Doomed (2007)

Waste of time

Sorry, this movie sucks

A very feeble attempt at affirmatie action

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

The Condemned: Convicts Doomed: ConvictsThe Condemned: Island in the middle of nowhere Doomed: Island in the middle of nowhereThe Condemned: Lunatic "Host" Doomed: Lunatic "Host"Doomed has zombie experiments and the Condemned has psychopaths that are as brutal as zombies.It was nice (for once,) to see a movie without skanks losing, taking off, or otherwise, being divested of their clothes. Not just guys watch horror.I've also seen a lot of people whining about the lack of gore. So what? You can't enjoy a movie if it lacks blood and guts every 15 seconds?Despite the horrible, wretched acting (so bad it's almost laughable) by most of the cast, this movie is still worth a watch.Seriously though...I wonder if such similarities between this film and The Condemned are just a coincidence?Just kind of strange...almost the same storyline...same release year.Cue Twilight Zone music!

First things first: I bought this at a car boot sale for 50p so I'm going easy on it. Plus I bought it because I knew it would be terrible. It just wasn't as terrible as I hoped it'd be.Story is: convicts on an island as part of a game show, split into team and being hunted by really bad army zombie types. You know the drill. These are fast zombies but for some reason is doesn't take much to kill them off.There's not much else to the story. Folk die. Folks double cross each other. This one isn't too slow on the action however and I cut it a lot of slack for not being boring or too long (It's only 76mins). The game show angle is good but not executed as well as, say, the film Slashers (picked that one up at the same car boot sale!).What really does this film in is a severe lack of gore. It's a zombie film, for f*ck's sake! The film has plenty of instances where there could be gut munching, but pulls away every single time. Not good. No nudity either, so don't expect anything there.If you like very low budget films (like me) then it's worth a watch. We've had much more terrible films foisted on us. If it had some bite to it to, I would have rated it much higher.

This is in the tradition of '28 Days Later' and 'Dawn of the Dead' (as the DVD proudly states) in that, like those horror classics, it has a 'D' in the title; with regards to style, tone, originality, and quality, it bears very little resemblance to either film, the special effects being cheap, the plot stale and riddled with holes, and the outcome predictable. A more accurate description might be 'The Condemned' (the equally dumb Vinnie Jones/Steve Austin flick that came out the same year)—but with zombies.And yet, despite all of this, I found Doomed to be far more entertaining than I had expected.The mere fact that director Michael Su isn't striving to deliver anything other than a mindless B-movie frees him from the pressures of doing anything remotely new with the zombie/action genre and allows him to just get on and have fun with things. The film wastes no time with unnecessary build-up, gets straight into the action, and the fast pace is kept going until the end; the fight scenes are impressive for such a low budget effort; and the cast put in surprisingly good performances (plus, there's the added bonus that the ladies are all very easy-on-the-eye).Admittedly I'd have enjoyed the film a touch more had the gore quotient had been higher, there were fewer shots of the CGI island (which looks nothing like the one on the maps given to the contestants), the use of gimmicky editing tricks had been kept under tighter control, and if a couple of the girls had stopped to take a shower together under a waterfall, but even as it stands, I think Doomed is worth a higher rating than it currently has.6/10 from me.

Doomed is a cheap straight-to-DVD movie about a group of convicts participating in a Survivor style reality show. They must fight against evil zombies to get the multi-millionaire reward. The movie is not original at all but its pure action all the way so its entertaining. OK, you don't have to analyze it because this is a complete no-brainer. Apparently the island were they are "playing" was nuked some years ago... but its in very well shape, with lots of green vegetation and fresh air.... The worst part is the video-game style edition and the lack of gore and nudity...with lots of guts, blood and tits this one could be a good movie. There are some really crappy cgi fx (CGI blood is something i hate) but Its worth if you don't have nothing else to watch. A very generous 6/10