RE2 is a dreary, incoherent mess of a movie, failing on almost every conceivable level.
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
Reviews for Resident Evil: Apocalypse
A série Resident Evil também se transformou em um morto-vivo. E já está devorando os cérebros de seus espectadores.
The longer the story goes on, the more it feels like a live action video game and not a real movie.
I haven't seen action scenes shot and edited this badly since the 2002 remake of Rollerball.
[An] elaborate gory gaming gimmick. The feisty energy and revolving recklessness cannot overcome the absurdity and superficial aspect of this unfocused hedonistic horror show
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.
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.
RE2's best reiteration, Alice's identity crisis, is refitted here to extend the game.
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...
Is it utopian to expect better of the next first-person shooter that comes to the screen?
Shot with such un-inspired flatness that we frequently can't even see just what the heck is going on.
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.
[Witt's] journeyman effort totally lacks Anderson's smart-trash poetics and pulp-art visual sense.
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.
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July 16, 2008:
Resident Evil 4 in the Works ![]()
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...
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He's still trying to come up with the right story, but according to Paul W.S. Anderson, talks for a fourth Resident Evil are under way -- and "there's a possibility it might... More...
October 30, 2007:
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Good news, fans of the Resident Evil films: Sony and Capcom are teaming up to continue the series. Sort of. More...
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