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Okay so I did Resident Evil, so while it is still fresh in my mind, lets do:
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Now after watching the first movie I pretty much assumed this was going to be bad, but I had no idea it was going to be THIS bad. The movie starts exactly where the last one left off, right in the toilet. Alice (still played by Milla Jovovich) wakes up in Raccoon City which has been taken over by zombies infected with the deadly T-Virus. Joining her in the battle for survival is the most inappropriately dressed excuse of a police officer I have ever seen AKA Jill Valentine. The plot is incredibly unclear for the first 20 minutes, as the film tries to show you why the word 'Apocalypse' is in the title, and I know why...because the movie is the equivalent of an apocalypse.
There is not one single thing about this movie I can honestly say is good, the plot is bizarre, the characters are generic stereotypes (especially the gangster character), Alice gets the most forced and obscure subplot ever, the zombies become boring fast (5 minutes of zombie entertainment at most) and the movie takes any opportunity to cram in a videogame character. When the Umbrella Corporation summons Nemesis (I still don't know why) the movie plummets below the first film and into a new level of awful.
Overall I rarely hate films, but Resident Evil: Apocalypse is a film that I can confidently say I hate. The one good thing this movie did was lower my expectations for the next film to such a degree I actually liked the third instalment, but this movie is bleak, boring and extremely bad. It still isn't the worst movie in the world, but it's probably on my list.
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Now after watching the first movie I pretty much assumed this was going to be bad, but I had no idea it was going to be THIS bad. The movie starts exactly where the last one left off, right in the toilet. Alice (still played by Milla Jovovich) wakes up in Raccoon City which has been taken over by zombies infected with the deadly T-Virus. Joining her in the battle for survival is the most inappropriately dressed excuse of a police officer I have ever seen AKA Jill Valentine. The plot is incredibly unclear for the first 20 minutes, as the film tries to show you why the word 'Apocalypse' is in the title, and I know why...because the movie is the equivalent of an apocalypse.
There is not one single thing about this movie I can honestly say is good, the plot is bizarre, the characters are generic stereotypes (especially the gangster character), Alice gets the most forced and obscure subplot ever, the zombies become boring fast (5 minutes of zombie entertainment at most) and the movie takes any opportunity to cram in a videogame character. When the Umbrella Corporation summons Nemesis (I still don't know why) the movie plummets below the first film and into a new level of awful.
Overall I rarely hate films, but Resident Evil: Apocalypse is a film that I can confidently say I hate. The one good thing this movie did was lower my expectations for the next film to such a degree I actually liked the third instalment, but this movie is bleak, boring and extremely bad. It still isn't the worst movie in the world, but it's probably on my list.