Resident Evil

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Summary: Gamers Movie
Review: Well last nite I went to go see the movie and I enjoyed the movie beyond rlief. Because it related to the game... Seeing the graphics of this movie was great, personally I liked the twist in the story and the evolving stages of a licker to a hunter. It keeps you wanting more and I cannot wait to see part two if they come out with one. The plot behind this movie was excellent... During the movie u wanted to see more of the game come out, in the theater all u heard if u were surrounded by RE or in japanese (bio-hazard) fans was when is Tyrant or Nemesis going to show. To the people who made the movie I think it beats any other game movie cross over and congrats.

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Summary: The Dead Walk
Review: The Resident Evil series is by far the best RPG game to ever hit the video game circuit. So when I heard the movie was going to be made ... I was excited. But ... I've read reviews of what the movie was going to be about and the road they were taking on the concept and storyline, then it occured to me that the movie was going to be very bad. I thought it was going to be another B monster movie with a popular title slapped onto it. I saw it on opening day and I'm glad to say that those reviews weren't correct and the movie was awesome. There was so much of the video game that was in the movie. I would say 80%, maybe more. There are plenty of hungry flesh eating zombies to creep you out, zombie dogs, a crazy supercomputer, the T-virus, and the licker. The main star Alice (Milla Jovovich) reminds me so much of Jill Valentine from Capcom's "Resident Evil 3: Nemesis" that the movie makers could of just named her Jill. But I guess they wanted to have different characters in the movie. By the way, she is hot. In any case, the movie is especially great for fans of the game, but also can be enjoyed by horror fans as well. "Resident Evil" definately has a lot of heart stopping moments that can raise the dead and I would recommend this to you, Resident Evil fans and to you zombie lovers worldwide.

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Summary: A bizzare incident occured....
Review: Pretty good movie. There was a pleasing pacing to the disorder of the first 15 minutes and the reorganization of the next 15 minutes or so. There were a lot of moments that led one to expect a certain cheesy outcome and then turned to break that expectation in a satisfying way. Milla Jovovich's character was a pleasure to watch, and had enough of both Jill and Claire to make RE fans at ease. The sets were beautiful and very Resident Evil. The mansion was perfect, yes mansion. My largest gripe would probably be the characters. Not to give anything away, but the movie placed itself in a difficult predicament by killing people. It's hard to write interesting characters when they are dropping like flies. Bravo Team anyone? Ouch. Despite my open mindedness as a RE fan I was disappointed at the lack of references to characters from the game. Small mentions of Wesker, Hunk, Chief Irons, the Birkins, Ada, or even just Stars, anything would have been a nice touch, though the Nemesis program cropped up once. I thought I caught a reference to the novel-only character, Trent, but I was probably just hearing things. The ending of the movie was a little cheesy and could have used another 10 min or so of something cool like a RE style battle with a tyrant. Overall though it was a fun action/horror movie and was quite entertaining. Next time kill the hard rock soundtrack, (orchestral!) and talk about the RE universe more and a super hit you will have.

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Summary: I thought it was excellent
Review: Well, here it is another video game movie destined to follow in the path of Tomb Raider, Mortal Kombat, and other laughable adaptations of video games. But wait, Resident Evil is good, very good. I was expecting a hackneyed story with horrible dialogue and characters. But instead I got a movie that brings back wonderful memories of the first game and the huge mansion and baddies. It was all very nostalgic. This movie is made for fans of the game pure and simple, anyone else isn't going to get it, there are lots of references to certain game elements. Many characters from the game make an appearence, the zombies, the "licker", and even the ravens make a brief appearence. There is even a slight reference to the nemesis program. I read many reviews that tore into this movie for being implausible and ridiculous. But these reviewers failed to take into account one thing. Anyone going to a Resident Evil movie who knows the game is going to realize that B-movie schlock is part of the fun of RE. The horribly stilted dialogue in the first game was unforgettably bad. Not to say that the movie has anything that bad, the acting is actually rather good, especially Milla who really impressed me. The best thing I have to say though, is that there is enough of the plot of the game to bring back pleasant memories of the game, but not too much so that it looks like I'm just watching the game in movie form. That was a tightrope to walk, and I think it was pulled off admirably. The direction was rock solid, there were far too many "boo" moments at the beginning, but thankfully that quickly faded. There seems to be ample room for a sequel so I hope this movie does good business so I can see another one, because I'll be first in line.

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Summary: The Coolest Movie I've Seen In a Long Time
Review: This being a video game-movie, I had very low expectations. But I was extremely impressed, more like blown away.

The story is an alternate route from the original Resident Evil video game story line. We meet Alice, who has memory loss (which slowly comes back to her through flashbacks) and wakes up in a mansion all alone. She has no idea where she is, so when a swat team infiltrates the dining room of the mansion she has no idea what's going on. It's revealed that she's one of many workers for the Umbrella corporation, the largest in the world that has been doing genetic experimentations in their underground lair, The Hive. The swat team's mission is to infiltrate the hive and destroy the computer which has killed everyone.

