Doom (2005)

Director:

Andrzej Bartkowiak

Writers (WGA):

Dave Callaham (screenplay) and
Wesley Strick (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

21 October 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

No one gets out alive.

Plot:

Space Marines are sent to investigate strange events at a research facility on a distant planet but find themselves at the mercy of genetically enhanced killing machines.

Plot Keywords:

One Word Title | Vomit | Villain Played By Lead Actor | Wheelchair | Nanowall

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Dwayne Johnson	...	Sarge (as The Rock)
Karl Urban	...	John Grimm
Rosamund Pike	...	Samantha Grimm
Ben Daniels	...	Goat
Razaaq Adoti	...	Duke (as Raz Adoti)
Richard Brake	...	Corporal Dean Portman
Al Weaver	...	The Kid
Dexter Fletcher	...	Pinky
Brian Steele	...	Hell Knight / Curtis Stahl
Deobia Oparei	...	Destroyer (as DeObia Oparei)
Yao Chin	...	Mac
Robert Russell	...	Dr. Carmack
Daniel York	...	Lt. Huengs
Ian Hughes	...	Sanford Crosby
Sara Houghton	...	Dr. Jenna Willits

Also Known As:

Doom - Der Film (Germany)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence/gore and language.

Runtime:

100 min | USA:113 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA | UK | Germany | Czech Republic

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

New Zealand:R16 | Brazil:18 | USA:R (certificate #42048) | Norway:15 | Philippines:R-13 | Italy:VM14 | France:-12 | USA:Unrated (unrated DVD version) | Portugal:M/16 | Argentina:16 | Taiwan:R-18 | Argentina:13 | Singapore:M18 (unrated extended edition) | Netherlands:16 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Iceland:16 | Sweden:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Malaysia:18SG | Japan:R-15 | Spain:18 | Indonesia:Dewasa | Czech Republic:15 | Ireland:18 (DVD rating) | South Korea:18 | Canada:14A (Manitoba) | UK:15 | Finland:K-18 | Germany:18 | Ireland:16 | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Prague, Czech Republic

Company:

John Wells Productions

Trivia:

The first person shooter (FPS) sequence took about 14 days to shoot.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Throughout the movie Sarge keeps calling the Marines "soldiers". In real life Marines are deeply offended when they are called "soldiers".

Quotes:

[first lines]
Samantha Grimm: [narrating] In the year 2026 archaeologists working in the Nevada desert discovered a portal to an ancient city on Mars. They call this portal the Ark. Twenty years later, we're still struggling to understand why it was built and what happened to the civilization that built it.

Movie Connections:

References Doom³ (2004) (VG)

Soundtrack:

Struggle

Doom The Movie

I never got to see this movie in the theater and recently got a chance to see the uncut edition. Honestly my very first impression of the movie was "this is cool". Then my fanboyism got a hold of me and realized it was not doom. Honestly if this movie would have been called "UAC Marines", "Viral Apocalypse" or something else random, this movie would have done A LOT better. It was actually really good for a sci-fi movie. Much in the vein of Resident Evil meets Mission To Mars. The thing that really made this movie not a movie about DOOM however was the lack of cohesive elements to the game story. In the game it's all about hell and demons and weird psycho doctors wanting to be more psycho. The movie focuses on an ancient race designing a machine called the ARC, this machine makes direct transport to mars possible. There seems to be a problem on mars and the UAC Marines are sent in to investigate. The next about an hour and forty five minutes is all about trying to figure out what happened and destroy the threat if any. It's your very standard sci-fi story but it achieves what it's meant to do. Entertain you for a moment. The movies main downfall is it is only LOOSELY based around the game that everyone wanted to see on film. However to appease the fanboys(girls?) out there DOOM does have a very unique experience visually in the form of a (about 5-10 minute) segment where the camera is completely shot in first person perspective. Which having never seen this EVER done in a film was really neat. A bit out of place where they chose to do it in my opinion but cool nonetheless. Overall if you want to see a really interesting take on a sci-fi movie checkout DOOM, if you are wanting a direct translation of the video game, I suggest you just keep playing the video game.

Visuals: 7 Sound: 9 Gore To Idiocy Factory: 3 (It's there and does what it needs to do. Not over the top or retarded to the point you just wonder why it's there in the first place) Cliché Catch Phrases: 5 (Standard Sci-Fi) Overall Score: 6