Reviews

I don't think the current IMDb score is justified... I know there is a lot of Uwe Boll haters out there and to be honest seeing him in this movie made my blood boil also.

I can't really find anything wrong with this movie to me its a decent adaptation from the game... Not perfect but still a lot better than I expected.

If you liked the randomness, insanity and weirdness of the game's, I think you might actually enjoy this movie. There's a lot of things I would have done differently but still it's not a complete f*ck up that you usually expect from a Boll movie (well the movie in general is one big insane f*ck up :).

If you can just put aside all the hatred you have collected for Mr. Boll during the years of raping various game franchises and watch the movie with an open mind it comes out as a decent movie based on the Postal franchise.

All in all, I actually can recommend this movie to the games' fans. Never thought I actually would say that but thats what it is.

Being a vivid DooM gamer from as early as circa 1993 and knowing that ID software was involved in this movie, I had high expectations.

But then the bad news started to appear... Rumours began emerging saying there would be no hell, no Mars and no teleports; all essential parts of the original games. "Ok, these are just rumours", I thought to myself, putting my faith in the games' development team, ID Software, which I thought would keep an eye on the production and keep it true to the games. Fortunately, later on it was confirmed that it would indeed be set on Mars and that kept my hopes up, even though they decided to go with B-rate actors.

After seeing the movie I felt disappointed, realizing ID Software had completely sold out itself. Nothing in this movie is worth the title "DooM", except for the props, the monsters and the weapons. The movie to me felt like a Resident Evil clone set on Mars and if you ask me this movie should have been titled "Resident Evil: In Mars... with Bigger Guns... and Bigger Monsters".

A major disappointment for me was that the producers decided to remove hell from the movie. The idea of the monsters originating from hell was an important aspect in the games. I'm guessing the producers decided to remove the hell part from the movie because of the large population of Christians in USA, thinking it would scare them away from the box office. Doing so, they completely betrayed the gamers, so their plan backfired badly.

Viruses, cheesy one-liners, untalented actors, and not staying true to the original games' themes compel me to give this movie 3 stars. One for the creative FPS scene, one for the monsters and one for the props.

If you ask me, this movie doesn't deserve to be called DooM!

Now, I'm a nut when it comes to movies.. I've watched around 500~ movies in my short life of 20 years and I have almost always disliked horror movies.. Well there are some (couple) good classics out there, but it's about time we get something new.

James Wan (Director) is the new guy in the block.. Don't underestimate this guy.. I wont be shocked by much but this movie really got my attention. :)

The movie has intense violence and a very disturbing atmosphere and thats exactly what many horror movies these days lack. Now by saying and referring to IMDb James Wang really is a new kid and it seems hes getting a hell of a start on hes career.

The actors do a really good job in this movie..

Oh hell I'll just stop my review here because I just loved this movie.. I mean oh my god the atmosphere was so intense..!

Don't hesitate to see this movie! Its really good!

8/10