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Rated R for nudity, language, violence and cannibalism
Reviewed by Karl Scott

After a brief opening scene set in April of ‘08 the rest of Doomsday occurs in 2033. Seems Doom is not quite on us yet.  In 4/08 an incurable virus starts killing off everyone in Scotland.  Why Scotland you ask?  New York City had just been attacked by a giant monster in 1/08 in Cloverfield and is not scheduled for another disaster till sometime later this summer.  

Anyhow Scotland gets it.  A big wall is put up cutting off Scotland from England and the Scots are stuck….to die together in what is now known as Virusland.  

 

In 2033 the Reaper Virus may be headed for England.  A team of commandos is sent into Scotland to find the one doctor who may be able to come up with a cure.  The team includes a girl who escaped from the original disaster and is now a super agent with one eye and a killer instinct.  She and the team head for Glasgow.  

 

Unfortunately the only people in Glasgow still living, in large numbers, are punk rocker tattooed cannibals. They have rock concerts where they BBQ and eat any outsiders they can find and in a rare but convenient twist of fate, even though there is no electrical power or generators, their amplifiers and speakers work just fine.  

 

A lot of trouble occurs, involving fights, decapitations, torture and spitting.  What this has to do with the virus is never made clear. The surviving members of the commando team escape in a handy fueled up and ready to go train and head for the missing doctor.  He lives in a castle with a group of other people that have reverted to middle age life styles.  

 

They are nicer than the punk rockers. Although they fight, decapitate and spit on their enemies, they show their civilized side by not eating their dead.  A big battle occurs following a fight between the she-devil super commando, one eyed, karate kicking, honey and the castle’s version of Monty Pythons Black Knight.  Although she is bare handed wearing only shorts and a tank top she easily defeats a 12 ft. tall giant wearing a full suit of armor and wielding a big sword.  

 

The commandos escape through a cave filled with boxes and take off in a brand new fully gassed up washed and waxed sports car they find in one of the boxes.  They are chased by the punk rockers in vehicles left over (but never destroyed) from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.   After lots of crashes and bloodletting the commando team meets up with a group of people in a helicopter and deliver the virus cure.  

 

Then the she-devil, super commando, one eyed, karate fighting, babe goes back to Glasgow and joins the punk rockers.  Bon Appetite.
 
Rated 1.0 out of 4.0 reasons to avoid this movie like the Reaper Virus.