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Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)

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Reviews Counted:84

Fresh:19

Rotten:65

Average Rating:4.3/10

Consensus: Resident Evil: Extinction is more of the same; its few impressive action sequences unable to compensate for the pedestrian plot.

Rated: 15 [See Full Rating] for strong horror violence throughout and some nudity.

Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release:12-10-2007

Synopsis: It's three years after the action of RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE, and the world has turned to desert in this third film based on the now-classic video game RESIDENT EVIL. Survivors of the... It's three years after the action of RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE, and the world has turned to desert in this third film based on the now-classic video game RESIDENT EVIL. Survivors of the zombie-making T-virus are few and far between, but Alice (Milla Jovovich) treks her way across the desolate landscape, fending off zombies and fighting the Umbrella Corporation. Not only is the company responsible for the virus and the state of the world, but their experiments also turned Alice into a super-human fighting machine. She reunites with Carlos (Oded Fehr) and L.J. (Mike Epps) when she joins with a caravan of people led by Claire Redfield (Ali Larter, HEROES). Together, the band battles the undead as they make their way to the promised safety of Alaska. The zombies of RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION have more in common with the fast-moving fiends of 28 DAYS LATER than with the lumbering creatures of George Romero's classic NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. However, this film doesn't limit itself to human zombies; instead, there's horror to be found in undead dogs and crows. But none of these are any match for Jovovich's Alice. Whether clad in chaps and short shorts or a slinky red dress and boots, Jovovich is dressed to kill as she takes down the zombie hordes with a lethal combination of guns, knives, and a powerful pair of legs. Just as in ULTRAVIOLET and THE FIFTH ELEMENT, the actress has perfected the role of the dangerous beauty, and this film's blend of butt-kicking action and horror-movie scares provides the perfect opportunity for her to shine. [More]

Starring: Milla Jovovich, Oded Fehr, Ali Larter, Iain Glen

Starring: Milla Jovovich, Oded Fehr, Ali Larter, Iain Glen, Ashanti, Mike Epps, Christopher Egan, Jason O'Mara, Spencer Locke

Director: Russell Mulcahy

Director: Russell Mulcahy
Screenwriter: Paul W.S. Anderson
Producer: Paul W.S. Anderson, Jeremy Bolt, Robert Kulzer, Samuel Hadida, Bernd Eichinger
Composer: Charlie Clouser
Studio: Screen Gems

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Russell Mulcahy of Highlander fame ensures that production values are strong even if logic is weak and the script sounds like it was written on the back of an envelope.

Full Review Source: This is London | comment Comment
10/12/07
Derek Malcolm
Derek Malcolm
This is London

One or two good action sequences keep boredom at bay for a while, but so little of it is fresh that extinction can't come too soon.

Full Review Source: Independent | comment Comment
10/12/07
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
Independent

It's high time for "Resident Evil: Enough is Enough".

Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph | comment Comment
10/12/07
Tim Robey
Tim Robey
Daily Telegraph
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Those zombies are back on the march in the third instalment of the horror-action series that plays like a rip-off of George A Romero’s Day Of The Dead, only with a much lower IQ.

Full Review Source: Daily Mirror [UK] | comment Comment
10/12/07
Daily Mirror [UK]

While it doesn't present anything that is in any way original, it's fast and fun enough not to outstay its welcome.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
10/12/07
Phelim O'Neill
Phelim O'Neill
Guardian [UK]
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Milla Jovovich reprises her tough-girl-in-sexy-thigh-boots role, and the survivors travel in Mad Max conveys up and down desert highways in search of fuel.

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment Comment
10/12/07
James Christopher
James Christopher
Times [UK]
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Resident Evil: Extinction does exactly what you'd expect from a threequel – it's not especially scary or witty but if you want hot chicks kicking zombie arse then it delivers enough action to keep the Friday night crowd happy.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
10/11/07
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

Scaling dizzy heights of sheer averageness, the third in writer/ producer Paul WS Anderson’s stillborn zombie saga is the best – or least worst – yet.

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
10/10/07
Matthew Leyland
Matthew Leyland
Total Film

Better than the silly second instalment and boasting an effectively creepy empty world setting, it’s nevertheless scuppered by a lack of coherence.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
10/10/07
Helen OHara
Helen OHara
Empire Magazine
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The scariest visage is that of Alice, whose flawless, airbrushed complexion is either a throwback to Mulcahy’s New Romantic pop promos or something dictated by Jovovich’s L’Oréal contract.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
10/10/07
Nigel Floyd
Nigel Floyd
Time Out
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Director Russell Mulcahy, a veteran of sci-fi tat, knows well enough to keep his camera firmly focussed on the exploding heads, and of course, there's the semi-naked Milla. One for Saturday night DVD rental, really.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
10/09/07
Paul Arendt
Paul Arendt
BBC
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Full Review Source: Screen International | comment Comment
10/06/07
Screen International

If you are willing to leave your brains and good taste at the door, you may well find Resident Evil: Extinction to be a guilty pleasure of the purest genetic strain.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
10/04/07
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Channel 4 Film
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After the slightly more sophisticated part 2, this episode returns to the more preposterous style of the original.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
09/20/07
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

Groovy bit of multiplex pandemonium

Full Review Source: CinePassion | comment Comment
08/27/09
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion
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Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed
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Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
10/18/08
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

The franchise is becoming almost as mindless as the zombies it portrays, lumbeirng on with only repetitive instinct, while all true vitality has long since passed away.

Full Review Source: ESplatter | comment Comment
07/12/08
Steve Biodrowski
Steve Biodrowski
ESplatter

najve%u0107i adut filma je, kao i uvijek, Milla Jovovich

Full Review Source: Index.hr | comment Comment
04/10/08
Dragan Antulov
Dragan Antulov
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Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
01/18/08
Joshua Rothkopf
Joshua Rothkopf
Time Out New York
 
 
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