Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
Screen Gems | Release Date: January 27, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
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Mixed or average reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
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83
The Film StageEthan VestbyJan 27, 2017
Once one is acclimated to this chaos-cinema form, even if it’s a bit more assaultive in post-converted 3D, the writer-director’s simultaneous economic storytelling and boyish imagination come into clear view. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiJan 27, 2017
Like most films of its type, “The Final Chapter” is utterly ridiculous in every possible way but unlike a lot of them (I am looking at you, “Underworld”), it at least has a healthy sense of its own absurd nature that comes as a blessed relief. And a couple of the action bits are gloriously goofy to behold. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesBill ZweckerJan 26, 2017
For fans of “Resident Evil,” I believe this final film will not disappoint, but it also will likely encourage newcomers to the saga to go back and play a bit of catch-up by watching the earlier movies. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyClark CollisJan 28, 2017
The climax makes for a satisfying conclusion to the franchise—an ending which this writer expects, and even hopes, all concerned will studiously ignore when they get around to making the next one. Read full review
66
TheWrapMichael NordineJan 27, 2017
For the first time, the story supports and adds to the action rather than distract from it; it’s almost as though Anderson was holding back in the earlier films because he wanted to save the best for last. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineChuck BowenJan 27, 2017
The Resident Evil films are so unconcerned with traditional character and narrative that they suggest either abstract art or the fevered brainstorming of a child at play. Read full review
60
Time OutJoshua RothkopfJan 28, 2017
There’s no denying the movie’s climactic gathering of females bent on saving the species. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesKimber MyersJan 27, 2017
Boasting a higher body count than its IQ, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter is violent, idiotic fun. Read full review
60
The New York TimesGlenn KennyJan 26, 2017
The movie percolates enough that even when, at its climax, it shamelessly recycles a grisly punch line from 1987’s “RoboCop,” it’s kind of endearing, not least because Mr. Anderson and company make it work. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyJan 28, 2017
Combining Anderson’s symmetrical camera style with frenetic editing ends up imploding the sense of depth and space that has long made the director’s movies must-sees in 3-D. Read full review
50
ObserverThelma AdamsJan 28, 2017
Jovovich binds the episodic action sequences, her face a mask of noble pain and isolation. She outruns zombies, orchestrates catapults of flaming gasoline, literally slays a dragon with a Hummer – and all without a single unnecessary quip or wasted kiss. Read full review
50
VarietyJoe LeydonJan 27, 2017
A few individual scenes of hand-to-hand and foot-to-face combat are undeniably exciting, and Jovovich once again impresses with her kinetic athleticism. Overall, however, the repetitiveness and occasional incoherence of the nonstop action leave the audience exhausted for all the wrong reasons. Read full review
40
EmpireKim NewmanFeb 6, 2017
Reasonably entertaining but hectic (supposed) finale for the up-and-down series. Read full review
40
The TelegraphTim RobeyFeb 2, 2017
Hush and patience are simply not in Anderson’s vocabulary. He bombards you as if terrified of encroaching tedium, and the set pieces trip each other up in their sheer haste. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckJan 27, 2017
The action is practically non-stop from beginning to end, but is never remotely exciting due to the Cuisinart-style editing that reduces it all to an incomprehensible, messy blur. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsStephen Whitty Jan 27, 2017
True, the movie's intense, and Jovovich is certainly in fighting shape. But after 15 years of this franchise, it's getting hard to tell Alice from the things she's fighting. It's all squint and grunt, slash and groan. Read full review
30
We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoJan 28, 2017
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter proves that there's nothing left in the tank of this grossly nondescript zombie-shootin' franchise. Read full review
25
Movie NationRoger MooreJan 27, 2017
There’s a fascinating satire of America’s unholy alliance of heartless corporations and the religious dupes who worship them just sitting here. But it’ll take a wit far cleverer than action hack Paul W.S. Anderson to work that out. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleJosh KupeckiFeb 1, 2017
The film is drab and epileptic. Read full review
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