As if one god-awful Doom movie wasn’t enough for a single lifetime, Universal has flexed fingers, delved into its unfathomable depths and proffered up a new direct-to-video film inspired by id’s legendary FPS franchise. It’s called Doom: Annihilation and, I dunno, it be good?
Written and directed by Tony Giglio (Death Race 2, Death Race 3, Soccer Dog: The Movie), Doom: Annihilation is a reboot of the franchise’s live-action form, meaning you probably won’t need to rush out and catch up on the plot intricacies of the first Doom film to understand it.
Doom: Annihilation, as you might well imagine, follows a group of space marines as they respond to a distress call from a Martian moon base. As you might also imagine, things do not go as planned, and the team discovers the base has been overrun by demonic creatures “who threaten to create Hell on Earth”. And here they are now:
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Not that we should be particularly concerned about this new version sounding familiar; it’s a plot that’s managed to carry four Doom games so far (as well as the 2005 live-action movie, although, in that instance, “drag” might be a more appropriate word than “carry”), and this latest cinematic iteration promises to be an “intense action-packed” instalment.