Doom
Universal Pictures | Release Date: October 21, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
34
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
13
Negative:
14
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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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