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| Resident Evil
Year: 2002
Classification: Action/Adventure
Actors/Actresses:
- Anna Bolt
- Michelle Rodriquez
- Eric Mabius
- Heike Makatsch
- Michelle Rodriguez
- Pasquale Aleardi
- Ryan Mccluskey
- Milla Jovovich
Well-made movie, based on the great game
'Resident Evil' is amongst the two best Sci-Fi/Horror movies I've watched. (The other being 'Event Horizon' also directed by Paul W.S. Anderson)
The story is true to the game; a deadly virus has escaped in a secret facility called "The Hive", deep underneath Racoon City. The computer controlling the facility goes berserk, killing (?) everything ; everyone in the facility.P>An elite military team is sent out to investigate, and thats where the movie begins, accompanied by some awesome Marilyn Manson music. And there is barely a pause, until the great ending.
The only reason for the 4 stars is that the movie is not scary enough. The zombies just don't scare you.
But, Milla Jovovich, in a red mini-dress throughout the movie, is stunning; she is great in the action scenes, and so is Michelle Rodriguez as Rain.
A bad day in the Hive
First of all, I'd like to say that this is a very brainless movie. It plays out like an extended video game cinema, with lots of gunplay, yelling, zombies, and zombie bites. The characters are essentially movable, bendable action figures, complete with clip-on weapons and pre-recorded lines. The only difference is that when they get "broken," they can come back and eat your flesh. I hate it when that happens. The actors include Milla Jovovich (who likes to look intense) and Michelle Rodriguez (who likes to glare at people from behind her eyelashes). They do their best, and manage to create fairly believable characters. On the whole, though, this is mindless action fare that most people will hate.
Wait, I'm not finished. I didn't hate it. I was entertained. I'm not a fan of the games and have never even played one, but I still enjoyed this. If you're looking for pure entertainment and pulse-pounding action, look no further.
The movie begins in the Hive, an underground research facility, where the employees' day is somewhat ruined when the doors seal themselves and poisonous gas gushes from the walls. So much for them. Cut to: Alice (Jovovich) waking up in a deserted mansion with no memory of who she is or how she got here. Before she has time to get over last night's hangover, all heck breaks loose and she ends up down in the Hive with an eco-warrior (Mabius), a fellow amnesiac (Purefoy) and a bunch of military commandos (Rodriguez, Crewes, Salmon, and some highly expendable extras for added flavor). Their mission is to kill the sentient computer running the hive, but first they have to contend with the dead employees, who are back as hungry zombies, thanks to a nasty genetic virus. Throw in some undead dogs, rounds and rounds of gunfire, a killer computer, security lasers, a heavy metal soundtrack, and "The Licker" (don't even ask), and you've got yourself a gripping action flick.
There is nothing I can say in this movie's favor. I could say, "Why is it that Rodriguez yells 'we're running out of ammo!' near the beginning of the movie, but no one ever actually runs out of ammo?" I could say, "Zombie dogs? They just look like a bunch of dobermans who rolled in Black Forest cake!" I could say, "I don't care if you loved him! He's a bloody ZOMBIE! Wipe that shocked, tragic look off your face and RUN!" I could say, "What were these people paid to be in this film and will they ever live it down?"
But I won't. Despite all its flaws, I enjoyed this movie. In terms of gripping action and terror, it delivers. If there's a sequel -- and you KNOW there's gonna be a sequel -- I plan to see it. So shoot me. Because you know I'll come back to get you.
Milla Jovovich Kicks Serious Zombie Butt!
"I shot her five times,BR>How was she still standing?BR>(rapid machine gun fire) B---- Isn't standing now.""
"This is Going to slow us down."
Resident Evil: Based on the super popular video games of the same name.
Basic plot, OH Geeeze Meathead don't spoil it for the rest of us who might want to see it. Players of the Resident Evil series of video games will recognise many of the scenes and plot elements. I didn't becuase I haven't played the games except maybe the first or second one once or twice (whichever one starts outside the mansion). OK so without giving too much away, a deadly virus breaks out in a super secret experimental laboratory complex that is controled by a supercomputer Named "The Red Queen" that has gone out-of-control so the powers that be send in the marines so to speak (a special forces type paramilitary unit). Meanwhile the main character Alice played by Jovovich has amnesia, a side effect of nerve gas released by the Red Queen, and slowly regains her memory as events unfold. Yes there are intentional parralels to Louis Carols Alice In Wonderland. I enjoyed this movie although you do have to turn off your brain as with most other movies of this genre. An interesting bit of trivia is that Night of the Living Dead (1968) Director George A. Romero, was originally on board to write and direct, but left the project due to creative differences over the script. The sound is typical Sci-fi, Horror, suspense heavy metal type music scored by Marco Beltrami and get this Marilyn Manson. Oddly enough despite that bizarre match up the music works. As for the plot etc... The result is something like Demon Seed meets Night of The Living Dead, meets Lara Croft - Tomb Raider with a little Total Recall and Raiders of The Lost Ark thrown in. I liked one scene which according to Internet Movie Data Base was inspired by and is very similar to a scene in the Canadian movie The Cube. My entertainment dollar was well spent even with the slightly cheesy CGI effects and occasional cheap Zombie makeup mixed with just plain gory Zombie makeup. BTW they don't ever call the undead creatures Zombies, they usually refer to them as the monsters or creatures or things, wouldn't you?
The Quality is very good overall so out of 5 stars or discs or thumbs or whatever you wants. I give Resident Evil a 4 for the sound and the picture quality a 4.5
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