2008 Woodie Awards
Video Review
Resident Evil: Extinction
Mike Weins
Issue date: 10/17/07 Section: Entertainment
So you've followed the game series, read the comic book, the novels and bought the action figures.
You pretty much live and breathe the Resident Evil franchise and couldn't wait to see the movies.
The first one was pretty good-a bit distant from the game, but not bad for a movie on its own. You saw the second one. Not that great was it? It was a bit too much like the game, especially the dialogue-"Look a helicopter! Maybe it has something we need!"
But now the third movie is made. The first two movies were (loosely) based on the games so the third one must be too…right? Wrong.
Resident Evil: Extinction is far from the game. Going rouge with its own plot (for the exception of a little bit taken from the Alien movies), it strays from the game. The only connections it has are the zombies, the umbrella corporation, and a couple characters. So if you're a big fan of the games, don't expect any cut scenes from the games.
That doesn't mean it's a bad movie, because its not. Resident Evil: Extinction is definitely better than the second RE movie. The plot is about as sparse as the landscape it takes place on, but if you're a fan of post apocalyptic movies and/or the Mad Max series than you'll most likely enjoy this one too.
The movie draws from the game though; it still has some cheesy dialogue and far-flung action sequences. Being a fan of zombie movies, the battle scenes with the zombies were pretty good, but I was hoping for some more Night-of-the-Living-Deadesque scenes (if you don't know what I mean than watch the move).
The development of the character Alice is pretty interesting as well. She started off as this confused security agent changing to an ESP-Kung-Fu-killing-machine. It's good to see a character change and develop (in other ways as well as in ESP and Kung Fu) instead of being the same person but a different plot and costume.
The story line of the movie propelled the overall story forward connecting the previous two movies. It's better than a story line that is on its own and seems like an episode for a TV show.
You pretty much live and breathe the Resident Evil franchise and couldn't wait to see the movies.
The first one was pretty good-a bit distant from the game, but not bad for a movie on its own. You saw the second one. Not that great was it? It was a bit too much like the game, especially the dialogue-"Look a helicopter! Maybe it has something we need!"
But now the third movie is made. The first two movies were (loosely) based on the games so the third one must be too…right? Wrong.
Resident Evil: Extinction is far from the game. Going rouge with its own plot (for the exception of a little bit taken from the Alien movies), it strays from the game. The only connections it has are the zombies, the umbrella corporation, and a couple characters. So if you're a big fan of the games, don't expect any cut scenes from the games.
That doesn't mean it's a bad movie, because its not. Resident Evil: Extinction is definitely better than the second RE movie. The plot is about as sparse as the landscape it takes place on, but if you're a fan of post apocalyptic movies and/or the Mad Max series than you'll most likely enjoy this one too.
The movie draws from the game though; it still has some cheesy dialogue and far-flung action sequences. Being a fan of zombie movies, the battle scenes with the zombies were pretty good, but I was hoping for some more Night-of-the-Living-Deadesque scenes (if you don't know what I mean than watch the move).
The development of the character Alice is pretty interesting as well. She started off as this confused security agent changing to an ESP-Kung-Fu-killing-machine. It's good to see a character change and develop (in other ways as well as in ESP and Kung Fu) instead of being the same person but a different plot and costume.
The story line of the movie propelled the overall story forward connecting the previous two movies. It's better than a story line that is on its own and seems like an episode for a TV show.
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