Incredibly tense movie

Rating: 4/10 (15 March 2002)

First of all, I want to say that I have never played resident evil or even seen it played, so I have no idea about accuracy to the game, etc. That being said I will review it as a movie only.
This movie is incredibly tense. Throughout the entire movie I kept waiting for the next jolt/scare, knowing it was coming and still getting startled. The plot proved vaguely interesting, but was largely lost in the carnage. And of course since this is a sci-fi horror the ending left open the possibility of Resident Evil 2.
The acting was on par for a horror scifi movie. Basically the cast was Michelle Rodriguez, Milla Jovovitch and a bunch of guys no one cares about except that they (in some cases) advance the plot. Milla did a fine job playing the beautiful but tough security agent with amnesia and something to hide. Michelle played a thug, an annoying thug (as per her usual endeavors). Both actresses have their pseudo-trademark scenes. For Milla this means being nearly naked except for, to quote James Bond, A nice nothing she is almost wearing. For Michelle it is the sweaty hair in the face snarl look.
All in all it was better than most game turned movies and about on the same level with other movies of the genre.