11/5/2023 0 Comments Doom 2005![]() ![]() It’s reminded me so much of Aliens but lacking the same level of tension & intrigue. That’s the team & it’s clear from the start that only Reaper & Sarge are likely to survive this.Īrriving on Mars they find the facility deserted but with signs that something bad has happened. Then we have Duke, a cheeky & flirtatious character, Portman who is the sleazy troublemaker, Destroyer is the silent veteran who prefers to let his gun do the talking, Goat is the highly religious member of the team, Mac barely gets a line & The Kid has ‘dead man walking’ written all over his face. That dedication is a major plot point later in the movie making for a seriously laughable final battle. Sarge is played by Dwayne Johnson (back when he was still being called The Rock in the credits) & is instantly likeable even if his dedication to the mission raises the odd eyebrow. Reaper is our hero of the movie, something that isn’t instantly obvious because of Sarge. They are estranged having fallen out after the death of their parents (also on Mars). We have Reaper (Karl Urban – which was a nice surprise), whose sister works at the facility. The marines are a group of one-dimensional characters that we’ve seen in every action movie ever. A distress call is sent out & a group of heavily armed marines are sent to investigate the facility. The year is 2046 & a research facility on Mars is under attack by something unseen. It’s frustrating just how much of a let down this adaptation is. A decent cast with a story that screamed bloody, over the top action. Doom could have been something, it really could have. There are so few & what most remember are the bad ones (Super Mario Bros, Alone in the Dark, Max Payne, House of the Dead). Ok, so good video game movie adaptions are very hard to come by. As the end credits rolled the only thought that was going through my head was this… how in the hell can you make a Doom movie & not set even part of it in Hell!? ![]()
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