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abdurhmanzainNov 25, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The movie was good in terms of the characters' performance, and the shape of the enemy Nemesis was excellent, but the negatives of the film are many. The focus was on a new character in the movie, which is Alice, her performance is incorrect and increases the character of the action more than the horror, but the character of Nemesis was manipulated to become worse, he was insulted by Alice's character This ruined the character of Nemesis… Expand

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grandpajoe6191Sep 21, 2011

Now, this is the movie I was waiting to point my finger and mock at. "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" offers nothing new; the whole plot is inspired by the video game, the story is more dumb and inane, and even the cast messed up this one. INow, this is the movie I was waiting to point my finger and mock at. "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" offers nothing new; the whole plot is inspired by the video game, the story is more dumb and inane, and even the cast messed up this one. I strongly recommend to not watch this. You will regret.… Expand

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oliver1hFeb 18, 2013

Generic action movie that is using the "Resident evil" title to achieve profit. The first movie was rather badly done with a lot of potential wasted, but this one is nothing more than the next installment in a never ending franchise. TheGeneric action movie that is using the "Resident evil" title to achieve profit. The first movie was rather badly done with a lot of potential wasted, but this one is nothing more than the next installment in a never ending franchise. The quality will get lower and lower with every movie, but they will not stop making them as long as they can generate profit. I can not recommend this to anyone.… Expand

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HalfwelshmanJan 26, 2012

For the first ten minutes or so of Resident Evil: Apocalypse, you could be forgiven for thinking you're about to watch a decent film. Don't be fooled, Apocalypse is really quite awful. The budget may have increased, but the story isFor the first ten minutes or so of Resident Evil: Apocalypse, you could be forgiven for thinking you're about to watch a decent film. Don't be fooled, Apocalypse is really quite awful. The budget may have increased, but the story is meandering and ridiculous, characterisation non-existent, acting wooden, and script all too often unintentionally hilarious. It breaks my heart to see decent actors like Thomas Kretschmann and Jared Harris (who's the best thing in this film by quite a way - at least he attempts to imbue his character with a degree of humanity) involved in schlock like this. It's really quite an achievement for filmmakers to imbue their characters with so little life that they start to resemble the reanimated corpses that they're fighting - almost the entire cast act like they're part of amateur dramatics society, and not a good one at that, this even goes for Milla Jovovich, with all her charisma and ability to kick your face off with her sturdy boots. The bigger budget really didn't help matters, and just gave director Alexander Witt an excuse to waste money on boring and poorly executed set pieces. Yes, there is more running, gunning and explosions than in the first film, but at least the action the first Resident Evil did have was entertaining (do you have anything to match the laser scene, Apocalypse? I think not). Unfortunately, Resident Evil: Apocalypse is the kind of film that'll stay with you for a very long time, as its sheer ineptitude and soullessness truly is the stuff of nightmares.… Expand

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hoops2448Oct 16, 2011

What a soulless, lifeless, emotionless pile of drivel. Resident Evil: Apocalypse takes all the camp video game fun of the 1st film and chucks it on the cutting room floor for the zombie dogs to eat. Milla Jovovich returns as Alice to killWhat a soulless, lifeless, emotionless pile of drivel. Resident Evil: Apocalypse takes all the camp video game fun of the 1st film and chucks it on the cutting room floor for the zombie dogs to eat. Milla Jovovich returns as Alice to kill some more zombie ass and take some more names and she is joined by some even more stunted characters on her way in the shape of Sienna Guillory's Jill Valentine (who managed to make her even more idiotic than the video game version) and Oded Fehr's Carlos Olivera (the dud from Resident Evil 3). Although at first it tries to build a tone of dark and depressing (I mean it is the zombie apocalypse) it quickly realises its failing and turns back to camp, but throws so much of it at the viewer its like watching West Side Story and Flash Gordon all at the same time. Long story short, its terrible and a little part of your soul will be gone after watching this. you might even forget how to talk properly and have a hankering for human flesh.… Expand

