Doomsday (2008) was Neil Marshall’s follow-up effort after the 2005 surprise summer hit, The Descent, which wowed critics and fans alike. This movie, however, lacked the creepiness and the character development of The Descent. It seemed like Doomsday aimed to be like 28 Days Later with the horsepower of an action movie. As a result, it tripped over its feet before getting out of the gate. This movie is set in 2035, some 25 years after a massive epidemic has wiped out 99% of Scotland. The UK had built a wall that has effectively quarantined the remaining 1%. However, when the infection has made its way back into London and, through satellite images, the government learns that there are, in fact, survivors still living within the walls. A one-eyed special team operative named Edin (Rhona Mitra – Shooter, The number 23) is sent behind the wall to find the cure that keeps all of these people alive.

The survivors, however, are not too keen on seeing an outsider in their city after 25 years of abandonment. Factions have developed, which might be an exciting storyline, but this quickly becomes ignored as the plot turns to a game of hunt and kill Edin. The chief is Sol (Craig Conway), a reckless, off-the-wall cannibal who keeps his followers content with human sacrifice rituals.

If you enjoyed the Kurt Russell movies Escape from New York (1981)  or Escape from LA (1996), then you might like Doomsday. Then again, you might not. The movie feels like one big action sequence with horrible, horrible acting. I suffered through the last 60 minutes of this miserable movie, so I watched it. I took nothing away from the film and remember very little about it. Hopefully, in a few weeks, I’ll remember nothing about it.

Plot 1/10
Character Development 1.5/10
Character Chemistry 1/10
Acting 1/10
Screenplay 1.5/10
Directing 1.5/10
Cinematography 4/10
Sound 1/10
Hook and Reel 2/10
Universal Relevance .5/10
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