10 Video Game Movies That Made ONE Huge Mistake
6. Removing Hell - Doom
Even people who've never played a Doom game might be aware that the series is centered around a space marine battling demons from Hell, and so the 2005 movie's decision to jettison the demonic/Hell element entirely is completely baffling.
Instead, the monstrous invasion is the result of scientific experiments gone wrong - a decidedly more generic and considerably less Doom-like explanation.
It's never been explained why Hell was ripped out of the movie, though some fans have suggested that it may have been a budgetary decision.
It's far more probable, however, that Universal didn't want to open a theistic can of worms by featuring Hell in a movie which could otherwise be marketed more broadly as a horror-action flick.
Whatever the reason, the absence of Hellish imagery leaves a dark cloud hanging over a film that's really only remembered today for that admittedly well-executed first-person action sequence. Otherwise, this is stridently forgettable slop.