colinhawksby when you get the chance to buy a DVD for £1 in your local supermarket you take a risk that it's pretty poor. Doomed was better than I expected..it avoided all the usual clichés.. timid blonde wins,army guy saves them all etc... Its certainly not a work of art and I don't think the makers ever expected it to be. I certainly didn't expect it to be. It is however fast paced and with nice in-jokes for gamers and genre movie lovers.At least it has a comprehensible story that held my interest and was technically competent unlike most of these "footage only horrors" such as Cloverfield, Rec and the Zombie Diaries

slayrrr666 "Doomed" is a rather interesting and enjoyable zombie romp.**SPOILERS**On a deserted island, Sybil, (Mary Christina Brown) Reese, (Steve Cryen) Leigh, (Sarah Diaz) Wes, (Aaron Gaffey) Trey Dog, (Andre McCoy) Boyle, (Ward Roberts) Conrad, (Drew Russell) Kyra, (Kara Schaaf) Benny, (Edwin Villa) and Dawn, (Heidi Marie Wanser) who are each criminals, try to navigate the island to receive a pardon for their crimes. Venturing off in teams of two, their exploits are captured for a reality TV show. As they make their way across, each team stumbles upon a special group there on the island that they can't explain. The days go on, and the number of the group members increase, they find that they're members of an old military unit that have now become zombies that are now intent on feasting on them. Worrying about twisted alliances as well as the bloodthirsty zombies, they all struggle to make it to the end of the show.The Good News: This here wasn't all that terrible. The biggest factor here is that it manages to stay interesting all the way through. There's enough zombie action in this one that keeps it going, since it's not that long and the action really starts in pretty early in the film. There's several attacks in here that occur before the film is even a half-hour in the film, and that gives it a really frenetic pace to everything. This gets going and really gets a lot of great scenes going when it does that. The film does have a few surprisingly graphic scenes in here, getting in some nice gory goods. There's numerous body wounds inflicted, normally by slicing them open any number of weapons including knives, blades, tree branches and much more. There's more blood coming from gunshots and other wounds inflicted, as well as the violence that comes from the zombies against the victims. Though most of that revolves around taking one to the ground, there's enough bloody fun to be had from them that it makes it good enough to be enjoyed for those who go for that. It's also got a really cheesy charm to it when it plays up the reality TV show aspect, which is a nice first for some. The on-screen text, which normally doesn't work at all, does get some getting used to here and it does win over eventually. That is a nice feature that this one uses to remind that it is a reality TV show rather than just the camera men occasionally showing up. These here help up the film's enjoyment level.The Bad News: This here does have a few really noticeable problems. One of the main ones is that there's a really terrible trend of using a shaking camera during many of the attack scenes. These are utilized quite often and have the impact of running along with the characters during the scene, and it's incredibly jarring and disorienting. They show up during the part of the film that the viewers want to see, yet it's made nearly impossible due to the irritating nature of it, as it makes trying to see what's going on nearly impossible. That is one of the more irritating things about it, as it really devalues what it's there to do. The running zombies are another problem to overcome, as they aren't very fearsome and don't add anything to the movie. The last big flaw is that there's a tendency of the film to feel too cheap. It's obviously not going to look spectacular, but there's still the feel of it that may throw some off. Otherwise, this one wasn't that bad.The Final Verdict: While featuring some really bad camera work and some really cheap looks, it's still a fun time for those who have a particular love of these films. Recommended to those who enjoy the low-budget features or hardcore zombie fans, while those with a strong aversion to cheap films won't be swayed by this one.Rated R: Graphic Language and Graphic Violence

kyle MetalMan This has to be one of the worst films of this year. The special effects were horrible and amateur. Totally low budget as well. Everything was typical from start, it starts off with killing the off the two black actors in the beginning and through out the film it was so annoying to see how these people had no sense of survival which is typical in these types of films, it was just way too predictable. The zombies weren't even realistic or scary. They look like they were wearing Halloween costumes in all honesty. It's no wonder it went straight to DVD. I couldn't imagine this even playing in the Theaters. I would be seriously p*ssed off if I paid to see this honestly.

bloodmane This is one of those movies where I wish I could get back the chunk of life I've wasted. I did get a little nostalgic for the red-shirted security extras from Star Trek TOS while watching this. When I get a movie like this, the only recourse I have for entertainment is noticing the abundant flaws. I found myself looking at shadows in what was supposed to be total darkness, the thrilling tilt-a-whirl camera effects, the awesomely runny blood, and wondering who was sailing those other sailboats. Still the film made it to video so I applaud all those who worked on it for making it successfully to market.I think I'll throw on Blood on Satan's Claw next, a good bad movie.Doomed ... so very aptly named.