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This movie is NOT Resident Evil 2. This is NOT a sequel and NOT a prequel. It's based on the game, while the first movie is NOT really based on it. There's no continuity. At the end of the first film the city of Racoon is TOTALLY abandoned and ruined, during this one it's full of people and just starts to ruin. At the end of the first film Alice wakes up in the hospital of Racoon city, in this one she wakes up in a lab who knows where. It's not a good film on its own because it refers to first one and starts before the of end of that. And so on ... If you want to see how they turned one of the games into a film, than watch this. Otherwise, avoid.

This would probably have to be one of the worst movies I have ever seen. All dialogue (except milla's monologues) was ridiculously stupid with some characters even dying after their action hero one liners. In terms of storyline progression and character introduction this seems to have completely missed the point. I cannot even begin to explain why i hate Jill Valentine.

The change in directors has played a big role in the demise of this movie. In fact i doubt that Paul Anderson has even bothered to watch the first movie. The camera jerks around wildly and I wouldn't be surprised if there was some secret competition among inadequate directors to see who could change angles most often.This is neither scary nor that great on Action.

This is my first Comment about a movie on IMDb but this had to be said. If you liked the first movie don't watch this.

When I say thriller, i mean its like Jacko's 80's video, not any kind of enjoyable film. Let me start by saying I thought the first movie was acceptable. It wasn't brilliant, and it wasn't what most of the fans wanted, but I thought it did a good job of painting a picture of the umbrella corporation and the way it works. (Why the computer couldn't just inform them of the virus outbreak remotely though i wonder, but thats another film) Anyway, getting back to RE:A, what exactly was the point of this film? I'm writing this in utter disbelief after reading some of the other reviews. Terms such as "excellent action sequences" and "non stop adrenaline" are used frequently, but i wonder what film they refer to. Certainly not apocalypse.

The action is jumpy and blurred, much like the car chase from the Bourne supremacy which spoilt the whole film. The camera so rapidly its impossible to tell what is going on. I wanted to see shotguns blowing heads off, zombies getting decapitated etc. Sure its gory, but hello Anderson; its a f***kcing zombie film, thats what we want.

Resident Evil has got a better storyline that most zombie films with the first film spending a lot of time explaining to us the whole Umbrella Company, and this is fine. The start of the film even showed promise, until they went into the Hive. (Why would you? why why why without at least 50 armed soldiers) But we already know about that, there's no need to cram so much weak plot that there is no room for any action. We don't want to see the Umbrella bosses, its a faceless company and thats how it should stay. I'm not going to point out the plot holes as I've only got 1000 words in which to do it.

Get James Cameron for RE3 or don't bother.

A poor film.

So tonight I was in a mood for pain, and boy did Resident Evil2 meet my needs. The only cool highlights of seeing the movie were a reference to GTA3 (Thereby cementing the fact that the movie needs to steal from better things to survive), and a preview for a much scarier looking film : White Noise. This one looks wicked creepier than the film I actually went to see. I won't even talk about acting because it is like shooting fish in a barrel. On a related note, why was everyone so eager to see the character of Jill Valentine? She was hot and all and wore mini-skirts, but reeked of that horrible Tomb Raider movie and was about as bland and expressionless as a mannequin.

There were no scares because I could predict everything that was supposed to scare us about 2 minutes before it happened. They were all of the lowest "BOO" quality because no one knew how to properly build tension in the movie. The zombies were drunks with a biting problem. It's impossible to believe they can take over an entire city when they can't even walk straight. The sub baddies (lickers and zombie dogs) should've gotten more screen time as they WERE kinda cool. Nemesis at first was cool but then got lamer and lamer as the movie went on. The script was totally illogical. Would it be too much trouble for Paul S. Anderson to at least make us think there is a chance in hell of say, an ending? Not necessarily a good one, but an ending? Does he know how to do anything but make bad movies that demand sequels? I bet he took about half an hour to whip up the story for this. I'd bet even more that I could whip up a better movie story to this than he could. At least he didn't have the funny black guy die. I could go on, but you get the idea. This gets a D-.

Forgive the crude review and its grammar and stuff as I'm dyslexic.

The biggest problem in Hollywood now is giving work to people like Anderson and Boll, who are pretty much dead weight. none of their films are all that great(bolls are pure crap) and neither of the films have any real originality.

Resident Evil was basically a combination of James Camerons 'Aliens', Renny Harlins 'the long kiss goodnight', a little bit of 'space odyssey 2001', and misc bits from other films like 'Alice and wonderland', 'dawn of the dead', and 'the matrix'.

Re2 seemed to attempt to take more elements from the game which was a good idea, but the nemesis was made a terribly generic monster that could have had its ass handed to it by Jason Voorhees on a good or bad day. The direction of Alexander Witt was on par with Andersons script. Not a very good combination for movie goers as it was another PG-13 zombie film that only got an 'R' for lame nudity and cursing.

