| Resident Evil: Apocalypse | | Cast : | Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Oded Fehr | | Director : | Alexander Witt | | Studio : | Columbia Tristar Hom | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | September 10, 2004 | | DVD Released Date : | June 07, 2005 | | Language : | English (Dubbed) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
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| Rating |  | | Date | August 07, 2005 | | Summary | BOOH-YA! This movie rocked! Milla Jovovich rocks, major! | Content
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From all the reviews I've read for this movie, they're pretty mixed in opinion. Some people Have been ranging on about how the movie sucked and how "scantly dressed" the female characters (I.E., Jill Valentine and Alice) are and ect. But really, the reviews --- for the most part--- could not be more far from the truth than the Miami Dolphins lost in Baltimore. "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" is the coolest movie of late summer 2004, only second to "Spider-Man II (see my review this movie)." It's that great of a movie. Contrary to belief, "Resident Evil" had a major scare factor for me, I still cannot will myself to watch the Claustrophobic-filmed movie that left me with a sense of hopelessness for the characters as they were attacked by the former "Hive" employees of the Umbrella Corporation. So you can believe that when I heard "RE:A" was on Television (7-2-05) I had a pretty hard time willing myself to watch it. I was that scared of it (I am a teenager). I had watched enough for the first movie to understand the sequel:
-------- [The Umbrella CORP. has reopened the hive after capturing Matt (Eric Malbus) and Alice from their narrow escape from the hive upon sealing it to prevent further contamination. Both have been subjected to laboratory experiments with the T-Virus under the orders of men named Dr. Isaacs (Iain Glen - Tomb Raider), but only Alice is left partially unscathed through the entire incident. However, Alice's attempts to keep the T-virus from escaping the underground facility were foiled by the Umbrella CORP when they reopen the HIVE and released the T-Virus and the lickers along with it. Thus creating mass hysteria within the walls of Raccoon City whose citizens have fallen prey to the deadly virus and are locked inside the city when it reaches the city limits.
Jill Valentine (from CAPCOM's Resident Evil game series. ---- played by Sienna Guillory) a S.T.A.R.S. operative who was suspended for her accusations against the Umbrella CORP., her partner Pyeton Wells (Razaaq Adoti), along with whether reporter Terri Morales (Sandrine Holt), take refuge in a church after Pyeton is bitten by one of the recently undead at the city gate and are met with more trouble in the form of the Lickers. Their saving grace happens to be "PROGRAM" Alice (Milla Jovovich!!) who has been genetically enhanced by the T-virus and Anti-virus, armed to the teeth with guns of every kind and superhuman strength who disposes of the Lickers without any trouble much to Jill's dismay (I think her pride was wounded).
From there the newfound group of survivors make their way through the city toward a hopeful exit before Raccoon City is sanitized by a Nuclear Missile strong enough to reradiate the virus and everything else. They're then contacted by Dr. Charles Ashford (Jared Harris), the creator of the T-virus, who wants them to head to the school where his daughter Angela "Angie" Ashford (Sophie Vavasseur; "Evelyn - 2001") --- whom he designed the "RED QUEEN" after ---- is hiding out after the van she was in was hit with a Semi truck. Right behind them S.T.A.R.S. elite Carlos Olivera (Oded Fehr) and Nicholai Sokolov (whom was a villain in the game. ---- played by Zack Ward) and the wandering Raccoon City resident pimp L.J. (Mike Epps) who also get a call from the so-called "Dr. Doom. Unbeknownst to the group as they approach the school, the Umbrella CORP. has unleashed their ultimate Bio-weapon "PROGRAM" Nemesis (from Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. Played by Matthew G. Taylor and not Eric Malbus) monitored by Major Cain (Thomas Kretschmann), whose primary objective is to kill all the S.T.A.R.S. members that were still alive and battle Alice for superiority of sorts.]"
---------- Apocalypse deals heavily with Alice regaining her forgotten memory after she is captured and subjected to tests and the secondary star of the movie "Nemesis" who was her friend, Matt Addison. While the movie deals with the subject of the undead, the plot is strictly character driven in the every way possible; You actual care about what will happen to all the people who survived the outbreak in Raccoon City. The scare factor in the movie for me has diminished somewhat after I conquered my fear of watching it but it still holds some kind of fear over me when it comes to all the Undead scenes which are truly something to be scared about for the "most" part. Milla Jovovich's character Alice kicks Jill Valentine (who really isn't given much to do in the movie) to the passengers seat and really kicks major ass in this movie, the action scenes in this movie are a sight to behold, its practically nonstop through out the entire movie but does nothing to dissipate the movie's twisting plot.
