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Summary: Undead and Unwatchable
Review: Derivative, boring, and beyond stupid, zombie flick "Resident Evil" misses every possible opportunity to scare, thrill, or even make sense. It doesn't even have the gorey guts of its video game inspiration. Your best bet? Skip this soulless claptrap and see how good movies weave complex plots, well-drawn characters, and true scares into a terrifying whole. "Aliens," "Dawn of the Dead." and "Blade 2" are an excellent start.
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Summary: I liked this movie.
Review: It was exactly what I expected and even a little more. Very stylish movie with a lot of fast paced action, and Milla is hot throughout. It seems that either most people liked it or hated it. It is a rental for sure, and if you're like me you'll probably buy it.
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Summary: Something smells rotten, and it's not the Zombies.
Review: The Resident Evil movie: yet another example of why Hollywood never seems to make a good game based movie. I would fall backwards in shock if I found out the film's director had actually PLAYED the games, or just had someone play them for him and explain what happens. Why does this movie throw any sort of continuity from the games out the window? Why are none of the characters from the game are here? The original Residant Evil had a perfect plot for a horror movie. The Special Tactics and Rescue Squad gets stuck in a mansion full of Zombies, Mutant Dogs, Frogs, Spiders, Bees, Sharks, you name it, they've got it, and an excellent character cast to go with it. Instead, they chuck it all out except for the mansion, the Zombies, the dogs, and the Licker from Resident Evil 2. And gore wise, it's pretty clean compared to the games. Heck, it probably wouldn't even be rated R if they didn't throw in Milla Jovovich's nude scenes to boost up the rating. *sigh*...
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Summary: The Best Video Game Based Movie Next To Tomb Raider
Review: Resident Evil is one of those few movies based on a video game that actually looks good, not unbelieveably "fake" and actually resembles the game its based on quite well unlike such failures as Final Fantasy, Mortal Kombat: Annialation, Super Mario Bros., Street Fighter, and Double Dragon. The Bonus Features are great and they are:The Making of Resident Evil, Scoring Resident Evil, Costume Design, Set Design, Zombie Make Up Tests, Trailer(s) and the Slipknot music video "My Plague (New Abuse Mix". I recommend this DVD to Everyone on Amazon.com and by the way, this is request is for anyone who owns this DVD, if anyone out there knows the name of the band and/or the song on the Resident evil Trailer that plays after Milla Jovovich says "She maybe your only way out of here." please E-Mail me at [...]
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Summary: Second Best Movie of 2002?
Review: Resident Evil is pap, stupid, predictable, violent, idiotic mayhem ... and I loved every minute of it.I bought this DVD on a whim, and next to "We Were Soldiers" it was my favorite film of 2002. I laughed, shouted out advice or predictions, had a few suprises, and am maybe in love with Mila Jovovich. She looks simply fantastic, all wetted down in that little dress with her leather boots and kicking zombie butt. 2002 had two revivals of creature feature mayhem at it's best; "Eight Legged Freaks" with it's Giant Mutant Spiders On The Loose theme and the adorable Scarlet Johanson, and "Resident Evil" resurrecting the Zombie Movie for the Internet generation. Every possible Zombie Movie convention or style is shamelessly ripped off or recycled, with doses of "Aliens", "The Andromeda Strain" and even "The Matrix" thrown in for good measure. The film even boasts repeated, close-up views of Digital Readouts [of varying colors] ticking down until the film's implied doomsday. I am a connesiour [sp?] of Digital Readout movies, and "Resident Evil" has the best Digital Readouts I have seen since "The Six Million Dollar Man". If you want to watch a movie where you are constantly reminded of how long the plot has until doomsday, this is the movie for you. It is also a movie that helpfully reminds its viewers of exactly what is going on every ten minutes or so by having a character list the plot details up to that point. This is done for the benefit of viewers who may have calculated that a run for the restroom is about due during the theatrical runs, and helps jar the memory of those who may not have been paying attention to every minute of the DVD. I found that helpful, because the people I watched it with and I were constantly discussing what was going on to the point where we were talking about the movie more than watching it. "Resident Evil" is an interactive film, and requires a sense of humor in addition to a strong stomach. I am sorry that I missed seeing this movie in a theater; two of my fondest cinema visits were the aforementioned "Eight Legged Freaks", where each and every one of the audience members were interacting with each other and the movie. And "Starship Troopers", which I saw in NYC with an audience that, like me, were besides themselves with hilarity during the entire running length. "Resident Evil" is very much a film in the same genre, and as such delivered the goods, and is certainly due for some sort of "cult" status as time goes on. It is truly Something Awful. But you know what? I'd rather have fun watching a movie than be subjected to an additional three hour purgatory like the two films that will probably contend for Best Movie this year [Peter Jackson's seriously bloated "The Two Towers" and Martin Scorcese's overtly ponderous "Gangs of New York"]. They are fine movies to be sure, but it is refreshing to find a film that takes the gas out of the art form, and does it with a wetted down leather booted Mila Jovovich to boot.
