Doomsday

I had first noticed this movie last summer while working at the video store and as we only had two copies of it, and the majority of customers who rented it were fucking morons, I decided to pay this movie no attention. However, it started appearing more often and I would see it staring at me in stores and on websites. I was intrigued and when I found out that Neil Marshall was the director, I was sold (the Decent and Dog Soldiers belong to my all time favorite horror movies). So, last night, I finally sat down and watched it...with high expectations.

Basically if Escape From New York, Mad Max, 28 Days Later and Timeline (that horrible adaptation of the Michael Crichton novel) had a baby...in some fucked up orgie...then Doomsday would be their offspring.

Britain is overrun by the reaper virus, infecting and killing millions. In order to to save humanity the infected are locked up in a giant prison (the whole of Scotland) and are left to rot. Years later the virus reappears in London and a cure is desperately needed to prevent history reoccurring. Satellite images show that there are survivors left in Scotland....meaning there is a cure. A small elite task force is sent in to retrieve the cure (including the hot chick from the Ali G. movie...not his girlfriend but the hot one).

The idea of the movie is nothing new, but yet I was intrigued to see what Marshall would do with the set up. I came out of it with mixed reactions...on the one hand this movie has some very good gore and action scenes which makes the movie very fun to watch with friends and a couple of beers...on the other hand there are some questionable scenes (such as the leader of the savages performing a 4 minute stage show) which make the movie rather laughable. The acting is mediocre/poor and the script generally isn't very great. Having Malcolm McDowell as a medieval king didn't help the movie but rather added to its randomness (A part of the movie takes place in a castle in Scotland). Don't get me wrong the movie is fun and I was definitely entertained and the film features some awesome gore scenes (shotgun to the face, arrow to the neck etc.) but this is nothing spectacular and going in with high hopes I was somewhat disappointed.

If you watch this movie watch it semi drunk with friends.