Fails the Bechdel test
Doom
2005. Directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak, written by Dave Callaham and Wesley Strick.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
0 / 3
Fails
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No
1. At least two women
Fewer than two women characters. -
No
2. Who talk to each other
Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.
The film
Something has gone wrong at a remote scientific research station on Mars. All research has ceased. Communication has failed. And the messages that do get through are less than comforting. It's a level 5 quarantine and the only souls allowed in or out are the Rapid Response Tactical Squad - hardened Marines armed to the teeth with enough firepower to neutralize the enemy...or so they think.
- Released
- 21 Oct 2005
- Genres
- Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 5.2 / 10
- Metascore
- 34 / 100
- Awards
- 3 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- John 120 lines, man
- Sarge 111 lines, man
- Sam 102 lines, woman
- Hernandez 58 lines, man
- The Kid 44 lines, man
- Portman 33 lines, man
- Goat 21 lines, man
- Pinky 21 lines, man
- Destroyer 18 lines, man
- Huengs 8 lines, man
Full cast, 26 people
- Dwayne Johnson as Sarge
- Karl Urban as John "Reaper" Grimm
- Rosamund Pike as Samantha Grimm
- Deobia Oparei as Destroyer
- Razaaq Adoti as Duke
- Al Weaver as The Kid
- Ben Daniels as Goat
- Richard Brake as Portman
- Dexter Fletcher as Pinky
- Doug Jones as Dr. Carmack Imp / Sewer Imp
- Brian Steele as Hell Knight
- Yao Chin as Mac
- Robert Russell as Dr. Carmack
- Daniel York Loh as Lt. Huengs
- Ian Hughes as Sanford Crosby
- Sara Houghton as Dr. Jenna Willits
- Blanka Jarošová as Dr. Hillary Tallman / Imp
- Vladislav Dyntera as Dr. Steve Willits
- Jaroslav Pšenička as Dr. Thurman
- Marek Motlíček as Dr. Clay
- Petr Hnětkovský as Dr. Olsen
- Robert Nelson as Security Guard (uncredited)
- Barbara Nedeljakova as Girl at Bar (uncredited)
- Tanoai Reed as Dead Scientist Shot (uncredited)
- Robert Nelson as (uncredited)
- Juan Serrano as zombie
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 5% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 102
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 to 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 25 |
| 13 to 15 | 0 | 22 |
| 16 to 18 | 8 | 39 |
| 19 to 21 | 13 | 24 |
| 22 to 24 | 6 | 15 |
| 25 to 27 | 2 | 15 |
| 28 to 30 | 0 | 16 |
| 31 to 33 | 2 | 9 |
| 34 to 36 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 to 39 | 0 | 10 |
| 40 to 42 | 4 | 13 |
| 43 to 45 | 0 | 9 |
| 46 to 48 | 8 | 39 |
| 49 to 51 | 7 | 27 |
| 52 to 54 | 3 | 15 |
| 55 to 57 | 1 | 8 |
| 58 to 60 | 0 | 3 |
| 61 to 63 | 0 | 10 |
| 64 to 66 | 4 | 5 |
| 67 to 69 | 0 | 5 |
| 70 to 72 | 10 | 28 |
| 73 to 75 | 2 | 15 |
| 76 to 78 | 5 | 8 |
| 79 to 81 | 7 | 19 |
| 82 to 84 | 17 | 35 |
| 85 to 87 | 4 | 15 |
| 88 to 90 | 0 | 11 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 to 96 | 1 | 2 |
| 97 to 99 | 0 | 0 |
| 100 to 102 | 0 | 2 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 19 are women's.
106 lines from women, 458 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
4 women and 20 men in the cast. 0 women and 14 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 3 of 591.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 91 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 26% of the words (1,861), men 74% (5,370). Women have 19% of the lines, so their lines run longer than men's.
Exhibit D: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
0
Two men
58
Exhibit E: behind the camera
1 of the 11 people in these jobs is a woman.
Across the whole crew, 16% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Andrzej Bartkowiak (man)
- Written by
- Wesley Strick (man), David Callaham (man)
- Produced by
- John Wells (man), Lorenzo di Bonaventura (man)
- Shot by
- Tony Pierce-Roberts (man)
- Edited by
- Derek Brechin (man)
- Music by
- Clint Mansell (man)
- Production design by
- Stephen Scott (man)
- Costumes by
- Carlo Poggioli (man)
- Cast by
- Jina Jay (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
2 women, 13 men, 21 not listed
-
Production
5 women, 9 men, 12 not listed
-
Sound
0 women, 17 men, 7 not listed
-
Visual Effects
2 women, 10 men, 9 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
4 women, 6 men, 10 not listed
-
Art
3 women, 8 men, 6 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 12 men, 4 not listed
-
Lighting
0 women, 4 men, 5 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 26 on average. Men: 36 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Rosamund Pike 26
Men
Al Weaver 24, Razaaq Adoti 32, Dwayne Johnson 33, Karl Urban 33, Deobia Oparei 33, Dexter Fletcher 39, Richard Brake 40, Ben Daniels 41, Doug Jones 45
Exhibit G: the money
It made 97% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $60 million
- Box office
- $58.1 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 102 scenes and 591 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
