As the city is locked down under quarantine, Alice finds out that the people that died from the previous incident at the Umbrella Corporation have turned into zombies. She then joins a small band of elite soldiers, who are enlisted to rescue the missing daughter of the creator of the mutating T-virus. Once lack of luck and resources happen, they begin to wage an exhilarating battle to survive and escape before the Umbrella Corporation erases its experiment from the face of the earth.
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After seeing the first film I definitely wanted to see the sequel, I can honestly say it was at least a little better then the first because there is more. This time there is more action less scares.I seen this one on DVD with a buddy, after I responded well to the first he had the second film and brought it over and we watched it, I loved it even more because it had a lot of action and it left me wanting more, because it ends on a cliffhanger.This film pretty much picks up right were the first leaves off, Umbrella employees re-open the hive and release the zombies, within a few hours the city is over-run by the undead. Alice wakes up as in the first and enters the city and helps a group of survivors as they battle against Umbrella Corporation.There are plot twists that are confusing and some unexpected but it's fun. And the best part a video game favorite, Nemesis is in it, and he is awesome.I give it a 7/10. A fun follow up to the first, and like the first, ends on a cliffhanger and leaves you wanting more. But I'll be honest the series goes down hill from here. This is the second best in the series.
Yes there were some flaws but what movie doesn't. I I wish they would have actually stuck with the Movie HD look instead of messing with the 3D. I feel like the once that happened I felt betrayed. Like why would play a movie like this and then jump to the 3D movies was a horrible Idea. I wish the franchise would go back to this type of movie, it felt more Authentic
Jill Valentine and three other people are holed up in an abandoned church trying to escape the ever growing army of zombies within Raccoon City (one of the stupidest names for a city ever!). They are in a battle against a group of Lickers and almost out of ammo, things look bleak.Suddenly a bright shines through the huge stained glass window...Alice blows through the glass mounted on top of a motorbike. She lands perfectly, informs the survivors to take cover and proceeds to blow away all the Lickers one by one in an eye shattering display of slow motion action enough to give any fanboy a hard on. At this exact moment the franchise dies, this is where the Resi Evil film franchise loses the gritty grown up 'Aliens' clone formula of the first film and enters the realm of hyper martial arts and lots and lots of slow motion action.The character of Alice has been experimented on since the last film, apparently, which now gives her superhuman strength, speed and agility. This in turn takes the character and the film into the world of 'The Matrix' and absurd action set pieces.Don't get me wrong the film isn't entirely bad, the atmosphere and visuals of the film are decent whilst the abandoned Raccoon City is created very well. You do get a great sense of dread from the deserted city, it feels dangerous and eerie with a really nice dark tone. The film is still pretty adult I must say, there is plenty of blood, some gore and quite a few jump in your seat moments. The general survival concept is along the same lines as the first film with a small band of people trying to escape the City, its a solid idea which works. The problem is the inclusion of Alice who drags the film down utterly with her over the top macho invincibility.The inclusion of Nemesis was of course required by all Resi fans and he is faithfully created, amazingly, although a bit rubbery. Not being a fanboy myself I just don't get why the Umbrella Corp would release this huge monster simply to kill the remaining S.T.A.R.S. members. Was this some kind of field test? and the fact they planned to nuke the City wouldn't that somewhat negate their precious creation? On top of that they make Alice fight this big guy for no real reason other than to have an exciting finale fight in the film...oh and something about seeing who is stronger, err why??? All that work just to have him fight Alice?!The problem as said before is quite simply the character of Alice and the fact we have to follow her around from one superhero sequence to the next. On top of that you have the pathetic alpha female rivalry between Jill and Alice (and both actresses) as both compete for sexiest zombie killer. Jill wins purely down to her ridiculously skimpy outfit which is obviously in there just for the teen male audience. Because of course most special unit cops wear tight hot pants and a tight vest when in terror situations...wait this is a serious film?Its a brave attempt which literately just keeps its head above the waves and manages to be a reasonable film. Shame about all the slow motion crap but this is what happens when Jovovich is in a film. The film is basically let down by stupid action sequences which vomit on your suspension of disbelief, had these bits been more sensible or relatively realistic then the film could have been pretty solid.5/10
Resident Evil: Apocalypse is a zombie/monster action film that is based on a video game. This movie does have a great amount of action. And much the action is entertaining, despite the ineffective shaky-cam technique, poor CGI, and quick cut shots leaving the audience unable to actually see what is happening. After seeing films like "the Raid: Redemption" and "the Raid 2" I have learned not to tolerate for this awful style of film making. Again, the action is entertaining, but it is in no way well-filmed. The story is ludicrous, makes little sense and is riddled with plot-holes, both big and small. For example, the scene in which the zombies come from under the ground in the graveyard, I laughed at. If the zombie infection portrayed in this movie is spread by blood, then how the HECK did zombies IN THE GROUND come out?! And where is the rest of the world? Where is the military? Surely they have been informed about this huge crisis happening. How did the girl survive in the school without getting eaten by zombies? No one else besides Alice decided to raid the gun store in a zombie apocalypse? The special/practical effects are horrible. The monsters in the church literally looked like something out of a old video-game. And the zombies themselves looked like people wearing Halloween costumes and makeup. The dialogue is cheesy, unconvincing, and terrible. This film has one of the worst, most under-developed romance I have ever seen in a movie. The action in no way has any suspense or tension, it is simply just random events happening with no substance or purpose. I don't expect a movie like this to be well-made or have a great-story, but at the very least give action that we can see!
