Andy Van Scoyoc
The Condemned: Convicts Doomed: ConvictsThe Condemned: Island in the middle of nowhere Doomed: Island in the middle of nowhereThe Condemned: Lunatic "Host" Doomed: Lunatic "Host"Doomed has zombie experiments and the Condemned has psychopaths that are as brutal as zombies.It was nice (for once,) to see a movie without skanks losing, taking off, or otherwise, being divested of their clothes. Not just guys watch horror.I've also seen a lot of people whining about the lack of gore. So what? You can't enjoy a movie if it lacks blood and guts every 15 seconds?Despite the horrible, wretched acting (so bad it's almost laughable) by most of the cast, this movie is still worth a watch.Seriously though...I wonder if such similarities between this film and The Condemned are just a coincidence?Just kind of strange...almost the same storyline...same release year.Cue Twilight Zone music!
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.
raypdaley182
Presented in the form of a game show (Think The Running Man or Survivor - Series 7, but not a good as either one) you have Doomed.It's cast are all no-namers and that should be the huge give-away right there. It takes ideas from films like Fortress, Resident Evil, Dawn Of The Dead and manages to make a pretty bad film.It's pretty low budget or looks that way.Teams of convicts are paired together (yep, that'll be stolen from Fortress then) and are told they must make it across the island alive to win the prize. (Hmm, sounds just like Battle Royale actually) But they have unknown objects in their way (like Zombies, how predictable. George Romero must be laughing at the idea) and of course are fighting amongst themselves and each other.To be honest the plot is pretty thin and laughable. None of the tension or scares actually work. Finding zombies or failed military experiments in a forgotten bunker has been done in all sorts of things (Lost would be the most recent) and it really wasn't done all that different here.I got the feeling the writer had played the game Smash TV as a child (the game ideas are very alike) and had seen the Day Of The Dead remake (that's where he stole his crap and predictable from a mile away ending).Because the cast are all complete unknowns, you know most of them are going to die anyway.This is tired, predictable and adds nothing to the survival horror or zombie genres.
AD
