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Summary: This film couldn't have been better!
Review: When I first heard mixed reviews on the film, I thought "this movie is going to blow". Well, I went and saw it this past Saturday and let me say that this movie was, this year so far, the best horror film! I haven't finished the game on Playstation, but I have heard that the movie is pretty true to the game. Great special effects plus a great plot plus a great cast makes this movie all worth while.
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Summary: Who said it couldn't be done?!
Review: Alot of people (including myself) were afraid this movie would [be bad], or at least not live up to its hype, but after seeing it opening night I'm eagerly awaiting the sequel! The story takes place before the events of the first game and explains how the T-Virus managed to infect Raccoon City. Everything about the movie, from camera angles & effects to actor performances to creative death-scenes was right on. It was upbeat and intense, while maintaining a certain level of class; no cheap gore just thrown in to gross you out! The tough chick from "Fast and the Furious" and "Girlfight" played an awesome role, as did the lead actress (the chick with the really long name from "The Fifth Element") who loves being naked!
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Summary: Milla Jovovich has never been better in "Resident Evil"!!
Review: To me, "Resident Evil" is a film that delivers intense action as well as cutting-edge special effects from thrilling start to breathtaking finish! I have played all the "Resident Evil" games on PlayStation and I thought that the film version definitely lived up to the games in a big way! "Resident Evil" takes place in a future city called Raccoon City. A lethal virus has been released inside a medical facility building called the Umbrella Corporation, killing everyone in sight and shutting down elevators, etc. The main character is a woman named Alice (Milla Jovovich, "The Fifth Element"), who is teamed up with a group of commandos (including Michelle Rodriguez, "The Fast and The Furious") to find the cause of everything that went on inside the complex...but not before some flesh-eating, virus-infected zombies come chasing after them! And the movie goes on from there. A lot of the credit goes to Screen Gems, part of Sony Pictures Entertainment, for bringing this movie to the big screen. Also to Milla Jovovich for not just her performance, but for her physical abilities as well. I mean, you should have seen Milla fight off those virus-infected canines one-by-one! In fact, Milla kind of reminds you of Angelina Jolie in last year's "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider". And also to Michelle Rodriguez for her outstanding role as Rain, who is part of the commando team and to director Paul Anderson ("Mortal Kombat", "Event Horizon"), he did an outstanding job in directing his second video game adaption since "Mortal Kombat"! With a great soundtrack, excellent supporting cast, and lots of action to boot, "Resident Evil" is the best thrill ride of 2002 by far! I can not wait for the DVD to be released!
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Summary: one of the best game to movie moives
Review: resident evil started out as a game no one ever heard. and thus it got popular. then the sequals (2, 3, surivior, and code: vericona, and the new one for game boy color). but the movie was more like a prequal to the game series. it did have some elements of the games (zombies, dogs, lickers, etc...) but the movie itself was a really, really good scary movie to watch.
it freaked me out couple times but, it was a good horror movie.
the ending was surprising but, i think they are making the sequal soon. (i hope)
but if you wanna see something really freak you out stlye. go see resident evil!
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Summary: Very Good Movie!
Review: This movie was a great one! Even thought it has none of the original characters, the new ones are still cool. There is only a couple of bad things; where are the hunters, chimeras, the tyrant, and the shark. And they should have made some more of the cleaners live and not most of them die in the chamber to the Red Queen. But overall, it is really good!
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Summary: Great action, drop-dead gorgeous lead actress...
Review: This movie is based on a video game that I have never played, so I can't comment on how the movie's plot follows the game. When the movie starts, there is a really cool aspect to it. A naked woman has just regained consciousness in her shower and can't remember anything. The next few minutes are packed with action, and a team of military personnel take them to the Hive (an underground research lab). Slowly each of them get filled in on the details of the mission. What that mission is, you'll have to watch the movie (or e-mail me) for. The movie goes along great. The plot starts to materialize and things seem all right when all of a sudden the movie got derailed. Right about the point where the first living dead is discovered is when the film started to take a downturn. From then on it starts to resemble one of John Carpenter's films (particularly Ghosts of Mars. They even have the requisite train scene at the end. If you haven't seen this. Don't.) I was disappointed by this. What I can say is that the lead actress Milla Jovovich gave it a good performance (as far as action flicks go), on top of being HOT. Sure, being the femme fetale and kicking butt is cliche nowadays. But you should see her in action. LEAP rating (each out of 5):
L (Language) - 3 (no unnecessary cursing)
E (Erotica) - 3 (2 scenes with close to full body nudity, but tastefully done)
A (Action) - 4 (living dead dogs were scarier than the living dead people, but their asses still needed to be kicked)
P (Plot) - 3 (plot elements were well explained, no big surprises)
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Summary: Survive the Horror
Review: A secret experiment..a deadly virus...a fatal mistake. Based on the wildly popular video game series, "Resident Evil" is an action-packed thriller starring Milla Jovovich (The Fifth Element), Michelle Rodriguez (The Fast and the Furious) and Eric Mabius (Cruel Intentions) in a battle of good and evil, human versus computer, the living against the Undead. Something terrible is lurking in the Hive, a vast underground genetic research facility run by the Umbrella Corporation, a faceless bio-engineering conglomerate. A deadly viral outbreak occurs, and in response, the Red Queen - a vast supercomputer that controls and monitors the Hive - seals the entire facility to contain the leak, killing all the trapped employees. Alice (MILLA JOVOVICH) and Rain (MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ) must lead fellow commandos to isolate the virus that has wiped out Umbrella's entire research staff. The team soon discovers, however, that the workers are not really dead. They are now the ravenous Undead, and they are prowling the hive. One bite or scratch from an Undead causes infection and worse, instant transformation into their kind. Alice and the military task force have three hours to complete their mission before the virus threatens to overrun the Earth. To access the Red Queen, the team must pass through a series of increasingly horrifying obstacles in the maze-like hive. These include deadly lasers, mutant dogs and a vast specimen room where Alice witnesses the results of Umbrella's evil experimental research. Alice soon discovers that the
