Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Screen Gems | Release Date: September 10, 2004 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
36
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
12
Negative:
11
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
The New York TimesDave Kehr
Mr. Anderson's screenplay provides a steady series of inventive action situations, and the director, Alexander Witt, makes the most of them. His work is fast, funny, smart and highly satisfying in terms of visceral impact. Read full review
70
Dallas ObserverLuke Y. Thompson
Several visual nods to the game are amusing, but it's tough to recommend the movie to anyone who doesn't already own a PlayStation. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsRobert Dominguez
Witt, who cut his teeth as a second unit director on action thrillers "Speed," "XXX" and "The Bourne Identity," instead pours all his energy into stylized, blood-spattered fight scenes that come at a breakneck pace and should please the target audience, who grew up blasting the walking undead on Nintendos. Read full review
60
Film ThreatPete Vonder Haar
Dumb, loud, and ludicrous in the extreme, and I actually enjoyed it. Read full review
58
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Best enjoyed by keeping in mind the latest cinematic proposition that apocalyptic disaster doesn't bring out the worst in people, only the stupidest. Read full review
58
Portland OregonianM. E. Russell
The bad news? The movie is monumentally stupid. The good news? It's a fun kind of stupid. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterRichard James Havis
It's a frantic piece of filmmaking that invests nothing in the characters and moves much too fast for its own good. But things do pick up a bit for the final third, when a story line finally arrives. Read full review
50
New York PostLou Lumenick
There is nothing startlingly new in Resident Evil: Apocalpyse, but it is delivered with some panache and humor. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKevin Crust
Witt injects the film with plenty of razzle-dazzle on the visual side, but the pace deadens whenever the zombies are offscreen or the characters open their mouths long enough to do anything more than grunt. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stephen Cole
A superior entertainment to both "RE 1" and "Alien vs. Predator." Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
Takes too long to get going to qualify unequivocally as a good movie, but when Jovovich finally starts kicking zombified ass, it becomes good enough. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineAngel Cohn
Offers up more of everything: more bloody zombie dogs, more crazy corporate evildoers, more Milla Jovovich unclothed and more over-the-top action scenes. Read full review
40
Village VoiceBen Kenigsberg
Not without its moments of elemental dread, Apocalypse is also obviously padded, too long on action, and painfully short on irony. The satirical element still packs a minor jolt. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
This is efficient, soul-numbing moviemaking, diverting enough for blistering September afternoons when what's onscreen is secondary to how high they've cranked the air conditioning. Read full review
40
EmpireChris Hewitt (1)
The chief horror here is the cliffhanger promising a third instalment. Read full review
38
Chicago TribuneRobert K. Elder
Might be justified as "mindless fun" if it weren't for the acute lack of fun in its 93 minutes. Read full review
30
VarietyScott Foundas
Calamitously uninspired and borderline incoherent, new pic lacks even those fleeting pleasures (namely, a sense of humor) that made the first film a passable popcorn attraction. Read full review
30
Washington PostRichard Harrington
Plot and narrative? Minimal. Confrontations? Endless. Surprises? None. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Fans of the video game will doubtless love it all but for true fans of the gnashing dead – and we count ourselves among them – this is strictly second-tier terror. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderCliff Doerksen
Not a fraction as scary as George Romero's low-budget "Night of the Living Dead." Fans of the first installment will probably like this too--it's essentially the same movie, plus helicopters and lots of flying glass. Read full review
25
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
Those who want something more substantial from a movie than a vid-game script with centerfold appeal will not find it in this noisy, bone-crushing survivalist flick inspired by the Game Cube diversion. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
It's just too bad that almost nothing in the movie seems original. The "Thriller" video may have featured hokey dancing zombies, but at least someone was making an effort. Read full review
25
USA TodayClaudia Puig
Should the desire to see a clever zombie movie strike, try the recent remake of "Dawn of the Dead" or last year's "28 Days." Read full review
16
Entertainment WeeklyGregory Kirschling
In Resident Evil: Apocalypse, 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. Read full review
12
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Like so many movies with a keypad for a brain, Resident Evil: Apocalypse is another exercise in making us feel the irritation associated with having to stand behind some game hack for our turn to play. Read full review
12
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
An utterly meaningless waste of time...It is a dead zone, a film without interest, wit, imagination or even entertaining violence and special effects. Read full review
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