As we said, this isn't really a movie but a video game. As video
games become increasingly popular with the young — and we
mean the "really young" (age 24 and below), not the "pretend
to be young" (all gay men above 30) — movies are being
configured to cater to them. Not surprisingly, Doom opened
at No. 1 on the US box-office last week.

Wrestling champion The Rock leads a well-armed squad to a laboratory
that's being attacked by monsters. At the lab itself, a mysterious
chromosome is being transmitted like a virus, turning people into
either zombies or superhumans. Can the Rock and his ever-diminishing
army stop the mayhem? Yes, they can — with their endless bullet
supply and the Rock's cartoonish acting, they can.

Doom is a mindless piece of blood-splattering mayhem,
though it is probably the best of all the movies we've seen based
on video games (Tomb Raider, Resident Evil, Street
Fighter, Mortal Combat).