"Resident Evil: Extinction"

As with many previous trips to the movie theater, I was talked into seeing a movie I really didn’t have any interest in seeing this weekend. The movie was the latest installment of Resident Evil. Never let it be said that I am against a good old fashioned blood and guts zombie movie, but I guess their appeal just is not what it use to be when I was younger.

For those of you not up to speed with the idea of resident evil, if I remember my facts correctly, this was originally a video game that Hollywood turned into a big screen movie. Basically the earth is over taken by a virus and all infected turn into the typical zombie type critter that hungers for human flesh. There is a small pocket of humans that are not infected roaming the earth searching for each other, gas, food, and of course any possible cure for the virus. There is also a small group of master minds that live deep underground in huge high tech facilities around the globe that report to each other on the prospects of finding a cure. In this installment, there is a doctor who has found limited success with a vaccine that does not cure the zombies, but at least for a short time turns them into controllable workers.

Roaming the roads alone is the main character Alice played by Milla Jovovich. She is an escaped project from one of the evil labs that are doing experiments with the zombies for many reasons other then just a cure. Alice has particular skills, and actual special powers. The fight scenes to me in this movie pretty much resemble Milla’s last big movie Ultra Violet. (I do recommend checking that movie out if you have not already) Alice runs across one of the roaming bands of non infected humans, and they find their way to the entrance to one of the large underground lab facilities. This movie steals from about 20 other movies, as well as from the video game itself which of course you would expect. The zombies some how just don’t seem to change decade after decade.

Resident Evil Extinction is exactly what you think it is going to be. It has plenty of scary zombies, people dieing in horrible fashions, and the good guys violently taking out the zombies in equally gory fashion. Do not take the word “Extinction” in the title of the movie as this being the last installment. Hollywood could probably drag this one out another two or three movies easy. This movie does have its share of good CG, to go along with the blood, guts, and gore, so if this is what you are interested in, you will not be disappointed, and will more then likely enjoy the movie. Myself, I’m wishing I would have checked out a different movie.

My rating for this movie is 6.00 out of 10.00