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Movie ID: 1178
RT slug: doom
RT URL: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/doom
Release year: 2005
Runtime: 104 mins
Wide release date: 2005-10-21
Limited release date: —
Festival premiere date: —
Streaming release date: 2014-08-05
Tomatometer final: 18%
Audience score final: 34%
Genres: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Directors: Andrzej Bartkowiak
Writers: David Callaham, Wesley Strick
Producers: John Wells, Lorenzo di Bonaventura
MPAA rating: R
Executive Producers: —
Created: 2026-08-19 20:52:14
Updated: 2026-08-19 20:52:14
A team of space marines known as the Rapid Response Tactical Squad, led by Sarge (Karl Urban), is sent to a science facility on Mars after somebody reports a security breach. There, they learn that the alert came after a test subject, a mass murderer purposefully injected with alien DNA, broke free and began killing people. Dr. Grimm (Rosamund Pike), who is related to team member Reaper (The Rock), informs them all that the chromosome can mutate humans into monsters -- and is highly infectious.
The FPS sections are sure to please fans of the video game, but lacking in plot and originality to please other moviegoers.
Canonical reviews: 133
Canonical fresh: 24
Canonical rotten: 109
Canonical calculated Tomatometer: 18%
Latest snapshot UTC: 2026-08-19 19:41:29
Snapshot Tomatometer: 18%
Snapshot review count: 133
Snapshot fresh count: 24
Snapshot rotten count: 109
Source note: Imported from manual review paste batch #2878 (full_snapshot)
| Company | Role |
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| Universal Pictures | distributor |
| Di Bonaventura Pictures | production |
| John Wells Productions | production |
| Stillking Films | production |
| Billing | Name | Character |
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| 1 | Karl Urban | John Grimm |
| 2 | Dwayne Johnson | Sarge |
| 3 | Rosamund Pike | Samantha Grimm |
| 4 | Ben Daniels | Goat |
| 5 | Yao Chin | Mac |
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| ID | Critic | Outlet | Fresh? | Score | RT Time Raw | Approx Published UTC | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 244878 | James Croot | The Post NZ | Rotten | 2/5 | 2021-05-20T17:00:32.000Z | 2021-05-20 17:00:32 | Characters keep disappearing and reappearing without explanation and comic moments and moral messages - don't do drugs, genetic tampering is wrong - jar against the action backdrop. |
| 244879 | Mike Massie | Gone With The Twins | Rotten | 4/10 | 2020-09-29T06:01:30.000Z | 2020-09-29 06:01:30 | Some of it is good enough to make viewers momentarily forget that all of this is based on a video game series. |
| 244880 | David Hogan | hoganreviews.co.uk | Rotten | 2/5 | 2020-06-03T18:20:41.000Z | 2020-06-03 18:20:41 | Doom somehow takes a game about demons from Hell invading a military base on Mars and turns it into a boring and cliché-ridden film technically devoid of demons entirely... |
| 244881 | Mark H. Harris | Black Horror Movies | Fresh | 3/5 | 2020-01-03T19:21:56.000Z | 2020-01-03 19:21:56 | [Doom's] relatively entertaining in a lunkheaded, overly explanatory sort of way. |
| 244882 | J. R. Jones | Chicago Reader | Rotten | — | 2019-04-30T19:07:03.000Z | 2019-04-30 19:07:03 | The Rock's ungainly performance is somewhat alleviated by Karl Urban as a crew member and Rosamund Pike as his twin sister, a doctor on the project. |
| 244883 | John Ferguson | Radio Times | Rotten | 2/5 | 2019-04-30T19:02:13.000Z | 2019-04-30 19:02:13 | Movies inspired by computer games always seem to be more about merchandising than art and this big-screen adaptation of the ground-breaking shoot-'em-up does little to dispel that view. |
