Posted AT 4:03 AM EDT on 21/10/05
Doom *½
JENNIE PUNTER
From Friday's Globe and Mail
DoomDirected by Andrzej BarthowiakWritten by Dave Callaham and Wesley StrickStarring Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson and Karl UrbanClassification: 18ARating: *½Like films based on novels, screen adaptations of video or computer games can never convey the full scope of the original. At the most basic level, because both novels and games take hours to complete, serious streamlining usually takes place.
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