The plot, the creators and actors of the film "Judgment Day"

The film on apocalyptic themes in the history of world cinema has been removed aboundingly, nevertheless the project of Neil Marshal "Judgment Day" (2008) is not the worst representative of the genre, despite a rather modest budget of $ 30,000,000.

Movie Potpourri

His picture will find his audience and in his niche will settle in comfort. Reviews from the film are mostly positive and neutral, and the rating by IMDb version was 6.00, which is good for a category "B" fighter. Actors of the film "Judgment Day" are mostly little known to a wide film audience, the lion's share of their filmography is made up of television films and serials. The only exception is the ageless Malcolm McDowell, who decorated his ribbon with his presence.

"Judgment Day" (2008) by definition of film critics is a dandy anti-dystopia, which the director, who previously created Psov Warriors and Spux, was saturated with allusions, reminiscences and a lot of references. According to the filmmakers, the plot of the ribbon resembles a potpourri from "Mad Max", "28 days later" and "Escape from New York", and the story is played out in English methodically.

Plot. String

The actors of the film "Judgment Day" embodied the author's conception, based on the idea of the director and scriptwriter Neil Marshall, in which he wanted to push medieval knights and modern soldiers.

According to the narrative, in spring in 2008 Scotland embraces an epidemic of an incurable and deadly, previously unknown virus. Scientists call it a "reaper." The main symptoms of the disease are high fever and ulcers. The region is urgently isolated on the order of the government, and its inhabitants are left to their fate. In this prologue, and the primary acquaintance of the viewer with the main character of the tape - a little girl, for the sake of saving her mother's life sacrifices herself.

In present time"

Further events develop in 2035, when the "reaper" again makes itself felt. This time he appears in the capital of Great Britain London. Under the order of the government, a group of professionals is gathered, headed by Major Eden Sinclair (Rona Mitra) - the very rescued baby. The team is sent to the allegedly deserted Scotland, where, according to the satellite images, survivors were found. The presence of people in the quarantine zone indicates that they have found a vaccine. Here its detection and delivery are the task of the detachment of the military. Once in the quarantine area, Major Sinclair and her colleagues face two warring groups of survivors - medieval warriors and punky cannibals. Actors of the film "Judgment Day", embodying the idea of the creator, demonstrated professionalism and full dedication.

Actress TV series

The leading role of Major Eden Sinclair went to British film and television actress, model and singer Ron Mitra. At the moment the girl works mostly in America. The greatest fame Mithra received as an actress of telefilms, "soap operas" of various formations.

In the big movie career Rona began and developed quite modestly. Her first roles in art films were episodic, for example in the films "Monk Dawson" and "Dealer". The first big role of the actress is the image of Scheherazade in the low-budget comic picture fantasy "The First Knight at the Court of Aladdin". Paradoxically, but not a breakthrough in her career, and "Beowulf," although the actress played in it the role of the main female character and the partner was the famous Christopher Lambert.

After working with a Hollywood star, Ron decides to move to the US and try his luck at the Dream Factory. Sentiment fell as if from a cornucopia, but the actress again played the role of secondary characters: "Secret Agent", "Remove Carter", "Invisible", "Stylish feature", etc. The best works of the actress are the characters in the films "The Life of David Gale" , "Shooter", "Fatal Number 23" and in the series "Return Strike", "Gateway", "Boston's Lawyers", "Stargate Universe" and "Body Parts". Rona Mitra herself "Judgment Day" considers one of the best paintings in her filmography.

Kinoprologue Star of the "Doomsday"

Actors of the film "Judgment Day", who played secondary roles, did not concede in the skill of Mithra. Actress Emma Cleese, who already had experience working with director Marshall on the tape "Dogs-Warriors" (2001), played the role of the mother of the main character Catherine Sinclair. A woman, being among the refugees, tries to leave the contaminated Scotland with the baby in her arms. The bullet hurts the child, knocks the eye out to the girl. The mother manages to put the baby in the last military helicopter, she is replaced by soldiers. The soldier and Catherine are killed by a distraught crowd. The actress is known to the viewer to participate in the tapes "Accursed School", "Soul Mate", "Dogs-Warriors" and "Judgment Day". Emma Clisby is one of Neil Marshall's favorite actresses.

Secondary male roles and their performers

British theater and film actor Malcolm McDowell played the role of Dr. Marcus Kane, leader of one of the warring factions that built the way of life like the Middle Ages. For his 40-year-old film career, he played a lot of roles, but he became widely known for his images of bright, sometimes cruel antagonists. The most famous of them are roles in the pictures "Clockwork Orange", "O, Lucky!" And "Caligula".

Jeremy Crutchley, reincarnated as Richter, also has the deserved title of a star of the first magnitude, he is known for his participation in the cinema "The Armory Baron" and the series "Hannibal", "Black Sails" and "Miss Marple Agatha Christie".