| 244884 | Marisa Mirabal | Birth.Movies.Death. | Rotten | — | 2018-06-28T19:46:47.000Z | 2018-06-28 19:46:47 | The unnecessarily embellished storyline and dreadful acting unfortunately trump any notion of Doom being a classic film. |
| 244885 | Michael Dequina | TheMovieReport.com | Rotten | 2/4 | 2012-07-25T15:44:26.000Z | 2012-07-25 15:44:26 | Just feels like The Rock marking time and paying more dues until the more interesting and challenging offers come his way. |
| 244886 | Julian Roman | MovieWeb | Fresh | 3/5 | 2011-04-26T05:19:26.000Z | 2011-04-26 05:19:26 | — |
| 244887 | Joshua Starnes | ComingSoon.net | Fresh | 6/10 | 2011-03-18T19:27:22.000Z | 2011-03-18 19:27:22 | The long, long in development film adaptation of the classic video game shooter, Doom is a decent enough action film as long as you don't expect too much out of it. |
| 244888 | Scott Nash | Three Movie Buffs | Fresh | 2.5/4 | 2010-06-14T10:49:14.000Z | 2010-06-14 10:49:14 | Just your basic Aliens rip-off with the name of a formerly popular video game franchise tacked on it. |
| 244889 | Felix Vasquez Jr. | Cinema Crazed | Rotten | — | 2009-04-29T03:15:57.000Z | 2009-04-29 03:15:57 | A bland lifeless piece of science fiction fodder that really doesn't pay homage to the game. |
| 244890 | Cole Smithey | ColeSmithey.com | Rotten | D+ | 2009-04-19T09:51:20.000Z | 2009-04-19 09:51:20 | Roger Ebert put it best, "Doom is like some kid came over and is using your computer and won't let you play." |
| 244891 | Steve Biodrowski | Cinefantastique | Fresh | — | 2009-02-12T14:07:06.000Z | 2009-02-12 14:07:06 | A nifty piece of low-ambition entertainment that knows exactly what it is, and delivers fairly well on its promises. |
| 244892 | Rob Gonsalves | Rob's Movie Vault | Rotten | D | 2007-07-30T08:36:08.000Z | 2007-07-30 08:36:08 | There's no rule that videogame movies have to be idiotic. And there's no rule that action-horror flicks need be dumb. |
| 244893 | Ethan Alter | Film Journal International | Rotten | — | 2007-03-01T03:38:30.000Z | 2007-03-01 03:38:30 | The filmmakers produced a mindless action movie that isn't mindless enough. |
| 244894 | Russ Breimeier | Christianity Today | Rotten | 0/4 | 2006-10-11T12:29:49.000Z | 2006-10-11 12:29:49 | Doom is irritating enough to make you blow off some steam by spending a couple hours gunning down demons. |
| 244895 | Bob Grimm | Sacramento News & Review | Rotten | 2/5 | 2006-05-12T03:15:57.000Z | 2006-05-12 03:15:57 | This actually isn't as bad as it could have been. That's not high praise. |
| 244896 | Kim Newman | Empire Magazine | Rotten | 2/5 | 2006-04-01T03:59:41.000Z | 2006-04-01 03:59:41 | What might have made for exciting action scenes tend to become mechanical exercises in first-person-shooter monster-blasting. |
| 244897 | Brian Mckay | eFilmCritic.com | Rotten | 3/5 | 2006-03-27T14:52:51.000Z | 2006-03-27 14:52:51 | the final act is worth the price of admission for fans of the game. All things considered, though, I'd much rather just be playing the game. |
| 244898 | Richard Jinman | Sydney Morning Herald | Rotten | — | 2006-01-17T03:15:34.000Z | 2006-01-17 03:15:34 | I kept expecting the "Game Over" message to flash up, but it never did. |
| 244899 | Ryan Rotten | Dread Central | Rotten | 2/5 | 2006-01-12T22:22:09.000Z | 2006-01-12 22:22:09 | A movie inspired by a video game inspired by a broad range of action/horror flicks. The snake is eating its own tail again. We've seen this trick before. |
| 244900 | Tim Cogshell | Boxoffice Magazine | Rotten | 2/5 | 2006-01-07T03:53:50.000Z | 2006-01-07 03:53:50 | This is fun, but not as much fun as just playing Doom. |
