Reviews

I am a fan of the Resident Evil series despite(not yet anyway) not playing the games. I know the games and movies are different and I hear complaints about that, but that is actually a good thing. The movies took elements from the games and made the movies. If the movies follow the game exactly, well then, it would be boring. Might as well play the game.

Anyway, about this movie. The movie was being advertised as 3D (which is overrated to begin with) and they may have done more harm then good to the movie. In the action parts of the movie they really played with the effects way to much using slow motion and close ups and it really ruined the action. The more I watched it, especially the beginning, it was like the writers wanted to show what the Matrix or 300 would have looked like in 3D.

The movie itself had a good storyline despite what other critics have said. It is continuing from the previous movie so if you haven't seen the other 3 then this one would be boring. The movie also had a Dawn of the Dead feel, just like the 3rd one had a Road Warrior feel. It had action in the beginning, the characters staying refuge in the middle, then escaping in the end. The best part was the part in the middle, where they were in the prison, didn't last long like the whole mall part in Dawn of the Dead did, so the movie didn't drag too much.

The movie overall was good and it could have been great if they wouldn't have played with the 3D so much. All the slow motion in the beginning and the end was pointless. Also, there are some other parts I hated, like, they (Claire and Alice) meet some survivors and here we are in the end of the world, no malls, no hot water, etc., but yet they are clean and done in makeup and what not. And after Alice runs into Claire, Claire is a mess. She gets tied up but in the plane she is in makeup and looks hot. Be real here, 5 years after the end of mankind people wouldn't be looking like they are going for a photo shoot here. The people taking refuge in the prison have to be told of the armor vehicle. I don't know about you, but if I am stuck somewhere having to survive then I would search every square inch of that place. Those reasons made this movie a potential 8 to a 6. I gave it a 5 (almost a 4) because of the ending. As much as I like the series, I kind of wanted to see it end. The find survivors on the ship, and they kill the head guy of Umbrella, now just end they movie. All they are going to do now is start the growth of mankind again and we don't need to see that. Instead a bunch of planes start coming and they are under attack. Now is the time to end it.

Anyway, overall, good, could have been great if some certain, little aspects were changed, and it is now time to end the series.

This movie is another slasher film but it is a step above your typical teenage slasher film. Basically a guy comes back after disappearing for 10 years and murders start happening again. In the end he is the killer. Not much to it. The film leads you on on to thinking of if the sheriff or Tom is the killer. To much of my disappointment, it was Tom. Pretty generic ending. The movie wasn't bad, it had some decent acting. What help the plot was that it didn't involve a situation with a bunch of high schoolers going out for some fun but end up getting killed but more townfolks that are connected in some way, putting it a step above your typical teenage slasher like unlike movies like Friday the 13th, or Texas Chainsaw Massacre for instance. What ruined it was it was pretty generic everywhere else. Killer ends up somehow in a certain situation, kills someone in a violent manner, the somehow, magically, gets away. All while the victims never get help, like why didn't Sarah or Megan call for help on their cell phones when being attack- unless they had them in their purse, and why didn't deputy Ferris call for backup when entering the house or why didn't the sheriff call for backup when going after his wife, little things like that bother me in these types of movies. Overall, really, the movie was pretty generic, would have liked it better if they would have had a better ending. I was hoping the the deputy was the killer and the sheriff and Tom were not, that would have been a great ending that no one would have saw. So, I give it a 6 out of 10, passing, will watch again if on TV, maybe on DVD if I have time, but nothing really great. Somday now I have to watch the original to compare.

The movie was good, but I wouldn't call it great. The pace was a little bit on the slow side but overall wasn't bad. Enough suspense to keep it going and keep interest and had a good story line. The ending was really surprising (and lame) in how it just ended in an Ol' West shootout at a motel and the bad guy in the end got away. A kind of slow pace movie with an slap you in your face ending, wasn't really good. The movie was moving along pretty well, then 'bang, bang', the guy is dead and the man is gone. Wasn't mad that Moss got killed, it does add a different taste for a movie, (same reason on why I loved the Vanishing) I just hated how it happened, wasn't smooth on getting to that point. We are moving along, then he is dead, in the most boring way possible. It wasn't like The Vanishing in how the guy died, he died by...surprise, getting shot in broad daylight. Then the movie had about 15 minutes of crap that wasn't really necessary. The man dies, the bad guy gets the money, kills the wife, and get away. All that other crap with Tommy Lee Jones should have been left out. Great acting and story line made this movie good. This movie is far from great though. Terrible ending(the ending always makes the movie), it is like the directors wanted the man dead, then they realized that they still have some time left so they added some other crap. Also, nothing is really nothing great about this movie. I put it on about the same level as The Fugative. Worth watching, will watch again if I see it on TV or if I am on an date, but overall, nothing really special. 7 out of 10, should be a 6 because of the ending, but it is still passable.