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Summary: It Only Get's A Three!!!!
Review: The movie is ok....that's it.....just ok!!! It has some scary moments but as a fan of the game....I thought the game was scarier than the movie!! ....
Rating: 
Summary: HIGH PRODUCTION VALUES--A NICE SURPRISE
Review: I really enjoyed this movie after playing the playstation game,
this DVD is absolutely crystal clear and beautiful as is the soundtrack. The special effects are very good, and I enjoyed watching the very well dressed but incredibly stupid special hit team get their collective butts kicked by zombies and monsters.
I am retired special forces and watching small units in military action in both war and horror can be a hoot. I found Michelle
Rodriguez to be disgusting in her cheap imitation of that incredibly ugly rapper ICE T. She continually tried to look out
the top of her eyes while tilting her head down while scrunching
her face up like ICE T. She tried talking like him, and rolling
her head around like him, and tried to be so macho while failing
miserably. She was uncontrollable and left the unit at times to
solo recon which is a cardinal no-no in that type of situation.
Aside from that this movie is a one dam good zombie stomping movie and the end leaves you dying for the sequel which is coming
in 2004. I highly recommend this movie to any horror buff who
likes a well made movie.
Rating: 
Summary: DONT GO AND SEE IT.
Review: THIS MOVIE WASNT WAHT I HAD THOUGHT. ITS ALL THE WRONG THING. U THINK THAT THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN AND SOMETHING ELSE HAPPEN. IF I WAS U THEN I WOULDNT GO AND SEE IT.
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Summary: Interesting movie commentary
Review: You probably know what the movie is about from all the other reviews so I'll just talk about some interesting aspects of the movie commentary which I always like to view after the real movie and maybe you will too. Director Paul Anderson, Michelle Rodriguez, Milla Jovovich, and one of the producers Jeremy Bolt were all in the commentary, which is quite a crowd to talk in. A few times all of them talked at once making it difficult to hear, but for the most part it was humorous and informative to hear how the movie was made. Surprisingly, Michelle was the one who seemed to talk the most and I gained a new respect for her since I'm only familiar with her moody characters (ie Fast & The Furious, Girl Fight). She had to attend with the other soldier actors a commando school on how to fire weapons, walk commando-like, etc. Lots of remarks about the sets and how the movie was the director's attempt to have RE be a subtle comparison to Alice in Wonderland (really!). Milla was engaging, didn't do a prima donna act, but she seemed uncomfortable or didn't comment when the director mentioned how hard she worked and than shot a Loreal commercial between her RE scenes. Another surprise was that Michelle and Milla were big gameplayers of the RE game and approved of how the director used camera viewpoints similar to the game, the scratching of the dogs nails on the floor, etc. The director commented mostly on how shots were done, lighting, music soundtrack were done. Jeremy Bolt didn't talk very much, but it was interesting to find out that the budget for this movie was very small so using redundant scenery and actors over and over again was a must. Jeremy ended up being one of the zombies killed, reapplied different makeup on him again and killed him in 2-3 other times. His sister and girlfriend also got to be zombies probably for no pay. Other interesting facts about the movie was how the cast was hungover on champagne or wine before a critical battle scene, funny to hear everyone laugh about it. One sobering fact was the scene at the beginning of the movie when the commandos invade the mansion. The mansion hall was actually a WWII era nazi bunker w/ padded cells for interrogation. Chilling to hear how the cast members felt haunted there and wouldn't go anywhere by themselves. The movie was shot in Berlin so access to this bunker and also an existing underground train system somewhere under the city provided ready made sets w/ minor changes for the movie. Just some interesting trivia about the movie that I thought was cool so buy the movie and enjoy!
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Summary: dead dogs are nice
Review: Simply, this was a nice reward for the scores of video game fans out there waiting for the next Mortal Kombat. Yeah it's basically the next generation "trapped with dead people" film but it has a wicked style that makes it stand out from the other zombie flicks. What really shocked me was the acting. It's about time we got people on the screen who can carry a line as well as shotgun. As far as the DVD the highlight was surprisingly the commentary. Paul, Milla, and Michele are hilarious. Commentaries are usually straight forward and a little on the dull side but this trio of crackups just had me rolling on the floor. Yes it's true Resident Evil is not ... and worth the cash.
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Summary: IT IS WHAT IT IS... A FAIRLY SOPHISTICATED HORROR MOVIE!!
