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Summary: Resident Evil: Faithful to the game
Review: ... This film is great, many references to the game. Many zombie scenes. The zombies look great, even build more on them then the game ever did. The film may not be based on any of the games but there are so many similarities its almost hard to notice. I'm not gonna tell you the plot or any key moments because I don't want to spoil anything. The film takes place before the events in the first game and ends right in the middle of 2/3. Zombie infested Raccoon City is also seen, as well as the origin and identity of Nemesis! Go see it and enjoy it because this is probably the closest Hollywood will get to good video game movies.....well, except for the Crazy Taxi movie they're making.(HA-HA-HA, yeah right)
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Summary: Whoa
Review: I had expected Resident Evil to be good, but this movie is awesome. Milla Jovovich and Michelle Rodriquez are the main stars in this horror movie. It also has bits and pieces of action/adventure/suspense/thriller. Alice and Rain are the two main leaders of a commando-team ( they appear to be similar to a S.W.A.T. team) who must enter an underground lab by the company Umbrella Corporation. That company unleashed a deadly virus and the team has a minimal three hours before it threatens to spread. Resident Evil manages to keep the audience entertained by killer zombies, flesh looking dogs, and a laser room (just to name a few). The acting is decent and the movie has a few good scares. This is one of the best horror movies I have seen in quite some time. I encourage you to go see it.
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Summary: This looks fantabular!
Review: I, personally, think this will be a great movie (better than tomb raider by far). Most of the plot runs along with the original resident evil one game, with few exceptions (the red queen, new characters, etc.). I don't think that these new additions to the storyline will destroy the movie, unlike some people believe. I'm also glad to see that Josh Hartnett isnt in this as well, considering he's playing all different kinds of movies.
I believe this does take place in the umbrella lab and underneath raccoon city (as did the first/second video games). I am not really sure, though, if our heroes will be going to the mansion. I didn't catch that part, but no matter, I think it will be a great thrill. By the way, don't listen to this kid from "phenix", he is criticizing the movie before it comes out and he can barely spell.
But anyways, I'm going to see it today! I'm so psyched!
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Summary: Can't wait
Review: I am a huge RE fan. I've played the games, read the books and so on.
Who cares if it is not exactly like the game. As stated by some other people, why would you want to know what happens before the movie comes out? I wouldn't go see it if I knew it followed the game plot 100%.
There are many different story lines between the books and the games, and I think that the movie will reside nicely between the two.
Maybe the movie isn't for hardcore RE fans. Maybe it's the RE crazed fans that expect way too much from a film...It was a game, now it's a movie. If it eases your mind, go see it and forget that you know anything about Resident Evil, maybe you'll enjoy yourself...
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Summary: Absolutely Awesome
Review: This movie was fantastic. Its started with a bang and didn't let up, definately keeps you on the edge of your seat. It follows the game enough to keep RE fans happy but still surprised. Milla was great in this role! I can't wait for DVD release!
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Summary: 5 stars for the previews
Review: so far is looks awesome. I definetely doesn't look cheap like Tomb Raider. This movie definetely has some promise in it, seeing that they are going all out with the gory Resident Evil style. This movie pretty much follows the way the games are made, (each game has a different main character, etc) and according to some stuff I read, a lot of things in the movie are going to come straight from the game. What do they mean by that, like herbs and stuff? ... well anyway, I've heard that we will be seeing a lot of the same kind of locations that were in the resident evil series, and the movie will definetely be as scary as the game. probably lots of jumping! I'm definetely going to see it.
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Summary: Better Than Tomb Raider
Review: Resident Evil is from the source movie goers have learned to fear most--video games. Resident Evil joins the glittering pantheon of such other video game to movie translations such as Tomb Raider, Final Fantasy, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, and even Super Mario Brothers. It's certainly better than most of these but still is far from being a great horror film.The original game started with the simple and uncluttered premise of being stuck in an isolated mansion with mysterious flesh eating mutated zombies and assorted other biological abberations that had to be fought past in order to find out that the whole mess originated from corporate experimentation in biological weaponry. The game showed through clever use of shock effects, disturbing dramatic camera angles, and cinematic music that video games could be as scary and suspenseful as any horror film. In this way the game was a groundbreaker and amazingly influential and popular. Now several years and game sequels later we have Resident Evil the movie. The film clutters up the premise quite a bit. Beginning with some unexplained corporate espionage that causes a spooky HAL like computer to kill everyone in the Umbrella building (or as it is explained later an underground hive) it cuts immediately to a half naked Milla Jovovich (she of the crazy red hair in The Fifth Element) waking up with amnesia in a shower and wandering alone in a strangely deserted palatial mansion that the computer is also monitoring. Where are the zombies? They do eventually show up and the creators of this film also borrow heavily from past successes such as Aliens, The Matrix, 2001:A Space Odyssey, and maybe even a little Memento. The result is a mess and some of the action is incomprehensible sometimes it seems certain characters make their escapes out of impossible situations by simply being edited out of them. But the movie keeps moving frenetically and sometimes entertainingly along anyway. The rest of the plot revolves around the mystery of the sabotage and a trip down into the sealed hive to solve the mystery. Fans of the video games will be disappointed to not see Chris Redfield or Jill Valentine make an appearance. Also zombies, hunters and mutant dogs are pretty much the only mutant monsters you get. As far as the cast goes moviegoers will be left mainly remembering Jovovich's charming beauty and Michelle Rodriguez's(from the much superior low budget Girlfight) tough funny turn as one of the band of clean up soldiers who accompany Jovovich down into the hive. Sure its a lift of Private Vasquez's character from Aliens but Rodriguez has such a gritty delivery that she makes the tired dialogue sound fresh and intentionally amusing. The thudding rock score by Marilyn Manson does little to help and the various creatures are not imaginative enough to really inspire any horror. There are various shock effects tactics employed throughout the film to keep moviegoers from getting restless. The movie is an okay ride and probably worth a peak if you're a big zombie or Resident Evil fan. Most of us will get more out of watching Aliens again.
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Summary: Let's hope this will be good
Review: Let's all hope this isn't another failed video game turned movie.
I was already driven away by Tomb Raider, Super Mario, and Street Fighter (ugh that was painful to watch). If the filmakers decided to enlist help from people who are familiar with the series, it could be good. If not, maybe there will a special... If the movie stinks, then the soundtrack won't. After all, they did get new tracks from Slipknot and Static X. Either way, let's pray this won't stink. And let's pray it makes more money than E.T. when it comes out that same week.
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Summary: Residual Evil?
Review: I hope the negative media reviews of Tomb Raider and Final Fantasy don't cling to RE before it debuts.I think it should stay exactly like the game.Paul Andreson said using Jill and co., fans would know who was killed and who survived.Yet,reading the reviews on the website Anderson ALREADY TELLS YOU who's going to live and die.So much for that reason! Being an overseas film,having B-rated actors/actoress+ its's a horror flick,it probably will dive.I love the game and have the action figures but I also know the film industry.So here's to the hope of being wrong and it becomes a smash (at least for them to make 2 and 3) P.S. Why is it so hard for directors,producers etc.to appease gaming fans and such and do remakes and game movies just like the originals?
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Summary: It will rock
Review: The cricics from fans who have seen it are awsome, the pics look awsome, the chatmeeting with Paul and Milla was awsome, the games are awsome and rest will be awsome, too. If you like the Resident Evil games, GO SEE IT.
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