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Ven-WedeFeb 18, 2012

The Resident Evil films are the lowest form of both action and horror, and Apocalypse is not an exception -- in fact, it is the iteration that successfully destroyed any potential that the series might have had to thrill or entertain. It actsThe Resident Evil films are the lowest form of both action and horror, and Apocalypse is not an exception -- in fact, it is the iteration that successfully destroyed any potential that the series might have had to thrill or entertain. It acts as a figurative melting pot of ideas from W.S. Anderson, who has apparently watched a couple of gameplay videos of the Resident Evil games, but has never actually played one himself. Aside from the diabolically pathetic 'plot', the movie boasts lingering and repetitive action sequences, which are unequivocally textbook in execution. Included in this tour-de-farce is a hackneyed story, flagrant slow motion, unnecessary angled camera shots, embarrassing one-liners, paper-thin characters, dreadful dialogue... okay, you get the picture -- it sucks; avoid.… Expand

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venceNov 17, 2013

Wow this movie is terrible stay away from it and save a couple million of your neurons, that are going to die if you watch this, just when we think Hollywood can sink no further, we get a piece of art like this to disprove us.

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jetpackulleySep 12, 2012

Really, what's wrong?! The first one sucked hell, and now, this one too? I expected it to be a little more improving but I'm afraid I got to say it worsens to the slightenest bit! I did not like it and if the third is as **** as this one, GodReally, what's wrong?! The first one sucked hell, and now, this one too? I expected it to be a little more improving but I'm afraid I got to say it worsens to the slightenest bit! I did not like it and if the third is as **** as this one, God forbid me to keep watching the Resident Evil series.… Expand

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ThegodfathersonAug 6, 2013

Oh, wow. Resident Evil Franchise- you have f**ked my f**king critic career into a mess. This movie was f**king retarded and bad. Alexander Witt brought us the giddy- cheesy: XXX is making crap. It's what you'd expect- a few crappy lines,Oh, wow. Resident Evil Franchise- you have f**ked my f**king critic career into a mess. This movie was f**king retarded and bad. Alexander Witt brought us the giddy- cheesy: XXX is making crap. It's what you'd expect- a few crappy lines, choppy VFX and corny story. Bad, REALLY BAD.… Expand

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diogomendesFeb 8, 2015

With a plot as lifeless as the zombies of this movie, underdeveloped characters, questionable pacing and incoherent direction, "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" will only please traditionalist fans. All others need not to apply.

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FilmMasterEddyAug 13, 2016

Perhaps the least necessary movie sequel since “Benji: Off the Leash,” “Resident Evil: Apocalypse” picks up where the surprisingly profitable 2000 original left off, telling another tale of T-Virus-infected zombies wreaking havoc in fictionalPerhaps the least necessary movie sequel since “Benji: Off the Leash,” “Resident Evil: Apocalypse” picks up where the surprisingly profitable 2000 original left off, telling another tale of T-Virus-infected zombies wreaking havoc in fictional Raccoon City. 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.

Conceived as a prequel of sorts to the enormously popular videogame series, which in turn owes more than a bit to George Romero’s “Living Dead” trilogy, first “Resident Evil” pic depicted the outbreak of the corpse-reanimating T-Virus in the underground lab (known as the Hive) of the sinister Umbrella Corp. Trapped inside during the ensuing lockdown, a small band of uninfected survivors tried to escape. In the end only two did: amnesiac security guard Alice (Milla Jovovich) and Matt (Eric Mabius) who was searching for his missing sister. Just when it seemed as though the worst was over, Alice and Matt were abducted by shadowy Umbrella employees amid talk of something called the Nemesis program. (New pic was originally known as “Resident Evil: Nemesis,” until the failure of the bigscreen “Star Trek” entry bearing that same subtitle.)

