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A (INDIA)
2020
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Positive Reviews
19
Negative reviews
68
Average Rating
1.9
/5
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1.5
Theres no rule that videogame movies have to be idiotic. And theres no rule that action horror flicks need be dumb.
Rob's Movie Vault
1.0
Otherwise, Doom plays like a third generation knock off, copying Resident Evil copying Aliens, but with nothing remotely equivalent to Milla Jovavich ..
Av Club
3.0
type Movie Current Status In Season mpaa R runtime 100 minutes Wide Release Date 10/21/05 performer Dwayne The Rock Johnson, Karl Urban, Rosamund Pike ..
EW
1.3
I go to Mars, I expect to see it.Watching Doom is like visiting Vegas and never leaving your hotel room.
Rogerebert
1.5
For better or worse, theres nothing in Doom the movie thats likely to make anyone feel too upset or, for that matter, surprised.
Variety
1.5
The result is a solid, streamlined action pic, though one cant help feeling weve seen it (or played it) all before.
Time Out
2.5
The predictably heavy metal scored films primary directive is to recreate the mindless mayhem of its joystick controlled roots.
2.0
The Rock is an enjoyable presence, not just for his statuesque build but for his occasionally comic moments.
3.5
Herehe gives Doom a streamlined sense ofpurpose and clarity, and its grasp never really exceeds its means.
Screen Daily
1.5
Director Bartkowiaks pulled DP duties on everything from Prizzis Honor to Speed, and Doom looks good, sort of like James Camerons Aliens but with even ..
2.0
Theres no rule that videogame movies have to be idiotic. And theres no rule that action horror flicks need be dumb.
E Film Critic
2.0
I was fully prepared to sit back, relax, and enjoy a good mindless piece of action packed junk food.
E Film Critic
3.0
the final act is worth the price of admission for fans of the game. All things considered, though, Id much rather just be playing the game.
E Film Critic
1.3
Too bad we didnt have Bill Paxtons Hudson to relentlessly shout out Game over, man. Game over!
E Film Critic
2.0
...about 15 minutes of action, violence and thrills diluted in about an hour of watching large men roam small, pipe filled corridors holding absurdly ..
E Film Critic
1.3
But a cinematography gimmick here and a paraplegic dog beast there arent enough to salvage a franchise that is far more entertaining to play than watc ..
San Francisco Chronicle
2.0
Not quite as dreadful as Resident Evil: Apocalypse, but thats hardly a major achievement.
2.5
A lot like sitting next to your buddy, looking over his shoulder while he plays an old first person shooter on his computer. Watching isnt as fun as p ..
Cinema Blend
3.0
I only wish its first hour had taken some lessons from its final act; giving us more action, monsters, kills and creativity!
JoBlo
2.0
Just call it Aliens for Dummies dark, murky, loud, gory and incredibly dull.
One Guys Opinion
1.3
But director Andrzej Bartkowiak is no Ridley Scott or James Cameron.He has replaced the taut suspense and intense action those filmmakers brought to t ..
ReelViews
1.9
Here he has learned to slow down; he turns in his shaky camera in exchange for darkness, predictable jump scares, and soulless fighting.But even The R ..
Combust Ible Celluloid
1.5
The Rocks ungainly performance is somewhat alleviated by Karl Urban as a crew member and Rosamund Pike as his twin sister, a doctor on the project.
Chicago Reader
3.1
And another movie with the somethings lurking around every corner tone of Alien, Event Horizon and so many others its surprising The Rocks latest is a ..
Usa Today
1.9
Though its highly unlikely to win over detractors of the genre, the movie is elevated by a pair of thoroughly engaging lead performances and a script ..
Reel Film Reviews
3.0
Thats a fine thing to do if youve got creative ideas and good actors to convey them, but when youre bankrupt in both categories, maybe its best to shu ..
Eric Ds Nider
2.0
Thats not high praise, but some decent action sequences and a funny campy performance by The Rock make this movie almost worth recommending.
News Review
1.5
Movies inspired by computer games always seem to be more about merchandising than art and this big screen adaptation of the ground breaking shoot em u ..
Radio Times
2.0
The suspense comes only from the unknown threat; once we see the beasts, its all over.So from here on out, it relies on gore and mayhem.
Shadows On The Wall
3.0
The script itself is fairly dull and could have used a bit more humour.
View London
1.5
Simply put, the filmmakers produced a mindless action movie that isnt mindless enough.
