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"Doomsday (2008) *** R for strong bloody violence, language and some sexual content/nudity.1 hr. 45 min. written by: Neil Marshallproduced by: Benedict Carver & Steven Pauldirected by: Neil Marshall I was really surprised to find out that this new film by writer/director Neil Marshall had not been screened before it's release. No press screenings for a film usually mean certain "doom" for a movie's chance of surviving the tumultuous box office waters. Generally, that's true. The studio may have been sitting on a film or they know the movie is a dud yet they also know they gotta release and see if at least makes them some kinda profit. Since none "
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"An epidemic of a lethal virus has spread in modern day Scotland, sending the United Kingdom into a crisis state. Everyone is racing to get out before they become infected or stuck. Unfortunately this is the case for many people, including Eden Sinclair's (played by Rhona Mitra) mother. 30 year later the quarantine still holds and the rest of the world believes that everyone locked inside has died from either becoming infected or starving to death. But they receive an unlikely challenge to their belief: infected people were able to get through the guarded barriers and more survivors have been discovered via satellite. Believing that the survivors have a cure to the virus, the UK government quickly assembles a team of soldiers to go into the area to retrieve it. Once inside, they discover how the survivors have descended into animals in near literal sense. Director Neil Marshal directed Doomsday (2008) who also drected the cult hits Dog Soldiers (2002) and The Descent (2006) mis ... "
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"Smart People (2008) is a light dramedy starring Dennis Quaid ("Vantage Point") as a self-absorbed, egotistical professor who begins to change his life after an accident leaves him unable to drive. He's surrounded by quirky family, most notably Thomas Haden Church ("Spider-man 3"), the best part of the film. I thought some of it was trying to hard, but mostly it's entertaining. Something to relax with on a gloomy day.Directed by Kenneth Branagh ("The Magic Flute"), Sleuth brings together both Alfies, Michael Caine ("The Dark Knight") and Jude Law ("My Blueberry Nights"), and allows them to act their pants off. Sometimes literally. Adapted from Anthony Shaffer ("The Wicker Man")'s play, and a remake of 1972 film, in which Caine also starred, the action is all set in Caine's home. But it is an elaborate and beautiful contraption, almost a character itself. Branagh keeps it from being too static with interesting shots. Caine's character has discovered that Law is sleeping with his wife ... "
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"Neil Marshall's buddies: "Hey Neil, 28 Days Later, Escape From New York, The Road Warrior and Beyond Thunderdome kicked ass." Neil: "Hell yeah, they did!! I should make a movie like that." Neil's buddies: "That would be @$#@$@ sweet!!" (or mint or what ever those brits say). ****** 20 minutes later ******** Niel: "Ok, screenpay's done." ****** pulls out steno pad in which he's scribbled down a makeshift storyboard/amature comic book. "Here it is" Neil's buddies: "Where the hell did the midievil knights come from?" Neil: "I really liked Gladiator too!" Neil's buddies: "Mint!! It seems to be missing something though. What could it bee?" Neil: "I've got it! This movie needs more decapitations and cannibalism." Buddies: "Awesome!!!!!!" Ok, so don't get "
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Tiny Apocalypse
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"So now I'm about to lose all credibility, if I had any to begin with. Last night a friend brought over Doomsday, the latest from director Neil Marshall, who I normally enjoy. Dog Soldiers was fun, but I enjoyed more for it's promise of future delights than it's actual content, and Descent was one of the few theatrically released movies of the last few years that actually scared me. Doomsday continues the theme of unapologetically genre-based films starting with the letter D, and it looks like he's going to keep it up with his upcoming film Drive. Doomsday was not well received, although it didn't bomb, either. Most critics seemed aware of what the movie was trying to do(revive the tradition of 80's era post-apocalyptic action movies with grim heroes), but the main complaint was that the duplication seemed "lazy and uninspired." My only guess is that these same critics were expecting a satire or parody, not a loving recreation.I have to be honest and say that Doomsday is a pretty st ... "
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Doomsday delivers
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"One of the most enjoyable movies I've seen recently is a bizarre but cookin' action movie called Doomsday. It's Neil Marshall's (Dog Soldiers, The Descent) latest horror/sci-fi movie. Doomsday is like Escape From New York meets The Stand. It's post-apocalyptic filmmaking at its most enjoyable. And I've got to talk about how regarding violence, this movie has its cake and eats it too. This is a graphic film; for short burts it's as graphic as Passion of the Christ or the new Rambo, which both disturbed me quite a bit. What's strange is that while I found the intense violence in Passion or Rambo to be much more sickening than entertaining, the violence of Doomsday really appealed to me as entertainment. What is even stranger is that one of the themes of Doomsday is the futile and selfish nature of cruelty... so it somehow manages to be really fun-violent while trying to unmask actual fun-violence as an abomination! "
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Neil Marshall's Doomsday
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"I love Neil Marshall, i really do, well not in that way. Having made Dog Soldiers and The Descent, he's shown himself to be able to take all the best stuff from B-grade monster suspense movies and infuse them with characters you might actually give a damn about. Dog Soldiers is about a group of British Army guys who are sent out on a mission into the deep woods. Only it turns out that they are bait for a family of werewolves. Cut off and alone in a rural farmhouse they have to fight to survive, The Descent is about a group of spelunking girlfirends who find themselves trapped in an extensive and uncharted cave system in North Carolina. Cut off from the world they must fight to survive against a family of pre-human cave creatures. Doomsday is about a plague that sweeps the UK. The survivors are secluded in a walled in Scotland to await their death. 25 years later the plague is back and some of those in the Scottish quarantine zone are still alive, apparently immune. I ... "
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