Resident Evil (Deluxe Edition)

Rating:
Summary: Very poor
Review: When this movie was released in Australi, not many theatres picked it up. I can see why.
A pathetic remake of a video game classic, it follows the likes of Mortal Kombat (by the same director) and Tomb Raider. Although director Paul Anderson did well in creating tension, and overall adding a rather eerie and freaky element to the movie, the actual story has many things left to be desired.
There are a few goods bits though. The start was well contrived, leading the watchers to feel for the soon-to-be-killed employees of the Umbrella corporation.
It falls rapidly downhill from there. Somehow, directors seem to get a thrill in having leading star Milla Jovovich naked when we first see her and when we leave her (think Fifth Element). It wasn't much of an acting challenge for Jovovich, just a few looks here and there, and a number of well-placed kicks. The supporting actors were not much better. Michelle Rodriguez, known better as Lennie in The Fast and the Furious, puts on an act not unlike Velazques in Aliens.
Highlights include the laser killing techniques that bring to mind the opening sequence of alternative movie Cube, which used thin wires for the same effect, the death sequences, the alarming jump that one gets when a former employee reanimates for the first time, and the startling eery super-computer, the Red Queen, which in my opinion was the best character of the lot.
Even the casting of dancers as the zombies was a good idea, making their movements realistic.
But the whole story had a lot of flaws. The explaination of the zombies was extremely inaccurate and unbelievable, as well as their following of our 'heros'.
As a business student too, the actions of the Umbrella Corporation after the Hive was sealed and the survivors rescued was extremely inaccurate. But I won't get into that.
Apart from the small highlights, the movie was extremely poor. Only watch it if you are a die-hard fan, or like getting kicks from extreme gore.