Remember, how you've enjoyed the action movies from the 80's? In the 80's, yes, because action cinematography has evolved and so did the directors, the actors and the plot too... and even if you take all the power ingredients from the 80's they just look super lame nowadays...

This movie is about a virus pandemic that breaks loose in Scotland, and as a result is quarantined by the UK govt; years pass, and the virus resurfaces in London. That's when a girl that narrowly escaped the quarantine (that is now a counter terrorist agent), which is the main protagonist, is sent in to retrieve a cure that the UK govt. thinks there is due to survivors showing up on satellite imagery.The movie has potential on paper and story wise, but the plot drags on way too long (2hrs) & it's like a fusion between Mad Max, Resident Evil + King Arthur, in the sense that Scotland is now ruled by 2 entities: a Mad Max type society that's cannibalistic and a Medieval style society at the other end. No zombies in this one, in case you were wondering. Final verdict: good, but don't expect anything great. Definitely.

Doomsday as others have remarked is a cross of many SF classics, Mad Max, Aliens and Escape from New York to name just 3 The plot sees Scotland cut off from the rest of the world due to a killer virus. However when the same virus rears it's head in London a team of special forces ops and medics are sent into Glasgow when signs of life may mean that there is a cure. What they find is a savage society where canibalism is the norm. Doomsday is filled with action set pieces of the highest order plus a cast that includes Bob Hoskins and Malcolm MacDowall. This is a film that gives your money's worth.

I rented this movie shortly after it came out then caught it recently on cable TV... and watched it again. I deserve a medal! If you've seen Escape from New York, Mad Max, Reign of Fire, and listened to a Frankie Goes to Hollywood CD, you've seen this film.***SPOILER ALERT*** This film is BAD! And by bad I don't mean poorly acted, directed, or executed, I mean BAD because it rips off so many ideas, concepts, and looks of previous films. Amazingly the actors, some of which are very big names, do a fine job and the production work isn't bad at all. If it hadn't been a replay of so many other scenes, ideas, strategies, it could easily have been a start up for a U.K. series of post-apocalyptic films... but that didn't happen.As BAD as the film is, it still retains that U.K. charm that makes us watch it again to see if we can catch even more things cobbled together from earlier films, or gives us the hope that we've accidentally stumbled onto a director's cut that might be a bit more original.Still... you're reading this to determine if you should watch it? Yes! In the spirit of British perseverance, you should subject yourself to this film at least once... twice, and then you too will deserve a medal!