Genre: Action, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi, Zombie, Military, Gore
Tagline: No one gets out alive.
Plot: The action takes place at Olduvai Research Station, a remote scientific facility on Mars, where something has gone terribly wrong. All experiments have ceased, and communication has failed. The few messages that do get through are less than comforting. It's Level 5 Quarantine, and the only souls allowed in or out are the Rapid Response Tactical Squad (RRTS)—hardened Marines armed to the teeth with enough firepower to neutralize any enemy...or so they think.The researchers at this Red Planet station have unwittingly opened a door, and all hell has broken loose. A legion of nightmarish creatures of unknown origin lurks in every corner and stalks the countless rooms and tunnels of the facility, killing what few people remain. A hellish zoo of demons, Imps, Barons and Hell Knights has taken over Olduvai. And they’re not giving it back without a fight. Sealing off the portal to Earth, Sarge (DWAYNE "THE ROCK" JOHNSON), Reaper (KARL URBAN) and their mercenary team must use every weapon at their disposal—and some they find along the way—to carry out their orders: nothing gets out alive. Unfortunately, these things never go as
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 At any rate, crossover appeal is minimal. There's almost nothing here for an average movie-goer, even one who likes dumb action and bloodsoaked horror. Doom is a waste of time and money. Of course, there is one element of the movie that invites interactivity: talking back to the screen about the stupidity of the characters, the screenwriters, the director, and yourself for wasting $10 and two hours.  --James Berardinelli (ReelViews)
"Doom" has one great shot. It comes right at the beginning. It's the Universal logo. --Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times)
I only wish its first hour had taken some lessons from its final act; giving us more action, monsters, kills and creativity! 6/10--'JoBlo' (JoBlo.com)
When the video game-to-movie thing becomes this literal, it only makes you wonder why anyone would want to see a big-screen "Doom" at all. Even I know that it's more enjoyable to play yourself than watch someone else having all the fun.  --JOHN MONAGHAN
...To complete the unhappy list, Pierce-Roberts’ photography emphasizes darkness and shadows to such an extent that it’s often impossible to discern exactly what’s going on. Of course, with a movie as terrible as “Doom,” that’s not entirely a bad thing. F--Frank Swietek
It's also depressing. The only way this movie becomes any fun is when it stops impersonating a game and simply becomes one. --Wesley Morris (Boston Globe)
Fans of the game may love it, but the sequence will be a prolonged annoyance to everyone else. D--Robert Denerstein
Doom is a so-so movie that has its moments, some good and some awful, but isn't anywhere near the landmark work in the world of movies as it was when it changed the video game scene forever back in 1993.  --Vince Leo (Qwipster.net)
Let's not kid ourselves. Doom isn’t a storytelling tour-de-force. ... There’s something about an extra chromosomal pair, a human experiment gone awry and an ungainly plot thread between Karl Urban and Rosamund Pike... --J.P. Mangalindan (MovieWeb)
Doom initially sticks to the story of the videogame, but smartly deviates from it when the plot starts to become cliché. It goes in an unexpected direction and the result is a much more captivating film.  --Julian Roman (MovieWeb)
The result is a film that is not only less fun and exciting than playing the game for 105 minutes, it isn’t even as exciting as reading the instruction booklet.  --Peter Sobczynski (eFilmCritic.com)
Meant to jolt the fans of the game awake with a direct homage, it does successfully achieve some much needed carnage, but it also stops the movie dead, and should remind the viewer (yet again) that playing the actual game is much more fun than seeing a terrible movie version of it. --Brian Orndorf (eFilmCritic.com)
The disappointment I feel regarding "Doom" does not stem from high expectations or from shoddy formula filmmaking. It comes from the fact that this flick promised me a ton of kickass action, and it failed to deliver. You'll feel like you ordered a steak and got a meatball.  --Scott Weinberg (eFilmCritic.com)
In fact, what fun there is in "Doom" is only at the film's expense, laughing at its flimsy story and its goofy pseudo-scientific dialogue. D--Eric D. Snider (EricDSnider.com)
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Karl Urban
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Bourne Supremacy |
 | The Rock
The Mummy Returns, Be Cool, The Scorpion King |
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 | Dexter Fletcher
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Elephant Man, Layer Cake |
 | | Al Weaver
Marie Antoinette, The Merchant of Venice, Planespotting | | |
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| Doom is, at best, a rainy Saturday afternoon time-killer. Just don't waste too much time on it or you might end up writing movie reviews for free. 5/10 --Brendan Cullin
The movie takes a major turn for the worse when it sways from the video game’s original storyline. What are the creatures you ask? Well they certainly aren’t from Hell... --Mr Disgusting (Bloody-Disgusting.com)
Although it's predictable and un-scary, it's a surpisingly entertaining action/horror flick. Check it with an open mind. 7/10--FrighT MasteR (UHM)
...gave me polished visuals, gnarly guns, sly nods to the game and some ugly creatures. Too bad it forgot to take its adrenaline shot in the morning where it rarely capitalized on the game’s action driven and shoot them up nature. I would’ve needed to see more creatures, witness conflicts that lasted longer than 5 seconds a clip and a tighter narrative to call this one the “fun cheese” it should’ve been. As is, DOOM was a fairly un-exciting action horror flick. --'The Arrow' (Arrow)
In the end though, Doom is a fun ride. It's simple, mindless, action entertainment in good old 80's tradition. 7/10--Albert Koleba (thefilmasylum.com)
I'm bewildered. Exactly how easy would it have been to get this film right? All we needed was pulse-pounding action with grunts blowing hellspawn away. Hellspawn. Not mutated scientists.  -- (slasherama.com)
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