"Doomsday" is a 2008 science fiction action film written and directed by Neil Marshall. The film takes place in the future in Scotland, which has been quarantined because of a deadly virus.

When the virus is found in London, political leaders send a team led by Major Eden Sinclair (Rhona Mitra) to Scotland to find a possible cure.

Sinclair's team runs into two types of survivors: marauders and medieval knights.

Doomsday was conceived by Marshall based on the idea of futuristic soldiers facing medieval knights. In producing the film, he drew inspiration from various movies, including "Mad Max", "Escape from New York" and "28 Days Later".

Marshall had a budget three times the size of his previous two films, "The Descent" and "Dog Soldiers", and the director filmed the larger-scale "Doomsday" in Scotland and South Africa.

The film was released in the United States and Canada on 14 March 2008 and in the United Kingdom on 9 May 2008.

It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the casting, pacing, narrative, and homage to previous films, but criticized the plot holes, character development, confusing editing, and overloaded gore.

The film grossed $22 million worldwide, making it a box office bomb.

Cast

• Rhona Mitra as Eden Sinclair, a Major of the Department of Domestic Security, selected to lead a team to find a cure.
• Bob Hoskins as Bill Nelson, Eden Sinclair's boss.
• David O'Hara as Michael Canaris, a corrupt senior official within the British government whose position is never stated, who acts as Hatcher's puppeteer. Canaris was depicted to have a fascist background.
• Malcolm McDowell as Marcus Kane, a former scientist who now lives as a feudal lord in an abandoned castle, having medieval army under his command and controlling parts of the country. McDowell is the maternal-uncle of Alexander Siddig.
• Alexander Siddig as Prime Minister John Hatcher. Siddig is the maternal-nephew of Malcolm McDowell.
• Adrian Lester as Sergeant Norton, a member of Sinclair's team.
• Craig Conway as Sol, Kane's son and the leader of the marauders. He has a bio-hazard sign tattooed on his back and a large scar across his chest. Even though he is Kane's son, he distanced himself from him and formed his own army.

In addition, Lee-Anne Liebenberg portrays Viper, the wild woman who is Sol's second-in-command, while Hennie Bosman portrays Telamon (The Gladiator). Also cast as part of Eden Sinclair's team were Chris Robson as Miller, and Leslie Simpson as Carpenter. The names Miller and Carpenter were nods to directors George Miller and John Carpenter, whose films influenced Marshall's Doomsday. Sean Pertwee and Darren Morfitt portrayed the team's medical scientists, Dr Talbot and Dr Stirling, respectively. MyAnna Buring portrayed Kane's daughter Cally. Emma Cleasby played Eden's mother at the start of the film.