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61
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58
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57
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57
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55
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55
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54
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54
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53
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49
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48
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47
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44
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41
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37
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37
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37
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36
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36
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35
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34
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34
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33
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78
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75
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75
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74
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73
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72
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72
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49
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Doom
Universal Studios Inc.
FILM:
GAMES:
MPAA RATING: R for strong violence/gore and language
Starring
Karl Urban,
The Rock,
Rosamund Pike,
Deobia Oparei,
Ben Daniels,
Razaaq Adoti,
Richard Brake,
and
Al Weaver
Doom, the landmark videogame that electrified a generation, leaps from the computer screen to the big screen as a terrifying sci-fi horror action adventure, transporting audiences to a dark and disturbing future with all the visceral excitement and horror that made its gaming predecessor a global phenomenon. (Universal)
| GENRE(S): |
Action
|
Horror
|
Sci-fi
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
Dave Callaham (also story)
Wesley Strick
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Andrzej Bartkowiak
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: February 7, 2006
Video: February 7, 2006
Theatrical: October 21, 2005
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| RUNNING TIME: |
100 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA / Czech Republic |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
63
USA Today
Mike Clark
For a big-screen disposable, Doom has a few jolts, a few good laughs and an attractive female lead to whom you want to say, "What's a nice girl like you doing on a Mars like this?"

60
Variety
Justin Chang
It's really not all that bad. Ultra-derivative bigscreen transplant of one of the most successful (and controversial) games ever made plays like a mutant cross between a biotech thriller and a zombie movie, with all the alien autopsies, blood-gushing protuberances and meaningless scientific jargon that come with the territory.

58
Entertainment Weekly
Marc Bernardin
By hewing close to James Cameron's "Aliens" playbook, Doom manages to escape the game-to-movie curse that afflicted "Resident Evil," "House of the Dead," and, well, every other movie based on a game.

58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
Doom may be by the numbers, with a roll call of colorful types systematically exterminated while The Rock entertains with cartoonish expressions and reactions (the closest the film comes to personality).

50
The Hollywood Reporter
Richard James Havis
Plot, character development and dialogue are so sparse that the screenwriters are fortunate they're not paid by the word. But this basic approach doesn't render it ineffectual. There's so little to go wrong that those who like their entertainment mindless and violent will find little fault.

50
Chicago Tribune
Robert K. Elder
Doom, the film, aspires to be more than just a gory shoot em' up--though it'd still be a stretch to call it a thinking man's action movie.

50
Chicago Reader
Staff (Not credited)
The Rock's ungainly performance is somewhat alleviated by Karl Urban as a crew member and Rosamund Pike as his twin sister.

50
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
Dreary-looking and painfully slow, but it's not terrible.

50
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Scott Tobias
If he (The Rock) can keep those wandering eyebrows in check, his future as an action hero appears unlimited--that is, provided he can resist taking roles in movies like this one.

50
Dallas Observer
Luke Y. Thompson
The movie ultimately cops out by culminating in a fistfight between two humans, with nary a cyborg missile-throwing devil in sight.

50
Village Voice
Drew Tillman
As dumb as they come, the entertaining Doom might warrant a place in cinema history as the first movie in which someone rips off their own ear.

42
Portland Oregonian
M. E. Russell
Beyond a couple of cool guns and one long, gory, clever first-person shot, Doom is something the video games have never been: dull.

40
Empire
Kim Newman
Not quite as dreadful as Resident Evil: Apocalypse, but that's hardly a major achievement.

40
Film Threat
Pete Vonder Haar
Doesn’t break any new ground – it actually steals from half a dozen other sci-fi movies – but it’ll make enough at the box office to justify further game flicks.

38
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
Like Doom itself, the movie is rich in backstory, but sparse in actual story.

38
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Basically a deadly dull rehash of "Resident Evil," which in turn was a third-generation clone of "Aliens."

38
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
We don't need a discussion of plot in a review of a movie made from a video game, do we? Nor do we care whether the characters are complicated (no), the acting is sophisticated (no), the direction is competent (no) or the camerawork is clever (no).

33
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
The latest failed Hollywood attempt to make a movie from a video game.

30
LA Weekly
Chuck Wilson
Baffling too is The Rock's choice to follow up his acclaimed performance in "Be Cool" with a role that requires him to do little more than widen his eyes and grunt lines.

30
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
Go for the gore (there's lots of it), but stay for the immortal line: "Now let's go find the body this arm belongs to."

30
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
A loud, standard-issue sci-fi action film that has a confusing mission.

30
Los Angeles Times
Gene Seymour
Shows less human dimension than the new Wallace and Gromit movie.

25
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Watching Doom is like visiting Vegas and never leaving your hotel room.

25
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
Even The Rock, who can usually be counted on to enliven any scenario, seems bored by the laughably feeble script.

25
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub
Like most movies based on games, this film appears to have been quite literally doomed from the start.

25
Philadelphia Inquirer
David Hiltbrand
Doom is, to its detriment, a remarkably faithful re-creation of the massively popular video game. In other words, it's a dark, violent, nerve-wracking, trigger-giddy waste of time.

25
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
A dreadful, hackneyed piece of cinema.

20
The New York Times
Janet Maslin
This claustrophobic mess of a movie offers only carnage.


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