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Summary: Chicks kick serious zombie
Review: Based on the video game of the same name. Resident Evil stars Mila Jovavich as Alice, a member of a group that is supposed to protect the Hive. The Hive is an underground facility owned by Umbrella Corp., an orginazation that specializes in bio-chemical products. Little does anyone know, but someone has tried to steal a secret formula that bring on the end of the world as we know it. In doing so, they have set loose a chemical that keeps the dead alive and truns them in monsters who only crave one thing, human flesh. Alice and her group must infiltrate the hive, and find the red queen, a computer that controls everything in the hive, and find out what caused her to go crazy and kill everyone. In doing so, they endanger their own lives because they must let loose all of the flesh eating zombies to get the hard drive that holds the red queen. Michelle Rodriguez, Eric Mabius, James Purefoy, and Martin Crewes. They must all work together if any of them wants to get out of the hive alive. One of the best video game to movie adaptations I have ever seen.
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Summary: Perfect Thriller Movie!
Review: I can't wait Untill Resident Evil Nemesis comes out in 2003/2004! Great Director! I love they way it is based on the RE Series from the Classic PS days! RE 1,2! it is just a even total different type of Horror Movie! Um "Night Of The Livin Dead!" Remember that classic movie will its kinda like it so..watch and see if you like it..Don't watch it in the dark!
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Summary: Total bulls**t, really dull
Review: When I heard that the director of the film is the same director of Mortal Combat, I thought it'll be a good fun film, with lots of action and zombies. The result is a dull, stupid and intellectless movie. I can't find one good reason to watch this, it's not even fun, nor scary, nor interesting. I understand that it's based on the game, so they had to make it just like the game, but maybe they could've change it a little bit to make it better, especially, let's say the end. The end of the movie shows that there's supposed to be a continuation, just like the game, but that movie kind of failed, and a "Resident Evil 2" movie maybe would never be exist because of that. Instead of making a movie based of the game "Resident Evil", I can't find one bad reason for the game "Half-Life" not to have a movie based on it. "Half-Life" really fits to be a movie. It's about the same: a secret underground lab, zombies, mutantes etc, but it's better, more interesting and the most important thing: it's a lot more famous than "Resident Evil" and there's no doubt it'll be more successful. Ever since watching "Resident Evil - The Movie" I dream about "Half-Life: The Movie". Though I didn't like this movie, I surely hope this game is a start for new movies based on pc/playstation games.
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Summary: awesome movie
Review: this movie is cool it was a little more graphic than i expected thats a good thing milla and michelle were awesome this movie gets my top rating
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Summary: Another dead live and eat everyone movie
Review: I wasn't sure what to expect when "Resident Evil" fired up, so my pre-conceived notions were minimal. I've never played the game, and thus have no bias from that viewpoint. To summarize the movie: Another movie where a lot of people die and then come back to life, running around and attempting to eat everyone in sight. How many times have we seen this plot? Even though the plot is a retread that we've seen more times than we can count, there are a few nifty differences. I loved the underground train. I know. What is the difference between the underground train and any subway? In this case, it's the fact that it is under a house, leading to a top secret facility. Furthermore, the train plays an important part in the end of the movie that has some top-notch special effects. Some of the best special effects in the movie, in fact. The hive was an interesting concept that the director spent just enough time on to provide a background for the plot, without spending so much time on it that you felt like it was time to go make popcorn. I also liked the concept that Milla Jovovich and her male partner lost their memory and regained it throughout the movie. However, the transition from memory loss to memory gain felt a bit jerky, and wasn't covered well by the pseudo-cool flashback sequences that weren't all that well done. The best special effect was a super cutting laser effect that plays in a couple of deaths. After these cool things, the movie is basically a bunch of people running around in zombie makeup trying to kill and eat the people still living. There were places where the director tried to infuse a modern look into the movie by the way certain shots were set up and by laying a metal rock sound track to make everything seem more impressive than it really was. Lastly was a heavy coating of blood on everything, as though that is sufficient to cover the spots where the creativity weakened. I am glad I watched the movie, which will likely be the only time I ever watch it. Not a terrible movie, but not terribly good either. If you are relatively new to the zombie genre, you might find this movie interesting. If you've seen very many of this movie's predecessors, such as "The Night of the Living Dead", "Dawn of the Dead", and the numerous imitators, then this movie will be same old, same old. Unless you are a hard-core Resident Evil video game fan, or just love a gore-fest no matter how thin the plot behind it, then perhaps this is the movie for you. All others, rent first, buy later.
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