Doomed (DVD)

Presented in the form of a game show (Think along the lines of films like The Running Man or Survivor - Series 7 but not a good as either one) you have Doomed. Its cast are all no-namers and that should be the huge give-away right there. It takes ideas from films like Fortress, Resident Evil, Dawn Of The Dead and still manages to make a pretty bad film. It's pretty low budget or looks that way. Teams of convicts are paired together (yep, that'll be stolen from Fortress then) and are told they must make it across the island alive to win the prize. (Hmm, sounds just like Battle Royale actually) But they have unknown objects in their way (like Zombies, how ...  Read the complete review

I picked this flick up today, for pretty cheap. I grabbed a horde of cheap movies, six for £10 and this was in there... Suffice to say, I wasn't expecting much. I will admit though, it exceeded all of my expectations. A bunch of criminal types are dumped on an island in a sort of survival gameshow. It isn't long before they realise they aren't alone, and that the gameshow's makers motives are to broadcast criminals being eaten by zombies for the morbid future tv viewer. The plot is that basic, and set pieces are recycled from loads of movies such as Battle Royale, Wrong Turn 2 and a whole host of zombie flicks. The characters were really great, ...  Read the complete review

When I was in Tesco recently, I had a look around their 'bargain' dvd section. Since a lot of the DVDs were only £1, I couldn't resist buying a few! This film 'Doomed' was one of the ones I bought. I had never heard of this film before I saw in Tesco and as far as I know it was a straight to dvd release. On the front of the cover of the DVD, there is the statement "In the tradition of '28 Days Later' and 'Dawn Of The Dead'" I guess that the statement is trying to lure you in to thinking that the film is going to be wonderful and an 'almost blockbuster' release.. I quite liked both of those films, and I have to say the only comparison ...  Read the complete review