While everyone else was yucking it up at Haneke's remake of his own Funny Games, I went to see Neil Marshall's Doomsday. I was really wanting to see the former, but I might be seeing that with a friend tomorrow (at least, assuming she finds Funny Games more chick-friendly than Doomsday). Imdb's current plot synopsis is pretty accurate as it stands, presumably waiting for some user to come along and fill it in. That's pretty much what Marshall's film is, a cobbled together group of signifiers waiting for the viewer to connect them to some signifieds. The series of posters above says all you need to know about the film, but what the hell, I'll say a little more:
[Spoiler Warning: if you want to be surprised by the derivative content, finding enjoyment in noticing it yourself, read no further.]
[Spoiler Warning: if you want to be surprised by the derivative content, finding enjoyment in noticing it yourself, read no further.]
It has a contaminating virus just like 28 Days Later, which was itself just like The Crazies.
It has a region quarantined off from the rest of civilization (this time, Scotland), with the remaining people left to rot, just like 28 Weeks Later, which itself borrowed the bit from Escape From New York.
It has a little girl who loses her family during the initial infestation and develops into a Wonder Woman, just like Resident Evil.