If you've never played a Resident Evil game before, you should know that this movie is a horror movie (that will give you nightmares if you aren't prepared). That said, this is also an amazing action movie. There are a lot of "quick edits" where the action jumps around and forward a bit, but it adds to the momentum that the story builds. The music is a mix between rock and techno music that changes at the appropriate times (whenever something will jump out at you), but I really loved it. All in all, I thought this was the best action movie that I've seen in a long time.

The story is obviously different than the video games, but the same basic premise is there. There are the obvious references such as the Zombies, the Zombie Dogs, the Umbrella corporation, and the T-Virus. There are many more indirect references that only fans will pick up. For instance, one of the guys who enters the mansion at the same time as the swat team is a CIA officer (who bears a striking resemblence to Chris Redfield). He has contact with an Umbrella employee named Jill (Valentine). Milla Jovovich's character is named Alice (someone who appeared in Resident Evil 2) and the computer takes a holographic form of a small girl (another RE2 reference) There is also a refrence to the Nemesis.

The ending to the film is left very open, and sets up a possible Resident Evil 2 movie. Suprisingly, the last scene looks like it was straight out of the game RE2 with Alice (Milla Jovovich) replacing Claire Redfield. I do hope they make another film, because for one time they have done a video game right.

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Summary: Awesome Movie
Review: This movie is simply awesome. The whole movie keeps you on the edge of your seat. Even in the parts where you know something is going to happen it still makes your hart beat faster and makes you jump out of your seat. The music even helps to add to the creepy factor. If you ask me it is one of if not the best horror movie in awhile, if not one of the best movies all together.

Now the plot of this movie is as follows. Umbrella company is the biggest corporation and its products are in almost every home, but they do have a secret source of income doing illegal viral experiments and bio weaponry experiments. These experiments are done in an underground secret lab called the Hive. When a vial of the T virus breaks the Red Queen(the computer that runs the Hive's security systems) kills all the people in the Hive. A special team is sent in to see what happened. They go in using the entrance in the mansion above the Hive. Here they find another women that was supposed to guard the hive she was knocked out by the gas the the Red Queen had relased. Also they find someone posing to be a cop he is really some one trying to uncover Umbrella. So they head down to the Hive via a train. On the train they find another man who was also knocked out by the gas. He is another guard from the mansion who was supposed to be married to the woman as cover when they were living in the mansion. Now that the get down there they eventually come to a hallway where 4 of the team members die because of a laser beam that cuts them up. The still living people go into the room that controls the Red Queen. After the Red Queen tries to scare them off by telling the that they are all going to die they turn her off which unlocks all the doors which let the zombies out. Now the team must fight for there lives to escape this place before the get locked in beacause the mansions entrance door closes by itself after a period of time. They find out all this stuff about the woman and guys they had found on the way down. It turns out that one of them (i am not going to tell which one so you have to see the movie) had something to do with the incident. Well in the end it turns out they all did. Go see it to find out the rest.

This movie is really gory so if you don't like that kind of stuff don't even think of going. Now if you like being scared out of your seat then I highly recommend this movie.

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Summary: Resident Evil: The Movie
Review: First let me start off by saying I never played the "Resident Evil" video games. I never even heard of Jill Valentine until I played "Marvel Vs Capcom 2" for my SEGA Dreamcast. But my older brother, the "Resident Evil" savant, has been filling me in on the games storyline since we first heard about Constantin Films making this into a movie.

Then came the trailer, which made the flick look like an "Aliens," "Matrix," "Day of The Dead" rip off equipped with the obligatory kick [all] babe in a dress and a Matrix style super kick to a Doberman. Needless to say I thought this was going to be the most worthless movie ride ever.

But the movie is actually quite good. I went to a 12:15am showing in Manhattan and to my surprise it was packed. But my older brother quickly filled me in and told me that "Resident Evil" is one of the most popular games ever, spawning many sequels and remakes. That explained the fanatic geek contingent in the front row. The movie starts off like a video game which is fitting, a back story about the Umbrella Corporation being the largest corporation with most of their products in every home in the world.

The movie then starts with a dynamic opening sequence inside the hive and does not stop. I was told the first game was set in a mansion. This mansion is just in the flick for all about maybe 5 minutes of screen time, because all the action takes place inside the hive. I was also told that none of the characters in Resident Evil: The Game are in the movie. Milla Jovovich plays an amnesiac named Alice who wakes up inside the mansion not knowing how she got there, of course we find out that she is a commando for the Umbrella Corporation. We then meet a squad of commandos who have a mission to enter the hive and stop the Red Queen. Milla joins them for the ride into the hive.

