Resident Evil: Afterlife

Starring: Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Wentworth Miller, Kim Coates, Shawn Roberts, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Spencer Locke, Sienna Guillory
Directed by: Paul W.S. Anderson
Rating: R
Genre: Action, Horror, Science Fiction
2010

Times Seen:
Tim: 1

Summary: Alice (Milla Jovovich) and her clones bring the fight directly to the Umbrella Corporation and she ventures to find the one place in the world that may be zombie-free.

Review:

Tim: In my opinion, the Resident Evil movies are remarkably consistent. None of them are actually good, but they're all pretty decent movies. There are completely absurd moments, huge plot holes, and laughable dialogue. But, there's also fairly impressive action sequences in every film as well. I actually gave all three films the same rating (something that doesn't happen very often)- 6.5. There was always things I liked, and things I did not

And so, that brings us to the fourth Resident Evil movie. Alice is back again, ready to bring the fight to the Umbrella Corporation while avoiding the marauding horde of zombies always ready for a meal. The story is basically just a slight variation of the previous movies. This might have been okay, because I'd be happy as long as the film was entertaining. And yet, unfortunately, this film is the weakest of the franchise. It's not that this movie does anything especially worse than previous installments, but the whole thing is just getting tiresome.

The Resident Evil movies have always been poorly written (sorry Paul W.S. Anderson). There's always plot holes, gaps in logic and so many far-fetched events. I can go with this as long as the movie still manages to entertain. Unfortunately, in Afterlife, there are just some completely ridiculous moments. At one point, a door opens and a character says, "It's a trap." And immediately, all three walk through the door. That's just lazy writing. There are so many weak moments like this throughout the film. Ultimately, it made this movie hard to take seriously.

While I didn't hate this movie, I started to tire of the franchise. There was enough here to support three movies- I'm not sure about four. Now, I did enjoy certain parts of the movie. There's something fun about watching people fire automatic weapons at hundreds of zombies in an attempt to stay alive. That doesn't change. This film was 3D, but the 3D scenes in 2D weren't too distracting. I appreciated that. There are some very cool action scenes in this movie. I loved that aspect of it. While none of this movie really matters, it's fun in a mindless, effortless way.

The cast is decent. Milla Jovovich is always good as Alice. She's not exactly a great, but she works well in the role. I enjoy watching her in these films. I also like Ali Larter here. Larter works well with Jovovich, although I wish she had more to do here. I liked the addition of Wentworth Miller, although his role was too small to my liking.

While this movie was mostly entertaining, the film is probably the weakest film in the franchise so far. There's too many plot holes and ridiculous moments. I was able to overlook these flaws in previous films, but it just wore me down. This isn't a terrible movie, but it certainly needed to be better.

Rating 1-10
Tim's Rating: 6



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