former humans are the ghastly result of Umbrella's latest project gone awry -- the T-virus. Initially designed to combat ageing and fight nerve-based diseases, the T-virus has the ability to reanimate dead cells. Alice realizes that an unknown saboteur has stolen the virus and freed it into the hive's atmosphere. That's how the outbreak occurred. Who would do such a thing,
and why? Confronting the giant computer, Rain demands that she guide them to the surface. The Red Queen agrees, but insists that no one who is infected will be allowed to escape. Unless of course, they can find the Anti-Virus first. Standing in their way is a genetically mutated experiment that is now a vicious creature known as "the Licker," bent on destroying them all. The Licker's strength increases with each victim it slays-making the team's job even more deadly. "Resident Evil" is scary, but not nightmare scary. The director did do a fantastic job in adapting this video game into a heart pounding action horror thriller. I was frightened and kept in suspense at all time. It gave me chills and it really made me jump. Everyone in the theaters was screaming and yelling. This movie definitely has the thrills to give you the chills. I recommend it to anyone who is a huge fan of the "Resident Evil" games or fan's of the horror genre. I didn't gave the other star because I thought that maybe the movie could of have more monsters like the giant spiders from "Resident Evil 2" game. I still enjoyed this movie a lot. Also, if you do not know anything and are clueless about the "Resident Evil" games, don't worry, this movie will tell you the story. It is not necessary to play the games to understand the movie. I loved this movie because it did scare me and it had plenty of action to really satisfy me. I hope you will too enjoy it as much as I did. And by the ending of this movie it looks like there will be a "Resident Evil 2" and it will take place outside the streets of Raccoon City.
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Summary: Great Movie-A Must See for Resident Evil fans!
Review: ...I'm guessing most, if not all of them, have never played or seen RE the video game so they can't appreciate what it is all about. The movie is pretty true to the game. I was on the edge of my seat and had to turn away a few times because it was too gorry for even me. Milla fit the role perfectly and Michelle Rodriguez did an excellent job. Here's hoping for a sequel!
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Summary: I've never played the game or really knew the story.
Review: I have to say that I was worried that I would not understand the movie at all because I have never touched anything Resident Evil before. I loved this movie. Had I not known better, I wouldn't have known that this was a game first. I was confused to the first minute, but so was everyone, I think. Right after that the movie progressed in a confortable manner, not to mention startling every five minutes. I now want to learn more about the Resident Evil world. Please don't expect anything from this movie and just enjoy it as a movie...
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Summary: Best techno-zombiefest of the year.
Review: I was nonplussed at first, of seeing yet another video game hit the cinemas. But I went anyway, when I saw one of the tv trailers, and found out Milla Jovovich playes our heroine Alice, and the film is directed by Paul Anderson, whose Mortal Kombat was surprisingly pleasant popcorn fare.
While the story is based on the game, the plot is really a prequel to the Nemesis story that is alluded to in the movie's final scenes.
In an opening sequence we are introduced to The Hive, an underground research facility where the clandestine arm of the medical mogul Umbrella Corporation practices it's illegal genetic experimentation-until a terrible virus is released into the air system.
Our main character Alice then wakes up in a shower stall, with no memory of why. She can't remember who or where she is either, so I was a bit confused until later in the story. Alice is then burst in upon by a team of SWAT types demanding her report. Then off we go through the Looking Glass House with Alice and the S.T.A.R.S. to find the Red Queen-a supercomputer who has locked down The Hive with all its occupants.
Our team must shut down the Red Queen, and escape from the Hive before it is sealed off from the outside forever. It is a simple plan, until we learn what Umbrella Corp.'s virus has made of the men and women who worked there.
Once the computer is shut down, the film becomes a full-fledged flesh-eating nightmare as our heroes try to escape. Alice reveals a side of herself she didn't know was there, which allows them to make progress and also realizes that one of their band doesn't really want to help them.
Milla Jovovich does very well in this action film. As Alice learns more about herself, she becomes a much more interesting figure that Jovovich manages to inject with some humanity. She also fights very convincingly.
Michelle Rodriguez, Eric Mabius and James Purefoy all have meaningful roles and play them well, as do the other cast members.
Paul Anderson has made his best film yet, but has sacrificed much of the humanistic elements for action and gore. Still, they do survive. Technically, the film looks wonderful. The editing is dramatic, even though it really overuses the "shock-you" moments where things jump into frame and surprise you. The tension is real, and I jumped in my seat and chomped on my nails a few times. The Looking Glass House looks much like the game and the Hive sets are very claustrophobic as in Aliens. In fact, one scene is ripped right out of Aliens!
Paul W. S. Anderson still pushes the envelope when it comes to shock, gore and overall gruesomeness though. There were moments when I could not watch.
I did like it though. It does not aspire to do anything more than scare you and gross you out, but it is very effective. Not bad for what Michelle Rodriguez terms "MTV, ADD" filmaking.
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