Ridiculous

Rating: 5/10 (15 March 2002)

I got to see this movie for free since my best friend works at a local theater. Its a good thing too because I wouldn't have paid over $1.00 to see this crap. I'm a fan of the Resident Evil video games and I understand that the conversion from game to movie is hard. But thats not what made this movie ridiculous, in fact it lines up pretty well with the beginning of the first Resident Evil game, and the movie itself has a good plot. What makes this movie ridiculous is Umbrella's swat team sent in to control the threat of the T- Virus. This is the most absurd conglomeration of soldiers I have ever seen. Most of the people in the squad crap themselves whenever they witness anything bizarre. And Michelle Rodriguez's character "Rain" is absurd. Its like Paul Anderson was writing this movie and said, "hmm I think I'll make one of the characters a ghetto bitch with a bad attitude." If this movie is anyones fault it is Paul Anderson's. From the opening scene where Rain tells another character to "blow me" Resident Evil is full of ridiculous one liners. In fact thats about all of the dialogue. The only real speaking role is that of the "red queen," the A.I computer system that is in control of the lab in which the outbreak has occured. As far as gore and violence go I have no idea why this movie was rated R other than the use of the F word. Anyone who applauds the action (if you can call them that) scenes in this movie is a moron. This movie is a joke and a disgrace to any other zombie based movie. I give it a 6 out of 10 only because Milla Jevovich is naked.