Doom (2005)

Space Marines are sent to investigate strange events at a research facility on Mars but find themselves at the mercy of genetically enhanced killing machines.

Director:

Andrzej Bartkowiak

Writers:

Dave Callaham (screenplay), Wesley Strick (screenplay),

Stars:

Karl Urban, Deobia Oparei, Rosamund Pike

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Karl Urban	...	John Grimm
Deobia Oparei	...	Destroyer (as DeObia Oparei)
Rosamund Pike	...	Samantha Grimm
Razaaq Adoti	...	Duke (as Raz Adoti)
Richard Brake	...	Portman
Al Weaver	...	The Kid
Dexter Fletcher	...	Pinky
Brian Steele	...	Hell Knight
Ben Daniels	...	Goat
Dwayne Johnson	...	Sarge (as The Rock)
Yao Chin	...	Mac
Robert Russell	...	Dr. Carmack
Daniel York	...	Lt. Huengs
Ian Hughes	...	Sanford Crosby
Sara Houghton	...	Dr. Jenna Willits

Storyline

Something has gone wrong at a remote scientific research station on Mars. All research has ceased. Communication has failed. And the messages that do get through are less than comforting. It's a level 5 quarantine and the only souls allowed in or out are the Rapid Response Tactical Squad - hardened Marines armed to the teeth with enough firepower to neutralize the enemy...or so they think.

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Plot Keywords:

quarantine | monster | soldier | space marine | hell | 

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Taglines:

No one gets out alive.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence/gore and language

Details

Official Sites:

UIP [France] Universal [United States]

Country:

UK Czech Republic Germany USA

Language:

English Japanese

Release Date:

21 October 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Doom: La puerta del infierno

Filming Locations:

Czech Republic

Box Office

Budget:

$60,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$564,770 (Spain) (30 December 2005)

Gross:

$7,537,418 (Europe) (30 December 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

John Wells Productions, Di Bonaventura Pictures, Doom Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min 113 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

A nuclear explosion sequence on the Mars facility was filmed but not used in the final cut.

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Goofs

Throughout the movie, Sarge calls the Marines "soldiers." In reality, Marines are deeply offended when they are called "soldiers." Soldiers are Army.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Samantha Grimm: [narrating] In the year 2026 archaeologists working in the Nevada desert discovered a portal to an ancient city on Mars. They call this portal the Ark. Twenty years later, we're still struggling to understand why it was built and what happened to the civilization that built it.

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Crazy Credits

In the opening Universal logo, the Earth is replaced with the planet Mars.

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Connections

Featured in Siskel & Ebert: The Worst of 2005 (2006)

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Soundtracks

"You Know What You Are?"
(Clint Mansell Remix)
Written by Trent Reznor
Performed by Nine Inch Nails
Courtesy of Interscope Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Additional Production by Clint Mansell

User Reviews

Doom The Movie

I never got to see this movie in the theater and recently got a chance to see the uncut edition. Honestly my very first impression of the movie was "this is cool". Then my fanboyism got a hold of me and realized it was not doom. Honestly if this movie would have been called "UAC Marines", "Viral Apocalypse" or something else random, this movie would have done A LOT better. It was actually really good for a sci-fi movie. Much in the vein of Resident Evil meets Mission To Mars. The thing that really made this movie not a movie about DOOM however was the lack of cohesive elements to the game story. In the game it's all about hell and demons and weird psycho doctors wanting to be more psycho. The movie focuses on an ancient race designing a machine called the ARC, this machine makes direct transport to mars possible. There seems to be a problem on mars and the UAC Marines are sent in to investigate. The next about an hour and forty five minutes is all about trying to figure out what happened and destroy the threat if any. It's your very standard sci-fi story but it achieves what it's meant to do. Entertain you for a moment. The movies main downfall is it is only LOOSELY based around the game that everyone wanted to see on film. However to appease the fanboys(girls?) out there DOOM does have a very unique experience visually in the form of a (about 5-10 minute) segment where the camera is completely shot in first person perspective. Which having never seen this EVER done in a film was really neat. A bit out of place where they chose to do it in my opinion but cool nonetheless. Overall if you want to see a really interesting take on a sci-fi movie checkout DOOM, if you are wanting a direct translation of the video game, I suggest you just keep playing the video game.

Visuals: 7 Sound: 9 Gore To Idiocy Factory: 3 (It's there and does what it needs to do. Not over the top or retarded to the point you just wonder why it's there in the first place) Cliché Catch Phrases: 5 (Standard Sci-Fi) Overall Score: 6