DOOMSDAY Film Review - 29/7/08

Director Neil Marshall (He of "The Descent" & "Dog Soldiers" fame) pulls out a convoluted mix of homages to a variety of films from the 7o's/80's in the shape of "Doomsday". Bunging in a pile of references to a heap of films from that period but none more so than "Mad Max" and "Escape From New York". After the dire "Resident Evil: Extinction" Mad Max plot I was really worried about "Doomsday" but even though it isn't a great film it's a better B-Movie then "Escape From L.A." ever was!

It's 2035 and the corrupt government of the time (Aren't they all?) have a deadly virus on their hands hitting Glasgow - they seal Scotland off and leave the inhabitants to die. Thirty years later the virus re-appears again in London so a desperate mission to find a cure is launched. Sending a military squad into Scotland secretly they hope to return with some sort of salvation for mankind. Violence galore ensues as the rapidly dwindling squad try to get out alive with the cure until betrayed (surprisingly) by aforesaid corrupt government. Squishy in several places.