Doom (film)
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Doom is a 2005 American science fiction action horror film directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak and written by David Callaham and Wesley Strick. It is loosely based on the plot of Doom 3, with Dwayne Johnson's "Sarge" character based on Master Sergeant Thomas Kelly from that game. Critics, audiences, and fans of the games panned the film.
Doomed Qualities
- To get the pinky out of the room first: Where the fuck is Doomguy?! Apparently, he's replaced by John Grimm, the film's protagonist, which is unfaithful to the franchise.
- Poor grasp of the source material, much like most other video game movies (except the first-person scene mentioned in GQ#2).
- Oddly enough, the movie switches the series' traditional theme of fighting an invasion of demons from Hell with a run-of-the-mill sci-fi horror plot about people mutating after exposure to Martian DNA. This makes the movie look like a generic zombie movie (similar to the 2002 Resident Evil film) rather than, y'know, a Doom movie.
- Only a few of the game's monsters make it into the movie, mostly low-level ones. Yes, many iconic monsters like the Mancubus, Lost Soul, Baron of Hell, Revenant, and even the Cyberdemon and Spider Mastermind are absent in the film.
- In an early draft, the Cacodemon and the Arch-vile would appear, but they were removed.
- Uninspired plot that's a rehash of the plot from Doom 3 and Doom II: Hell On Earth and even the first entry.
- Forgettable one-note characters like Sam, Reaper, and John himself.
- Terrible visual effects, including the zombies themselves.
- The lighting is even worse as it is too dark.
- Poor acting, such as Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as Sarge.
- Disappointing action sequences that end early.
- Most characters except John fail to get hits on the zombies. How could they not fight well?
- It claims "BFG" stands for "Bio Force Gun" when we all know what it stands for ("Big Fucking/Freaking Gun"), but it doesn't function the way it does in the games. Instead, it just basically fires a big globule of glowing acid.
- In fact, any BFG in the Doom or Quake series would have killed Sarge if he used it the way he does in the film.
Good Qualities
- Great soundtrack composed by Clint Mansell, especially a remix of "You Know What You Are?" by Nine Inch Nails played in the credits.
- The first-person scene is pretty awesome and is the only moment where it has a good grasp of the source material.
- The BFG prop is pretty cool, even if it doesn't work how it should.
- There are some cute little nods to the series, such as the presence of a "Doctor Carmack" named after Id Software veteran John Carmack.
- Although some of the acting is poor, as mentioned above, Karl Urban's role as John "Reaper" Grimm is one of the few highlights of the movie.
- There are some likable characters in there.
- The cinematography is fine.
- Although not great, Andrzej Bartkowiak's direction is somewhat better than Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li.
- The Universal logo variant at the beginning is interesting.
- It's still better than Doom: Annihilation.
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