At the beginning of “Apocalypse,” all seems well again in Raccoon City. Then, in the interest of figuring out “what exactly happened down there,” some Umbrella honchos approve the reopening of the Hive, which in turn unleashes a new wave of zombie terror on the unsuspecting city above.

Interested only in preserving its corporate image, Umbrella Corp. seals off Raccoon City, allowing its denizens to gradually devour each other.

Umbrella does try to evacuate a few “high-priority extractions,” including paraplegic company scientist Dr. Ashford (Jared Harris) and his teenage daughter, Angie (Sophie Vavasseur). But the SUV transporting the girl crashes, stranding her amid the zombie infestation.

Meanwhile, another posse of survivors is forming, led once again by Alice, who has been infected, guinea pig-style, by Umbrella Corp. with both the T-Virus and its antivirus.

Along for the ride are tough-talking female cop Jill Valentine (Sienna Guillory, in vidgame-esque tight-fitting top and ultra-miniskirt), the leader of Umbrella Corp.’s elite tactical rescue team (Oded Fehr); and the obligatory fast-talking hustler type (Mike Epps).

Unable to get help for Angie from Umbrella’s nefarious Major Cain (Thomas Kretschmann), Dr. Ashford promises to provide Alice and her group with safe passage out of Raccoon City for the safe return of his daughter. So begins a tiresome game of cat-and-mouse, as the rescuers make their way toward the girl while doing battle with the same assortment of baddies introduced in the previous pic.

The only major new element is the Nemesis creature itself — a giant monster that may or may not be a mutated version of the Matt character from the first pic. Otherwise, new pic is less an advance on its predecessor than a re-staging. But dramatic energy is dissipated in transposing the setting from the claustrophobic, bunker-like environs of the Hive to the spacious city.

First-time director Alexander Witt seems at a greater loss than previous helmer Paul W.S. Anderson in staging action sequences. The movie is so underlit and overcut it is frequently impossible to discern what’s happening. If this were a videogame, one would be compelled to return it to the store for a refund.

As before, pic racks up some novelty value for its willingness to let its heroines do as much or more of the ass-kicking as its heroes, though Guillory doesn’t seem to be having nearly as good a time as Jovovich.

But the whole enterprise registers as a missed opportunity when one considers the satirical potential of the premise, particularly in this moment of Enron and the other corporate scandals — exactly the sort of sociopolitical subtext Romero has played up in his work and that even this year’s lackluster “Dawn of the Dead” remake tapped into more effectively than this assembly-line offering.… Expand

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BroyaxOct 25, 2017

Après un premier épisode encourageant, cette suite est une douche froide sur presque tous les plans... les plans justement montés n'importe comment au fil de cadrages agités donnent un montage déplorable et une lisibilité des scènes d'actionAprès un premier épisode encourageant, cette suite est une douche froide sur presque tous les plans... les plans justement montés n'importe comment au fil de cadrages agités donnent un montage déplorable et une lisibilité des scènes d'action proches du zéro absolu : pour un film qui se repose autant sur l'action, cela est une tare rédhibitoire.

Je me demandais comment Anderson avait pu se fourvoyer à ce point mais la réponse tient dans le cave qu'on a mis aux commandes, un inconnu au bataillon incapable de réaliser quoi que ce soit. Anderson a juste écrit le scénario, ma foi un peu bringuebalant dans tous les sens avec ses doses d'incrédulité et d'invraisemblances mais que diable, ça tient encore plus ou moins bien la route, tout cela venant d'une histoire d'un jeu vidéo idiot à la base, ne l'oublions pas.

Milla -c'est-à-dire Alice au pays des zombies- reste au taquet et s'est vu rejointe par Jill Valentine, incarnée par une très jolie brunette qui gagnerait assurément le premier prix du cosplay résidentévilien. Le film tout comme le premier exhale une odeur de navet bon marché mais cette fois-ci, elle se révèle bien plus gênante, la faute à cette réalisation lamentable.

