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I'm disappointed in Neil Marshall. The Descent was sooo good and now they're note even screening Doomsday for critics.

Descent was OK... kind of hard to telling anyone apart, kind of a common problem in "subterranean skulk" movies where you can't see anything and spatial relations are shot to hell.

Plus the chicks weren't as hot as they'd be in a U.S. movie.

That said: DOOMSDAY, BITCH. Between this and FUNNY GAMES, I'm fin'na see some shit get messed up.

RHONA MITRA OWNS ALL YOUR WEAK, NOT-INTO-WOMEN-AT-ALL ASSES.

The critic that did see it are thrashing it though.

Why is Lex's response getting me annoyed? It's Lex. If he didn't start SCREAMING THINGS IN CAPS, insert into insults into perfectly normal conversation and making stupid statements on he wouldn't be Lex.

that "into" obviously shouldn't be there.

As a major fan of Marshall's previous films, I was a little stunned that Universal (Focus/Rogue) wasn't press screening "Doomsday."
But after catching up with it yesterday afternoon, I can understand why. The damn thing's a mess.
Cobbling together elements from "28 Days/Weeks Later," the "Mad Max" trilogy, John Carpenter's "Escape" flicks and even "Children of Men," Marshall has turned out an incoherent, derivative botch that doesn't know when to stop.
The "where-the-fuck-did-this-come-from?" Medieval shit in the second half of the movie is so wacko-strange I kept wondering whether it was intended to be a Monty Python homage.
Except for a cool (if overly familiar for anyone who's seen George Miller's "MM" films) climactic car chase, this is a complete and utter waste of time--and reportedly the $30-million it cost to make.
Better luck next time, Neil.

I'm disappointed in Marshall for Doomsday as well. I though Dog Soldiers was good fun when I saw it years ago but The Descent really cemented his "director to watch" status. It was a controlled, suspenseful, and much more mature effort.

When I saw the first Doomsday trailer I was initially disappointed that he chose to return to his Dog Soldiers style. Now that it appears that he hasn't even managed to pull that off successfully I'm starting to think that maybe The Decent was the fluke.

Oh well. Everyone has a misfire. I read he was already signed for his next flick but no mention of what it was. Anyone know?

Marshall's next flick is a period Western/horror flick.

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