The Red Queen is the hives central computer and she has gone in spaz mode sealing the hive shut because of the T-Virus contaminating the air vents and infecting the hives employees.

Note, if you are expecting a Romero style zombie flick don't see Resident Evil. The zombies are merely a plot device to scare, or bite someone. That did not bother me because I know with today's jacked rating system, a flick like "Dawn of the Dead" would never be released. The flick is packed with plenty action. Sure the film borrows from the flicks I mentioned above but who cares. I was enjoying it, and the audience was too.

The flick doesn't have much acting in it, just a lot of action and ... whooping. Milla Jovovich is capable as an action heroine. And she is far superior to the acting of Ms. Academy Award Winner Angelina Jolie in last years debacle known as "Tomb Raider." A film I affectionately refer to as "The Complete Piece of Crap I Saw For Free Last Summer And Still Wanted My Money Back." Back to Resident Evil, Michelle Rodriguez expands on her resume of bad ... chicks with this flick, she offers the much needed action hero one liners because Milla spends most of the beginning of the flick regaining her memory. Eric Mabius is cool, and looks to be seeing more of the RE franchise. Did I say Franchise? Yeah guys there will be a sequel, the cool epilogue at the end sets it up and had the audience fired up.

The Good:

Action, Set Design, The Monster at the end, Evil Dobermans, The Beginning, The Laser Sequence, and The Ending.

The Bad:

Does not follow the sequence of events in the games, i.e., The Train from RE2 is in this one. Too many scenes in which the director tries to scare you. With a hand here and a zombie there. The film is good enough without those things, it feels strained, like he's trying to make it up to the fans for the fact that Romero was thrown off the project. It's like he was trying to prove he can make a scary flick.

In closing, the film is not a waste of time. Go see it, it is quite good. You have to take it for what it's worth. Mindless fun in the vain of flicks like "The Fast and the Furious." My brother left the theater and admitted he wanted to hate the flick so bad. But he couldn't. He enjoyed it and said that it will get a bad rap from rabid fans, the same stupid fans who were [upset] that the X-Men dressed in leather, or that the 1st Episode 2 trailer was too lovey dovey.

One thing about this movie that does [upset] is it's release date. Why couldn't it come out in early January and pummel that god awful Britney flick or the music video also known as "Queen of the Damned"? Now it wont have time to breathe with "Blade 2" coming out next week, and "The Scorpion King" coming out soon after.

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Summary: What Trash.
Review: This film was just like rollerball but only worse, if you can imagine that. No acting, no plot, an overload on CGI effects, and since this is based on a video game,,,you shouldn't expect great film making in any department. Even Lara Croft; Tomb Raider was better then this drek.

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Summary: Thriller like no other!
Review: I personally have never played the video game, but I have to say that I was really impressed with this movie. It is very suspenseful, and full of surprises. I really liked the main character, and thought that the story was pretty believable. The ending was good too, left wide open for any possibly sequals. A must see for thrill seekers!

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Summary: From Someone who has seen the movie.
Review: The movie follows the continuity of the games, making references to people that are in the center of the Ashford family, owners of the UMBRELLA corp. that appear in the R.E. games as well as Nemesis and even down to the detail of the Umbrella special-ops teams uniforms reminiscent of Hunk in R.E. 2. If you like the games you should like the movie. As a prequel to the games the movie provides answers to some of the mystery and questions that arise as a result of playing the game. The movie plays off of the games success by using the same style of camera angles as well as using common characteristics, i.e. that design of dress all too many R.E. characters own, or the bizzarre messages that people with temporary amnesia find and only discover the meanings later. The movie lacks most of the other biohazard mutations, containing only zombies, zombie dogs, lickers (the long tongued clawed thing from the 2nd game with an exposed brain), and a glimpse of pre-Resident Evil 3 NEMISIS. The movie uses lots of inventions pulled from the games, such as the underground train in RE gun survivor. The camera angles while meant to bring suspense get overly repetitious, with several close ups of people who suddenly get surprised, or close ups of zombies suddenly opening their eyes. The movie is a little on the predictable side but only as much as the games. A misconception is that the original games, and thus the movie, while horror in nature were meant to imitate and satirize the old style of B-movie horror, and the movie is the same way, the whole Resident Evil series is meant to be a farce of the whole 50's style of horror in a modern setting. Most people don't realize this and expect to see a terrifying movie, while scary there is subtle twisted humor to the series, I mean evil international corporation with a virus turns people into zombies that eat the flesh of the living. Hmmm... sounds funny to me, just as much as an asteroid from space bringing bacteria that cause the dead to come to life. The movie is good and follows the same tone of the games, the movie was meant for people who like the games, the storyline, the characters, and the plot are a variation of the plots and characters of the games, which are a variation of the classic horror sci-fi genre. If you go into the movie with this in mind you will be frightened and will enjoy it just as much.