Doom story
Doom is a 2005 science fiction film directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak. Loosely based on the video game series of the same name by id Software. Synopsis: A squad of Marines are sent on a rescue mission to a facility on Mars, where they encounter genetically engineered creatures.
14 total · 5 major · 9 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| brother and sister | major | One storyline follows the Reaper and his estranged, scientist, sister Samantha as they patch up their relationship. |
| Martian extraterrestrial | major | A revelation of the story is that the Red Planet was formerly home to a race of genetically enhanced super-humanoids. |
| military related work | major | The story follows a squad of eight Marines that encounter a host of genetically engineered monstrosities while on a rescue mission to a facility on Mars. |
| space portal | major | Key to the plot was the discovery of a portal, called "the Ark", deep below the Nevada desert that connected to the ruins of an ancient city on Mars. |
| speculative genetic engineering | major | The monsters infesting the Mars research facility were the result of experiments combining human and Martian DNA going terribly wrong. |
| archaeology occupation | minor | The archaeologist Samantha was on Mars researching an ancient civilization that'd been discovered there. |
| biotechnological risk to civilization | minor | Samantha speculated that the Ancient Martians destroyed themselves when their genetic enhancement experiments went out of control, resulting in everyone being turned into monstrosities. |
| mobility impairment | minor | The UAC employee Pinky, who lost his lower body below the waist on a pass through "the Ark" space portal, was confined to a futuristic wheelchair. |
| self-healing ability | minor | Reaper's wounds kept rapidly after he was injected with the C24 serum. |
| self-injurious behavior | minor | The mentally unstable Portman cut an X-shape in his already well-scarred forearm with a Bowie knife. |