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Line 73: {{Cast listing\| * [[Karl Urban]] as [[Doomguy#Film\|John "Reaper" Grimm / Doomguy]] * [[Dwayne Johnson]] as Sgt. Asher "Sarge" Mahonin. Johnson is credited on-screen as The Rock.▼ * [[Rosamund Pike]] as Dr. Samantha "Sam" Grimm * [[Deobia Oparei]] as Roark "Destroyer" Gannon Line 78 ⟶ 79: * [[Razaaq Adoti\|Raz Adoti]] as Gregory "Duke" Schofield * [[Richard Brake]] as Dean Portman ▲* [[Dwayne Johnson]] as Sgt. Asher "Sarge" Mahonin. Johnson is credited on-screen as The Rock. * [[Dexter Fletcher]] as Marcus "Pinky" Pinzerowski * [[Al Weaver]] as Mark "Kid" Dantalian Line 112: ''Doom'' received negative reviews from critics.<ref name="negative reviews">{{cite web \|url= https://geekculture.co/the-new-doom-annihilation-is-not-a-game-but-a-straight-to-video-reboot/ \|title= The New Doom: Annihilation Is Not A Game But A Straight-To-Video Reboot \|author= Germaine Wong \|work= Geek Culture \|date= March 12, 2019 \|access-date= February 5, 2020 \|url-status= live\|archive-date=February 5, 2020\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200205235842/https://geekculture.co/the-new-doom-annihilation-is-not-a-game-but-a-straight-to-video-reboot/ }}</ref> On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of {{RT data\|score}}, based on 137 reviews, with an average rating of {{RT data\|average}}. The site's critical consensus states: "The FPS sections are sure to please fans of the video game, but lacking in plot and originality to please other moviegoers."<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/doom\|title=Doom (2005)\|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]\|publisher=[[Fandango Media\|Fandango]]\|access-date={{RT data\|access date}}}}{{RT data\|edit}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average rating of 34 out of 100, based on reviews from 28 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web \|url= http://www.metacritic.com/movie/doom \|title= Doom Reviews \|work= [[Metacritic]] \|publisher= [[CBS Interactive]] \|access-date= June 28, 2018 }}</ref> Audiences surveyed by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film a grade B− on scale of A to F.<ref>{{cite web \|url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ \|title= DOOM (2005) B- \|work= [[CinemaScore]] \|url-status= dead \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ \|archive-date= 2018-12-20 }}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] said, "''Doom'' is like some kid came over and is using your computer and won't let you play."<ref name="Ebert">{{cite news \|~~url~~last= ~~https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/doom-2005 \|newspaper= [[Chicago Sun-Times]]~~Ebert \|first= Roger ~~\|last= Ebert~~ \|author-link= Roger Ebert \|date= October 20, 2005 \|title= Doom \|~~publisher~~url= ~~[[Chicago Sun~~https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/doom-~~Times]]~~2005 ~~\|access-date= June 28, 2018~~\|url-status=live~~\|archive-date=March~~ ~~22, 2021~~\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322081724/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/doom-2005 \|archive-date=March 22, 2021 \|access-date=June 28, 2018 \|newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] \|publisher=}}</ref> Rob Gonsalves gave it two stars, citing incoherent action sequences, flat and humorless characters, and poor acting: "Only Richard Brake, as the sleazy and duplicitous grunt Portman, gives a performance of any interest, and even that's on the level of caricature."<ref>{{cite web \|last= Gonsalves \|first= Rob \|title= Movie Review: Doom\|url= http://www.efilmcritic.com/review.php?movie=13269&reviewer=416 \|website= eFilmCritic \|date= January 3, 2007 \|publisher= HBS Entertainment \|access-date= November 22, 2015 }}</ref> [[Kim Newman]] of [[Empire (film magazine)\|''Empire'' magazine]] called it "Not quite as dreadful as ''[[Resident Evil: Apocalypse]]'', but that's hardly a major achievement."<ref>{{cite web \|date= 1 January 2000 \|author= Kim Newman \|author-link= Kim Newman \|title= Doom \|url= https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/doom-review/ \|website= Empire }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|date= 21 October 2005 \|last= Martel \|first= Ned \|title= Life, and Lots of Death, on Mars \|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/21/movies/life-and-lots-of-death-on-mars.html \|website= [[The New York Times]] \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529190523/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/21/movies/life-and-lots-of-death-on-mars.html \|archive-date= 2015-05-29 \|url-access= registration }}</ref> [[Justin Chang]] of ''[[Variety (magazine)\|Variety]]'' gave the film a mixed review and was critical of Johnson’s performance but positive about the "tongue-in-cheek sensibility" and the faithful display of weapons from the game. In summary: "It's really not all that bad. Ultra-derivative bigscreen transplant of one of the most successful (and controversial) games ever made plays like a mutant cross between a biotech thriller and a zombie movie, with all the alien autopsies, blood-gushing protuberances and meaningless scientific jargon that come with the territory."