Film Journal International ..
1.9
But unlike the game, this gore heavy and moronic science fiction thriller doesnt feature a player control aspect.
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
1.9
The painfully long and insufferable last act is like being stuck in a bad first person shooter video game nightmare.
Internet Reviews
2.5
Its a cheeky, absurd, exhilarating slice of rock n roll moviemaking.
Boston
2.5
We all know why were here if you want believeable characters and some kind of emotional journey rent The Color Purple instead.
Smh
1.0
Doom is exactly what you think it is a noisy, gory, silly movie taken from a video game, populated with disposable cardboard characters running around ..
Mountain X
0.6
Two people in prison will likely be released after it was revealed that an Eden Prairie detective illegally searched a defendants car, then created a ..
Star Tribune
1.3
It turned out to be a complete bust..Torontos pre megacity mayors on the last time Queens Park messed with city politics With the city on the brink of ..
Toronto Star
1.5
Doom steals the best bits from other action/sci fi/horror films and throws them into the blender with a bucket of blood and some dodgy latex effects t ..
Eye For Film
1.5
Entirely derivative, Doom is made to look like any other sci fi action horror film or rather, its made from bits of many of them.And still you might b ..
2.0
Any career underachiever will tell you that when expectations are low you can really shine.Or at least not utterly fail.
Movies
2.0
if youre going to make a video game adaptation this boring, why not just call it Myst and be done with it
Flim Threet
4.5
Just feels like The Rock marking time and paying more dues until the more interesting and challenging offers come his way.
Mr Brown Movies
2.5
What works interactively on the television screen has little chance of satisfying when saddled within the conforms of a scripted, acted cinematic effo ..
The Movie Boy
2.5
Now for the bad news: Doom is a great video game movie, but it is by no means a great movie.
Bullz-Eye
0.5
The unnecessarily embellished storyline and dreadful acting unfortunately trump any notion of Doom being a classic film.
Birth Movies Death
3.0
For action fans, director Andrzej Bartkowiak delivers the requisite mayhem with a little more creativity than usual.
Seattle Pi
1.5
With a complete lack of suspense the movie involves plenty of gratuitous gore and violence regarding mutating aliens that infect everyone in the outpo ..
Coles Mithey
2.5
For the rest of us, let me suggest we do what I suggested earlier, and thats return home, turn on our computer and boot up the game. Well certainly ha ..
Movie Freak
3.0
For a relatively short film only 100 minutes it has a fairly slow build.
3.0
During the obligatory explanation scene in Doom, I was quickly disinterested. I kept thinking, Okay, enough talk. Lets start blowing things up.
7M Pictures
0.6
Look, the real wonder of WW84 is that this maybe isnt the worst thing about it.
Film Freak Central
2.0
Even for a movie based on a splatterrific shoot em up videogame, Doom is doomed.
E Online
2.0
The RRTS contains half a dozen specialists, but theyre largely indistinguishable.
0.5
wonder how the respected cinematographer Andrzej Bartkowiak (Prizzis Honor, Terms of Endearment) came to direct such muddled, derivative crap.
La Weekly
1.0
Im sitting here shakey of hand and bulgey of eye, trying to convey just how pitiful this film is. Yet no words I can think of do justice to this dross ..
Mirror
2.0
Those pure of spirit will become super fast and strong but otherwise retain their humanity.The movie never claimed to be plausible.
Three Movie Buffs
1.9
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Kansas City
1.5
Characters keep disappearing and reappearing without explanation and comic moments and moral messages dont do drugs, genetic tampering is wrong jar ag ..
Stuff
1.3
In the movies climax, and most ridiculous moment, Bartkowiak even switches to a first person perspective like in the video game.Sadly, its the only ti ..
Waffle Movies
2.0
It is, simply, the most explosive home computer game franchise phenomenon in history.
Movie Web
3.0
You will be able to save yourself from getting disappointed of watching nothing but a lame movie.
Window To The Movies
1.0
Based on a best selling computer game, Doom is a dim reworking of Aliens starring the handsome former professional wrestler Dwayne Johnson, who perfor ..
Film Guardian
1.5
What the movie lacks in story, it makes up for in cost cutting: Its mostly shot in dark, endlessly redressed hallways, and its advertised beast is nev ..
Or Lando Weekly
4.0
Doom is, hands down, the best video game based movie ever by far.
