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Doomsday (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
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DVD Cover InformationActor: Bob Hoskins, Malcolm McDowell, Rhona Mitra, Rick Warden, Sean Pertwee Brand: Universal Cinematographer: Sam McCurdy Composer: Tyler Bates DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled) Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen Picture Format: 2.35:1 Running Time: 120 minutes DVD Release Date: 2008-07-29 Audience Rating: Unrated Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Doomsday (Unrated Widescreen Edition)Movie Review: Reasonably realistic portrayal Summary: 5 StarsThis was a fairly believable enactment of things in the future seems to me. Actors were true to the
characters represented. As bad as the world may come to be, a good chance things will eventually
be the way this film lays it out for humanity and the lack of it. The lead actress was quite attractive and
her physical agility lent a very view worthy and believable edge to this movie. I will watch it again.
Most of this type genre film seems "Mad Max" over and over however this one was much classier and
Bos Hoskins is a great actor in all his films and a very diverse person. I recommend this Doomsday
movie over the Christian Oriented film of the same name.
Summary of Doomsday (Unrated Widescreen Edition)From the director of The Descent comes an action-packed thrill-ride through the beating heart of hell! To save humanity from an epidemic, an elite fighting unit must battle to find a cure in a post-apocalyptic zone controlled by a society of murderous renegades. Loaded with ferocious fights and high-octane chases, Doomsday grabs you right from the start, and doesn't let go till its explosive end! Loud, violent, and proudly derivative, the post-apocalyptic action-thriller Doomsday is the latest from UK cult director Neil Marshall, who impressed horror fans with his previous efforts, Dog Soldiers and The Descent. Both pictures established Marshall as a director with a knack for reinventing well-worn genre pictures, but here, he seems more interested in stitching together favorite scenes and elements from established horror and science-fiction films. Escape from New York is the main source for Doomsday, though there are plenty of nods to The Road Warrior and its multitude of Italian-made carbon copies, as well as the zombie/plague subgenre; the lovely but impassive Rhona Mitra is the Snake Plissken-esque loner sent by police (represented by Bob Hoskins) to infiltrate Scotland, which has descended into anarchy following a viral outbreak. The disease has surfaced in London (now a walled city), and Mitra is dispatched to find a scientist who may possess a cure. Marshall's vision of Scotland in ruins brings together the punk/modern primitive costume design of George Miller's Mad Max trilogy with some eclectic homegrown elements (knights on horseback defending a gang leader's castle), and while these touches are novel, the picture as a whole should ring overly familiar to any viewer who's spent time in the exploitation trenches during the past 25 years. Younger and less discerning audience members will undoubtedly enjoy the plentiful violence and gore, as well as the unbridled performances of the supporting cast, especially stuntwoman/actress Lee-Ann Liebenberg as the heavily tattooed Viper. --Paul Gaita
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