Shawn's Doomsday Review

2008 Movie #82 - Doomsday

This is the first movie in my quest to finally go back and catch all of those movies from months ago that I haven't seen yet. This is one of those movies that I'm really not sure why I hadn't seen it yet. I had interest in it when it was in theatres, had access to a pretty decent copy of it for months, but just a couple days ago finally sat down and watched the whole thing. It wasn't a great movie by any means, but damn it was entertaining.

The movie does almost nothing original. It reminds me of about 18 other movies. The important thing though is that what it does, it does kick ass. This is just 2 hours of action, silliness and over the top gore. It's all pretty ridiculous but it's all pretty entertaining too.

The plot is overall pretty simple, and kind of has a Resident Evil vibe to it. It's not too complex, which is fine by me because with a movie like this, an overally complicated plot just takes away from things. There are a few interesting twists and turns here and there, essentially enough to keep you interested in things. This ain't about story though, just like the Resident Evil movies aren't.

The acting isn't anything special, with Rhoda Mitra (at least I'm pretty sure that's her name) channeling Milla Jovavich in yes again, Resident Evil. But I mean come on, watch this movie and tell me Milla couldn't have played that role in her sleep. It's also pretty cool to see Bob Hoskins in anything. Everyone else is just there really, nobody really stands out as being amazing, but nobody stands out as terrible either so you know what, I'm satisfied.

Doomsday is the ultimate example of just a fun movie that you simply can't think about too much. Many people hate movies like this but as long as they're done well I'm all for them, and this one is done well. Check it out.

*** 1/2 / 5