Thursday, October 20, 2005

Doom Doom Doom

Just back from the movie Doom and unlike most games-based movie, this one actually is decent. I don't know why they say this movie is based on Doom 3 since I think the storyline is more of a Resident Evil than a Doom. Instead of hell's forces invading Mars, its genetic engineered demons on a killing spree. The only similiarity between the movie and the games is the violence and gore. Heck, who cares, Doom don't even had a real storyline anyway.

The action in Doom is actually decent and I actually got excited at some parts. Even the emotional scenes are decent. The Rock's performance in this movie is great but still I would be happy if he does his signature moves on some monster. There is also a first person shooter (fps) view near the end of the show which I find it very funny. Its one of those laugh out loud moments in the show and I think the producers put it there for comedic effects as well as to satisfy fans of the game.

There are a few annoying moments in the movie which is the censoring of the word "Fuck" and dub it with other words by our censorship board. I would appreciate if the censors do not censored of the part where The Rock describe the BFG as Big Fucking Gun.

Overall Doom is a decent flick if you do not have high expectations of it especially if you are expecting the movie to be like the game in terms of storyline. I give this film a 6 out of 10.