Saturday, April 15, 2006

DOOM - the movie



It was a boring friday and a public holiday, i was literally doomed with boredom and was pondering over what to do. Logged on to a cineplex's website and decided to bump into a movie and the only availability was DOOM for the evening show. I am not much of an action-movie freak nor a gaming fanatic, but just thought to give it a try coz i've played the game once. Moreover, the movie was released the same day, so it was a first-day-first-show kinda thing and i never miss such opportunities. Its a vintage feeling to watch movies on the first day of release!!
The movie started with some chill scary scenes, which rocked the seats of the cinema hall coz it had RDX digital stuff, n i guessed it right... Yeah, itz gona be one heck of a movie to watch it alone, Lol. Its about a special team named "Rapid Response Tactical Squad" or the "double R TS" as the actor in the movie ROCK calls it. Their mission and only goal is to protect planet Earth from any kind of extra-terrestrial or harmful things. This time around, they are directed to a genetic testing lab where some strange spooky things have been happening. And so the movie begins with the soldiers of RRTS all geared up with their rock-solid outfits and headed straight to the genetics lab where they meet the data security officer Samantha.Man she was so damn sexy and one of the soldiers of RRTS literally started falling for her, these r the few things which really cracked up the humorous sense of the movie. This lady helps the team out in everything that they do and is ubiquitous throughout the movie.
The movie is fantastically carved out from the computer game with a good sense of direction and screenplay. The monsters and scary creatures which the team had to face were all engineered with great care, thanx to the animation and extra effects experts. There are loadz of scenes to scare ur asses off the seats with the cliched scenes of "sudden scream after a silence" types. And the director also pepped up the game lovers with the climax scene shot in the game's view, i.e from a solider's eye view where u could only see the gun moving. That was a good teaser by the makers, complemented with rock music background score.
Besides all this, u really learn what a soldier's life is really like... Infact one of the soldier was killed by the Sergent in the movie just coz he didnt obey him. Be Loyal Or Be Dead, thats the punch line. Thank goodness, we aint soldiers of such an extraordinary team.
For people who havent played the game, go watch the movie and u'll know wot the game is all about... And for all those who have played the game, u'll love watching the movie with real-life soldiers and out-of-the-box monsters. Peace out... DOOM...!!

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