Doom (2005)

Director:

Andrzej Bartkowiak

Writers (WGA):

Dave Callaham (screenplay) and
Wesley Strick (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

21 October 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

No one gets out alive.

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Mars | Soldier | Hell | Space Marine | Monster

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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

Also Known As:

Doom - Der Film (Germany)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence/gore and language.

Runtime:

100 min | USA:113 min (unrated version)

Country:

UK | Czech Republic | Germany | USA

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Finland:K-18 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Netherlands:16 | Germany:18 | Canada:14A (Manitoba) | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:15 | New Zealand:R16 | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Philippines:R-13 | Taiwan:R-18 | Hong Kong:IIB | Indonesia:Dewasa | Argentina:13 | Argentina:16 | Norway:15 | Ireland:16 | Sweden:15 | France:-12 | Czech Republic:15 | USA:Unrated (unrated DVD version) | Iceland:16 | Singapore:M18 (unrated extended edition) | Brazil:18 | Malaysia:18SG | Italy:VM14 | USA:R (certificate #42048) | Ireland:18 (DVD rating) | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Japan:R-15 | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Barrandov Studios, Krizeneckeho namesti, Prague, Czech Republic

Company:

John Wells Productions

Trivia:

"Pinky Demon" is a monster from the game and has organic front legs but mechanical rear legs.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: When Portman and Goat check the chemical levels in the airlock, Portman mentions magnesium, chromium, and lead. We see his "chemical detection" device, and in the order he stated, follow the symbols Mg, Cr, and Ld. The symbol for lead is not Ld, but Pb. However, this is not necessarily a goof, since the device is not labeled as a Periodic Table, and the display may be "dumbed down" for common usage by lay people. "Ld" is a reasonable abbreviation for Lead for people without a chemistry or Latin background (Latin for metallic lead: Plumbum).

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.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Andy Barker, P.I.: Dial M for Laptop (#1.4)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

You Know What You Are?

Movie delivers what it promises

I, unlike other people, did not find this movie to be a disappointment. I didn't go into this movie with high expectations. A movie based on a video game will never have an amazing story, or exceptionally good acting worth an academy award. A movie like this will have good action, reasonable suspense, and be the type of movie you can watch again and enjoy it just as much as the first time. For the most part, this movie lives up to those expectations. It has good action sequences, it is a re-watchable movie, and the storyline isn't quite as bad as I thought it would be. Sure, they changed stuff from the video game during the transition, but it still worked, and you cant expect everything in the video game to work as a movie, they had to change some things to help the cinematic view of it. I would recommend this movie to anyone who wants to watch a movie with solid action sequences and anyone who is looking for some fun with their friends.