The zombie makeup is well done and the CGI creatures, based on actual game designs, are mostly convincing although you do get the sense they’re added in post-production in some scenes. Not including any of the “regulars” gives Anderson the advantage of making anyone expendable, which is a smart way to go since he’d likely get all kinds of grief from fans if he tried killing off Chris or Jill.Īnderson captures a sense of video game action in the fight scenes as zombies get blown back by gunfire and heavy slow-motion to up the “that was cool!” factor. Anderson (who directed one of the few acclaimed video game movies in 1995 with Mortal Kombat ) actually gets the concept of the series - more enemies than there is ammo - and that sense that another bizarre and unimaginable danger lurking right around the next corner. While there’s no mention of franchise regulars Chris and Claire Redfield, Jill Valentine or Leon Kennedy, Director/Writer Paul W.S. The group travels through the complex desperately searching for a way out, but as one by one, the group gets taken out by the zombies and other surprises it slowly becomes apparent that none of them may make it to see another sunrise. In staving off The Red Queen, the group unwittingly frees the lab workers who are now starving for a little fresh meat. The Hive’s computer system, dubbed The Red Queen, isn’t feeling very hospitable and begins attacking the group with its defense system. Along the way, the team encounters a mystery man Matt (Eric Mabius) who has a personal stake in uncovering The Hive’s secrets. Now with the virus unleashed, the team - including James Shade (Colin Salmon) and Rain (Michelle Rodriguez) - has been sent to permanently shut down the lab before the virus can spread to the surface. Before she can further investigate, a group of commandos crashes through the windows on a desperate timetable.Īlice was a member of this strike force on an undercover mission to find out what was going on in The Hive. Somewhat removed from the Hive happenings, is Alice (Milla Jovovich), a woman who awakens in a shower with few memories of how she ended up there.

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