I found it very hard to watch as I was quite familiar with Jill Valentine, Carlos Olivera, Nicholai SOlokov and the Nemesis itself. And ALL were done terribly, or made from bad guys to good guys(Nicholai, Nemesis). Jill was thoroughly unlikable and Sienna Guillroy's performance matched it very well, Oded Fehr as Carlos..well, he's too old, looks nothing like the character but god almighty the man was the only charming part of the film...Well, he and Mike Epps. I would have rather seen these two guys put together in a zombie film as a swat cop and a smart ass for about 90 minutes than watch RE2 again.

And finally the nemesis itself...well the body proportions did NOT match at all(Giant head, giant feet, long legs, stubby arms, stubby torso and small hands)mix in the fact it was made into a complete pussy of a creature well..thats pretty much all I can say. It was a stupid silly monster that wasn't fun to watch and blended in the background much like a lot of the performances.

It's a stupid film with unconvincing special effects, terrible editing, followed by terrible direction and writing.

I give the film a 3/10. Go watch dawn of the dead or play the video games instead.

hello my dears, (spoilers a head and sorry for the language)

to be fair, I really thought this movie would be a great one. I wanted to see it in theaters, but unfortunately I didn't have the time. When I first saw this movie I was glad I didn't paid a ticket for this. Here are the reasons why:

there are few good points about this movie. The acting wasn't all that bad and at least they tried to make it good but they failed. The script was totally horrible! Many dumb and ridiculous things were in it and let us not forget those horrible - yet typical for American movies - lines like: "stay!". Honestly, who says that against a zombie dog?

For those who enjoyed resident evil: nemesis (the game) you will be shocked and p!ssed off. The great characters featuring in that game have been translated to the big screen in a horrible way. you won't even see your favorite characters like Carlos, Nicholai or Mikhaïl. There is a Carlos and a Nicholai in the movie, but the only thing they have in common with their superior game characters is a name.

and let's not forget how they Sc€wed up one of the fan's favorite enemies. Yes indeed, Nemesis. In stead of the big, great monster we here have a big zombie that gets defeated by a thin, small girl... in hand combat! Other then that he even has feelings, no tentacles but a machine gun and he can actually scan people. Other then this he actually looked like Nemesis but that's about it.

The acting wasn't that bad but it wasn't good either. I won't say it's the fault of the actors but the script really made them look bad. The most horrible character of this movie must be Jill Valentine. What was once a great, sweet but still kick-as heroine now turned into some boring, ridiculous, dumb *****.

Many people say it's so much better then the first but I do not agree. The first one had nothing to do with the game, in the second one they destroyed the game completely. The first one had better action, better characters, actually everything was better.

my conclusion is this one: other then the good make-up and special effects, this movie isn't really a recommended one. If you have ever played resident evil or if you aren't a fan of zombie movies, then don't see it. You only will be disappointed, if you want to see a good zombie movie go and rend "Shaun of the dead", "Dawn of the dead" or the Romero classics or buy the games. They are much more entertaining, have a much better script and much better acting and also much better zombies.

I gave it 2 for destroying everything they could have done and Sc€wing up really good things in the resident evil universe. They should have chosen Romero's script for resident evil in the first place. Since the first one was good, I'm going to give the third one a chance, although I'm already fearing (and also wondering how) that they are going to Sc€w up another great character in the resident evil games: Claire Redfield.

greetings from Hell

I didn't think it was possible but this film falls even shorter than the first Resisdent Evil film. I bought the DVD only on back of the brilliance of the game it is based on - what a mistake (anyone want to buy it off me?) It bears no resemblance to the game other than two of the characters and they are hardly 'characters'. Who was that English (Austrian?) wheel-chair guy and who did he get acting lesson off - Vin Diesel? Instead of spending money on bad effects they could have got some decent actors. The nemesis creature, pant-wettingly scary in the games is about as scary as Dan Acroyd in the film. At least its bad in a funny way. This is the equivalent of a McDonalds in the film world. Best viewed when on acid. -100/10

I've always loved the Resident Evil games, and consider myself a true RE-fan. After watching the first one, which became a complete disaster, I didn't know what to expect of this next installment, so I kept my expectations low - and yet, I was utterly disappointed. This film was laughable, dumb, badly written, horribly acted, and the effects were lame. The whole film reminded me of an unpleasant visit at my dentist, after him having a few drinks; I suppose you get the picture. But all in all - just to keep myself short - this film traumatized me, and almost ruined my view upon Resident Evil; luckily, with the games at hand, I found salvation. Well, to say it as it is - this film (and the first one as well), made me hurt, mentally and physically, so I'd recommend people with brains to stay away from it. I learned my lesson; if you play with fire, you get burned.

So, the next time I'll expose myself to true torment, I think I'll just stab myself in the eyeball - It will be less painful than ever watching this complete piece of trash, which name is - dare I say it - Resident Evil Apocalypse.

Well first of all I'm a big fan of the Residen Evil games, just to know the fact. I was very delighted when I heard that the Resident Evil movie is about to be filmed but then, when I saw first part I was pretty much disappointed. When I heard that there will be a sequel to to that movie I thought that they can do it worse. But, I was wrong. This movie is WORST action movie ever made, stupidest even than Tomb Raider 2. Not scary at all, plot is ridiculous, acting too. Worst of all is Kung Fu fights, why they needed that for ? Why, why, why ?!?!? This movie is supposed to be like Alien or Predator but definitively not like this. My rate 0/10, ahh, I must give it 1/10, but it's undeserved.