Jam! Movies
2.0
High art and smart sci fi it is not, but you have to hand it to a film that plays its cards right, lays everything out on the table, and goes for brok ..
From The Balcony
3.0
I cannot think of a Rock performance Ive disliked, but Im also sure that he doesnt have a single bona fide good movie on his resume.
Film Blather
1.0
However low your expectations are for the movie take on the videogame Doom, lower them more
Filmcritic.com
1.3
Youre supposed to watch a movie and play a videogame; they want us to watch a videogame (which is not fun) and feel like were playing a movie (which i ..
Aisle Seat
1.9
We want you to be happy!.What if I do a mailing and get returned mail
Movie Eye
1.0
The movie takes itself so seriously; it has eliminated all possibility of fun. Youd be better off going back to the video game and skipping the doomed ..
TheMovieChicks.com
1.0
The movie based on that best selling body count game is ugly, stupefyingly stupid and gross.
Orlando Sentinel
1.5
If hes not careful, the fact that The Rocks characters except for his comedic turn in Be Cool are dreadfully similar is going to take its toll on his ..
IGN Movies
4.0
The audience was laughing and clapping and having a hell of a time.Most of the movie is practically the dictionary definition of big dumb fun.
Juicy Cerebellum
2.0
Doom isnt doomed, but the movie doesnt let loose and really rock until its final third.
Week In Rewind
2.0
A movie inspired by a video game inspired by a broad range of action/horror flicks. The snake is eating its own tail again. Weve seen this trick befor ..
Dread Central
2.0
It comes as no surprise that the director blunders the material badly, if you can even call it material to begin with.
Film Jerk
1.5
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2 The Advocate
2.5
The best thing I can say about Doom is that it isnt nearly as bad as the vast majority of video game to film adaptations.
Stardem
2.5
Despite some solid moves against viewer expectations, Doom ultimately embraces the cliched doom of all video game movies.
Chicago Tribune
2.0
Gamers would be better off playing Doom or sitting in front of a blank screen than wasting time with this incredibly dull Aliens rip off.
Reel Times: Reflections on ..
3.5
Like the sci fi horror action adventure game upon which it based, Doom is an unapologetically big, loud, raucous adrenaline rush.
Horror
2.0
Our mission is to find our necks, Rock tells his ornery platoon. I left mine in a locker at Golds Gym in 1985, and I havent seen it since.
Movie Juice
1.9
...mainly works as a celebration of very big guns one guy walks around with what appears to be a rototiller and the sort of holes they can put in livi ..
Suburban Chicago News
1.3
Doom is a loud, ugly movie, and even the relatively creative first person sequence cant make up for all thats come before.
Boston Phoenix
1.9
Those who step up to the box office window and request Doom will get what they asked for.
Arizona Daily Star
2.5
Fans of the game would rather play it themselves than watch someone else do it for them.
4.5
A nifty piece of low ambition entertainment that knows exactly what it is, and delivers fairly well on its promises.
3.1
Theres never a dull moment in this surprisingly clever imagining of one of the most popular video games of all time, especially considering that the m ..
Seattle Times
3.0
While it doesnt necessarily break much new ground, its makers are also smart enough to not try to do more than they have the means to convincingly acc ..
Now Playing Mag
2.0
DOOM Fans, rejoice! The movie might not be intellectually stimulating, but its huge fun.
Edge Boston
0.0
Director Andrzej Bartkowiak wants to give us the ultimate sugar rush, but all we get is the rush with none of the sugar and the come down is headache ..
2.5
Shows, once again, that most ... are best left in their original form, allowing people to get their visceral thrills in the way theyre accustomed with ..
Mark Reviews Movies Tripod ..
1.5
Doom somehow takes a game about demons from Hell invading a military base on Mars and turns it into a boring and clich ridden film technically devoid ..
hoganreviews.co.uk
2.5
Doom is a standard science fiction/horror film that threatens to be substandard before perking up considerably in its final half.
Sac Ticket
2.5
Whether the sequence is artistically valid is debatable, yet visually it offers a fresh perspective.
Lj World
2.0
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Scifi
1.5
I dont mean metaphorically gloomy; I mean literally I couldnt see a damn thing half of the time.
Black Horror Movies
1.0
In this formulaic, claustrophobic shootem up, based on a video game, soldiers quell a mutant uprising on Mars.
Nytimes
1.5
A bland lifeless piece of science fiction fodder that really doesnt pay homage to the game.
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