![]() Unlike The Rock's 2005 version with ancient Martian genes causing mutation, this version does follow cannon, as much as a nineties video game has cannon, so it is actually a Doom movie, not just another space marine v space monster movie that pinched the title, like 2005. I know, because I remember the late nineties stuck on my old old old PC having just one more go at getting through the level before bed and then noticing light around the curtains and you realise that you have to be at your desk to start work in an hour. Honestly, it may not be the film that Doom fans want, but it's the film that Doom fans deserve. No Nazis, spider masterminds, beholders etc, and I would have made the BFG do far worse damage, but you can't have everything. Plot about UAC secret teleport project on Phobos unwittingly opening a gate to hell. Macho (and that includes the whamen) space marines running around fairly smart but generic space station sets firing endless rounds off at zombies and flame throwing demons. That being said, the film wasa teensy bit more badarse with all its flare. Though not the best idea to have a very slender young woman as the main character, she was still enjoyable to watch for the most part, and the movie progressed in a really cool way by the end that was much more satisfying than the film was. HOWEVER, this newest take on the franchise actually stayed much truer to the very games themselves, allowing people to see the maze like corridors and sub sections that the players would normally have gone through in the classic installments of the Doom franchise. Whereas the film had more CGI that was high quality, better known actors and something of a script that resembled a film, it still was not as good as it could have been, actually deviating from the story of the game. I have been a long time fan of Doom since it was a free share game on the net back in the early 1990s, and the ironic thing is, this contrasted at some points heavily compared to the movie, but in a good way. I'm recommending a hard pass on this absolutely lame and disappointing game adaptation. I loved "Doom 3", have played it through for three times & if there's anything good "Doom: Annihilation" did is inspiring me to play one of the games again. As the movie passes by, You find yourself predicting events and not caring for any of the characters - most you're going to feel is cringe or anger, if you're a "Doom" game franchise fan. There is some amount of much needed gore, but not creative enough or just simply not enough of it to compensate for anything. Oh, and the original score can be described the same way. So it continues for 90 minutes, from time to time entertaining us with emotionless and uninspiring action sequences. ![]() ![]() References to the contents of the games are there, a few, but to no satisfaction. The special FX is mix of cheap cgi and practical fx that don't impress much. We get introduced to a bunch of painfully clicheic characters (carried out by stiff acting) and plotline, surrounded by plasticky looking props and sets, effortless cinematography, boring color grading and so on and so forth. The very start states quickly what kind of thing will follow, the first shot is full of grade b cgi and even the opening titles were zero-budget style. I think we all knew this was going to proper bad - low budget, cheap actors, mediocre director & no involvement from the authors of the original concept and all the games. ![]()
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