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Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)

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Reviews Counted:119

Fresh:25

Rotten:94

Average Rating:4/10

Consensus: Resident Evil: Apocalypse has lots of action, but not much in terms of plot or creativity.

Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: A deadly virus has been unleashed on the population of Raccoon City. Resident Evil: Apocalypse is a terrifying adventure in survival horror. Milla Jovovich (5th Element, Dummy) returns as Alice,... A deadly virus has been unleashed on the population of Raccoon City. Resident Evil: Apocalypse is a terrifying adventure in survival horror. Milla Jovovich (5th Element, Dummy) returns as Alice, one of only two survivors of the contained biochemical disaster in the first Resident Evil, the $100 million hit that serves as a prologue to the all-out action and horror of Resident Evil: Apocalypse. The film begins where the first film left off, with Alice in the heart of the ravaged and deadly Raccoon City. She has been subjected to biogenetic experimentation by the vast Umbrella Corporation and become genetically altered, with super-human strengths, senses and dexterity. These skills, and more, will be needed if anyone is to remain alive. Alice is joined by Jill Valentine (Sienna Guillory – Time Machine, Helen of Troy), a recently demoted member of Umbrella Corp’s elite Special Tactics and Rescue Services (S.T.A.R.S.), Terri Morales (Sandrine Holt – Once a Thief, Happy Hour), Carlos Oliviera (Oded Fehr – The Mummy, Presidio Med), L.J. (Mike Epps – Next Friday, All About the Benjamins), and Nicholai (Zack Ward – Titus, Almost Famous) who must survive and escape what is quickly becoming a City of the Dead. To reach their goal, they will need to battle their way through the relentless onslaught of the ravenous undead, as well as Umbrella forces and terrifying bioengineered weapons, the most deadly of which is the colossal, heavily armed assassin, Nemesis. Also featured in Resident Evil: Apocalypse are Thomas Kretschmann (U-571, 24, The Pianist), Jared Harris (I Shot Andy Warhol, Mr. Deeds) and Sophie Vavasseur (Evelyn). -- © Columbia Pictures [More]

Starring: Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Oded Fehr, Sandrine Holt

Starring: Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Oded Fehr, Sandrine Holt, Jared Harris, Mike Epps, Zack Ward, Sophie Vavasseur, Thomas Kretschmann

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Producer: Jeremy Bolt, Paul W.S. Anderson, Don Carmody
Composer: Jeff Danna
Studio: Columbia Pictures

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RE2 is a dreary, incoherent mess of a movie, failing on almost every conceivable level.

Full Review Source: Rue Morgue Magazine | comment 1 Comment
11/09/04
Chris Alexander
Chris Alexander
Rue Morgue Magazine

[A film for] pre-brain Playstation 11-year-old American males ...

Full Review Source: Las Vegas Mercury | comment Comment
10/30/04
Anthony Del Valle
Anthony Del Valle
Las Vegas Mercury

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Full Review Source: Movie Gazette | comment Comment
10/30/04
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Movie Gazette

shocks the audience rather than entertain.

Full Review Source: Talking Pictures (U.S.) | comment Comment
10/24/04
Tony Toscano
Tony Toscano
Talking Pictures (U.S.)

Makes Tomb Raider look like an epic.

Full Review Source: Movie Boeuf | comment Comment
10/11/04
David N. Butterworth
David N. Butterworth
Movie Boeuf

A série Resident Evil também se transformou em um morto-vivo. E já está devorando os cérebros de seus espectadores.

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment Comment
10/08/04
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

The longer the story goes on, the more it feels like a live action video game and not a real movie.

Full Review Source: RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) | comment Comment
10/08/04
Harry Guerin
Harry Guerin
RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)

I haven't seen action scenes shot and edited this badly since the 2002 remake of Rollerball.

Full Review Source: Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) | comment Comment
10/03/04
Greg Maki
Greg Maki
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

[An] elaborate gory gaming gimmick. The feisty energy and revolving recklessness cannot overcome the absurdity and superficial aspect of this unfocused hedonistic horror show

Full Review Source: Movie Eye | comment Comment
10/02/04
Frank Ochieng
Frank Ochieng
Movie Eye

Nemesis looks like what would happen if The Toxic Avenger ate The Terminator. He fires a rocket launcher. Stuff ’splodes, people die. Get back to your Cheetos.

Full Review Source: Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) | comment Comment
09/28/04
Jonathan R. Perry
Jonathan R. Perry
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

It's not good, but it's enjoyable on a purely visceral level. It is an improvement over the first film in every possible factor.

Full Review Source: Goatdog's Movies | comment Comment
09/26/04
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
Goatdog's Movies

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Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
09/19/04
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle
N/R

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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
09/18/04
Boston Phoenix
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RE2's best reiteration, Alice's identity crisis, is refitted here to extend the game.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
09/17/04
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters

What the hell happened? I hadn't been more certain of a trainwreck since I heard Tony Danza was coming out with a new talk show...

Full Review Source: Richmond.com | comment Comment
09/17/04
Mike Ward
Mike Ward
Richmond.com

Is it utopian to expect better of the next first-person shooter that comes to the screen?

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
09/17/04
Cliff Doerksen
Cliff Doerksen
Chicago Reader

Shot with such un-inspired flatness that we frequently can't even see just what the heck is going on.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
09/17/04
Kim Morgan
Kim Morgan
Reel.com

Resident Evil: Apocalypse has some shocks, but its flesh-chomping zombies and evil corporate honchos amount to the same old mayhem, just bigger and louder.

Full Review Source: Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) | comment Comment
09/17/04
John Wirt
John Wirt
Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)

[Witt's] journeyman effort totally lacks Anderson's smart-trash poetics and pulp-art visual sense.

Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment Comment
09/16/04
Ian Grey
Ian Grey
Orlando Weekly

The undead are back to stumbling in the dark, sometimes even in blurry slo-mo, making the many packs of them about as terrifying as the mobs waiting for Matt and Katie outside the Today studio.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
09/16/04
Gregory Kirschling
Gregory Kirschling
Entertainment Weekly
 
 
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July 16, 2008: Resident Evil 4 in the Works Opens in new window
Lost in all the hubbub about that Lost Planet movie yesterday was the news that Capcom is working on a fourth installment in the Resident Evil saga. More...

July 01, 2008: Anderson Calls Resident Evil 4 "A Possibility" Opens in new window
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