On ne s'ennuie pas mais on est un peu énervé du coup. Et la note s'en ressent.… Expand

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ChrisH.Apr 15, 2006

Wow, I just watched this movie again and realized after it was over that I had already seen it! Seriously, that pretty much NEVER happens to me, unless the movie sucked so bad that it wasn't worth remembering which was clearly the case Wow, I just watched this movie again and realized after it was over that I had already seen it! Seriously, that pretty much NEVER happens to me, unless the movie sucked so bad that it wasn't worth remembering which was clearly the case in this instance. (Actually, it happened to me with S.W.A.T. as well) What a completely flat and boring action movie! And both of the "tough women" in it were so damned skinny that just about any man who weighs over 150 pounds could toss them around like rag dolls anyway. Suffice it to say that suspension of disbelief only goes so far!… Expand

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BuninhoJul 25, 2007

the only thing good in this movie, is the fact that Nemesis it's well done maked..but come on..why they don't make the ORIGINAL STORY? Men, the movies are pretty bad..entretainig, but they don't have nothing to do with the the only thing good in this movie, is the fact that Nemesis it's well done maked..but come on..why they don't make the ORIGINAL STORY? Men, the movies are pretty bad..entretainig, but they don't have nothing to do with the great story that charmed me in '90's...oh well, i guess there's no hope for the resident evil:exticion (aka resident evil 3)...still, I LOVE RESIDENT EVIL!!!! AAAAAAAAH!… Expand

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DanielR.Sep 19, 2005

Just think of it as pieces lifted from any number of the Living Dead flicks--just about any one of which has it over this thing, poorly remembered views of Milla Jovovich as she was in Fifth Element, patently CGI effects, and assorted random Just think of it as pieces lifted from any number of the Living Dead flicks--just about any one of which has it over this thing, poorly remembered views of Milla Jovovich as she was in Fifth Element, patently CGI effects, and assorted random and uninvolving "action."… Expand

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DanW.Apr 14, 2007

It's basically a b-movie with decent special effects. most of the plot elements and characters feel lifted from other movies. and the plot holes are big enough to drive a tank through it. But the futuristic city is very nice looking.

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ChuckM.Dec 10, 2005

Not having played the games, I have no idea why it swung from being an anti-zombie movie to fighting the creature Nemesis / corporation. Where did the zombies suddenly go, and why did they stop being the major issue?

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alexandreaNov 25, 2021

One of the low points of the Resident Evil franchise overall,I like the nemesis design a little more. Most of the action is shoot in a terrible way.

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Marc37May 17, 2020

Without considering the source material:The story and plot are completely nonsensical, the action scenes are over the top, the characters are generic and shallow and the sets are random. Now I've said it, I have to mention that Apocalypse isWithout considering the source material:The story and plot are completely nonsensical, the action scenes are over the top, the characters are generic and shallow and the sets are random. Now I've said it, I have to mention that Apocalypse is way too unfaithful to its source material. So, to sum up this so-called movie is just garbage!… Expand

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realjaytheboomMar 8, 2022

Resident Evil Apocalypse: Now this was not as bad. Well I was half right because I’m just getting in to spoilers now when Nemesis comes on the screen he delivers big time and he actually looks good because I guarantee someone is in a suit butResident Evil Apocalypse: Now this was not as bad. Well I was half right because I’m just getting in to spoilers now when Nemesis comes on the screen he delivers big time and he actually looks good because I guarantee someone is in a suit but that doesn’t explain why this look bad. There is so much slow motion camera movement looks gross and the CGI on the Lickers again look even worse now. But Alice’s character is somehow even worse because she got infected with the T-Virus and that makes her like superhuman why. But to the films credit their are three things that are good they brought Nemesis and Jill Valentine in the movie and the black dude or just the comic relief he was actually hilarious. Overall not as bad as the first but still bad if you want to watch it go ahead just prepare for the most **** ending of a life time.… Expand

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