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Doomsday
MPAA Rating:
 for strong bloody violence, language and some sexual content/nudity_____
Moviemaking Quality:
_____
Primary Audience:
Adults
Genre:
Sci-Fi, Action, Thriller, Drama
Length:
1 hr. 45 min.
Year of Release:
2008
USA Release:
March 14, 2008 (wide)
           Relevant Issues
 Disease
The Origin of bad - How did bad things come about? Answer Where did cancer come from? Answer Pain and suffering
Why does God allow innocent people to suffer? Answer What about the issue of suffering? Doesn't this prove that there is no God and that we are on our own? Answer Does God feel our pain? Answer What kind of world would you create? Answer Anxiety
Fear, Anxiety and Worry… What does the Bible say? Answer
“Mankind has an expiration date.” Producer’s Synopsis: “Great Britain. A lethal virus spreads throughout a major country and kills hundreds of thousands. To contain the newly identified Reaper, the authorities brutally quarantine the country as it succumbs to fear and chaos. The literal walling-off works for three decades—until Reaper violently resurfaces in a major city. An elite group of specialists, including Eden Sinclair, is urgently dispatched into the still-quarantined country to retrieve a cure by any means necessary. Shut off from the rest of the world, the unit must battle through a landscape that has become a waking nightmare.” / $30-million budget (estimate)
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Negative - This film begins with an interesting sci-fi, dystopia-type premise, and the first half-hour is exactly what the previews promised. After that introduction, we follow our heroes through a night club with a torture chamber behind the scenes, a gladatorial fight in a medieval castle surrounded by rolling green hills, and a high-speed car chase with cannibals. Some violence did not contribute to the plot, and the scene changes and ending were too abrupt and lacked continuity. I was left more bewildered than offended. Movie Critics
“…‘Doomsday’ manages no scares, just graphic scenes of cannibalism, torture and dismemberment.…” “…the film reeks… the action scenes in ‘Doomsday’ look half shot and edited to cover it up…” “…scrappy, graphically violent flick that will further fuel geek devotion to emerging genre director Neil Marshall…” “…Though ‘Doomsday’ isn't exactly an actors' showcase, the cast acquits itself well enough, and stunt coordinator Cordell McQueen's personnel—who outnumber thesps in lengthy end credits—are stellar.…” “…Yet another cheesy, postapocalyptic actioner, only this time with a Scottish brogue…” |
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