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Saturday, 21 June 2014

DOOMSDAY [2008]

Director Neil Marshall takes obvious inspiration from films like Mad Max, Escape From New York, Aliens and 28 Days Later for his violent futuristic thriller, Doomsday.
While the films I mentioned above all seem to have an overly serious look on their faces, Doomsday is nothing but violent fun that just wants to take you for an unsettling and sometimes hilarious ride.
With it's well-timed pacing and bone-crunching enthusiasm on it's side, hopefully one can forgive it's many plotholes.  This is b-movie material and not too much more.  Marshall knows this and seems to be interested in entertaining himself first and giving the critics a nail-bat over the cranium instead of something a bit more meaty.

3 all-seeing eyeballs out of 5

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