Doom

The Hollywood Reporter by

Plot, character development and dialogue are so sparse that the screenwriters are fortunate they're not paid by the word. But this basic approach doesn't render it ineffectual. There's so little to go wrong that those who like their entertainment mindless and violent will find little fault.

Philadelphia Inquirer by David Hiltbrand

Doom is, to its detriment, a remarkably faithful re-creation of the massively popular video game. In other words, it's a dark, violent, nerve-wracking, trigger-giddy waste of time.

Washington Post by Desson Thomson

A loud, standard-issue sci-fi action film that has a confusing mission.

Los Angeles Times by Gene Seymour

Shows less human dimension than the new Wallace and Gromit movie.

ReelViews by James Berardinelli

A dreadful, hackneyed piece of cinema.

The New York Times by Janet Maslin

This claustrophobic mess of a movie offers only carnage.

Charlotte Observer by Lawrence Toppman

We don't need a discussion of plot in a review of a movie made from a video game, do we? Nor do we care whether the characters are complicated (no), the acting is sophisticated (no), the direction is competent (no) or the camerawork is clever (no).

Austin Chronicle by Marc Savlov

Go for the gore (there's lots of it), but stay for the immortal line: "Now let's go find the body this arm belongs to."

Seattle Post-Intelligencer by Sean Axmaker

Doom may be by the numbers, with a roll call of colorful types systematically exterminated while The Rock entertains with cartoonish expressions and reactions (the closest the film comes to personality).