Doomstown (2006 TV Movie) User Reviews (5)

Pretty Gully, but overall falling short of expectations

[dk_mart · 7/10 · 12 June 2006]

A pretty gripping story about the struggle of living in a Toronto hood called Jamestown, a place where drugs, violence, struggles, and Caribbean immigrants are strife.

the tales follows the story of a pair of friends who deal drugs together and live day to day, chasing women, drinking beers, and chopping drugs; one with aspirations of going clean and getting a job (Romeo from student bodies), and the other half-heartedly wants to step up his drug game in Missisauga, but would remain in Jamestown the rest of his life the movie is pretty anti-climactic, has a lot less clapping than you would expect, and overall seemed a little disappointing - but it was nice seeing something of a gritty inner-city thriller docudrama being made about Toronto

best character in the movie has to be Countryman played by Mpho Koaho, who plays the short-sighted, hair-brained G straight outa kingston

Some outstanding acting

[newatt-2 · 8/10 · 22 August 2009]

I don't know why people rate this movie so low. I surfed into it accidentally and couldn't look away. I had no idea what the movie was at all, and was mesmerized by the fact that I knew we were in Toronto before seeing any physical markers of that fact and by the fact that Mark Taylor was just so damn attractive.

As I kept watching, I, of course, recognized the resemblance to events in the papers here. The script was good, the casting was really good. I missed the first twenty minutes, but I see that Gary Farmer was cast as a person of Swedish descent, so I guess his ethnicity in this case was a wink to those in the know about Canada's justice system.

I know the ending was probably happier than one could reasonably expect real life to turn out, but as fairy tales go it was beautiful.

And KC Collins grew on me. He is also very good looking and an amazing actor. Watching his face open up as his life does is truly enjoyable.

A Real Surprise- "Hear me?"

[erikateacher24 · 9/10 · 25 June 2006]

I was really intrigued by the commercials. It seemed like it would be very real and it totally was.

A VERY authentic take on the problems of some in the Caribbean community here in Toronto. I recognized the characters- they were not contrived and overdone. Young guys selling a little something to get by but it's no big deal. Some people getting big on their perceived position and power. Respect becomes an issue. Somebody dies for nothing- just to put a fear in people. The witness part- well I wish that was more realistic but it was a great idea of what COULD happen if people stood up. SO much of it was really AUTHENTIC to people I've known and things we have seen here in different areas of Toronto. The only poor part was SOME of the accents but overall, they were still good. MUCH BETTER than poor Denzel Washington's effort in The Mighty Quinn or Doug E Doug in "Where I Live." K.C. Collins was excellent through some major emotional crises and Mark Taylor was lovely. Mpho Koaho was definitely scary and foolish enough to be believable.

It was such a surprise to set aside time to see a Canadian... MADE-FOR-TV movie and actually find it to be great! I would have paid to see it. It should be a series.

awesome movie

[xxzlggyxx · 10/10 · 11 June 2006]

This was really an eye opener for the communities in Toronto. Hopefully will shock a lot of the younger population away from gun or any crimes in fact. Doomstown was very to the point and very well done. I personally think it should be shown in the schools of the communities that this show was based on. Nothing like a good wake up call. After all it could happen to anyone of the kids out there, not just in Toronto. The cast were excellent and played the parts out very realistically. Would totally recommend this movie to anyone, I for one will be getting a copy as soon as we can. The sound track was awesome too, anyone who knows any of the artists that sang could they let us know on here, thank-you.

Very well done

[brandonneicke · 8/10 · 2 May 2021]

This is good cinema. Real and gritty story. Good acting, good directing and solid writing. What else can you ask for.