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Doomsday (2008)

6 Ratings: 2.5
A movie directed by Neil Marshall

Loud, violent, and proudly derivative, the post-apocalyptic action-thrillerDoomsdayis the latest from UK cult director Neil Marshall, who impressed horror fans with his previous efforts,Dog SoldiersandThe Descent. Both pictures established Marshall as … see full wiki

Director: Neil Marshall
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review by . October 29, 2008
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By no stretch of the imagination is DOOMSDAY a good movie. It has a ridiculous plot, over-the-top gore, and virtually no discernible character development. Yet it is so juiced up with antic energy that most of it actually ends up being a complete blast.    The movie begins in the present day, where a horrific virus is spreading across Scotland like any horrific virus in any of a million previous sci-fi flicks. In an effort to stop the spread, England manages to construct an impenetrable …
review by . October 01, 2008
Yes, this writer/director has been responsible for two of the best low budget horror movies of recent years. In Dog Soldiers, he melded the combat film with the werewolf movie and came out with something startlingly good. In The Descent, he crafted what was quite simply one of the scariest films of all time. So what then are we to make of Doomsday? This futuristic shocker features an amalgam of scenes lifted wholesale from other (frankly better) films -to be specific, 28 Days Later, Aliens, Escape …
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