Rating of
3/4
Not quite the end of the world
kcvidkid - wrote on 09/15/2008
A great (although familiar) concept, but after the initial set-up, it takes the road more travelled, favoring "Mad Max" elements rather than those of "28 Days/Weeks Later". But it does make for a fast-moving and entertaining adventure.
I thought we were pessimists, but those folks across the pond REALLY have a bleak outlook! Can't cure a disease? Then let's quarantine any affected and leave them to die. Problem is, some are immune. And we didn't think that they might carry the key to the cure.
I was confused by some scenes, although most everything was cleared-up by waiting for further clarification. Something that left me stumped, though: why do all the post-apolcalyptic societies embrace a punk appearance? I guess it's more exciting than suits and ties.
Skin rating = 2 …
Rating of
2.5/4
Good enough for a cult...
danand82 - wrote on 09/07/2008
After Dog Soldiers (2002) and The Descent (2005), Neil Marshall seemed like the new wunderkind of British horror cinema. His latest, Doomsday, is a markedly different film from his earlier work – most clearly in it's inability to choose which genre it belongs to. Dog Soldiers clearly leaned in the direction of comedy while The Descent was a masterful lesson in claustrophobic horror, marred only slightly by a number of over the top action scenes in its final act. Doomsday has funny moments, horrible moments, thrilling moments and, more often, moments filled with levels of absurdity which would not feel out of place in a full-blown spoof.
The year is 2033. A quarter of a century has passed since the outbreak of a fatal disease in northern Britain. Scotland has been cut off - …
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