Doom (2005)
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A squad of marines must navigate a deadly outbreak of mutated humans and alien-influenced horrors on a research facility on Mars.
The story
In 2026, a wormhole portal to an ancient city on Mars is discovered in the Nevada desert. Twenty years later, the Union Aerospace Corporation (UAC) research facility on Mars is attacked by an unknown assailant. Following a distress call, a squad of eight marines is dispatched to the facility. The team's mission is to retrieve critical data from the site's various experiments. Upon arriving via the portal, the marines must navigate the facility's dangers to secure the data while facing a growing threat from mutated entities and the consequences of the UAC's clandestine research into Martian biology.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In 2026, the Ark, a wormhole portal to an ancient city on Mars, is discovered in the Nevada desert. Twenty years later, the Union Aerospace Corporation (UAC) facility on Mars is attacked. A squad of eight marines, including Sarge, is sent to the facility to retrieve data. They find the site contains evidence of a humanoid race with a mutated 24th chromosome. During their mission, they encounter mutated humans, including a transformed Dr. Carmack. The marines learn that UAC's experiments with the Martian Chromosome (C24) caused a massive outbreak. Some humans became mindless monsters, while others gained superhuman abilities. As the situation escalates, some creatures use the Ark to reach Earth. The marines, along with survivors like Pinky, eventually reach Earth. After a series of casualties, Sarge executes a survivor for insubordination, leading to a confrontation. During a massive attack, Sarge and Pinky are separated from the group. Sarge becomes infected and mutated. The protagonist, Reaper, is injected with the C24 serum by his sister, Sam, granting him superhuman abilities. He eventually faces a mutated Sarge in a final battle. Reaper wins, sending Sarge back through the Ark to Mars, destroying the facility, and then escapes to the surface with his sister.
- First release year
- 2005
- Runtime (minutes)
- 104
- Production countries
- United States; United Kingdom; Germany; Czech Republic
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Andrzej Bartkowiak
- Writers
- David Callaham · screenplay; Wesley Strick · screenplay
- Cast and characters
- Karl Urban · John Grimm; Rosamund Pike · Samantha Grimm; Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson · Sarge
- Genres
- science fiction; horror
- Themes
- mutation; military operation; scientific ethics
- Tone and mood
- action; horror
- Premise and plot tags
- video game adaptation; zombie; space
- Source material / true-story basis
- Doom video game series
- Franchise connections
- Doom
- Reception
- The film received negative reviews from critics and was considered a box office bomb, though it was noted for its faithful inclusion of game elements and first-person shooter sequences.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 34 · scale: 100 · review count: 28
- Awards and nominations
- Golden Raspberry Award · performance · nomination
- Production trivia
- The film was included on a list of the worst video game movies by Time.
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