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Doomsday (2008)
Director: Neil Marshall
Synopsis
Rhona Mitra and Bob Hoskins star as elite scientists sent to find a cure to a lethal virus which has ravaged the population of Scotland. Along the way, they deal with desperados, scoundrels and a menacing, Lear-like feudal lord played by Malcolm McDowell.
Movie review
From Time Out New York
Neil Marshall’s mash note to ’80s postapocalyptic action adventures re-creates the era’s trashy pleasures with such scrupulous fidelity—and distinct lack of irony—that you’d swear the movie was unearthed from the ruins of a Times Square grindhouse. Despite the Snake Plisskenette heroine (Mitra), the vibe is more Corman than Carpenter, with Marshall treating the New World Pictures aesthetic—topless henchwomen! gonzo explosions! gore in excelsis!—as gospel. It’s a blatant slab of Britsploitation aimed at lad-mag subscribers; that a specific generation of American genre addicts will be giddy over this is undeniable.Author: David Fear
Time Out New York Issue 651: March 20 - 26, 2008
Cast & crew
Director: Neil Marshall
Producer: Benedict Carver
Cast: Rhona Mitra, Malcolm McDowell, Bob Hoskins, Alexander Siddig, David O'Hara, Sean Pertwee full cast
Rated: R
Duration: 109 mins
US Release: Mar 14 2008
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