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After a deadly plague results in the quarantine of Scotland, a wall is built around the country preventing anyone from going in or out. Thirty years later, the British government believes everyone within the wall to be dead, but when they find signs of life and learn of the possibility of a cure, a team of specially trained agents led by Eden Sinclair (Rhona Mitra) become the first outsiders to venture inside the country since the epidemic. They discover that there are plenty of survivors who have splintered into fierce, warlike tribes, living in a lawless society where cannibalism and murder are the order of the day.

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ProducerSteven Paul, Benedict Carver

EAN5050582572230

eBay Product ID (ePID)65744236

Product Key Features

ActorMyanna Buring, Sean Pertwee, Bob Hoskins, Rhona Mitra, Nora-Jane Noone, David O'hara, Adrian Lester, Alexander Siddig, Malcolm McDowell

Film/TV TitleDoomsday

DirectorNeil Marshall

LanguageEnglish

Run Time105 Mins

Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen

FormatBlu-ray

Release Year2008

FeaturesWidescreen, U Control: Picture In Picture\Feature commentary with director Neil Marshall and cast members Sean Pertwee, Darren Morfitt, Rick Warden and Les Simpson

GenreSci-Fi & Fantasy, General

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate18

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

ComposerTyler Bates

ReviewsSight and Sound - Frequent, well-staged action scenes typically combine high-speed chases, shootouts, hand-to-hand combat, squishy gore effects and James Bond gadgetry, Variety - Those with a taste for revved-up, splattery fantasy thrills won't be complaining.

Additional InformationWriter/director Neil Marshall earned the respect of horror devotees with his first two features, DOG SOLDIERS and THE DESCENT, refreshing and scary twists on the werewolf and expedition-gone-wrong genres. Where those works exemplified a respect for pure horror, devoid of the tension-spoiling comedy that infects most fright films, DOOMSDAY is Marshall's love letter to the post-apocalyptic action-exploitation films of the 1980s. Bubbling over with action, gore, and dark humour, his third film has all the bases covered for a fun and knowing viewing experience. After a deadly plague results in the quarantine of Scotland (in a scene reminiscent of I AM LEGEND), a wall is built around the country preventing anyone from going in or out. Thirty years later, the British government believes everyone within the wall to be dead, but when they find signs of life and learn of the possibility of a cure, a team of specially trained agents led by Eden Sinclair (Rhona Mitra) become the first outsiders to venture inside the country since the epidemic. They discover that there are plenty of survivors who have splintered into fierce, warlike tribes, living in a lawless society where cannibalism and murder are the order of the day.<BR>Astute viewers will have a blast playing 'spot the influence', with loving nods to ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, ALIENS, 28 DAYS LATER, and the MAD MAX films. At the film's halfway point, Marshall switches gears, transforming the film from a punk-informed futuristic action film into a medieval-style chase film, utilising Scotland's castles and sumptuous green landscapes to the fullest. Mitra is an exciting physical presence as Eden, a female version of ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK's Snake Plissken, and the great supporting cast includes Bob Hoskins and Malcolm McDowell.

ScreenwriterNeil Marshall

Sound sourceDTS 5.1

Movie/TV TitleDoomsday

Director of PhotographySam McCurdy

Consumer AdviceContains strong violence and horror