DVD Release
The Reaper Virus is killing millions in the UK and the only way to contain the spread of the lethal contagion is to wall off Scotland! Almost 30 years later, signs of life behind the wall convince the government that a cure must have been discovered and their anxious to get their hands on it. A squad of soldiers, lead by the enigmatic Eden, are sent in but they’re unprepared for the horrors they encounter behind the wall!
If you can imagine a film that combines Mad Max 2 & 3, Escape from New York and Underworld, that’s pretty damn close to Neil Marshall’s Doomsday. It’s nowhere near the classic status as the Mad Max films or Escape from New York but it’s just as entertaining, if not moreso! Doomsday has it all, there hasn’t been a post-apocalyptic pie this good since the 80s, Marshall holds nothing back! There’s cannibalism, post-nuke punkers and a medieval society lead by cult icon, Malcolm McDowell!
Was Doomsday original? Not at all, we’ve seen the whole “Send somebody into a forbidden city in search of…” plotline a million times before but entertainment is entertainment no matter how cliché it is. This had style, violence, gore and sex appeal; I was actually disappointed to see it end. The acting was great, the fight choreography solid and the production design fantastic but the thing that really made this fun, for me, was how successful Marshall was in transporting me back to the days of American & Italian post-nuke cinema!
Doomsday is a loving homage to post-nuke cinema of the past and, without a doubt, a party flick! It doesn’t pretend to be something it isn’t, there’s no pretension here, it’s good, clean action!
Doomsday is presented on this release in both rated and unrated versions and there are even a few extras to dig in to. Not bad. Honestly, this was mucho fun though I foresee some people getting bent out of shape over the originality issue. Fair enough. In my opinion, Doomsday is pure adrenaline-fueled post-nuke cinema meant to entertain and nothing more and there ain’t shit wrong with that, right? It’s worth purchasing if you’re a Marshall fan, no question.