| 244901 | Peter Bradshaw | Guardian | Rotten | 1/5 | 2005-12-06T19:55:53.000Z | 2005-12-06 19:55:53 | Charmless and brainless. |
| 244907 | Matthew Turner | ViewLondon | Fresh | 3/5 | 2005-12-06T19:55:52.000Z | 2005-12-06 19:55:52 | Shlocky, brainless shoot-em-up fun that's almost as much fun as playing the game it's based on. Probably. |
| 244906 | David Edwards | Daily Mirror (UK) | Rotten | 1/5 | 2005-12-06T19:55:52.000Z | 2005-12-06 19:55:52 | I'm sitting here shakey of hand and bulgey of eye, trying to convey just how pitiful this film is. Yet no words I can think of do justice to this dross. It is just awful. |
| 244905 | Joe Utichi | FilmFocus | Fresh | 3/5 | 2005-12-06T19:55:52.000Z | 2005-12-06 19:55:52 | Will never be any better than average, but we were always promised unapologetic, violent, action-oriented fun and so if you go in with that in mind you'd have to have a stone-cold heart not to have a blast. |
| 244904 | David Hiltbrand | Philadelphia Inquirer | Rotten | 1/4 | 2005-12-06T19:55:52.000Z | 2005-12-06 19:55:52 | [A] dark, violent, nerve-wracking, trigger-giddy waste of time. |
| 244903 | Pete Vonder Haar | Film Threat | Rotten | 2/5 | 2005-12-06T19:55:52.000Z | 2005-12-06 19:55:52 | if you're going to make a video game adaptation this boring, why not just call it Myst and be done with it? |
| 244902 | Paul Arendt | BBC.com | Fresh | 3/5 | 2005-12-06T19:55:52.000Z | 2005-12-06 19:55:52 | ... a guilty pleasure. |
| 244908 | Rich Cline | Shadows on the Wall | Rotten | 2/5 | 2005-12-02T01:17:04.000Z | 2005-12-02 01:17:04 | So busy trying to look steely and hip that it forgets to engage us on any other level. |
| 244909 | Mark Dujsik | Mark Reviews Movies | Rotten | 2/4 | 2005-11-17T22:00:11.000Z | 2005-11-17 22:00:11 | Shows, once again, that most [video games]... are best left in their original form, allowing people to get their visceral thrills in the way they're accustomed -- with a control pad. |
| 244910 | Linda Cook | KWQC-TV (Iowa) | Rotten | 1/4 | 2005-11-02T06:35:29.000Z | 2005-11-02 06:35:29 | Well...I've seen worse. And that's about the only recommendation I can make for "Doom," yet another movie that's based on a video game. |
| 244911 | Audrey Rock-Richardson | Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah) | Rotten | D- | 2005-10-30T13:30:24.000Z | 2005-10-30 13:30:24 | Is one aspect of this film really worse than the others? No. They're all equally bad. |
| 244912 | Susan Granger | Modamag.com | Rotten | 3/10 | 2005-10-29T05:27:09.000Z | 2005-10-29 05:27:09 | A blasting,blood-splattered shoot-'em-up, it minimally utilizes the game's first-person, role-playing perspective - and there's no interactivity. |
| 244917 | Sara Michelle Fetters | MovieFreak.com | Rotten | 2/4 | 2005-10-29T03:46:57.000Z | 2005-10-29 03:46:57 | For the rest of us, let me suggest we do what I suggested earlier, and that's return home, turn on our computer and boot up the game. We'll certainly have more fun than those paying full price to see this will. |
| 244916 | Unknown Critic | Boston Phoenix | Rotten | 1/4 | 2005-10-29T03:46:57.000Z | 2005-10-29 03:46:57 | It really just makes you want to play Doom. |
| 244915 | Scott Tobias | AV Club | Rotten | D | 2005-10-29T03:46:57.000Z | 2005-10-29 03:46:57 | Doom plays like a third-generation knock-off. |
| 244914 | Gene Seymour | Newsday | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2005-10-29T03:46:57.000Z | 2005-10-29 03:46:57 | ... shows less human dimension than the new Wallace and Gromit movie. |
| 244913 | Marc Savlov | Austin Chronicle | Rotten | 1.5/5 | 2005-10-29T03:46:57.000Z | 2005-10-29 03:46:57 | So niche-marketed to gamers that it might as well not be considered a film at all: It's a marketing tie-in, albeit one with some exceptional production values. |
