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- R
- 2008
- 1 hr 45 min
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5.9 (80,625)
Doomsday is a 2008 action thriller film that takes place in Scotland in the year 2008. The movie is directed by Neil Marshall, who also wrote the screenplay. It stars Rhona Mitra, Bob Hoskins, and Alexander Siddig. The film takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where a deadly virus has killed millions of people in Scotland. The British government quarantines Scotland by building a massive wall called the "Hadrian Wall" to prevent anyone from entering or leaving. The virus is called the "Reaper Virus," and it is highly contagious, and it kills anyone it infects. However, the virus starts to resurface in London, and the British government is forced to send a team of highly trained soldiers to Scotland to find a cure.
The protagonist of the story is Eden Sinclair (Rhona Mitra), a highly skilled soldier who leads the team of soldiers sent into Scotland to find a cure for the Reaper Virus. Eden was infected with the virus when she was a child and was the only survivor of the outbreak. Eden is the only person who can enter and leave Scotland because she is immune to the virus.
Eden, along with her team of soldiers, enter Scotland and find a group of survivors living in the ruins of Glasgow. The group is led by Kane (Malcolm McDowell), who is a former scientist that claims to have found a cure for the virus. Eden and her team capture Kane and take him back to London to create a cure for the Reaper Virus. However, they soon discover that Kane's cure is not what it seems, and they return to Scotland to find the real cure.
During their search for the cure, they encounter a group of cannibals who live in the ruins of Edinburgh, led by a man named Sol (Craig Conway). Sol and his group kidnap Eden's team and plan to use them as food. However, Eden and her team manage to escape with the help of a survivor named Cally (MyAnna Buring).
Eden and her team eventually find the cure for the Reaper Virus, but not before they discover that the British Government has plans to abandon Scotland and leave everyone to die. Eden and her team must fight to get the cure back to Scotland in time to save the survivors and stop the British government's plan to abandon them.
The film is a wild ride full of action, suspense, and gore. The film's visuals are stunning, and the action scenes are intense and well choreographed. Rhona Mitra gives a strong performance as Eden Sinclair, and the supporting cast is excellent as well.
Overall, Doomsday is a fun, entertaining film that is sure to please fans of action and post-apocalyptic movies. It is a homage to classic films like Escape from New York and Mad Max, and it succeeds in its goal of providing a thrilling and entertaining ride.
Doomsday is a 2008 action movie with a runtime of 1 hour and 45 minutes. It has received moderate reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 5.9 and a MetaScore of 51.