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Doom (film)
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Directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak
Produced by Laura Holstein
John D. Schofield
Jeremy Steckler
John Wells (Executive Producer)
Written by Dave Callaham
Wesley Strick
Starring The Rock
Karl Urban
Ben Daniels
Rosamund Pike
Yao Chin

Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) October 21, 2005
December 2, 2005
Running time 1 hour 38 minutes
1 hour 53 minutes (USA Unrated DVD)
Language English
Budget $70,000,000
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Doom is a 2005 movie adaptation of the popular Doom series of video games produced by id Software. The movie was released October 21st, 2005 in the United States, and on December 2nd, 2005 in the United Kingdom.

On February 7th, 2006, the unrated DVD for the Doom movie was officially released. The unrated DVD has a running time of 1 hour 53 minutes, which suggests that 15 minutes of footage were removed from the rated release.

A movie based on the series has been widely expected since the first game's original release in 1993. In 1994 or 1995, id Software sold Doom movie rights to two movie studios, reportedly Universal Pictures and Columbia Pictures, but the rights expired apparently due to a lack of timely production. For the next eight or nine years, the movie project lingered in development hell. In 2002, it was reported that Warner Brothers acquired live action movie rights to Doom from id Software. Sometime in 2003, Warner Brothers lost the rights, and they were subsequently given to Universal Pictures; Universal got the movie moved into production in 2004.

In a recent interview with executive producer John Wells, he stated that a second Doom movie could be created if the first is a success in the box office. Ticket sales for the opening weekend totaled more than 15.3 million USD, but promptly dropped down to approximately $4.2 million, which mystified Universal executives.

The basic plot of the movie is quite similar to Aliens in that a small group of space marines go to investigate a deserted facility on another planet, and do battle with vicious creatures until only a few are left who must fight to escape alive.

The film has been rated R by the MPAA for strong violence/gore and language. The DVD release of Doom is unrated.

Contents [hide]
1 Plot overview
2 Violence predisposition controversy
3 Characters
3.1 Marines
3.2 Civilians
4 Weapons
5 Trivia
6 Criticisms
7 Production history
8 Doom 2
9 Awards and nominations
9.1 2005 Golden Raspberry Awards
10 Notes
11 External links



Plot overview
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
The film begins on Mars in a research facility where scientists are running for their lives, as one by one, they are grabbed and pulled into dark hallways, yelling in horror. A doctor, Dr. Carmack, manages to get in a security room when a surviving female scientist yells at him to keep the doors open for her. The doctor stares at her numb in horror, as the doors begin to shut, trapping her arm between the doors. She yells in agony as something grabs her, pushes her upwards, and pulls her from the door severing her arm. As the doctor turns around to send an SOS rescue signal, the "thing" breaks through the door, growls and stares at the doctor, and the scene fades into darkness.

On Earth, a team of elite special ops Marines is deployed to Mars, via use of a teleportation device called the Ark. Their mission is simple: Search-n-Destroy, which targeted at investigating the disturbance occurring at the Union Aerospace Corporation's (UAC) Mars research facility, to eliminate the threat, secure the facility, and retrieve UAC property. However, this mission becomes more complicated when the team finds Dr. Carmack who is disturbed to the point of tearing off his own ear. The Marines continue to explore the facility, encountering strange creatures intent on killing them. One such being, an Imp, succeeds in slaying one of the marines, but is promptly killed and brought to researcher Dr. Grimm, who seeks scientific data. From blood samples taken from two hostile creatures, it is determined that their genetic makeup has been altered by the addition of a 24th chromosome, which turns humans into a superhuman, or a monster depending on whether the person is "good" or "evil". Consequently, this chromosome is classified as an infection, which is later spread by the projectile tongues of those infected.

Through multiple attacks by the imps, the squad is reduced to just Sarge, Reaper (brother of Dr. Grimm), The Kid, and Duke, along with Dr. Grimm. They realize that despite their best efforts, a larger monster called a Hell Knight (presumed to be the original) escapes to Earth through the Ark. Before leaving, Sarge takes the Bio Force Gun (BFG), a.k.a 'Big Fucking Gun', and Dr. Grimm brings a sample of the Chromosome 24 serum. It is revealed that the researchers unintentionally created the imps by giving a human some of the serum, which was extracted from the remains of an ancient alien civilization on Mars.