| 244919 | Kim Morgan | Reel.com | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2005-10-29T03:46:56.000Z | 2005-10-29 03:46:56 | With uninspired fight choreography and sequences so dimly lit the viewer has a hard time deciphering where and what anything is, director Bartkowiak reveals he's no Ridley Scott when it comes to tension and buildup. |
| 244918 | Jonathan W. Hickman | Entertainment Insiders | Rotten | 0/4 | 2005-10-29T03:46:56.000Z | 2005-10-29 03:46:56 | Director Andrzej Bartkowiak wants to give us the ultimate sugar rush, but all we get is the rush with none of the sugar and the come down is headache inducing. |
| 244920 | John Wirt | Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) | Rotten | — | 2005-10-28T09:06:18.000Z | 2005-10-28 09:06:18 | A rip-off of the Alien movies and George A. Romero's far superior zombie flicks, Doom is doomed to be awful. |
| 244921 | Drew Tillman | Village Voice | Rotten | — | 2005-10-27T18:47:27.000Z | 2005-10-27 18:47:27 | Yes, Doom is a bad movie but you already knew that. |
| 244922 | Ken Hanke | Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | Rotten | 1/5 | 2005-10-27T13:56:08.000Z | 2005-10-27 13:56:08 | The level of trouble you're in when you're down to stealing from Uwe Boll flies right off the scale. |
| 244923 | Tyler Hanley | Palo Alto Weekly | Rotten | 2.5/4 | 2005-10-27T13:40:29.000Z | 2005-10-27 13:40:29 | Doom may not be a sure-fire hit, but it's certain to satisfy its target audience. |
| 244924 | Ian Grey | Orlando Weekly | Rotten | — | 2005-10-27T03:15:58.000Z | 2005-10-27 03:15:58 | What the movie lacks in story, it makes up for in cost-cutting: It's mostly shot in dark, endlessly redressed hallways, and its advertised beast is never fully shown. |
| 244925 | Luke Y. Thompson | Los Angeles CityBeat | Rotten | — | 2005-10-27T00:38:41.000Z | 2005-10-27 00:38:41 | I'm not ashamed to admit that I like director Andrzej Bartkowiak's DMX/Jet Li movies, but he's out of his depth here |
| 244926 | Mark Pfeiffer | Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema | Rotten | F | 2005-10-25T22:45:21.000Z | 2005-10-25 22:45:21 | Gamers would be better off playing Doom or sitting in front of a blank screen than wasting time with this incredibly dull Aliens rip-off. |
| 244927 | Mike McGranaghan | Aisle Seat | Rotten | 1/4 | 2005-10-25T17:05:52.000Z | 2005-10-25 17:05:52 | You're supposed to watch a movie and play a videogame; they want us to watch a videogame (which is not fun) and feel like we're playing a movie (which is not possible). |
| 244928 | Mark Palermo | The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) | Rotten | — | 2005-10-25T10:26:37.000Z | 2005-10-25 10:26:37 | It's a loyal screen version of the game. That's to say it fulfills expectations without actually being good. |
| 244929 | Cynthia Fuchs | PopMatters | Rotten | — | 2005-10-25T06:20:41.000Z | 2005-10-25 06:20:41 | The Rock's version of the gung-ho zombie marine is nearly as gnarly as Dolph Lundgren's (in Universal Soldier), and definitely more personable |
| 244930 | Richard Roeper | Ebert & Roeper | Rotten | — | 2005-10-24T12:46:12.000Z | 2005-10-24 12:46:12 | The performances are awful, the action sequences are impossible to follow, the violence is gratuitous, the lighting is bad and I have my doubts that catering truck was even up to snuff on this project. |
| 244931 | Mark Ramsey | MovieJuice! | Rotten | D | 2005-10-24T09:52:42.000Z | 2005-10-24 09:52:42 | "Our mission is to find our necks," Rock tells his ornery platoon. "I left mine in a locker at Gold's Gym in 1985, and I haven't seen it since." |
