| | | No One Gets Out Alive|No One Gets Out Alive.
Features: HD DVD, Unrated, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, Dolby Digital (5.1) Plus; Dolby Digital Surround, Featurette, Game Strategy, Shooter Sequence, English, Spanish, French Subtitled
A frantic call for help from a remote research station on Mars sends a team of mercenary Marines into action. Led by The Rock and Karl Urban, they descend into the Olduvai Research Station, where they find a legion of nightmarish creatures, lurking in the darkness, killing at will. Once there, the Marines must use an arsenal of firepower to carry out their mission: nothing gets out alive. Based on the hugely popular video game, Doom is an explosive action-packed thrill ride!
"...a mutant cross between a biotech thriller and a zombie movie..." Justin Chang, Variety
"...a few jolts, a few good laughs and an attractive female lead..." Mike Clark, USA Today
Editor's Note
In the not-so-distant future, a portal has been discovered leading from Earth to Mars, where the government operates a research base to examine the ruins of a lost civilization; scientists are studying it, conducting experiments they perhaps shouldn't be, and trying find out what happened. Answer: nothing good. That's what Sarge (The Rock) and his unit of high-tech Marines find out the hard way when they're sent to investigate a disturbance on the base--which turns out to be nothing less than an infestation of terrifying, evil, flesh-eating monsters.DOOM, based on one of the most popular video games of all time, knows exactly what it wants to do, and wastes no time in doing it. Andrzej Bartkowiak, the director of lean, effective action flicks like ROMEO MUST DIE and EXIT WOUNDS, gets right to the meat of the movie: marines versus monsters in dark, dank corridors. The Rock brings just the right balance of bad-ass attitude and deadpan humor to the role of Sarge, while the cast's other standout is Reaper (LORD OF THE RINGS' Karl Urban), who tries to repair his strained relationship with his sister Samantha (Rosamund Pike), one of the base's scientists. They're joined by a motley crew, including the twisted Portman, intensely religious Goat, affable Duke, and newbie The Kid. While the plot differs from that of the game in a few key ways, it remains true to the spirit of the original--a no-frills fest of shooting, explosions, gore, and vicious zombies. The game was, of course, a "first-person shooter," and in an inspired moment, the movie turns itself into one for a stretch. It's exhilarating, as are several surprising twists that separate this fun, streamlined action extravaganza from lesser video game adaptations.
| Features | Basic Training With The Rock: Join The Rock and cast for combat training with special military experts. | | Master Monster Makers: Discover how the terrifying creatures came to life. | | First-Person Shooter Sequence: Survive a longer, never-before-seen version of this groundbreaking sequence, then see how it was created. | | Doom Nation: Explore the global phenomenon of the world's most addictive video game. | | Game On!: Get strategies and tips on a beginner's tour oft he hit game. | | Widescreen Presentation | | Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
| | Audio: English Dolby Digital (5.1) Plus; Dolby Digital Surround |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Universal |
| Release Date: 8/8/2006 |
| Running Time: 113 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2005 | | Catalog ID: 26453 | | UPC: 00025192645327 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 2.35:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | USA Today
"DOOM has a few jolts, a few good laughs and an attractive female lead..." 10/21/2005 p.3EDVD Verdict 7 of 10
Let me ask you this: If you have a mega-popular video game franchise that bases its entire plot around a solitary Marine blowing up demons from Hell, and you remove that "demons from Hell" part what are you left with? Not the plotline of the game, that's for sure...This is one of the three big complaints I have about Doom: its abandonment of the "dimension to Hell" storyline. The other two: an over-reliance on action cliches and, frankly, its tedious pacing...You'll probably find no bigger fan of big, dumb fun on this site than me, and my standards are pretty low when it comes to judging the quality of said fun, but this flick could manage only two engaging action sequences. Now that puts the "doo" in Doom...A few kudos before I leave: a) the creature effects are really quite good, and the CGI is better than decent, b) the BFG is ballsy, though we never see it explicitly used on a monster, and c) this film earns its rating with a good amount of blood and guts. - David Johnson
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