The title speaks for itself (Doomed (DVD))

Member Name: raypdaley182

Product:	Doomed (DVD)
Date:	20/10/08 (8 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: None really

Disadvantages: Borrows from other films but doesn't execute as well

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 predictable. George Romero must be laughing at the idea) and of course are fighting amongst themselves and each other.

To be honest the plot is pretty thin and laughable. None of the tension or scares actually work. Finding zombies or failed military experiments in a forgotten bunker has been done in all sorts of things (Lost would be the most recent) and it really wasn't done all that different here. I got the feeling the writer had played the game Smash TV as a child (the game ideas are very alike) and had seen the Day Of The Dead remake (that's where he stole his crap & predictable from a mile away ending).

Because the cast are all complete unknowns, you know most of them are going to die anyway. This is tired, predictable and adds nothing to the survival horror or zombie genres

Summary: Steal lots of good ideas but still comes up short