OK, so this is a movie, not a PC game. There are many people who have never played Doom or Quake etc, or who've played it but didn't like it. This movie has to 'work' as a movie, the games the posters and the T-shirts are already out there.
As has been pointed out, this movie does bear an *awfully* strong resemblance to Resident Evil (the movie), not the computer game which was written years (1996) after Doom the computer game (1993), but with bigger monsters, and bigger guns. But then Doom's reason for existence as a game was as the best game for any computer with the best immersive graphics and was a mindless 'if it moves, kill it' blast-em-up, to the beat of a heavy, zany rock music soundtrack. Doom didn't really have a plot which would work as a movie, but as a blast-em-up game it didn't need to have. It does need to have a halfway plausible plot if it's going to become a movie, however.
They have modified the plot slightly from the game, but the basic spirit is there, albeit a little diluted.
I did find the movie a little slow and wordy at times, I was expecting a non-stop rush of evil monsters almost from the word go. I scarcely felt the overriding sense of being totally enclosed with little chance of escape, surrounded by deadly evil, that was a component of the game - probably because there was too much chatter. The movie was given more plot (and dialogue) than it strictly speaking needed, I think.
The actors gave very creditable performances on the whole, with no-one standing out as being particularly hammy - annoying maybe - as part of their 'character', but no-one shining as giving an outstanding performance either.
There was only a short period towards the end of the movie where there was a real sense of this being the movie of the game - it's fun while it lasts, although the music could have been a little louder in the mix!
If you fancy a not half bad part chatter part blast-em-up movie with some half decent special effects it's absolutely worth watching. I enjoyed it, but felt that it should have been a bit faster-paced.
It is very similar to the Resident Evil movie, overall I'd say probably not as good, but it's not exactly the same, and it's not as grim and foreboding somehow. It's a bit John Carpenter-ish, although I think he would have done a slightly better job of it, it doesn't stand out as needing to be a whole lot better - it's OK as it stands. Just that, OK or quite good, but not brilliant.
As has been pointed out, this movie does bear an *awfully* strong resemblance to Resident Evil (the movie), not the computer game which was written years (1996) after Doom the computer game (1993), but with bigger monsters, and bigger guns. But then Doom's reason for existence as a game was as the best game for any computer with the best immersive graphics and was a mindless 'if it moves, kill it' blast-em-up, to the beat of a heavy, zany rock music soundtrack. Doom didn't really have a plot which would work as a movie, but as a blast-em-up game it didn't need to have. It does need to have a halfway plausible plot if it's going to become a movie, however.
They have modified the plot slightly from the game, but the basic spirit is there, albeit a little diluted.
I did find the movie a little slow and wordy at times, I was expecting a non-stop rush of evil monsters almost from the word go. I scarcely felt the overriding sense of being totally enclosed with little chance of escape, surrounded by deadly evil, that was a component of the game - probably because there was too much chatter. The movie was given more plot (and dialogue) than it strictly speaking needed, I think.
The actors gave very creditable performances on the whole, with no-one standing out as being particularly hammy - annoying maybe - as part of their 'character', but no-one shining as giving an outstanding performance either.
There was only a short period towards the end of the movie where there was a real sense of this being the movie of the game - it's fun while it lasts, although the music could have been a little louder in the mix!
If you fancy a not half bad part chatter part blast-em-up movie with some half decent special effects it's absolutely worth watching. I enjoyed it, but felt that it should have been a bit faster-paced.
It is very similar to the Resident Evil movie, overall I'd say probably not as good, but it's not exactly the same, and it's not as grim and foreboding somehow. It's a bit John Carpenter-ish, although I think he would have done a slightly better job of it, it doesn't stand out as needing to be a whole lot better - it's OK as it stands. Just that, OK or quite good, but not brilliant.
