Great, gory zombie flic, just don't take the wife

Rating: 6/10 (12 May 2002)

I really enjoyed Resident Evil for several reasons. It is set in a very hi-tech underground lab with lots of dark moody lighting to set the mood for the evil to follow. Without giving too much away of the story line I loved the methodical destruction of the team. Milla Jovovich was very believable as the heroine/zombie killer and even though it's a bit sparse in the plot department it chugs along at a fair pace, with the fright factor very high.
The thing that impressed me the most was the special effects and prosthetics used. The fight scenes were particularly believable and the zombiefication of the humans was excellent (but look out for the doberman's with the metal teeth and no hair - way cool!)
Just a word of warning though, this is NOT a date movie or even something to watch with your wife. MY poor leg was left bruised from my wife clamping my leg at every spooky or scary scene ( and there is quite a lot in this flick).
All in all a good ,gory, kill the zombies movie with a twist.