Doom (film)
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Directed by | Andrzej Bartkowiak |
Screenplay by | |
Story by | David Callaham[1] |
Based on | Doom by id Software |
Produced by | |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Tony Pierce-Roberts |
Edited by | Derek Brechin |
Music by | Clint Mansell |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 104 minutes[3] |
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Language | English |
Budget | $60–70 million[6][7] |
Box office | $58.7 million[7] |
Doom is a 2005 science fiction[8] film directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak. Loosely based on the video game series of the same name by id Software, the film stars Karl Urban, Rosamund Pike, Razaaq Adoti, and Dwayne Johnson (credited as The Rock). In the film, marines are sent on a rescue mission to a facility on Mars, where they encounter demonic-like creatures.
After
Doom was theatrically released in the United States on October 21, 2005 to negative reviews.[10] The film was a box office bomb, grossing $58.7 million worldwide against a production budget between $60–70 million. In 2019, Universal released a second live-action film direct-to-video titled Doom: Annihilation.
Plot
In 2026, a
The team uses the Ark to reach Mars, ordering the Earth site on lockdown. Arriving on Mars, they are met by UAC employee "Pinky". Reaper finds his twin sister, Dr. Sam Grimm, and escorts her to retrieve the data. He learns that a dig site, where their parents were accidentally killed years earlier, was reopened and ancient skeletons of a humanoid race genetically enhanced with an artificial 24th chromosome pair were discovered.
While searching for survivors in the facility, the marines find a traumatized and injured Dr. Carmack and escort him to the medical lab for treatment, but he later disappears. The marines shoot at an unknown creature in the genetics lab that leads them down into the facility's sewer, where it attacks and kills Goat. They kill the creature and take it to the medical lab, where Sam performs an autopsy and discovers that its organs are human. She and Duke witness Goat resurrecting and killing himself by smashing his head against a reinforced window. The two are attacked by a creature which they soon deduce is a mutated Dr. Carmack.
The squad methodically tracks down and destroys several of the creatures, though Mac, Destroyer, and Portman die in the process. An angered Sarge kills the mutated Dr. Carmack. Sam, Reaper, and Sarge learn that UAC was experimenting on humans using the extra Martian Chromosome (C24) harvested from the remains of the ancient skeletons, but the mutants got loose, leading to the outbreak. Sam and Reaper try to convince Sarge that the creatures are humans from the facility, mutated by the C24 serum and that not all of those infected will fully transform into the creatures. Sam hypothesizes that some of those injected with C24 will develop superhuman abilities but retain their humanity, while others with a predisposition for violent or psychotic behavior will become creatures, a pattern she believes also happened with the Martians, who built the Ark to escape.
Some creatures use the Ark to reach Earth, where they slaughter or mutate the research staff. The marines, Sam, and Pinky follow, and Sarge orders the squad to sanitize the entire facility. When Kid informs Sarge that he found, but refuses to kill, a group of survivors, Sarge executes Kid for insubordination, leading to a standoff with an armed Pinky. The group is suddenly attacked by creatures who kill Duke and drag Sarge and Pinky away. Reaper is wounded by a ricocheting bullet. To prevent him from bleeding to death, Sam injects her brother with the C24 serum.
Reaper regains consciousness and finds his wounds have healed and that Sam has gone missing. Using his new C24 superhuman abilities, he fights his way through the facility, even battling a mutated and monstrous Pinky before finding an unconscious Sam with Sarge, who has become infected and has killed the group of survivors Kid had previously found. Reaper and Sarge battle, both of them enhanced with superhuman powers. Reaper is able to gain the upper hand and throws Sarge through the Ark back to Mars along with a grenade, which destroys Sarge and the Mars facility. Reaper then carries his unconscious sister into the elevator and rides back up to the ground level in Nevada.
Cast
- Karl Urban as John "Reaper" Grimm / Doomguy
- Dwayne Johnson as Sgt. Asher "Sarge" Mahonin. Johnson is credited on-screen as The Rock.
- Rosamund Pike as Dr. Samantha "Sam" Grimm
- Deobia Opareias Roark "Destroyer" Gannon
- Ben Daniels as Eric "Goat" Fantom
- Raz Adoti as Gregory "Duke" Schofield
- Richard Brake as Dean Portman
- Dexter Fletcher as Marcus "Pinky" Pinzerowski
- Al Weaver as Mark "Kid" Dantalian
- Brian Steele as Curtis Stahl / Hell Knight
- Doug Jones as Carmack Imp / Sewer Imp
- Yao Chin as Katsuhiko Kumanosuke "Mac" Takahashi
- Robert Russell as Dr. Todd Carmack
Production
Development
Between 1994 and 1995, following the success of Doom II, Hollywood began gaining interest in producing a live-action film adaptation of Doom. Universal Pictures initially acquired the rights, which were later obtained by Columbia TriStar. Former CEO of id Software Todd Hollenshead stated that a number of factors prevented the project from moving forward such as the Columbine High School massacre, lack of producers, and poor scripts. The id Software team screened a presentation of Doom 3 to agents from Creative Artists Agency (CAA) to see if they were interested in the property.[11] Producers Lorenzo di Bonaventura and John Wells eventually obtained the rights.
