Resident Evil

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Summary: Computer game movies
Review: Surely the best of the movies based on computer games. I guess it did help that the game actually had something resembling a plot (unlike "Street Fighter", "Mortal Combat", "Mario Bros." etc).
Cool fx's, a serious amount of fighting and Milla nekkid really makes this worth 90 minutes of your life.

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Summary: Just like grandma used to make them.....................YUM!
Review: This movie makes just like a good old classic horror film. I loved it. And the extras on the DVD are awsome. The slipnot video and All the behind the scenes axcess. This film is the best monster fest since the game. Michelle Rodriguez and Milla Jojovitch, both totaly hot, and both withhold tons of attitude, and do i have to mention the resemblance between the charecters in the film and the game???? This movie is definatly a classic.

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Summary: gothic gorey scary..................Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Review: Mystery, Gore, Thrills, Chills, action, sex, pure fun. It's the perfect monster fest since the game. Michelle Rodriguez and Mila Jojovitch make the perfect team. Both hot and tons of attitude, not to mention the resemblance between the charecters in the film and game. It's pure eye candy for all your desires. I loved it.

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Summary: Resident evil Review
Review: I thought resident evil was brilliant, although the story line was changed from the original story which was supposted to be based on the game. The actual mansion is not infested with zombies it is the HIVE (A Special Research Place) which is underneath the masion and also runs under the town above (Racoon City) The zombies weren't what i expected, because they werent gory but on a scale of puking i would say 7+.
The film overall was a superb success and i can't wait for the sequel.

Hope u enjoy the film.........

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Summary: Resident Evil
Review: I watched most of it then skipped to the end.
The beginning was promising- the special op type guys were cool & professional-especially their commander. Some of the special effects were cool. But all in all I was disappointed. Perhaps if I were better aquainted with the video game I may have enjoyed it more. I'd have to say though that the "R" rating is well deserved-that is "R" for Ridiculous or "R" for "Rent only if you are a hard core fan"

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Summary: Good in it's own right.
Review: For anyone who has the strategy guide to the new GameCube edition of the original Resident Evil game, you'll find that the development team of RE has called this movie a good "trailer" (whatever that means) and that Milla Jovovich did a good job with it. This leads me to believe that Capcom isn't overly happy with the end result. Who cares...it's solid in it's own right and doesn't pretend to be the game, but rest assured it is well based upon the concept of the game franchise, maybe more in spirit than actual application and a welcome addition.

Of the horror films that have come out in recent years, excluding Hollywood smashes such as "The Sixth Sense," or "The Others," and so on. "Resident Evil" happens to be the best, more intelligent than "Jason X," and the last 2 "Alien" movies.

The movie begins with a very familiar concept to the hardcore RE gamers. The breakout of the virus, S.T.A.R.S. team infiltration, and so on. I don't feel the need to rewrite the synopsis of the movie, which you can get from the Official movie website and Amazon's own review. What I am going to say is that there's plenty of action, gore, mutated zombies, zombie-dogs and so on. Milla Jovovich will keep keep you enthralled herself, I guess that's reason enough for men to see it, ya? The "Red Queen" is the eeriest thing in the movie, "You're all going to die here." Not an original line, but the visual and tone of her/it is quite enough to give you the chills. I recommend watching the movie to find out what the "Red Queen" is. To me that was a reason to stay in my seat and be thankful that there were other people in the theater. The DVD is a hit, sharp, crisp, and chillingly Gothic. All the things I love.

I gave it 4 stars because I wanted a game controller. No I didn't, believed that didn't you? The reason I left one star of is because the movie is shorter than what it could be, even though it doesn't appear that way when watching it. All thing's being equal, well that's a crock line, but who cares, ya? If you're a horror fanatic, or like the occasional, twisted and demented scare, this one's a good choice.
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Summary: wow
Review: Terrific horror thriller which is pretty intense from the word go.Being a big fan of the playstation games I was looking forward to this and was not disappointed.It does deviate away somewhat from the game but retains enough elements to make it familiar.The 5.1 Dolby Digital mix is absolutely astonishing.It's impressively full-on ,incredibly directional and really gives your sub woofer a thorough work-out.
Fantastic.

