Doom: Annihilation (2019)

Follows a group of UAC Marines as they respond to a distress call from a top secret scientific base on Phobos, a Martian moon, only to discover it's been overrun by demons who threaten to create Hell on Earth.

Director:

Tony Giglio

Writer:

Tony Giglio (screenplay)

Stars:

Amy Manson, Dominic Mafham, Luke Allen-Gale

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Amy Manson	...	Lieutenant Joan Dark
Dominic Mafham	...	Dr. Malcolm Betruger
Luke Allen-Gale	...	Dr. Bennett Stone
James Weber Brown	...	Captain Hector Savage
Clayton Adams	...	Private Steven Winslow
Nina Bergman	...	Private Carley Corbin
Amer Chadha-Patel	...	Private Rance Redguo
Gavin Brocker	...	Sergeant Harry Friesen
Chidi Ajufo	...	Sergeant Logan Akua
Hari Dhillon	...	Dr. Ahmed Kahn
Katrina Nare	...	Dr. Veronica Cyr
Arkie Reece	...	Captain Fadel Tarek
Jemma Moore	...	Private Li Chen
Louis Mandylor	...	Chaplain Glover
Gina Philips	...	Daisy (voice)

Storyline

Follows a group of UAC Marines as they respond to a distress call from a top secret scientific base on Phobos, a Martian moon, only to discover it's been overrun by demons who threaten to create Hell on Earth.

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Plot Keywords:

based on video game | mars | monsters | demons | hell | 

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Taglines:

Your Mission: Don't Die

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for bloody violence and language throughout

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 October 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Doom - Die Vernichtung

Filming Locations:

Sofia, Bulgaria

Company Credits

Production Co:

Battle Mountain Films, Di Bonaventura Pictures, John Wells Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Malcolm Betruger is a character from the game Doom 3.

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Goofs

The floor to the fusion reactor room is clearly the same floor that was previously used in the botanical chamber.

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Quotes

Lieutenant Joan Dark: [after half of the squad was just killed by demons, Joan pushes Bennett up against a wall] What the fuck is going on? No bullshit!
Dr. Bennett Stone: I don't know! I swear!
Lieutenant Joan Dark: There's something that you are not telling us.
Dr. Bennett Stone: They found evidence of alien life.
Private Steven Winslow: I fucking knew it!

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Connections

Referenced in Doom the Movie Chooses an Interesting Marketing Campaign... (2019)

User Reviews

Cheap, Flat, Ridden With Clichés & Disrespectful of the Source Material

I think we all knew this was going to proper bad - low budget, cheap actors, mediocre director & no involvement from the authors of the original concept and all the games. Bad it was.

The very start states quickly what kind of thing will follow, the first shot is full of grade b cgi and even the opening titles were zero-budget style. We get introduced to a bunch of painfully clicheic characters (carried out by stiff acting) and plotline, surrounded by plasticky looking props and sets, effortless cinematography, boring color grading and so on and so forth. The special FX is mix of cheap cgi and practical fx that don't impress much. References to the contents of the games are there, a few, but to no satisfaction. So it continues for 90 minutes, from time to time entertaining us with emotionless and uninspiring action sequences. Oh, and the original score can be described the same way. There is some amount of much needed gore, but not creative enough or just simply not enough of it to compensate for anything. As the movie passes by, You find yourself predicting events and not caring for any of the characters - most you're going to feel is cringe or anger, if you're a "Doom" game franchise fan. You're also going to be very bored.

I loved "Doom 3", have played it through for three times & if there's anything good "Doom: Annihilation" did is inspiring me to play one of the games again. I'm recommending a hard pass on this absolutely lame and disappointing game adaptation. My rating: 2/10.