Di Bonaventura and Wells initially set development for the film at Warner Bros., however, the duo moved development of the project to Universal after Warner Bros. failed to move the project into production after 15 months.[12] The terms of the deal with Universal included gross point royalties for the developer and rights holder.[11] In 2004, Enda McCallion was attached to direct the film and David Callaham was named the screenwriter, with the script loosely adapting elements from Doom 3.[12] Callaham's early draft featured the Cacodemon, Arch-Vile, and other demons from the games but were cut due to time and budgetary reasons.[13] That September, McCallion dropped out as director and Andrzej Bartkowiak joined the project.[14] Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg were approached to polish the script's dialogue, but declined and Wesley Strick was hired instead.[13] Production was scheduled to begin in Winter 2004 in Prague.[15]
Pre-production
Arnold Schwarzenegger was considered for the lead. Vin Diesel was offered the lead but turned it down. Dwayne Johnson was offered the role of "John Grimm" but turned it down in favor of "Sarge", stating, "For some reason I was drawn more to Sarge, I thought 'Sarge' was, to me, more interesting and had a darker side."[13] In September 2004, Karl Urban and Rosamund Pike were cast as John and Samantha Grimm.[16] The Rapid Response Tactical Squad actors underwent military training for two weeks under military advisor Tom McAdams.[13][17]
Effects
Monsters and creature effects for the film were created by
First person shooter sequence
The first person shooter sequence was completely directed by Farhat[28] and was filmed in 14 days after a planning period of three months.[29] While the scene is one continuous shot, multiple cuts, that Farhat called "hook-ups", were made during filming,[30] Farhat stated, "you can do it by moving a camera, and passing something, and cutting. And then rolling the camera again on a subsequent date."[31] Other hook-up styles were used by using a green screen or blue screen when a door opens or jump cutting by whipping an object.[32] The gun was only used on-screen when it was needed due to its size affecting the aspect ratio.[33]
Music
The film's score was composed by Clint Mansell, upon which he produced a remix of the Nine Inch Nails song "You Know What You Are?", which was used in the film's ending credits. The song "Switchback" by Celldweller was licensed for the trailers.
Release
Box office
On its opening weekend, Doom debuted in 3,043 theaters and earned $15.5 million. In the United States and Canada, the film grossed $28.2 million and grossed $30.5 million internationally, grossing $58.7 million worldwide.[7]
Critical response
Doom received negative reviews from critics.[10] On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 18%, based on 137 reviews, with an average rating of 4/10. The site's critical consensus states: "The FPS sections are sure to please fans of the video game, but lacking in plot and originality to please other moviegoers."[34] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average rating of 34 out of 100, based on reviews from 28 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[35] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade B− on scale of A to F.[36]
Richard James Havis of The Hollywood Reporter wrote: "Plot, character development and dialogue are so sparse that the screenwriters are fortunate they're not paid by the word. But this basic approach doesn't render it ineffectual. There's so little to go wrong that those who like their entertainment mindless and violent will find little fault."[41] Chris Carle at IGN gave it 3 out of 5 and called it "easily the best videogame-to-film adaptation yet", saying although it is not big on plot or characterization "it succeeds in the things it sets out to do".[42]
Other responses
John Carmack (co-founder of id Software and co-creator of Doom) spoke favorably of the film, stating, "I liked it. Nobody expects a video game movie to be Oscar material, but I thought it was a solid action movie with lots of fun nods to the gaming community."[43] In 2009, Dwayne Johnson described the film as an example of "trying and failing" to do a good video game adaptation, and that it was a cautionary tale of what "not to do".[44]
In 2021, Rosamund Pike expressed embarrassment for not familiarizing herself with the source material, commenting, "I feel partly to blame in that respect because I think I failed just through ignorance and innocence to understand, to fully get a picture of what Doom meant to fans at that point. I wasn’t a gamer. I didn’t understand. If I knew what I knew now, I would have dived right into all of that and got fully immersed in it like I do now. And I just didn’t understand. I feel embarrassed, really."[45]
Accolades
In 2009, Time listed the film on its list of top-10 worst video games movies.[46] Johnson received a Golden Raspberry Award nomination for his performance.[47]
Home media
Doom was released on
Reboot
In an October 2005 interview, executive producer John Wells stated that a second film would be put into production if the first was a box office success.[55] In April 2018, Universal Pictures announced plans for a new Doom film.[56] Doom: Annihilation was released direct-to-video on October 1, 2019.
See also
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External links
- Doom at IMDb
- Doom at AllMovie
- Doom at Metacritic
- Doom at Rotten Tomatoes
- Doom at the TCM Movie Database
- Doom at the American Film Institute Catalog