But DOOM 3 flipped that on its head to make a much slower, methodical experience that was rife with tension and atmospheric horror. For brief context, when DOOM was introduced in the 90s, it was a fast-paced first-person-shooter first, and more of a horror game second. One year before DOOM released, the newest entry to the video game franchise was released in DOOM 3, which was a major success both critically and financially, but had many detractors against its dramatic change in pacing and style to the DOOM games that preceded it. While critical reception was never any good, films such as Resident Evil and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and its sequel were blowing up in box office takings, making some production studios eager to take on whatever gaming properties they could to try and capitalize off of the growing entertainment medium. Upon a second viewing, my opinion has changed somewhat, but it’s still nowhere near good.ĭirected by Polish director Andrzej Bartkowiak, and starring the likes of Karl Urban and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson during his first retirement from WWE, DOOM saw light during a promising time for video game movies. When I originally watched DOOM back in August of last year, I had denounced it as an irredeemable pile of trash with no real redeeming qualities to it.
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