<ref>{{cite web \|date= 21 October 2005 \|last= Chang \|first= Justin \|author-link= Justin Chang \|title= Doom \|url= https://variety.com/review/VE1117928623 \|website= Variety \|access-date= 21 June 2020 }}</ref> Richard James Havis of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' wrote: "Plot, character development and dialogue are so sparse that the screenwriters are fortunate they're not paid by the word. But this basic approach doesn't render it ineffectual. There's so little to go wrong that those who like their entertainment mindless and violent will find little fault."<ref>{{cite web \|date= 21 October 2005 \|author= Richard James Havis \|title= Doom \|url= http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/reviews/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001349219 \|website= [[The Hollywood Reporter]] \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20051231060436/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/reviews/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001349219 \|archive-date= 2005-12-31 \|url-status= dead }}</ref> Line 119: ====Other responses==== {{Anchor\|Cast response\|Other response}} [[John Carmack]] (co-founder of id Software and co-creator of ''Doom'') spoke favorably of the film, stating, "I liked it. Nobody expects a video game movie to be Oscar material, but I thought it was a solid action movie with lots of fun nods to the gaming community."<ref>{{cite web \|date= January 3, 2006 \|author= Kikizo Staff \|title= Kikizo {{!}} John Carmack Interview January 2006 \|url= http://archive.videogamesdaily.com/features/id_johncarmack_interview_jan05.asp \|website= archive.videogamesdaily.com }}</ref> [[John Romero]] declined to comment on the film in a 2018 WeAreDevelopers [[Q&A]] session.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=WeAreDevelopers \|title=DOOM’s Development: A Year of Madness \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBU34NZhW7I&t=38m02s \|website=YouTube \|access-date=29 August 2024}}</ref> In 2009, [[Dwayne Johnson]] described the film as an example of "trying and failing" to do a good video game adaptation, and that it was a cautionary tale of what "not to do".<ref>{{cite web \|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/2459007/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-honestly-discusses-infamous-doom-movie/ \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160417122911/http://www.mtv.com/news/2459007/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-honestly-discusses-infamous-doom-movie/ \|url-status= dead \|archive-date= April 17, 2016 \|first=Stephen \|last=Totilo \|title=Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Honestly Discusses Infamous 'Doom' Movie \|website=[[MTV News]]\|publisher=[[MTV]] \|date=March 13, 2009 \|access-date=February 3, 2018}}</ref> In 2021, [[Rosamund Pike]] expressed embarrassment for not familiarizing herself with the source material, commenting, "I feel partly to blame in that respect because I think I failed just through ignorance and innocence to understand, to fully get a picture of what ''Doom'' meant to fans at that point. I wasn’t a gamer. I didn’t understand. If I knew what I knew now, I would have dived right into all of that and got fully immersed in it like I do now. And I just didn’t understand. I feel embarrassed, really."<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://collider.com/rosamund-pike-interview-doom/\|title=Rosamund Pike Discusses Lessons Learned from the Failure of 'Doom': "I Feel Embarrassed"\|first=Perri\|last=Nemiroff\|work=Collider\|date=November 16, 2021\|access-date=November 18, 2021\|url-status=live\|archive-date=November 18, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118095454/https://collider.com/rosamund-pike-interview-doom/}}</ref> On August 8, 2018, Internet critic and comedian [[Doug Walker (comedian)\|Doug Walker]] posted a review of the film on the Channel Awesome YouTube channel for his show [[Nostalgia Critic]], heavily criticizing it. Some of his complaints are: the movie's consistent lack of fidelity to the source material, the cliché and unlikable characters, with the Marines either acting uncomfortably perverted, getting high, and cutting themselves for saying the name of Jesus in vain, the sister scientist of the main character being very disrespectful when being protected, and the unengaging plot. <ref name="Doom - Nostalgia Critic">{{cite web \|last1=Walker \|first1=Doug \|title=Doom - Nostalgia Critic \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcTAqi0T1PY \|website=YouTube \|publisher=Channel Awesome \|access-date=18 January 2023}}</ref> ===Accolades=== Line 131 ⟶ 129: ===Home media=== ''Doom'' was released on ~~[[VHS]],~~ [[Universal Media Disc\|UMD]], and [[DVD]] on February 7, 2006,<ref>{{cite web \|url= https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/509524-are_you_buying_psp_movies\|title=Are You Buying PSP Movies?