Doomsday Review
by Ray Katz (r_katz AT eightmile DOT net)March 22nd, 2008
"Doomsday" plays tough and sassy, B+
NOTE - I am reviewing this as a Genre Film - this shifts criteria
1 Overalls Score: B+
2 Direction, Production and Script Values:
This script is sharp.....but what gives it the boost is the quality of the actors. Rhona Mitra is like Kate of the "Underworld" series, a charismatic, totally in control, sexually charged woman who have
serious acting dimension. Both Bob Hoskins and Malcolm McDowell have nuanced roles with actual motive and texture, while the supporting cast is never less than professional B Movie competent.
What this writer-director does is to never stay in one "Mad Max",
"James Bond", "Knights and Armor" modern "Plague city" background so long that the seams and such show. And Cleverly, these eras and stage settings make sense in the world of the story. It's fast paced,
(believe me, if you stop to think, this schtick will vanish).
3 Mayhem :
The Cannibalism is chillingly explicit, killing, cooking and carving
and eating. The gore is photo-real. Scores people getting blasted away and such. "Everybody Fights, Everybody dies" is the fight scene extra's creed here.
One great sword fight between the 2 female leads to the decapitation death. It it brutal physically, abrupt non-ballet fighting - like Segal's "Above the Law", and not interrupted.
The knight fight between out heroine and the chief knight is
"Gladiator" tough. This film steals with gusto!
4 Notes:
The background wit and not following expected roads makes this a show
to see, the scenery and wildly changing backdrops for the high octane action makes this a see in the theater show.
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