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Doom is a 2005 movie adaptation of the popular Doom series of video games produced by id Software. The movie was released October 21 2005 in the United States, and on December 2 2005 in the United Kingdom.

On February 7th, 2006, the unrated DVD for the Doom movie was officially released. The unrated DVD has a running time of 1 hour 53 minutes, which suggests that 15 additional minutes of footage was added to the unrated DVD release.

A movie based on the series has been widely expected since the first game's original release in 1993. In 1994 or 1995, id Software sold Doom movie rights to two movie studios, reportedly Universal Pictures and Columbia Pictures, but the rights expired apparently due to a lack of timely production. For the next eight or nine years, the movie project lingered in development hell. In 2002, it was reported that Warner Brothers acquired live action movie rights to Doom from id Software. Sometime in 2003, Warner Brothers lost the rights, and they were subsequently given to Universal Pictures; Universal got the movie moved into production in 2004.

There has been a lot of criticism offered against the movie on message boards. For instance, on movie review websites such as the Internet Movie Database, many claim that this movie has failed, just like, in their opinion, all other video game to movie translations. This is because Hollywood's attempts to give video games more mainstream appeal usually backfire, through excessive "watering down," abbreviation, or unwarranted "enhancements." Thusfar, such criticism has been arguably substantive, for the movie omits or redefines traditional supernatural themes with purely secular themes, such as genetic experimentation and psychological evolution, which has led many fan to liken the plot as "Resident Evil in space". Many speculate that these changes, ordered by certain executives at Universal, are due to fear of possible negative reactions by the public, especially from Christian groups (ironically, the original Doom is a Christian allegory). But, as with the release of Doom 3, the controversy over this movie will remain, especially between hardcore and casual Doom fans.

In a recent with executive producer John Wells, he stated that a second Doom movie could be created if the first is a success in the box office. Ticket sales for the opening weekend totaled more than 15.3 million USD, but promptly dropped down to approximately $4.2 million, which mystified Universal executives.

The basic plot of the movie is quite similar to Aliens
in that a small group of space marines go to investigate a deserted facility on another planet, and do battle with vicious creatures until only a few are left who must fight to escape alive.

The film has been rated R by the MPAA for strong violence/gore and language. The DVD release of Doom was unrated.

Doom 2

A sequel is being discussed and the creators of the first Doom movie say they can think of a way to involve the major characters. Karl Urban and Rosamund Pike are already signed on and The Rock wants to sign up.

Plot overview

The film begins on Earth, when a team of elite Marines are deployed to Mars, through the teleportation device called the "Ark." Their mission is simple: to investigate a disturbance occurring at the Union Aerospace Corporation's (UAC) Mars research facility. However, this simple mission becomes more complicated when the team finds Dr. Carmack, who is disturbed to the point of tearing off his own ear. The Marines continue to explore the facility, encountering strange creatures intent on killing them. One such being, an "imp," succeeds in slaying one of the soldiers, but is promptly captured and returned to Dr. Grimm, a researcher seeking scientific data. From blood samples from a group of hostile creatures, it is determined that their genetic makeup has been altered by the addition of a 24th chromosome, which turns humans into a "superhuman" or a "monster" depending on whether the person is "good" or "evil". Consequently, this chromosome is classified as an "infection," which is spread by the projectile tongues of those infected.

Through multiple attacks by the imps, the troop is reduced to four members: Sarge, Reaper (brother of Dr. Grimm), The Kid, and Duke, along with Dr. Grimm. Further they realize that despite their best efforts, a larger monster, "Hell Knight" (presumed to be the original) escapes to Earth through the "Ark." However, before leaving, Sarge takes the Bio Force Gun (BFG) a.k.a 'Big Fucking Gun' and Dr. Grimm brings a sample of the Chromosome 24 serum. Further, it is revealed that the researchers unintentionally created the imps by giving a human some of the serum, which was extracted from the remains of an ancient alien civilization on Mars.

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