Doom
Universal Pictures | Release Date: October 21, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
34
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
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1
Mixed:
13
Negative:
14
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63
USA TodayMike Clark
For a big-screen disposable, Doom has a few jolts, a few good laughs and an attractive female lead to whom you want to say, "What's a nice girl like you doing on a Mars like this?" Read full review
60
VarietyJustin Chang
It's really not all that bad. Ultra-derivative bigscreen transplant of one of the most successful (and controversial) games ever made plays like a mutant cross between a biotech thriller and a zombie movie, with all the alien autopsies, blood-gushing protuberances and meaningless scientific jargon that come with the territory. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyMarc Bernardin
By hewing close to James Cameron's "Aliens" playbook, Doom manages to escape the game-to-movie curse that afflicted "Resident Evil," "House of the Dead," and, well, every other movie based on a game. Read full review
58
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Doom may be by the numbers, with a roll call of colorful types systematically exterminated while The Rock entertains with cartoonish expressions and reactions (the closest the film comes to personality). Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneRobert K. Elder
Doom, the film, aspires to be more than just a gory shoot em' up--though it'd still be a stretch to call it a thinking man's action movie. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterRichard James Havis
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. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderStaff (Not credited)
The Rock's ungainly performance is somewhat alleviated by Karl Urban as a crew member and Rosamund Pike as his twin sister. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Dreary-looking and painfully slow, but it's not terrible. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
If he (The Rock) can keep those wandering eyebrows in check, his future as an action hero appears unlimited--that is, provided he can resist taking roles in movies like this one. Read full review
50
Dallas ObserverLuke Y. Thompson
The movie ultimately cops out by culminating in a fistfight between two humans, with nary a cyborg missile-throwing devil in sight. Read full review
50
Village VoiceDrew Tillman
As dumb as they come, the entertaining Doom might warrant a place in cinema history as the first movie in which someone rips off their own ear. Read full review
42
Portland OregonianM. E. Russell
Beyond a couple of cool guns and one long, gory, clever first-person shot, Doom is something the video games have never been: dull. Read full review
40
Film ThreatPete Vonder Haar
Doesn’t break any new ground – it actually steals from half a dozen other sci-fi movies – but it’ll make enough at the box office to justify further game flicks. Read full review
40
EmpireKim Newman
Not quite as dreadful as Resident Evil: Apocalypse, but that's hardly a major achievement. Read full review
38
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
We don't need a discussion of plot in a review of a movie made from a video game, do we? Nor do we care whether the characters are complicated (no), the acting is sophisticated (no), the direction is competent (no) or the camerawork is clever (no). Read full review
38
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Like Doom itself, the movie is rich in backstory, but sparse in actual story. Read full review
38
New York PostLou Lumenick
Basically a deadly dull rehash of "Resident Evil," which in turn was a third-generation clone of "Aliens." Read full review
33
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
The latest failed Hollywood attempt to make a movie from a video game. Read full review
30
Washington PostDesson Thomson
A loud, standard-issue sci-fi action film that has a confusing mission. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesGene Seymour
Shows less human dimension than the new Wallace and Gromit movie. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Go for the gore (there's lots of it), but stay for the immortal line: "Now let's go find the body this arm belongs to." Read full review
30
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
Baffling too is The Rock's choice to follow up his acclaimed performance in "Be Cool" with a role that requires him to do little more than widen his eyes and grunt lines. Read full review
25
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
A dreadful, hackneyed piece of cinema. Read full review
25
Philadelphia InquirerDavid Hiltbrand
Doom is, to its detriment, a remarkably faithful re-creation of the massively popular video game. In other words, it's a dark, violent, nerve-wracking, trigger-giddy waste of time. Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Watching Doom is like visiting Vegas and never leaving your hotel room. Read full review
25
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Even The Rock, who can usually be counted on to enliven any scenario, seems bored by the laughably feeble script. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
Like most movies based on games, this film appears to have been quite literally doomed from the start. Read full review
20
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
This claustrophobic mess of a movie offers only carnage. Read full review
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