\|first= Brad\|last=Brevet\|work=Comingsoon.net\|date=February 17, 2006\|access-date=June 7, 2020\|url-status=live\|archive-date=November 24, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124204803/https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/509524-are_you_buying_psp_movies}}</ref><ref name="DVD">{{cite web\|url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/20049/doom/\|title=Doom\|first=Ian\|last=Jane\|work=DVD Talk\|date=February 6, 2006\|access-date=June 7, 2020\|url-status=live\|archive-date=June 7, 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607075423/https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/20049/doom/}}</ref> [[HD DVD]] on April 26, 2006,<ref name="HD DVD">{{cite web\|url= https://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/61/doom.html\|title=Doom HD DVD Review\|first=Peter\|last=Bracke\|work=High-Def Digest\|date=April 25, 2006\|access-date=June 7, 2020\|url-status=live\|archive-date=June 7, 2020\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200607080842/https://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/61/doom.html}}</ref> and on [[Blu-ray Disc]] on February 10, 2009.<ref>{{cite web \|url= http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Universal/Disc_Announcements/Universal_to_Bring_Doom_to_Blu-ray_this_February/2289 \|title=Universal to Bring "Doom" to Blu-ray this February \|date=November 26, 2008 \|website=High Def Digest \|access-date=November 30, 2008\|first=Peter\|last=Bracke\|publisher=Internet Brands}}</ref> The DVD, HD DVD, and Blu-ray releases only feature the unrated extended cut, with no options for the theatrical cut.<ref name="DVD"/><ref name="HD DVD"/><ref>{{cite web\|url= https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/02/10/doom-blu-ray-review \|title= Doom Blu-ray Review \|first=R.L.\|last=Shaffer\|work= [[IGN]] \|date=February 10, 2009\|access-date=June 7, 2020\|url-status=live\|archive-date=June 7, 2020\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200607081524/https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/02/10/doom-blu-ray-review}}</ref> The extended cut runs 113 minutes.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Doom-Blu-ray/3157/\|title=Doom Blu-ray (Unrated Extended Edition)\|first=\|last=\|date=\|access-date=August 14, 2022\|url-status=live\|archive-date=August 15, 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815000832/https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Doom-Blu-ray/3157/}}</ref> In the United States and Canada, the DVD earned $29.2 million in domestic video sales.<ref name="NUM"/> The extended cut was released on [[Ultra HD Blu-ray\|4K Blu-ray]] on August 9, 2022.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Doom-4K-Blu-ray/317124/\|title=Doom 4K Blu-ray (Unrated Extended Edition)\|first=\|last=\|work=Bluray.com\|date=\|access-date=June 23, 2022}}</ref> ==Reboot== {{Main\|Doom: Annihilation}} In an October 2005 interview, executive producer [[John Wells (filmmaker)\|John Wells]] stated that a second film would be put into production if the first was a [[box office]] success.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.slasherama.biz/features/doom.HTML \|title=The Voice of Doom \|website=Slasherama \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051108085012/http://www.slasherama.biz/features/doom.HTML \|archive-date=November 8, 2005}}</ref> In ~~Due~~April ~~the~~2018, ~~film's~~Universal ~~bombing~~Pictures atannounced ~~the~~plans ~~box~~for ~~office~~a ~~and~~new ~~negative~~''Doom'' ~~response~~film.<ref>{{cite ~~from~~web\|title=Universal ~~both~~Is ~~critics~~Making ~~and~~a ~~video~~New ~~game~~'Doom' ~~fans,~~Movie\|url=https://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/new-doom-movie-1202776280/\|website=Variety\|author=Stefanie ~~plans~~Fogel\|access-date=April ~~for~~21, a2018\|date=April ~~second~~21, ~~film~~2018\|url-status=live\|archive-date=December ~~were~~26, ~~cancelled~~2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201226214641/https://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/new-doom-movie-1202776280/}}</ref> ''[[Doom: Annihilation]]'' was released direct-to-video on October 1, 2019. However, in April 2018, Universal Pictures announced plans for a new ''Doom'' film.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Universal Is Making a New 'Doom' Movie\|url=https://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/new-doom-movie-1202776280/\|website=Variety\|author=Stefanie Fogel\|access-date=April 21, 2018\|date=April 21, 2018\|url-status=live\|archive-date=December 26, 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201226214641/https://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/new-doom-movie-1202776280/}}</ref> ''[[Doom: Annihilation]]'' was released direct-to-video on October 1, 2019, with slightly better reviews. ==See also== Line 155 ⟶ 151: ==External links== * {{IMDb title\|0419706\|Doom}} * {{~~Allmovie~~AllMovie title\|314254}} * {{Metacritic film}} * {{Rotten Tomatoes\|doom}} * {{~~tcmdb~~TCMDb title\|581108}} * {{AFI film\|63383}} Line 200 ⟶ 196: [[Category:2000s German films]] [[Category:English-language science fiction films]] [[Category:English-language science fiction horror films]]