Alice's stunts are the coolest ever--- from the graveyard battle, the dash City Hall (which Milla did the last of the stunt) to her battle with Nemesis, the action for this character is undeniably the best ever and better than her exploits in the first movie. Jill Valentine, however, manages to hold a special place in my heart and basically gets to do some pretty awesome things herself (Fighting the undead Dogs to some wicked handgun fights) but her range of fighting is basically limited since the movie is focused on Alice. The comic Relief provided by Mike Epps character "L. J. ," is actually pretty funny and does not kill the atmosphere of horror in the movie. (Customized Golden Guns, C'mon you've gotta laugh at that). Oded Fehr does pretty a pretty good job with the limited character Carlos Olivera, he's never too macho and his character is quite likable (much like Nicholai was). Most of all the music is well fitted and plays best on the most important parts of movie overall. Best of all, Resident Evil: Apocalypse deals heavily with the video games in only a way the fanboys of the games would recognize.
[--- "Resident Evil Zero (When Alice kills the lickers in the church, the bullet time resembles the bullet time in Resident Evil 0, the same way Billy killed the Leech Queen)" -- "Resident Evil (The crash site of the helicopter is located in the Arklay Forrest near the Arklay Mountains, where the series first began)" -- "Resident Evil 2 (Angela Ashford is based on Sherry Birkin)" --"Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (The story borrows elements from Resident Evil: Nemesis, and adapts them into the movie. Jill wears the same outfit from Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. Nemesis only says S.T.A.R.S in the movie and the game. In the movie, a news article reads that Jill was suspended. In the game Jill was suspended after trying to expose Umbrella's experiments in the Arklay Forrest region.)" - "Resident Evil: Code: Veronica (Alice's new abilities are similar to those bestowed by the T-Veronica virus of Alexia Ashford. The helicopter scene in the movie and Alice's takedown of the three Umbrella Comanndos are based on the Code Veronica game opening)"]
All in all this movie was up-to-specs and majorly different from the horde of Horror movies concerning the Undead that came out in 2004. There are indeed, plot holes big enough to stick your finger through but this does nothing to diminish the movie's high-rate enjoyment. Purchase this movie if your a fan of Milla Jovovich or the Resident Evil series, but consider this movie with an open mind. This movie contains brief scenes of nudity, mild-swearing, gory scenes, frightening images, and nonstop action violence. FYI: The female protagonists, Jill and Alice are not "scantly dressed" they're quite covered with clothing for combat and easy mobility -----[a 5 out of 5]
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| Rating | | | Date | August 06, 2005 | | Summary | This is one of the worst movies of all time. | Content
| I could not believe how bad this movie was! Paul Anderson made AvP a bad movie, but I didn't know he could possibly write something this bad. He even goes as far as stealing the "We are assets, expendable assets" line from Predator and "Newt, I like that" line from Aliens (although it's "Angie, I like that"). There is no reason for the audience to care about any of the characters as there is only one returning from the original movie and the rest are just thrown in for thrills. Jill Valentine's inclusion is absurd and pointless as the first movie had nothing to do with the characters from the games, so why include them in the sequel? Alice from the first movie is equally two-dimensional as she has suffered a complete pointless personality change. She protested killing people after they were bitten in the first movie, but the first thing she does when that happens to someone in this is point a gun at them and prepare to fire. Yeah, I know it's terrible. This is the most illogical movie of all time. Why would Alice drive her motorcycle through the stain-glass window of a church instead of walking through the door, and how did she even know how to get in there? Why didn't Alice simply kick the villain's butt when he said "Fight him" and she said "no". Moments earlier she had killed several guards with relative ease, but now she couldn't do it? I don't think so. I cannot believe that this story was bought and actually green-lit to be made into a feature film. That's the most ridiculous thing of all time and after Ghosts of Mars and this movie Screen Gems' credibility has just fallen to rock bottom. No wonder Paul Anderson didn't direct this, he must have known that it was one of the worst films of 2004 before it was even made. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 04, 2005 | | Summary | Great sci-fi horror! | Content
| If you are into sci-fi/horror/action flicks like the Alien movies, you'll dig this one a lot. Milla Jovovich is hot and tough, and there's another beautiful girl as well as a funny sidekick dude for comic relief. The DVD is terrific, with lots of extra scenes, documentaries, & commentaries. Definitely one to watch with the lights out & the volume up. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 03, 2005 | | Summary | Worse than the first one... | Content
| Shocking! Of course, i tried to take it on it's good points. Before i saw it i was looking forward to seeing the movies translation of nemesis. It was CRAP! There's no other word for it, sorry to anyone who may have found that rude, but it was a big guy in a suit. The movies neither scared me, thrilled me, or even interested me at parts. But as i always say, it may be to some people's liking so check it out if you liked the first one. All in all, i didn't like either. I'm glad i still have the games to give it a good name. Enjoy! |
| Rating | | | Date | August 03, 2005 | | Summary | res evil apocal. | Content
| It was fricken awesome if you like action from a "super" or "specially abilitied" hottie. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this "on the edge of your seat, matrix/alien style action packed" movie. |
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