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Malcolm McDowell
Rhona Mitra
Bob Hoskins
Alexander Siddig
Jeremy Crutchley
Adrian Lester

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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

09/15/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Not quite the end of the world

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 (...

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3/4 

09/07/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Good enough for a cult...

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 - segregated b...

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2.5/4 

08/12/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

The Movie that Could've.... but didn't

This film tries. What I really meant is that it tries to be just like some of my favorite cult films. The only problem is that it doesn't work. I almost didn't finish this movie, because it reminded me so much of those awesome cult films that it made me want to go back and watch them instead. I feel like the writers just wanted to see some of their favorite cult films be popular and decided to make a tribute by giving them their own scene in this movie. There was potential for this film and now it will just sit on a shelf collecting dust. I think they should have made the trailer 2 min. longer and said: "Here's Doomsday". At least we wouldn't have to write bad reviews about it then.

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1/4 

05/31/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Not As Good

A lot of horror fans have found a respect for writer/director Neil Marshall, as he has brought us two great horror films, Dog Soldiers and The Descent. So when we all hear news that Neil Marhsall is doing yet another horror movie, we got really excited. Doomsday tells about a killer virus called "The Reaper", in which swept over Scotland sometime in the future. The army built up a giant wall around Scotland to keep people out and in, but the virus ended up spreading some 30 years later, and a supposed cure is held up inside the wall. A task force is sent in to retrieve it, but they found something worse then they bargained for.

Doomsday is sort of a bunch of movies combined, for example Mad Max and 28 Weeks Later. It takes place in sort of a post apocalyptic future, so director Neil M...

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2/4