Review: If you want to know the story, read the editorial review. Here's why I liked this film and what you should expect when viewing it;-This is a quality horror film. Not one cheep scare in the whole movie. Some may be disappointed by the lack of gore.
-Special effects are not gratuitous. They are there to enhance believability and they work well.
-This is not close to the same level of "Alien". It's less sophisticated than that.. more "in your face".
-The gore is actually quite tame. No spilling intestines etc. (Sorry).
-Mila Jovovich is becoming an excellent action heroin. First "Fifth Element" now this.
-The pace is relentless. I re-viewed scenes repeatedly because so many details are missed in casual viewing. They left few stones unturned.
-The "laser room" scene is one of the most intense scenes in horror movie history.
-Not high art (are you surprized?), Just high entertainment. I was on edge from the beginning.
-Acting is better than expected for a film of this genre.
-Good extras on the DVD. I was still on edge watching THEM!!
-Sound and picture are first-rate.
-This was on my "must have" list after renting.
-Pay attention to the color of this film. It is remarkable My biggest problem with Game-to-Film translations is the "Gamer Expectations". As with LOTR geeks that have unreasonable expectation, RE fans should approach this as a separate but related piece of work. This film is highly under-rated. If in doubt, rent it first. A non-gamer like me got sucked in. Just take it for what it is.
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Summary: I think one of the best ever
Review: If u dont think this was a very good movie,"Witch i dont know very much people who think it was a bad movie", u need to sit and watch it again and again and pay very close attention to alot of the stuff in the movie. If u notice the story line was beautifully written, the zombies were nicely portrayed, and best of all it has the most devilish, evil, Resident Evil video game look and fell i've ever felt in a movie. Wonerfull watch it again and really pay attention enjoy. P.S especiallly in dark:)
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Summary: Horror Action in the Mold of Blade
Review: Funny thing is, this movie manages to be very entertaining and well made, despite being absolutely nothing like the videogame series it was based on. Oh sure, you've got some famous monsters from the game. There are zombies and for a few scenes some lickers, but the suspense and claustrophobia the game was famous for gets thrown away in favor of violent action. The eerie fixed camera angles from the game are ditched. The bloody hallways, and creepy silence is lost, and instead we get a futuristic science lab type building.
But still, I found myself enjoying this movie anyway. It reminded me an awful lot of Blade and Blade 2, so anybody who is a fan of those two movies should check this one out.
All in all, I think I would have enjoyed a movie with the spirit of the game a lot better than this action oriented film, but it is still very fun and worth seeing at least once. The hard rock soundtrack didn't exactly thrill me either, but it is still a movie horror fans or fans of the game should watch anyway.
Rating:
Summary: Better Than Expected.
Review: To begin with, lets get one thing straight, video games do not make great movies. Like books, video games are a different sort of medium and when turned into movies are usually nothing more than cool bad movies. With that said, I was really surprised by RESIDENT EVIL. I had never played the video game, so I wasn't sure what to expect. The movie uses film techniques and cliches borrowed from a host of other films, e.g. THE MATRIX, ALIENS, and NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD just to name a few. Yet, the movie sucked me in. I was enthralled by it. I got caught up in the action and the story and kept wanting it to go on. There isn't much dialogue here and therefore the acting is limited to physical reactions, facial expressions, body movement, and action sequences. The movie starts off slow and confusing with the seemingly hodge-podge of scenes not making any sense. However, once the background to the film is given and after a few flashbacks are seen, things begin to fall into place. The movie is classified as a horror movie. However, it's really more of an action/adventure or sci-fi movie with a little gore and for a horror movie the gore is rather tame. I've read a lot of mixed reviews about people who have played the game. Some say it strays from the games plot, while others say (with the exception of character changes) stays pretty close to the original video game. I don't know. However, I do know that I really didn't think I would like this movie, but I ended up liking it and was thoroughly entertained for 90 minutes.
Rating:
Summary: A rather basic action movie
Review: I did not particularly like the action, and I found the whole movie a bit gloomy, lacking some lustre, some glamour (even though the close-ups on the pupils of Mila Jovovich are interesting). This is partly due to the origin of the movie (a video-game). Apart from that, the story itself is original and interesting (the T-Virus, the Hive, etc.) and there is some suspense. This is probably not the best movie of Mila Jovovich.
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