Are you people blind?

Rating: 1/10 (25 July 2002)

People keep giving this film good reviews. It was just bad. Bad bad bad. Why do studios keep giving Paul Anderson money? If someone makes a debut as bad as 'Shopping', then continues to consistently make awful films (okay, 'Event Horizon' was good ish, but the ending was a farce) why does Hollywood keep giving them money? 'Mortal Kombat' anyone? At least 'Soldier' was so horrifically bad that you could laugh at it, and at the $20 million that Kurt walked off with. But 'Resident Evil'? It's not difficult making a Zombie film. Zombies stumble around, Zombies chew people, Zombies get shot. What's the problem? All I ask for is some mindless violence, Milla with a big gun shooting Zombies. Did I get it? No! After she started kicking the dogs, you think, 'oo here we go, action.' But no! Paul W. S. Anderson as he's now known, fails to deliver - yet again! A solid 1 out of 10 for me, I'm afraid Paul. And no matter how many initials you put in your name, you're not gonna get confused with P.T. Anderson.
I say to all you people out there to broaden your horizons, get out of the multiplex and down to your local video rental shop. 'Evil Dead', 'Dawn of the Dead', 'Braindead', 'Bad Taste' - these are real zombie films. 'Starship Troopers', 'Aliens', 'Buckaroo Banzai' - these are real sci-fi films. And if you want mindless action, watch an eighties Arnie film.
Resident Evil has stolen 2 hours of my life, and I want them back!