This is the second time I've seen this movie, the first time being in the theaters. So I've had plenty of time to pick it apart. This movie is not very smart. I was taking notes thought the movie until about the half way point where I just gave up. Like many big budget action movies it falls apart when you apply logic. However it was a fun movie so I will take the time to break it down before pointing out it's weak points.
It once again follows the character of Alice as she fights the undead while trying to accomplish various goals. The chosen goals for this one are settle the score with Umbrella, get the survivors to Alaska(?) and later in the movie GET TO DA CHOPPER! it has some of the characters from the second movie including everyone's favorite comic relief LJ. But for some reason Jill Valentine is nowhere to be seen no explanation is given she is just replaced with another strong female character Claire Redfield, why? Because she is another character from the game. This movie loves to play the name game another example would be the almost absent Albert Wesker. As for Claire I'm not sure if she acts like her original character because I didn't play the game she was featured in. Besides, the dialogue in the RE games sucks so you have to really take liberties with the characters when adapting them for a movie. Speaking of which the story here is not from the games. Like the rest it is almost all original. Something that game fans never really liked. But I don't really care because the games never had very complex story lines to begin with. It's not like their Silent Hill or anything...oh shit, they screwed up that story to...STOP RUINING THE FUCKING STORY LINES OF EVERY GAME, JUST USE THE ORIGINAL STORY...AHHHHH...Sorry about that I just hated the movie Silent Hill, so realistically I can see why loyal game fans could be mad.
To be honest the story isn't to bad you just have to understand that it's shallow and definitely not a Horror. It's your run of the mill action movie with a bit of zombie thrown in to add some kick. The main reason why it's not a Horror is Alice is super human, thus the zombies pose no real threat and the rest of her companions are armed to the teeth so the can dispatch the zombie hordes almost as easily. Though the action scenes are very good and show off Alice's ass kickery and offer some cool gun play. The down fall is of course the plot holes...
Nightmare's Top Three Plot Holes
#3 The movie implies that the T-virus not only brings things back to life but has the spontaneous ability to make the water from rivers and lakes evaporate. How exactly? Did the zombies all systemically line up and use buckets to drain out all the water? Maybe they used a pump?
#2 The Umbrella scientists are trying to domesticate the Zombies so they become less dangerous and can be used for manual labor. Ah OK. I'm sure that's going to work. Just like it worked in that older zombie movie "Day of the Dead". yeah it worked great for them too ;)
#1 The scientists determine that the zombies don't need to feed to survive, they are self nourishing. How exactly? Are they solar powered? do they plug into most standard outlets? Please movie just give me an explanation!
So most of the plot is built on garbage but it's still a fun movie. kind of like how AVP 2 was fun. Just mindless action. The only difference here is the characters here are actually pretty good. I grew attached to a few of them and it really made the movie more interesting. So it gets a B, if you like action you'll probably like this movie as long as you don't think too much. Also if you like the other RE movies your sure to enjoy this one and of course if you hated the others I wouldn't bother watching this one.
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