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Who here likes 28 Days Later?
Who here likes Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome?
Who here likes Underworld: Rise of the Lycans?
If you raised your hand to even one of these questions, then step right up, because this fucking movie is for you!
Doomsday (2008), was written and directed by Neil Marshall, a former unknown to me, as his movies have been either low key or not to my taste. You may know him as the director of The Descent. But Doomsday has put this man firmly on my radar as an up-and-coming action/horror master.
In the year 2008, a killer virus breaks out in Glasgow, Scotland. Unable to treat or vaccinate against it, martial law is declared and the entire country of Scotland is quarantined and eventually left to rot behind military barricades.
Years pass, and the Reaper Virus is thought extinct, along with everyone who'd been trapped behind the wall.
Twenty-five years later, the virus re-appears in the refugee ghettos in London, sparking panic in the British government. In an act of too-little-too-late, the government reveals the existence of survivors of the virus in Scotland, and reason that there must be a cure. They quickly throw together a team of scientists and soldiers, commanded by Mjr. Eden Sinclair (Rhona Mitra), a native of Glasgow who was evacuated as a small child, to enter Scotland to track down the one man who may have devised a cure.
This movie is a honest-to-God roller coaster, rocketing seamlessly from the rainy, noir streets of futuristic London into the twisted post-apocalyptic carnage of Beyond Thunderdome into fricken Highlander. No joke, kids. It's awesome. There's sexy women dancing on poles, people eating people, motorcycles, gun fights, (a LOT of) blood and gore, car chases, gladiator battles, explosions, and some really kick-ass hair and makeup. It's physically jarring, how quickly they go from one setting to the other, making the whole scenario even more surreal.
The movie isn't deep, nor does it try to be. There's very little subplot, no meaningful dialogue, and no sex scenes.
Basically, my dream come true in a movie.
Rhona Mitra, in case you don't know, is the sexy vamp chick in Rise of the Lycans. She still jumps around in rain-soaked leather, except this time she just gets to play with guns and fast cars. Fuck yes.
My only qualm was that the token back guy dies for a really unnecessary reason. The white doctor could have died, just as easily. I really liked the token black guy.
Nonetheless, this movie rules, but it's a total guy movie. Don't show it to your girl(unless she's like me, in which case you are getting laid), and don't invite the kids. I was not exaggerating when I mentioned the 'people eating people' bit.
And, because I love you guys, I come bearing links:
Doomsday, Part 1 and 2(?)
Doomsday, Part 2(?)-4
The whole movie is behind those links, but for some reason, no one felt the need to post the whole movie in one place. ::hands::
The first link has the beginning, and a second part that runs halfway into the first video in the second link. It's a game of tag, but it's all there.
So. Enjoy.
Who here likes Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome?
Who here likes Underworld: Rise of the Lycans?
If you raised your hand to even one of these questions, then step right up, because this fucking movie is for you!
Doomsday (2008), was written and directed by Neil Marshall, a former unknown to me, as his movies have been either low key or not to my taste. You may know him as the director of The Descent. But Doomsday has put this man firmly on my radar as an up-and-coming action/horror master.
In the year 2008, a killer virus breaks out in Glasgow, Scotland. Unable to treat or vaccinate against it, martial law is declared and the entire country of Scotland is quarantined and eventually left to rot behind military barricades.
Years pass, and the Reaper Virus is thought extinct, along with everyone who'd been trapped behind the wall.
Twenty-five years later, the virus re-appears in the refugee ghettos in London, sparking panic in the British government. In an act of too-little-too-late, the government reveals the existence of survivors of the virus in Scotland, and reason that there must be a cure. They quickly throw together a team of scientists and soldiers, commanded by Mjr. Eden Sinclair (Rhona Mitra), a native of Glasgow who was evacuated as a small child, to enter Scotland to track down the one man who may have devised a cure.
This movie is a honest-to-God roller coaster, rocketing seamlessly from the rainy, noir streets of futuristic London into the twisted post-apocalyptic carnage of Beyond Thunderdome into fricken Highlander. No joke, kids. It's awesome. There's sexy women dancing on poles, people eating people, motorcycles, gun fights, (a LOT of) blood and gore, car chases, gladiator battles, explosions, and some really kick-ass hair and makeup. It's physically jarring, how quickly they go from one setting to the other, making the whole scenario even more surreal.
The movie isn't deep, nor does it try to be. There's very little subplot, no meaningful dialogue, and no sex scenes.
Basically, my dream come true in a movie.
Rhona Mitra, in case you don't know, is the sexy vamp chick in Rise of the Lycans. She still jumps around in rain-soaked leather, except this time she just gets to play with guns and fast cars. Fuck yes.
My only qualm was that the token back guy dies for a really unnecessary reason. The white doctor could have died, just as easily. I really liked the token black guy.
Nonetheless, this movie rules, but it's a total guy movie. Don't show it to your girl(unless she's like me, in which case you are getting laid), and don't invite the kids. I was not exaggerating when I mentioned the 'people eating people' bit.
And, because I love you guys, I come bearing links:
Doomsday, Part 1 and 2(?)
Doomsday, Part 2(?)-4
The whole movie is behind those links, but for some reason, no one felt the need to post the whole movie in one place. ::hands::
The first link has the beginning, and a second part that runs halfway into the first video in the second link. It's a game of tag, but it's all there.
So. Enjoy.
Stranger
Date: 2009-03-29 07:01 pm (UTC)From: (Anonymous)Funny enough, unlike yourself, I enjoy movies that are quite deep and riddled with meaningful dialogue. Subplot is another plus, as are plot twists. Sex scenes I couldn't give less of a shit about though.
Another thing I really enjoy in movies is a sense of 'epic' I love movies that can make your hair stand on end (sometimes a well executed plot twist can do this. Unfortunately you don't normally see deep and epic go hand in hand. Epic movies (like 300 for instance) generally lack a deep plot or meaningful dialogue but make up for it in well directed action. However every now and then there is a movie that can do both, sort of a balance between them.
That's one of the reasons that I liked Watchmen for instance. The action was there, but so was some of the meaningful dialogue and deep concepts. Not necessarily a lot, but there was still some. And even though I could see the plot twist from a mile away (which I normally do anyway) I could still appreciate it and enjoy it cause it felt well executed and had a sense of epicness in its revealing.
Sincerely,
Stranger
Re: Stranger
Date: 2009-03-29 07:59 pm (UTC)From:The vast majority of my impress with this movie is that I went into it, not expecting very much at all. If anything, I figured it would be like the first Mad Max meets A Clockwork Orange. Nothing to rave about, but okay to spend a Friday night on.
But this movie managed to be amusing and gory and action-packed, pushing all of my superficial-thrill buttons.
So, yes, Watchmen owns all. This is extremely true. But the surprisingly good quality of this film landed it my rave review.