Review of Doomsday (2008) by Jens S — 09 May 2011

Call me crazy but the idea of a "Escape from new York" and "Mad Max" mix set in the Scottish highlands sounds fantastic. And the premise of isolated and virus infected Scotland starts out rather promising.

The film has very little ideas that aren't based on other movies, in the beginning it's the tank cars from "Aliens", later the films mentioned above. That's fairly entertaining but sadly gets dumber every minute.

It's just one of those films where you can always tell what's about to happen to the next minor character who's not needed anymore. The cinematography is rather decent and the soundtrack and editing always suggest there is excitement, when you really couldn't care less.

The final Mad Max car chase is decent enough and shows how much fun this could have been with a little more brains and a little less predictability. Sadly, this is just a huge collection of stereotypes that takes itself way too seriously.