Monday, September 24, 2007

Resident Evil: Extinction

Resident Evil Extinction promised nothing but a scantly clad Milla Jovovich and lots of zombies. On that front it delivered. If you are going to this movie to see a well thought out and contemplative story, maybe you didn't watch the first two movies.

In the first two Resident Evil installments we see the spread of the zombie creating T virus through the Umbrella Corporation compound and then through Raccoon City. In Extinction, the virus has decimated the Earth. Five years later and the T virus has spread to both plant and animal populations making the Earth a barren waste land.

Ali Larter plays Claire, a tough as nails mother figure for a band of scavenging survivors. She is joined by the returning Oded Fehr as Carlos. This ragtag group roams town to town trying to stay away from the zombies. The desert is their playground as it was sparsely populated in the first place. Alice, Milla Jovovich, has the same game plan and soon meets up with the group. Umbrella Corp. isn't done with Alice though and that puts the whole group in danger.

There are scenes in this movie that will have you rolling your eyes, but the movie had a fun charm to it. The acting is well done all around and there are several homages to zombie movies that have come before. If you like things jumping out at you, you will not be disappointed. This movie isn't smart or cutting edge, and never claims to be. Resident Evil: Extinction is just pure zombie killing action. Not for everyone but fun for some.

The final scene of the movie definitely reveals a world that is about to emerge that I would love living in. 

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9 comments:

gamany said...

yeah, I rolled my eyes a few times but for the most part it was fun and having a huge girl crush on Milla helped, too.

Budd said...

Yeah, the last scene, I was like, "I could finally have a chance." still probably not, but who knows.

gamany said...

"I could finally have a chance." LOL, quite a few chances.

MainMor said...

lol..Oded Fehr frikkin rocks in everything he is in... I cannot wait to see this.

W said...

Two of the most important things in the world: a scantly clad Milla Jovovich and lots of zombies.

Ross said...

Thanks for the review - this is pretty much what I expected, but I'm glad to have my assumptions validated. Definitely my kind of "fun" movie to waste some time with.

little wonders said...

about what I expected to hear about this movie, I will probably see it this weekend.

grrrace said...

i haven't watched any of the RE's. i keep meaning to. they're just so far down my netflix queue. heh.

Steve Betz said...

Like the others, I will take the guilty pleasure and watch this one lazy evening on HBO. Go MJ!