| 244932 | Greg Maki | Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) | Rotten | 2/4 | 2005-10-24T07:45:09.000Z | 2005-10-24 07:45:09 | The best thing I can say about Doom is that it isn't nearly as bad as the vast majority of video-game-to-film adaptations. |
| 244933 | Frank Ochieng | Movie Eye | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2005-10-23T20:42:46.000Z | 2005-10-23 20:42:46 | As a grand big screen video game brought to exaggerated life, Doom is about as flexibly entertaining as a needlessly squeaky joystick...an over-extended misfire. |
| 244934 | Peter Canavese | Groucho Reviews | Rotten | — | 2005-10-22T13:00:32.000Z | 2005-10-22 13:00:32 | .5/4 As far as I can tell, no one is at the controls of Doom. |
| 244935 | Dustin Putman | TheFilmFile.com | Rotten | 2/4 | 2005-10-22T11:12:15.000Z | 2005-10-22 11:12:15 | Just an Alien knockoff, albeit a serviceable one. |
| 244936 | Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone | TheMovieChicks.com | Rotten | 1/5 | 2005-10-22T06:01:15.000Z | 2005-10-22 06:01:15 | The movie takes itself so seriously; it has eliminated all possibility of fun. You'd be better off going back to the video game and skipping the doomed movie version. |
| 244938 | Unknown Critic | Hartford Courant | Rotten | 1/5 | 2005-10-22T03:53:16.000Z | 2005-10-22 03:53:16 | — |
| 244937 | James Verniere | Boston Herald | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2005-10-22T03:53:16.000Z | 2005-10-22 03:53:16 | — |
| 244939 | Justin Chang | Variety | Fresh | — | 2005-10-21T14:02:00.000Z | 2005-10-21 14:02:00 | Videogame geeks and LAN-party enthusiasts everywhere, prepare to meet your Doom -- because it's really not all that bad. |
| 244940 | Maitland McDonagh | TV Guide | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2005-10-21T13:57:11.000Z | 2005-10-21 13:57:11 | [A] gory, shameless ALIENS (1986) rip-off. |
| 244941 | Malene Arpe | Toronto Star | Rotten | 1/4 | 2005-10-21T13:53:51.000Z | 2005-10-21 13:53:51 | This movie proves that the best place to enjoy a video game is in your living room with a cordless precision controller iron-gripped in your sweaty hands. |
| 244942 | Ted Fry | Seattle Times | Fresh | 2.5/4 | 2005-10-21T13:45:16.000Z | 2005-10-21 13:45:16 | There's never a dull moment in this surprisingly clever imagining of one of the most popular video games of all time, especially considering that the murderous mayhem and extreme bloodletting that are its hallmarks remain intact. |
| 244943 | Peter Hartlaub | San Francisco Chronicle | Rotten | 1/4 | 2005-10-21T13:39:22.000Z | 2005-10-21 13:39:22 | It takes someone who has actually played the game to explain what a colossally bad idea the Doom movie -- and most films that use video games as source material -- was from the start. |
| 244944 | Carla Meyer | Sacramento Bee | Rotten | 2/4 | 2005-10-21T13:36:12.000Z | 2005-10-21 13:36:12 | Doom is a standard science-fiction/horror film that threatens to be substandard before perking up considerably in its final half. |
| 244945 | Gary Thompson | Philadelphia Daily News | Rotten | — | 2005-10-21T13:28:10.000Z | 2005-10-21 13:28:10 | Botched experiments unleash drooling monsters and zombies, and there are many chases through grimy industrial corridors, and if you think this sounds just like a rip-off of Aliens and (gulp) Resident Evil, you are correct. |
| 244946 | M.E. Russell | Oregonian | Rotten | C- | 2005-10-21T13:20:14.000Z | 2005-10-21 13:20:14 | Beyond a couple of cool guns and one long, gory, clever first-person shot, Doom is something the video games have never been: dull. |
