Doomsday

Rated R for violence, language, cannibalism, gore

Starring Rhona Mitra, Bob Haskins

In 2008, a virus, known as the Reaper virus, spread throughout Scotland, in causing Britian to put up a wall to keep all the infected in, as to not plague the rest of the UK. No one knows how it was started or why it chose to infect those it did - the virus just happened. Fast forward 27 years into the future, to the year 2035 and the virus is back, this time plaguing London. Turns out, the survilance that was set on the other side of the wall, has been picking up signs of surviors over the last 3 years. Could one of the skilled doctors left on the otherside of the wall have discovered the cure to the virus? The Dept of Domestic Security has 48 hrs to find the doctor and get the cure before the plague takes over the city.

This movie was sooo bad it was good!

It’s a little bit Escape from New York meets LOTR crossed with Gladiator and a trip to Medeval Times plus a visit from the Black Knight and cannablistic Scottish skinheads in the setting of an apocolypse movie. Think of cheesy bad 80s action movies with Frankie Goes to Hollywood in the background.

Aside from the cannibal scene, I’d have to say Doomsday and Bank Job are the 2 best movies of 2008, that I have seen, so far.

If you want a fun, action packed film and don’t mind a bit of over exaggerated gore, be sure to catch this one - I could easily see it becoming a cult classic much in the same fashion of as Army of Darkness.