More fun than a barrel full of zombies!

Rating: Null/10 (24 March 2002)

Why do we even fear zombies? I mean think about it, they are usually mangled corpses that walk about as fast as a 100 year old person. Is it because they wish to eat our flesh? the fact that they are reanimated corpses? the fact that they are monsters that just wander around in broad daylight, rather than hide in the darkness and spring out at you like every other monster known to man? or is it the fact that when you see one zombie, once you turn the corner all his zombie friends will be there.
Whatever it is, Resident Evil is a movie about, or should I say WITH, zombies in it. It's THE best film based off a videogame (I know you're asking "How can this movie top Mortal Kombat Annihilation?" *sarcasm*) but it is, because it's a slight blend of a few of the games' plotlines, but they specifically made the movie for the movies rather than be the premise of the videogame, stuffed with all the monsters, characters and ideas of the videogame.
Milla Jovovich and the rest of the cast are not going to win any Oscars for their performances in this picture, but at least they arn't stiff and cheesy like most acting in videogame films. It's nice that Milla can prove that you can pull of the kick ass babe role in a movie without wearing dominatrix like outfits, spouting stupid catch phrases, and does not need a large set of implants to do it. All she needed was a simple red dress, leather boots, and those sexy-as-hell eyes of hers, and she had me swooning and cheering her on all the way.
The plot of the film is simple. There is a corporation that is underground from Raccoon City. One of their experiments, the T-virus is set loose in the compound. The super-computer that surveys the entire lab, quarintines the place and kills off all inside. Then a team is sent to shut down her motherboard (I guess this is so they can use the lab again). Of course shutting the computer down shuts off power, and then all the experiments escape, and all hell breaks loose.
So in short, if you wanna see a creepy film full of zombies, zombie dogs, a computer with a creepy British child's voice, and some other weird creature, go see Resident Evil, it'll make all zombie fans happy and give people another reason to worship Milla.