I didn't care much for the original Resident Evil movie, yet it did manage to work here and there as a trendy horror movie enough that it earned a spot on my DVD shelf. This one, as I feared, is all style, no substance, very much like AVP, Walking Tall, and all of these new generation actioners with slick-looking trailers but no teeth.

Basically, it's 90 some minutes of a few people strutting around striking cool poses, always trying to look cool in blurry action sequences that defy physics. That may sound good to action fans, but believe me, the whole movie is a hollow experience. There's no character development, nothing to make any of us care about any one of the cast of characters within it. As in the first movie, the universe apparently revolves around Paul W.S. Anderson's wife, Milla "ALICE" Jovovich, who now has mutant abilities.

The zombies in this movie, which is why a lot of people like me would come to see a movie like this for, are perhaps the greatest crime in this film. If they could have just gotten the zombies right, I could forgive a lot of the quick-cut garbage. The very few sequences zombies are seen, *you can't even see them!* I have no idea what they were doing, but it seems whenever a zombie(s) is on-screen, the camera begins shaking terribly and the screen gets blurry and in slow-mo, then begins showing you a hard-to-see montage of zombies (again blurry cam employed), so you can literally see nothing but vague outlines of the zombies marching around. And I may not be 100% up on my Resident Evil game lore (I've beaten Zero and 1 for Gamecube), but most zombies I'm aware of in film don't die when you break their neck. But egads, if you're making a zombie movie, just make a zombie movie. It's like the director or cinematographer Also, like Resident Evil before it (and this may be a budgetary issue), it seemed like the people making the movie forgot they were making an R-rated movie. Violence is MTV quick-cut to the point where you can't tell what's going on in any scene with anything other than two people talking to each other, and the gore is minimal. There's a couple of scenes with nudity... admittedly, quite good nudity, but they seem to serve the only reminder to the audience that they're watching an R movie.

Watching the movie and dabbling in the Resident Evil games, RE:A seems more video game-like than the damn video game series, which at least were imbued with a healthy dosage of effective Japanese horror ala Parasite Eve, Ringu, etc..

One thing... RE:A does make a zombie fan very appreciative that George Romero is finally able to do his 4th zombie movie, Land of the Dead, and that should be out in June.

Come on! Jill, Nicholai and Carlos hardly had a main part in the whole film, it was all about Alice...

She beat up Nemisis!!! The main boss in Resi 3!

She even ran down a skyscraper and killed a guy using her "mind powers"

Apart from that...

I enjoyed the film, although it did seem a little on the short side, even though it was a good hour and a half.

Seeing all the scenes of the RPD's last stand were like the games, and it was good to see the director and writer copied almost every scene from all the games.

First off let me say I am a horror geek. And add to that a zombie nerd. My fave film of all time is Braindead, and my top 5 include the 4 Romero Dead films.

OK now thats over let my tell you of my hate of the trash known as Resident Evil: Apocalypse.

Its awful.

Fist up the acting, wooden at best, aggravating at its worst. Some scenes play like an amateur porn flick before the sex kicks in.

The Story is beyond abysmal, and is simply beyond stupid, it lacks cohesion or any development of plot or characterization.

Sound is actually good, well mixed and crisply presented. The low end is perhaps a bit wooden, and the high end too sharp, but the surround is just about perfect.

The direction is cookie cutter stuff, with every trade cliché finding its way in somewhere, the framing show a lack of imagination.

The editing is crude, with sloppy jump cuts and bad pacing. The film could have been 15-25 minutes shorter and lost nothing in atmosphere. It feel rushed and further weakens an already damaged product.

The fx are OK and some are impressive, but mostly they are a sad attempt at bringing life to a corpse of a film that really needed to be buried, and is just stinking up the place.

My major irk with the movie is that it isn't scary, or gory, or suspenseful, all the things the game is known for, and things that horror is known for. Instead we get a weak action film so dumb that only the lowliest smacktard could possibly enjoy it (i.e if you like Uwe Boll this is the movie for you).

I hate this film for what it should have been.

There are worse ways to waste a couple of hours but I cant think of any right now.

If you like horror skip this film, it will only annoy you. If you like action, skip it will only disappoint you. If you like film skip it, as it will only astound you at its ineptitude.

1 out of 10 only Uwe Boll could make a worse horror film.

I thought that since the film was going to have a huge mutant/cyborg with a rocket launcher it would be pretty hard to make it suck..... but guess what, they managed. The acting was pretty bad, nemesis is hardly in it, the umbrella heavies seem to be wearing motorbike helmets and the ending was bad and screams "Resident evil 3, come waste even more of your money!" There was one or two good points but the rest of the film cancels them out.

Also what is Hollywood's problem with europeans, why are they always the bad guys? i can only assume that since the cold wars over they've no one else to paint as evil.

What really annoys me is that this will make money regardless of how bad it is.