Doomsday (2008) - a podcast by Chris, Sean, Jeremy | Force Fed Sci-Fi

This week, the Force Fed Sci-Fi team watched the Doomsday (2008) film, which is another variation of a post-apocalyptic world, focusing more so on the Great Britain part of the world. Unlike our last film we reviewed and discussed, The Postman, where we didn't get an answer on what caused such a desolate world, at least Doomsday offers the explanation that the"reaper virus"is the cause of such a chaotic society. So join us this week, as we dive into the Doomsday (2008) film, the Doomsday movie cast and characters, and more!
The Writer and Director of Doomsday, Neil MarshallOther Film and TV Accreditations
Neil MarshallNeil Marshall wrote and directed the Doomsday (2008) film. Other projects Marshall has worked on include Dog Soldiers and the critically-acclaimed horror film The Descent. Marshall has also worked on television series episodes such as with Game of Thrones (episodes"Blackwater"and"The Watchers on the Wall"), Westworld (episode"The Stray"), and Netflix's Lost in Space.
Inspiration for the Doomsday (2008) FilmMarshall intentionally and admittedly took aspects from some of his favorite films and inserted them into this one. The ones we at Force Fed Sci-Fi recognized were Escape From New York, Excalibur, Gladiator, and Mad Max. We appreciate Marshall paying homage to these films, but at some points it felt like it was too similar and unoriginal. More on that later when we cover our thoughts on the ending of this film.
Doomsday Movie Cast and Character AnalysisRhona Mitra as Major Eden Sinclair - Mitra did a nice job at playing the lead role. While there isn't much depth to her character in this film, but she does well playing a no-fear and confident female leader of a militaristic group while kicking butt.

Rhona Mitra, Photo courtesy of Joits
Adrian Lester as Sergeant Norton - We think Lester and his character Norton didn't get enough screen time in this film. While there's a bit of a rough meeting between he and Mitra's character at the beginning, they form a strong bond, but it seems to be cut too short. However, within that limited amount of time, Norton is given a few decent action sequences. Probably most notably, Norton is given the most honorable death in this film compared to everyone else who is gruesomely murdered with a display of excessive gore.

Craig Conway as Sol - It's always tough when it comes to characters like Sol in some of these films. Essentially, he is bat-sh** crazy. Most audience members don't relate to these types of characters, but you have to give Conway credit as he brought a high-level of intensity to the role. You can't miss him yelling and shouting all of his lines throughout the film, which all come with showers of spit and saliva (and actually we seem to remember him not even having lines in the last action sequence, just yelling and growling).

Malcolm McDowell as Marcus Kane - One of the two most well-known actors in this film is McDowell. His part is limited, but important as he is the one the militaristic group is sent to find since prior to the infection causing post-apocalyptic world, he was a doctor trying to find the cure for the"reaper virus."However, we soon find that his character just pretty much gave up on all of that and decided to become the leader of a renaissance-like community. McDowell does a decent job at playing his character, but again it is limited. As Sean mentions in the podcast, we will eventually cover him again as he appears in the film Start Trek Generations and we may one-day cover A Clockwork Orange.

Malcom McDowell, photo courtesy of GabboTBob Hoskins as Bill Nelson - Hoskins is the second actor in the film we need to cover who is decently well-know (rest in peace). Again though, he has limited screen time as he pretty much gets Mitra's character ready and on her way for her and her squad's mission and at the end.

Photo by James Laurence StewartAnd Rounding Out The Rest Of The Cast...

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