To save humanity from an epidemic, an elite fighting unit must battle to find a cure in a post-apocalyptic zone controlled by a society of murderous renegades. That pretty much sums it up.

Rhona Mitra does her best Kate Beckinsale impression as Major Eden Sinclair, the leader of a special operations unit tasked to find a cure among the quarantined survivors of a lethal virus contained on the British Isles. Unfortunately, that’s where the interesting part ends. This movie had a hard time deciding what it wanted to be, and ended up being a hodgepodge of ideas loosely thrown together to fit into a surprisingly coherent story. It viewed almost as bad as an Uwe Boll video game theatrical masterpiece.

As a puerile dick flick, this isn’t half bad. You have a post-apocalyptic future; a virus; power hungry government agents; guys in medieval suits of armor; and of course, a car chase scene with a giant explosion – a must have in a dick flick.  It looked like director/writer Neil Marshall attempted to funnel all variations of sci-fi into a bottle, with an obvious heavy reference to Mad Max and its ilk.

Doomsday was a far cry from his other offerings of Dog Soldiers and The Descent, both of which I enjoyed immensely. I was disappointed he didn’t apply the same focus to Doomsday.

The DVD includes both the theatrical cut as well as the unrated version of the film. The special features include:

- Commentary with director Neil Marshall and actors Sean Pertwee, Darren Morfitt, Rick Warden and Les Simpson.

- 3 Production Featurettes: “Anatomy of Catastrophe: Civilization on the Brink,” “The Visual Effects and Wizardry of Doomsday,” “Devices of Death: Guns, Gadgets and Vehicles of Destruction.”

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