"Survive the horror"

Rating: 7/10 (22 March 2012)

A special military unit fights a powerful, out-of-control supercomputer and hundreds of scientists who have mutated into flesh-eating creatures after a laboratory accident.
Before the review gets started, let me start by saying I haven't played any Resident Evil games but the 5th. The others do nothing to intrigue me, but I am a fan of zombie films, so this was a must-see in my book... The film actually has a story. Yeah, every film has a story, but this has much more depth than that. The world is ruled by a corporation called Umbrella, and to add to that, the film has tons of underlying messages and outlooks. But sadly, film's have to rely on execution, so I didn't have the highest of expectations, especially looking at the score. Safe to say, the film does things right. The opening sequence was brilliantly done, and interestingly one of my favorite opening scenes in any movie. The film does tend to get a little confusing, and a bit too much sometimes. Sometimes they almost forgot they were showing the world ruled by a greedy corporation, but this was only some scenes. I admit some scenes were super awesome, and I was on the edge of my seat. Examples: the entire 'laser scene' and the last scene. But sadly, some scenes all relied on pure action. Examples: the scene where Alice shoots up the zombie dogs, and ironically they had to place a hard rock song in there too. There were only flaws here and there, and thankfully didn't send the film downward to pure nothingness. In fact, I recommend it. If your a hardcore zombie fan, and enjoy a story as well, this could be your cup of tea. The film sometimes relies on hot chicks and rock music, but the rest is nothing you'd expect. If your expecting a horror film, your out of luck. The film relies on pure action survival, and it's a good one at that, but only for a select few. PS, if your looking for more films like this one, I highly recommend Zombieland. While Zombieland is a comedy, and your expecting that, than your going to love how it combines our today's raunchy comedy and zombie films. 7/10.