Doom (Extended Edition, DVD)

>>> Review<<< After a call for help from the UAC facility on Mars a crack RRTS (Rapid Response Tactical Squad) unit has been sent to obtain UAC property, rescue UAC employees and clean up the threat. The team consists of the leader, Sarge (The Rock, Reaper (Karl Urban), Destroyer (Deobia Oparei), Mac (Yao Chin), Goat (Ben Daniels), Duke (Razaaq Adoti), Portman (Richard Brake) and The Kid (Al Weaver). Once there they discover that the scientists have been performing experiments on humans which have mutated into vicious creatures lurking in the darkness, stalking and killing anything that lives They attempt to deal with the threat ...

Doom was originally a computer game. Quite a famous one. It was pretty basic, with the idea of finding a 'gate' on one of the Mars moons. Many years later the gates open and all hell was let loose on the moon. This is where 'Doomguy' (he doesnt have a real name) come in. He has to take care of all the Demons ,and Zombies that have taken over the moon. Its pretty basic stuff as shooters go. You would think that when making a film out of such a famous game, they would stick to the basic idea. This is not so. With the introduction of a new storyline, the only thing keeping to the game is the name. The monsters featured in the film are similar looking to those in ...

Whose bright idea was it to try and make movies out of computer games? Find them and shoot them for me, will you, because I’ll be arsed if I can think of any good ones. Neither one of the Tomb Raider movies really lived up to the promise. Neither did either of the Resident Evil ones. Alone in the Dark was pants and the list goes on. The latest addition to the ranks comes in the shape of Andrzej Barthowiak’s adaption of the immensely popular horror / shoot ‘em up, Doom. Barthowiak’s track record doesn’t inspire excitement. He previously directed Cradle 2 The Grave (a dodgy Steven Seagal actioner) Exit Wounds (another quite dodgy Steven Seagal actioner) and Romeo Must Die ...