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Summary: Gory and Horrific, yet lacking in RE spirit
Review: The movie itself was overall enjoyable. It had terrific special effects, but yet the whole movie was not special effects. Some of the zombies did have to go on the blue screen, because they couldn't just do that with make-up. You will understand when you see the movies. The bad thing about this movie, is the plot, and that the zombies are really the star of the show, not the licker, and not the main character. The plot was almost laughable, it had nothing to do with RE games, but I'm sure that the "movie makers" had good reason for this. The characters weren't developed, I only really felt sorry for Michelle Rodriguez, she was the star of the show. She was "hot" in many scenes with her tom-boyish approach in the movie. She was the only one the cracked any jokes in this movie. Milla Jovovich was good, she looked reallll good in clothing that barely covered her. Thats one reason why I saw the movie. The licker look just like the game, but the special effects that used to create some part of the licker, except the train scene, were again, laughable. It looked like the licker was put together in a minute. I hope they do the RE series justice in the sequel. As I said before, this movie is for you if you like blood, gore, women in skimpy clothing (Alice), and things lurking around the corners. The zombies really made this movie bearable to watch, and Milla a.k.a. Alice.

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Summary: Resident Garbage
Review: Horror is a genre hard pressed for respect. And thanks to "films" like Resident Evil, the horror genre will continue to be banned to the bottom of the genre food chain. The plot? It doesn't matter. It is a film as brain dead as the zombies in it, and too stupid to be scary. Indeed, it seems that when a movie is based on a game, great care is insured that anything resembling quality is removed. No, Resident Evil wasn't meant to be high art, but even as an action film it fails. All the action sequences feel as if they were grafted straight from MTV. They're dull and lack any kind of edge or suspense. Perhaps most surprising was the lack of gore. And in a zombie film, that's unforgivable. What little gore the film had was simply cheap CGI (where's Tom Savini when you need him?) The filmmakers have done such a horrid job of creating atmosphere, developing characters, and following the script from one page to the next -- everything in Resident Evil feels like an afterthought. Milla Jovovich indulges in her only talent: looking hot. Everyone else doesn't matter. Perhaps the film would have been a tad digestable had it been aware of its own stupidity, like Ghosts of Mars; but it isn't. It isn't aware because it just doesn't care. In the end, Resident Evil is a film for those with bottom basement standards.

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Summary: Resident Evil: the evil's in the DVD
Review: First of all, let me say that I had a preconceived opinion about this movie before I saw it. Being a hardcore fan, I thought it would go the way of Super Mario Bros. Much to my surprise, however, the movie turned out to be less a cold attempt to make quick cash then a proper tribute by real fans, as well as a fun ride. Milla Jovovich plays Alice, a woman who is suddenly sucked into a mission to infiltrate an underground lab called the Hive, which has mysteriously killed its inhabitants. Unknown to Alice, Rain (Michelle Rodriguez), and the rest of the crew, everyone down there is now a flesh-craving zombie. It's not deep entertainment, but it's fun as anything. Just rating the movie, I'd have to give it five stars, for a movie which gives a fan like me everything he wants (including Milla in minimal garb, but I digress).

My rating takes its one star plunge when the DVD itself is analyzed. Most of the extras are just fine. The French students among us can listen to it dubbed or subbed in Francais. You can watch it in widescreen, and you can check out the filmographies of five members of the staff. It also contains a music video for "My Plague" by Slipknot. I wasn't interested in this video, but that's just because I'm not a fan of Slipknot. It's all about taste in that department. The trailer section, however, pulls my least favorite of tricks. Instead of offering the many different tv spots, teasers, and trailers, it offers you one trailer for "RE" and four more trailers of random other movies. But this is just a pet peeve.

The real clincher for me that decided its three star rating was the commentary. It presents the situation of four (the most I've ever heard) people in a room: Milla, Michelle, producer Jeremy Bolt, and director Paul W.S. Anderson. Because of this turmoil, the commentary plays like having four people behind you at the theater: three film students, and their ditzy blonde friend, with Milla playing the part of the latter. I loved her as Leeloo, and I think she's an accomplished and attractive actress, but damn, is she annoying. The commentary rarely answers any questions that the viewer might have about the film, and when the director or producer is about to, Milla typically interrupts to talk about her topless scene, or something else trivial.

On the lighter side, the commentary does provide some fun moments. It becomes clear after twenty minutes that all four are devoted to the video game series, and Michelle sounds like a die-hard fan of my own caliber, spouting reference after reference. Also, it's kind of funny when they go off on tangents. There's a hilarious moment when Milla and Michelle are arguing about one aspect of the movie, while at the same time, Paul and Jeremy argue about the music of the film. It's obvious that they don't take the commentary too seriously, and they apologize for it routinely, and inform you that the real answers will be given in the production designer's commentary. Unfortunately, this commentary doesn't exist.

All in all, I gave the DVD 3 stars, and the movie 5, which obviously averaged out to 4. If you want a good horror or sci-fi flick, or are a big fan of the video game series, this DVD is just right for you, and it's not too expensive either. Otherwise, you might want to just stick with a rental.