Title: Doomsday (2008)
Starring Rhona Mitra, Craig Conway, Bob Hoskins, MyAnna Buring and Malcolm McDowell
Produced by Rogue Pictures, Intrepid Pictures and Scion Films
Written and Directed by Neil Marshall
Score: Technical: 90, Story: 70, Acting: 85, Total: 82
Naturally, when I saw the trailer for Doomsday, I thought to myself, “Wait, did they remake Road Warrior or something?” and sure enough…it tried to with a twist. Doomsday essentially reminds us moviegoers about other post-apocalyptic movies from the past that are great, while delivering us a sub-par movie.
A virus breaks out in Scotland, killing almost all its citizens. London police set up a quarantine to keep the virus out of the city, but of course [...]

By Brian Corder
Cast: Rhona Mitra, Malcolm McDowell, Craig Conway
Original Release Date: 2008
Scores: technical: 90; story: 75; acting: 80; overall: 82
Directed by: Neil Marshall
Every since I was a kid I’ve always been a fan of late 70’s and early 80’s action films, I loved films such as Escape from New York, Mad Max, The Warriors and the like, so “Doomsday” to me was a breath of long awaited fresh air. In the not so distant future the deadly virus known as the Reaper Virus has killed most of the residents of Scotland who have been quarantined since the outbreak. Twenty five years later, the virus has spread into Great Britain and [...]