Reviews of Resident Evil: Extinction

An ok Third film.

Posted : 1 year ago on 19 December 2008 09:10 (A review of Resident Evil: Extinction)

Albert Wesker: [to Dr. Isaacs] Continue with your research, Doctor... while it is still YOUR research.


Milla Jovovich: Alice

Oded Fehr: Carlos Olivera

Ali Larter: Claire Redfield

Iain Glen: Dr. Isaacs

Survivors of the Raccoon City catastrophe travel across the Nevada desert, hoping to make it to Alaska. Alice joins the caravan and their fight against the evil Umbrella Corp.

The third installment, draws inspiration from a range of films like 6th Day and Matrix yet in one hand offers different aspects to the world of Resident Evil breathing life and some new ideas into the franchise, while on the other hand it is extremely unlike the resident evil we all know, it is at times more like the games than the first two.
Examples: The world has ended more or less and the Zombies have taken over the surface is very unlike the games, but the film is full of things from the games, but used subtly enough so as not to shove it in your face. The whole trapped obstacle course at the beginning screams the games (while the set is different the whole designated area with deadly traps is very RE).
The plot is driven forth by finding documents/notebooks again very RE and the Umbrella Lab looks brilliant, better than anything they designed in the games by far.

Now for the plot, it was very simple, but then the film would have suffered from a very detailed plot, what was more important were the characters which were far superior to the previous films, and I suspect it has to do with Russel being appointed Director. Easily Anderson's best writing for characters although it's punch scenes seem to be a little less grand than the other films (the laser corridor in re and the nemesis shootout with the STARS in Apocalypse) and the biggest disappointment was there were no monsters in the film apart from the staple Dogs and Zombies, the crows, while cool don't count and the Tyrant is only in it at the end. But that is more to do with budget than the script.

The acting was far better in this film, and for once the supporting characters were well enough done for you to care about them or even just get a sense that they are real people in a bad situation. Unlike RE:A in which the main characters were planks and the support characters basically were just warm props.

The action scenes were done excellently, although at the beginning there is a little of the shot too close cut too fast syndrome but that evens out in the later scenes. The gore was good, not over the top like some rubbish zombie film but not as mild as the other RE films.

The ending was a little off, and lacked the big WHAM that Anderson usually ends the RE films with, I think less would have been more for this films ending, when you see it you will know what I mean.

Bring on the sequel and Wesker!

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Never been a fan.

Posted : 1 year, 2 months ago on 3 October 2008 10:05 (A review of Resident Evil: Extinction)

I have personally never in my life been a fan of the whole Resident Evil thing. I always thought of it to be rather stupid, but that is just my opinion. I have never seen any of the previous films, nor have I even played any of the games, so I was watching the film as if it weren't related to any sequels or games, which is actually not the smartest thing I could have done. Usually when I watch sequels, I have seen the previous installments, which helps me like the film more, and give it more of a chance.

So, what did I think of "Resident Evil: Extinction"? well, I found it pretty entertaining for the most part, I mean, there were plenty of entertaining scenes, including several intense violent fighting/shooting moments, which was cool for awhile, then got very old. I was waiting for a good story to come along. I honestly cannot stand films that just have full on action all the way through, and absolutely no attempt at a story. That is my issue with a lot of films, including this one.

Bottomline, a good film if your are with friends and are just into pure action. A pretty mediocre film if you are watching it with a serious mind. I still recommend watching "Extinction"

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Thumbs up

Posted : 1 year, 10 months ago on 5 February 2008 11:47 (A review of Resident Evil: Extinction)

The only movie based on a Video game that is fun to watch. ...That didn't sound like a positive thing ;)

Seriously, this is a funny zombie-action-flick. If you've seen the other two Resident evil movies you know what to expect:
A sexy Heroine sloughtering her way to the bad guy, it's fun to watch but of course nothing deep.

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Pointless

Posted : 2 years ago on 14 December 2007 04:47 (A review of Resident Evil: Extinction)

The first Resident Evil was genuinely scary. The sequel was over the top but managed to give me a few scares. With that in mind, I was still excited to see Resident Evil: Extinction. However, I was majorly let down by this movie. Can someone tell me, what was the point?

Alice (Milla Jovovich) spends much of the movie living in a Mad Max-type world, on the run from the Umbrella corporation, away from her friends because "they have a habit of dying on me". Meanwhile, Carlos Olivera (Oded Fehr) and LJ(Mike Epps) (two of the survivors from the second movie) have joined a convoy of humans trying to find a safe place from the undead. And of course, the nefarious Umbrella corporation is still trying to figure out a way to take control of the world using the zombies but since there's not much of a world left, why would they want to?

Character development is nil - so many new characters are introduced - but we don't learn anything about them that when they're inevitably killed, so what, who cares.

Resident Evil: Extinction isn't scary and it doesn't offer anything new, preferring instead to wander aimlessly through the desert and give us more fights with zombie dogs.

At the end, my only question, aside from why they made this movie, is how Alice's t-shirt manages to stay so clean in the harsh elements of the desert. A sorry state of affairs indeed. If it weren't for Oded Fehr this movie would only rate a 2 and that's for the visual effects and make-up.

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Viva Las Vegas

Posted : 2 years, 2 months ago on 3 October 2007 01:22 (A review of Resident Evil: Extinction)

This latest sequel was entertaining, but I don't think it quite meets up with its previous siblings. I don't play the game so I don't know if they strayed away into a new storyline, but it seemed that way when I watched the movie.

In this one Milla has even more powers to kick Zombie butt. She lets loose on the zombies with a vengence that action junkies will love. Las Vegas was interesting to see in this future version. One of my pet peeves in this one is how all these zombies got to Vegas in the first place. It was like they were dieing, cloning, and coming back for more Milla.

If you liked the first to editions of this franchise, you will like this one also. It has a lot of action that is high octane. The zombie death count is quite high in this one. You may want to keep the little ones at home if they haven't watched the previous Resident Evil movies.

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