Review of Doomsday (2008) by Joe A — 24 Mar 2012
A fun tribute to Escape from New York and the Road Warrior, that's like a time capsule trip back to the early 80's. And to those who call it unoriginal and a rip-off ,don't get it. It's supposed to be reminiscent of those two 80's classics.
Doomsday is a homage,and director Neil Marshall never intended it otherwise. I am a big fan of Marshall and his previous films Dog Soldiers and, one of my favorite horrors, The Descent, and I get exactly what he was doing here.
The similarities are all deliberate and taken as such this film is a nostalgic blast. And not to forget that Rhona Mitra makes a smoking hot female Snake Plissken/Mad Max. If you are a fan of those two classic movies then pull up a chair, open a beer and relive the spirit of those genre classics that is so perfectly recaptured here.
This review of Doomsday (2008) was written by Joe A on 24 Mar 2012.
Doomsday has generally received mixed reviews.
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