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Doomsday DVD, BD
May 9, 2008
In politics and movies, there's always a threat to the human race, and we wouldn't have it any other way--at least in the movies.
In Universal's Doomsday, the threat is a deadly plague called the Reaper Virus, which has killed hundreds of thousands of Great Britain's citizens.
The movie, which grossed only $11 million, sounds pretty cliche (like the 28 Days movies but the infected just die), but it scored higher with users than critics on Rotten Tomatoes, and users are the ones paying for the movies in stores.
VB sister publication Variety gave Doomsday a pretty good review: "Neil Marshall's flair for visceral action more than compensates for his script's lack of conceptual novelty in Doomsday. Principally South Africa-shot tale of a post-apocalyptic Great Britain cobbles together large chunks of Escape From New York, The Road Warrior, 28 Days Later and Resident Evil, but those with a taste for revved-up, splattery fantasy thrills won't be complaining. Opening cold in the U.S. sans press screenings, and with no Stateside marquee names, pic bowed to $4.7 million domestically but should see better numbers elsewhere (especially in Blighty), and is sure to become a repeat-viewing fan favorite in ancillary."
Universal will deliver the sci-fi thriller to DVD and Blu-ray on July 29 (prebook June 24), priced at $29.98 and $39.99, respectively.
Extras are featurettes and commentary on both, plus Blu-ray has "Reaper Files", tech specs and picture-in-picture.
Posted by Samantha Clark on May 9, 2008 | Comments (0)