"Reaper" on the left, (played by Karl Urban) and "Goat" shown on the right (played by Ben Daniels).On Earth, the group finds the UAC facility full of bodies. Sarge orders all corpses be shot to prevent any from rising again, and that all survivors must be killed too in case they are infected. The Kid finds a group of living, non-infected humans and reports this to Sarge. He argues that the order should be rescinded, but Sarge responds by saying that violating the CO's order is punishable by death and shoots The Kid for insubordination. The group continues through the facility until Duke is killed during a major assault by zombies. In addition to Duke's death, and Sarge being dragged away by the zombies, Reaper is hit by a ricocheting bullet. Consequently, to save his life, Dr. Grimm injects Reaper with Chromosome 24. This turns him into a superhuman, causing his injuries to heal almost instantly, and endowing him with incredible strength and speed.


Following Reaper's change, the movie takes on its first-person shooter perspective strongly resembling Doom 3 in terms of environment, creatures, and gameplay.

In the words of Karl Urban, the actor who plays Reaper:

"In some ways, it makes cinematic history in that, for the first time, the audience becomes the hero of the film."[citation needed]
"When we go into FPS, the audience is doing the rampage, the audience is doing the work and that is so cool. It’s insane!"[citation needed]
While slaying the remaining monsters, Reaper is attacked by Pinky, a mutated UAC Ark attendant (the Pinky Demon in the game) and cyborg, whose bottom half of his body was replaced by robotics and wheels due to major turbulence during ark travel. Earlier, Reaper explains this to The Kid saying that "he went to one galaxy, his ass went to another". However, Reaper successfully uses the iconic chainsaw to defeat him by damaging the joint connecting his body to the wheel. At the exit of the facility, Reaper finds a large mass of bodies and a blue burning hole in the wall, which was caused by a BFG blast. Near this hole, Reaper encounters Sarge and an unconscious Dr. Grimm lying on the floor. Reaper asks Sarge what happened to the non-infected survivors, and he replies that he took care of them, meaning he killed them, remarking "We're killers. It's what we're paid to do." Reaper then notices the same injury on Sarge that Dr. Carmack had before he turned into an Imp. After Dr. Grimm escapes Sarge's clutches, the two Marines face off, with Reaper shooting Sarge and dodging a BFG shot from him. The two engage in hand-to-hand combat and fight with hard hits. Sarge finds a metal pole and warps it around his arm. Sarge stabs it through Reaper's hand, but after a long fight, it rips out. The transformation of Sarge to an Imp begins to get noticed during the fight by Reaper. Eventually, Reaper prevails by throwing Sarge into the "Ark," along with an ST grenade transporting him back to Mars just before the Final Lockdown, which appears to seal the fate of both Sarge and the UAC Mars facility.


Violence predisposition controversy
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The movie plot is based upon the assumption that all people are either genetically predisposed to violence or not, and that upon evolution this predisposition takes over. It is stated that C-24 vaccine acts only as a releaser for the aggression that is turning a human into a demon being, but the aggression is initially hidden dormant inside the victim. This assumption is similar to the position taken by id Software lawyers on the famous Columbine High School massacre case.[citation needed] One of the kids - Eric Harris - in a video left before the massacre said: "the killing will be like fucking Doom". Being accused that their game was the cause of the violence and the massacre, representatives of id Software claimed that it was only a “last drop” that triggered the events, but violence was initially in both kids' psyches because they were predisposed to it.[citation needed] It is not known whether the case actually inspired this part of the plot or if this was a mere coincidence, but parallels exist.


Characters
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow. 

 Marines

ReaperJohn "Reaper" Grimm (Karl Urban): The protagonist. A former scientist who joined the military after the death of his parents on Mars. Following his conscience, he ultimately ends up opposing the UAC and Sarge. He is the only Marine to survive the mission to Mars.


SargeSarge (The Rock): The squad leader. Sarge is a professional marine who appears to have a good relationship with the men in his squad. However, his unquestioning loyalty to the corrupt UAC and insistence on following orders no matter the consequences ultimately leads him to commit war crimes. He was apparently killed by "Reaper" as he transformed into a demon.

