In the pantheon of classic video games, perhaps none has been as poorly served by the movies as Doom. Listen, adapting games into movies isn’t easy (ask the filmmakers behind Battleship), and only Resident Evil pulled it off as a concept for an extended film series. But the 2005 much-hyped movie version of Doom starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in one of his more forgettable performances basically drained the game of any of its charms (well, if you consider gunning down horrifying giant monsters that chase after you a charm) and replaced them with standard actioner nonsense.
Now Doom is getting another shot at the movie treatment with Doom: Annihilation. Based on its new “We Call It Hell” trailer, though, fans of the game franchise shouldn’t hold their breath for something better this time around. Promoted as “coming soon,” Annihilation will be a straight-t0-video (or these days, straight-to-digital) release from Universal, and it seems to have the production values you would expect from such a project. Which is to say, it looks pretty crummy. The teases of the monsters, which appear to be actors in suits in a visual-effects throwback, won’t do much to send a jolt through your spine. The dialogue is equally unpromising (“Die, die, die!” one character says).
Then again, Doom: Annihilation doesn’t necessarily look any worse than 2005’s Doom, and at least it might be a bit of fun. “Doom: Annihilation follows a group of space marines as they respond to a distress call from a base on a Martian moon, only to discover it’s been overrun by demonic creatures who threaten to create Hell on Earth,” according to the official story synopsis. If that’s your kind of thing, it might be worth streaming when you don’t feel like moving from the couch.
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