| 244947 | Lou Lumenick | New York Post | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2005-10-21T13:02:16.000Z | 2005-10-21 13:02:16 | Another sorry chapter in Hollywood's infatuation with video games, Doom is basically a deadly dull rehash of Resident Evil, which in turn was a third-generation clone of Aliens. |
| 244948 | Elizabeth Weitzman | New York Daily News | Rotten | 1/4 | 2005-10-21T12:55:52.000Z | 2005-10-21 12:55:52 | Not only do we rarely get to participate in the fun -- fun being the chance to watch demon guts splattered across the walls -- but there's barely any to be found. |
| 244949 | Paul Doro | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Rotten | 2/4 | 2005-10-21T12:52:53.000Z | 2005-10-21 12:52:53 | Doom becomes tedious in a hurry. |
| 244950 | Christopher Smith | Bangor Daily News (Maine) | Rotten | C+ | 2005-10-21T12:51:42.000Z | 2005-10-21 12:51:42 | Doom isn't doomed, but the movie doesn't let loose and really rock until its final third. |
| 244951 | Bob Strauss | Los Angeles Daily News | Rotten | 2/4 | 2005-10-21T12:42:16.000Z | 2005-10-21 12:42:16 | It doesn't feel like you're in outer space, nor even cyberspace. It feels like Ohio. |
| 244952 | Brian McTavish | Kansas City Star | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2005-10-21T12:36:22.000Z | 2005-10-21 12:36:22 | Doom borrows gimmicks from other sci-fi/horror movies -- and not very well -- without creating enough of its own to do the trick. |
| 244953 | Daniel Barron | Jam! Movies | Fresh | 4/5 | 2005-10-21T12:31:57.000Z | 2005-10-21 12:31:57 | Doom is, hands-down, the best video game-based movie ever -- by far. |
| 244954 | Jennie Punter | Globe and Mail | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2005-10-21T12:26:05.000Z | 2005-10-21 12:26:05 | Doom has some good jolts and action sequences, and never takes itself too seriously. However, watching the squad roaming around the dark corridors and sewer system of the research station starts to get repetitive. |
| 244955 | John Monaghan | Detroit Free Press | Rotten | 2/4 | 2005-10-21T12:10:38.000Z | 2005-10-21 12:10:38 | When the video game-to-movie thing becomes this literal, it only makes you wonder why anyone would want to see a big-screen Doom at all. |
| 244956 | Jeff Vice | Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2005-10-21T12:05:27.000Z | 2005-10-21 12:05:27 | Unlike the game, this gore-heavy and moronic science-fiction thriller doesn't feature a player-control aspect. So there's no way to skip past the early dull moments, or to end the game -- er, movie -- early. |
| 244957 | Randy Myers | Contra Costa Times | Rotten | D | 2005-10-21T11:53:38.000Z | 2005-10-21 11:53:38 | No one's got their game on in Doom. |
| 244958 | Roger Ebert | Chicago Sun-Times | Rotten | 1/4 | 2005-10-21T11:46:08.000Z | 2005-10-21 11:46:08 | Doom is like some kid came over and is using your computer and won't let you play. |
| 244959 | Lawrence Toppman | Charlotte Observer | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2005-10-21T11:38:52.000Z | 2005-10-21 11:38:52 | Doom is a treat for sadists, an empty time-passer for people who need only continuous noise and action, and a bane to the rest of us. Be warned or encouraged accordingly. |
| 244960 | Wesley Morris | Boston Globe | Rotten | 2/4 | 2005-10-21T11:32:45.000Z | 2005-10-21 11:32:45 | The only way this movie becomes any fun is when it stops impersonating a game and simply becomes one. |
| 244961 | Uri Lessing | eFilmCritic.com | Rotten | 2/5 | 2005-10-21T10:24:43.000Z | 2005-10-21 10:24:43 | ...about 15 minutes of action, violence and thrills diluted in about an hour of watching large men roam small, pipe-filled corridors holding absurdly large weapons. |
