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viktor_haagHaving just seen the trailer for Neil Marshall's Doomsday, I must say, I have little urge at all to see this film. It looks like a Cormanized mashup of Road Warrior, 28 Days Later, and Escape From New York. What does it have going for it?
Well, Bob Hoskins, I suppose. And presumably pouty-temptress-du-jour Rhona Mitra must be seen as an advantage by some (as, presumably, is Nora-Jane Noone).
But any "sci-fi/horror/action/drama/thriller" that takes as its premise that a deadly virus can be stopped by re-building Hadrian's Wall... well, let's just say that the "plausbility" usually associated with well-written science-fiction isn't high on its list of priorities...
So, what we get (presumably) is yet another entry in the "horror == sci-fi" camp, and a rather campy one at that.
I rather liked Dog Soldiers; it had a certain low-budget charm, and had at least the good graces to not attempt to be plausible at all. But it looks to me as if Neil Marshall has just been given too much money.
Well, Bob Hoskins, I suppose. And presumably pouty-temptress-du-jour Rhona Mitra must be seen as an advantage by some (as, presumably, is Nora-Jane Noone).
But any "sci-fi/horror/action/drama/thriller" that takes as its premise that a deadly virus can be stopped by re-building Hadrian's Wall... well, let's just say that the "plausbility" usually associated with well-written science-fiction isn't high on its list of priorities...
So, what we get (presumably) is yet another entry in the "horror == sci-fi" camp, and a rather campy one at that.
I rather liked Dog Soldiers; it had a certain low-budget charm, and had at least the good graces to not attempt to be plausible at all. But it looks to me as if Neil Marshall has just been given too much money.
