Hello All,
It’s time again to go back into the suggestion box, this time tackling one of the earliest examples of video game movies with Doom. Based on the popular first person shooter of the same name, this was also one of the earlier films in Dwayne Johnson’s filmography. A box office bomb at the time, it has since gone down in history mostly because of one admittedly impressive looking first person perspective scene. So how well does this film hold up? As well as you think, but let’s watch it anyways shall we?
Plot Summary - in the year 2046, a research facility on Mars is attacked by unknown forces. A group of marines are sent in, lead by “Sarge” (Dwayne Johnson), with his second in command “Reaper” (Karl Urban) and squad in tow, but they group soon finds out there’s more than meets the eye lurking in the shadows.
Pros - The first person scene is cool, if a bit jittery and forced in. Some of the actors are okay at best as well.
Cons - This movie is boring. Like just painfully boring. The plot is generic and predictable, the pacing sucks, there’s no tension, the monsters aren’t scary, the action sucks and the whole film is roughly ninety minutes of my life I’m not getting back.
Final Score - 1/10
Save yourself a lot of grief, and just watch the first person scene on youtube. This movie just sucks.
Next Suggestion Box Review: K-On! The Movie - We’re going back to the wonderful world of anime, this time with a schoolgirl rock band. I feel like if I watch enough of these I’m going to end up on a list.
Next Review: Colossal - I’ve actually been looking forward to this one for a while. Here’s the trailer for it here so you can understand why.
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