Doomsday

(USA/Great Britain/Germany/South Africa, 2008, 109 minutes)

Thirty years after a lethal virus wiped out most of Scotland, a crack military team is sent covertly into Glasgow to try and find if there is a cure. Deliberately derivative action comic with horror and sci-fi elements that quotes openly from earlier and better movies but manages to meld them confidently into a fun, fast-paced, trashy whole.

Rogue Pictures and Intrepid Pictures present a Crystal Sky Pictures production, in association with Scion Films; produced in association with Internationale Filmproduktion Blackbird Dritte; produced with the assistance of the Department of Trade and Industry South Africa; with the assistance of the Glasgow Film Office; supported by Scottish Screen. Starring Rhona Mitra, Bob Hoskins, Adrian Lester, Alexander Siddig; with David O'Hara; and Malcolm McDowell. Directed and written by Neil Marshall; produced by Steven Paul, Benedict Carver; music by Tyler Bates; director of photography (DeLuxe, widescreen), Sam McCurdy; production designer, Simon Bowles; costume designer, John Norster; film editor, Andrew MacRitchie; visual effects supervisor, Hal Couzens.