Eric "Goat" Fantom (Ben Daniels): A quiet, extremely religious man who cuts himself whenever he breaks a Commandment. It was hinted that he served time in prison. He was infected by a mutated Dr. Willits, turned into a zombie, and killed himself before he could transform into an 'Imp'. "Goat" is played by Laurence Olivier Theatre Award winning British actor Ben Daniels.

"Duke" (Raz Adoti): A smart-aleck who ends up hitting on Samantha, who seems to mildly return his interest. One of four marines (Reaper, Sarge, the Kid, and himself) to survive the Mars base and return to fight in the underground Nevada Arc base. He was pulled through a steel grate (presumably by the Imp's attack) and dies.

Gannon "Destroyer" Roark (Deobia Oparei): The squad's stoic heavy weapons specialist. Destroyer dies in hand-to-hand combat with a Hell Knight, but succeeds in giving the monster a beating.

"Mac" (Yao Chin): Enigmatic, mostly silent, this baseball-loving marine is left behind to defend the Ark, and is decapitated by a Hell Knight.

"The Kid" (Al Weaver): The newest member of the squad, The Kid is green and inexperienced, much to Sarge's chagrin. Also secretly addicted to drugs to keep his newbie fear in control. He was killed by Sarge after refusing to follow his orders to shoot innocent civilians.

Corporal Dean Portman (Richard Brake): This member of the squad was killed when a Hell Knight beat him to death in the bathroom.


Ben Daniels as the marine named "Goat".
Civilians

Dr. Samantha GrimmDr. Samantha Grimm (Rosamund Pike): A scientist on Mars, and John Grimm's sister. Conducting archaeological research on the Martian civilization, she is assigned by UAC to accompany the marines and retrieve Dr. Carmack's research data. She and Reaper are the only survivors left at the end of the film.
"Pinky" (Dexter Fletcher): A nervous technician on Mars assigned to coordinate the squad's communications. Pinky has no lower body and is attached to a cybernetic wheel-chair, due to a teleportation accident while using the Ark ("He went to one galaxy, his ass went to another"). He is named for the Pinky Demon from the Doom games, which he eventually becomes near the end of the film (the transformation is not seen, but strongly implied). Reaper kills him at the end of the first-person shooter scene.
Dr. Carmack (Robert Russell): The base's chief scientist, Carmack's unethical experimentations in genetic engineering ultimately lead to the death of everyone on Mars. The demon attack leaves him catatonic, and he ultimately transforms into a monster. An obvious reference to John Carmack of Id. While immobilized, Sarge shoots him in the head to put an end to Samantha Grimm's insistence that she should try to cure Carmack.
Dr. Willits (Vladislav Dyntera): Another scientist who ultimately ends up altered and killed. An obvious reference to Tim Willits. Turned into an imp, he taints/kills Goat before being shot to death by Reaper.
Lt. Huengs (Daniel York): The leader of all security forces on Mars. He escapes when the civilians are evacuated but his ultimate fate is unknown.
Dr. Jenna Willits (Sara Houghton): Dr. Willits' wife, she first takes a blood sample from Carmack and is the first one to see that his blood was different. She escapes in the civilian evacuation.
Hell Knight (Baron of Hell)/Curtis Stahl (Brian Steele): A psychopathic mass murderer slated for death row and experimented on by Dr. Carmack, he is transformed into the "Hell Knight" and proceeds to rampage through the base, turning the scientists into imps and zombies. It is debated whether or not he was a rapist, for several of the female corpses suggested so, as did an earlier scene in the extended version where Portman and the Kid find a nude demon. Killed by Reaper during the First Person Shooter sequence.

Weapons
Main article: List of weapons in Doom (film)
BFGv3.14
A Pistol given to Pinky (an HK USP) and Sarge's sidearm (modified Desert Eagle).
An Assault Rifle which is a modified G36K Carbine
An Assault RifleA Shotgun used by Goat
A Chain gun used by Destroyer, then later used by Sarge. Modeled after a Browning .30 cal.
A Huge Chainsaw used by the Hell Knight, then by Reaper against Pinky.
A Timed Mine (with a 10-second

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