| 244962 | Jon Niccum | Lawrence Journal-World | Rotten | 2/4 | 2005-10-21T07:30:22.000Z | 2005-10-21 07:30:22 | It's possible there's not a single moment in the movie - in terms of dialogue, plot or design - that can't be directly attributed to another flick. |
| 244963 | Sean P. Means | Salt Lake Tribune | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2005-10-21T07:12:03.000Z | 2005-10-21 07:12:03 | You know a video-game-based movie is bad when making it look more like a video game is an improvement. |
| 244964 | David Nusair | Reel Film Reviews | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2005-10-21T06:09:36.000Z | 2005-10-21 06:09:36 | ...a disappointing adaptation that does, to an increasingly distressing extent, squander a relatively decent opening stretch... |
| 244965 | Brent Simon | Now Playing Magazine | Fresh | B- | 2005-10-21T06:08:24.000Z | 2005-10-21 06:08:24 | While it doesn't necessarily break much new ground, its makers are also smart enough to not try to do more than they have the means to convincingly accomplish. |
| 244966 | E! Staff | E! Online | Rotten | C- | 2005-10-21T03:15:43.000Z | 2005-10-21 03:15:43 | Even for a movie based on a splatterrific shoot-'em-up videogame, Doom is doomed. |
| 244967 | Daniel M. Kimmel | Worcester Telegram & Gazette | Rotten | 2/4 | 2005-10-21T03:09:15.000Z | 2005-10-21 03:09:15 | Fans of the game would rather play it themselves than watch someone else do it for them. |
| 244968 | Urban Cinefile Critics | Urban Cinefile | Rotten | — | 2005-10-21T00:28:38.000Z | 2005-10-21 00:28:38 | If this had been made as a spoof of 1950s black and white sci-fi horror films, it might have been fun, what with the clash of zombie and sci-fi and mad scientist elements. |
| 244969 | Scott Weinberg | eFilmCritic.com | Rotten | 2/5 | 2005-10-21T00:05:25.000Z | 2005-10-21 00:05:25 | Forget dumb, stupid, loud, and endlessly derivative. I can live with those. But boring? I just didn't see that one coming. |
| 244970 | Kevin Carr | 7M Pictures | Fresh | 3/5 | 2005-10-21T00:04:22.000Z | 2005-10-21 00:04:22 | During the obligatory explanation scene in Doom, I was quickly disinterested. I kept thinking, 'Okay, enough talk. Let's start blowing things up.' |
| 244972 | Unknown Critic | Bullz-Eye.com | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2005-10-21T00:00:00.000Z | 2005-10-21 00:00:00 | — |
| 244971 | Dave White | Movies.com | Fresh | B- | 2005-10-21T00:00:00.000Z | 2005-10-21 00:00:00 | — |
| 244973 | Eric D. Snider | EricDSnider.com | Rotten | D | 2005-10-20T23:45:33.000Z | 2005-10-20 23:45:33 | Hollywood has rarely produced a series of films as consistent as those based on video games: A dozen of them now, and not one has been any good. |
| 244974 | Mark Umbach | FilmStew.com | Rotten | — | 2005-10-20T22:34:49.000Z | 2005-10-20 22:34:49 | If he's not careful, the fact that The Rock's characters - except for his comedic turn in Be Cool - are dreadfully similar is going to take its toll on his popularity. |
| 244975 | Brian Orndorf | FilmJerk.com | Rotten | D | 2005-10-20T22:23:04.000Z | 2005-10-20 22:23:04 | It comes as no surprise that the director blunders the material badly, if you can even call it material to begin with. |
| 244976 | Jeffrey Chen | Window to the Movies | Rotten | 6/10 | 2005-10-20T21:57:34.000Z | 2005-10-20 21:57:34 | Isn't half bad because you sense the filmmakers approached a limited concept with the right amount of fun and dedication in mind. |
| 244977 | Erik Childress | eFilmCritic.com | Rotten | 1/4 | 2005-10-20T21:51:10.000Z | 2005-10-20 21:51:10 | Too bad we didn't have Bill Paxton's Hudson to relentlessly shout out 'Game over, man. Game over!' |
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