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Doomsday (UK - DVD R2/4 | BD)

Click here for some early news about the forthcoming Universal DVD release

Title: Doomsday (IMDb)
Starring: Rhona Mitra
Released: 1st September 2008
SRP: £19.99

Further Details:
Universal Pictures has announced the DVD and Blu-ray releases of Doomsday for the 1st of September, priced at around £19.99 and £24.99 respectively. Early details can be found below, along with the artwork.

2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen Transfer
Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio
Feature Commentary with Director Neil Marshall and Cast Members Sean Pertwee, Darren Morfitt, Rick Warden and Les Simpson
Anatomy of Catastrophe: Civilization on the Brink (17:24)
The Visual Effects and Wizardry of Doomsday (8:26)
Devices of Death: Guns, Gadgets and Vehicles of Destruction (20:24)

Retail Artwork

HMV Exclusive Artwork

Exploded Packshot Slipcase Booklet

Blu-ray Artwork

News by Chris Gould

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The Curmudgeon

Yeah Neil, "homage" is all well and good if the final product doesn't turn out to be hateful, laughable dogs**t.

wolfarcher

I liked this OK. If you go into thinking its gonna be The Godfather, then you're going to be disappointed. If you're expecting a cheesy, loud, gorey action movie, then you'll not be let down.

Anyway, I like the HMV artwork, but the others are pretty bad.

shatnerfan

Missed it in the theaters, but watched it last night on DVD. I loved it. I put it in the same vein as "Planet Terror". Strictly an intentional homage to other films on the director's part.

It's funny, but I think most of the professional reviewers didn't bother to read or listen to anything Neil said on the press junket for this when it was first released. He openly states that he wanted to make a movie using elements from some of his favorite sci-fi flicks as a kid, specifically the "Mad Max" series and "Escape From New York". He didn't hide the fact that he ripped off plot points, character types, or even action sequences.

I took it for what the director intended and I liked it.

nefilim

Chris Gould wrote: Dog Soldiers was c**p as well. I never saw The Descent.

nope ! dog soldiers is good film and descent even better. seen it few times and always scares and shocks, check it even if not a fan of genre...

David Blackwell

I like the exclusive art stuff. not bad. I need to watch the DVD again this weekend.

lionel

Decent a string of everything we have already seen... done badly.
Escape from New York.
The Road Warrior.
28 Days Later.

SKIP.

Fabricio De Zuasnabar

im so dissapointed with Neil. this was awful... my rating for this (C-) and it gets a C cuz of the gore, action, etc, but not a good movie at all...

The Curmudgeon

Dog Soldiers was a blast, the Descent was superb, and so I was really looking forward to this film. Oh dear.

Even if you sit through Doomsday 100 times, you will still not believe how deeply, darkly, dreadful it really is.

Don't waste your money.

aphexbr

@Chris: Wow, which reviews were you reading? The Descent gets 85% on Rotten Tomatoes, and it routinely gets called the best British horror of that year, if not the decade. It's a fantastic movie, very tense and claustrophobic in the first half before the horror stuff even kicks in. Highly recommended.

As for Doomsday, not seen it yet. Apparently it's a mish-mash of all the 80s post-apocalyptic movies (mainly Mad Max 2 and Escape From New York). it's supposedly derivative as hell but fun if you can get your head round that.

David Blackwell

MY second favorite film of the year.

legalbeagle

US BR is awesome... nice PQ and DTS HD track is as aggressive as hell... must own if you like the movie... Dog Soldiers & Descent are EXCELLENT films...

Chris Gould

Fabricio De Zuasnabar wrote: Chris Gould wrote: I never saw The Descent.MAN, 'The Descent' was/is/will be the best HORROR movie of its year... and probably the best HORROR movie in a long time...

I read a lot of reviews that said it was c**p, and I'm not really a horror fan anyway.

kinglasgow

This was rubbish the Descent is his best film so far.

Fabricio De Zuasnabar

Chris Gould wrote: I never saw The Descent.

MAN, 'The Descent' was/is/will be the best HORROR movie of its year... and probably the best HORROR movie in a long time...

highly recommended...

ABOUT THIS (DOOMSDAY) it comes out next week here (R1) and i'll be picking it up 4 sure

leigh1975

I kind of liked it, but it's fair to say it's more plagarism than homage - the heroine even has an eyepatch. Meh.

Chris Gould

Just learned it's out on BD here as well.

rebel-scum

Escape From New York on acid, that's probably the best way to describe it. I enjoyed it, simply because it so bat-sh*t crazy and had some terribly inventive death sequences. It's flawed, but fun. I've ordered the U.S. Blu-ray at any rate.

Chris Gould

Dog Soldiers was c**p as well. I never saw The Descent.

Andy3105

Is it just me, or does this film look like c**p?

I don't know what happened to Marshall, but his first two outings were excellent.............

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