Review of Doom (2005) by Lace — 23 May 2009
The Rock as Sarge leads his band of space marines on a mission to Mars in this film (some would say loosely) based on the highly influential and acclaimed video game series of the same name. And for a popcorn action flick it succeeds for the most part, in that I've seen a great many worse game adaptations than this. Hell, the mere fact that the film doesn't have either Uwe Boll nor Paul Anderson anywhere in it's credits is case enough for celebration. The film is merely an entertaining time-waster , nothing more nothing less. 2 hours of brainless escapism that you'll quickly forget. Sure some nerdy crybabies will cry about the deviations from the story, but that's just what nerdy crybabies do. Listen I'm not saying the movie s without faults, the CGI is not up to par, the story s fairly generic, and there's an anti-military bent to it that almost makes me want to puke. I'm just saying with all that's wrong with the film it's still one of the better ones based on a video game.
My Grade: C-.
Where I saw it: Starz on Demnd.
Reviewed by Kevin O'Keefe on IMDB.
This review of Doom (2005) was written by Lace on 23 May 2009.
Doom has generally received mixed reviews.
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