Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 10/21/05 Home Video 02/07/06 MPAA Rating Rated R for strong violence/gore and language Running Time 2 hours Genre Horror, Action Director Andrzej Bartkowiak Cast The Rock, Karl Urban Studio Universal Pictures |
DOOM
SYNOPSIS
Millions of devoted fans worldwide have been
spellbound by the dark invention of its adventures . .
. have awaited its every incarnation with urgent
anticipation . . . and have devoted countless hours,
days and weeks to conquering its hidden mysteries:
Doom.
When the home-computer game "Doom" was first
launched in 1993, no one could have foreseen the
legion of fans it would create and the mania
surrounding its every new permutation. "Doom" and
its successive installments have transfixed gamers
worldwide for over a decade and have sold millions
of copies (while chalking up an unprecedented tens
of millions of downloads as shareware). It is, simply,
the most explosive home-computer game franchise
phenomenon in history.
Millions of devoted fans worldwide have been
spellbound by the dark invention of its adventures . .
. have awaited its every incarnation with urgent
anticipation . . . and have devoted countless hours,
days and weeks to conquering its hidden mysteries:
Doom.
When the home-computer game "Doom" was first
launched in 1993, no one could have foreseen the
legion of fans it would create and the mania
surrounding its every new permutation. "Doom" and
its successive installments have transfixed gamers
worldwide for over a decade and have sold millions
of copies (while chalking up an unprecedented tens
of millions of downloads as shareware). It is, simply,
the most explosive home-computer game franchise
phenomenon in history.
Now, the game that made history is jumping from computer screens to the motion picture screen: get
ready for Doom. Set countless years in the future and told in the hyper- kinetic, kamikaze style that
made its gaming predecessor a global phenomenon, the science fiction action adventure Doom takes
the viewer to the far corners of the galaxy with a fully-realized vision of a dark and disturbing future.
Doom is directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak (Cradle 2 the Grave). The film is written by Wesley Strick and
Dave Callaham, based on the id Software videogame "Doom 3," and is produced by Lorenzo di
Bonaventura (Constantine) and John Wells (Far From Heaven, White Oleander, television's The West
Wing, ER). -- © Universal Pictures
ready for Doom. Set countless years in the future and told in the hyper- kinetic, kamikaze style that
made its gaming predecessor a global phenomenon, the science fiction action adventure Doom takes
the viewer to the far corners of the galaxy with a fully-realized vision of a dark and disturbing future.
Doom is directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak (Cradle 2 the Grave). The film is written by Wesley Strick and
Dave Callaham, based on the id Software videogame "Doom 3," and is produced by Lorenzo di
Bonaventura (Constantine) and John Wells (Far From Heaven, White Oleander, television's The West
Wing, ER). -- © Universal Pictures
DAVID
Sure to be a hit among the players of the DOOM video game to see it on the big screen but
for everyone else "Wait for Video".
Sure to be a hit among the players of the DOOM video game to see it on the big screen but
for everyone else "Wait for Video".
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