Doomsday (2008)

Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America, South Africa

Action, Thriller, Science Fiction

Rogue Pictures, Intrepid Pictures, Crystal Sky Pictures, Scion Films, Moonlighting Films, Internationale Filmproduktion Blackbird Dritte

Rhona Mitra, Bob Hoskins, Adrian Lester, Alexander Siddig, David O'Hara, Malcolm McDowell

Neil Marshall

Neil Marshall

Taglines: Mankind has an expiration date.

quarantine, dystopia, post-apocalyptic future, sword fight, futuristic, lethal virus, action hero, 2030s

The lethal Reaper virus spreads throughout Britain—infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. Authorities brutally and successfully quarantine the country but, three decades later, the virus resurfaces in a major city. An elite group of specialists is urgently dispatched into the still-quarantined country to retrieve a cure by any means necessary. Shut off from the rest of the world, the unit must battle through a landscape that has become a waking nightmare.

Reviews:

Author: JPV852
Basically a mash-up of 28 Days Later, Mad Max, generic medieval film and Michael Bay rolled into one (not to mention The Warriors and Escape from New York). A bit all over the place but I generally enjoyed the insanity of it all and liked Rhona Mitra as the lead, too bad her career really didn't take off, though I suppose opportunities for action roles for women was limited. **3.5/5**