Utter Disappointment

Rating: Null/10 (17 March 2002)

(Possible Spoilers, Warning! I tried not to!)
I had waited almost four years for this moment. Ever since the first rumors of a Resident Evil movie had risen, I was hyped. One of my favorite gaming series was to be made into a major motion picture?
So it only seems fitting that I saw Resident Evil the weekend it came out. I sat in the theater, popcorn and soda in hand, awaiting a movie that I hoped would impress me and make the wait worth it. What I got was a disjointed and poorly executed movie.
I was miffed.
Resident Evil the movie follows practically nothing the games contain, except for the Umbrella Corporation, The T-Virus, and a few familiar monsters popping up. However, I wasn't expecting the movie to follow the game too closely, so this wasn't necessarily the reason for my discontent.
The reason for that rested in the fact that as a stand alone movie, Resident Evil was a pretty poor attempt. Aside from some cool scenes, the plot was horrible, it seemed at times the director wanted to make it deep but failed horribly. The other main problem with the movie was the fact that it seemed more like a "slide show" of sorts...there would be a plot part (weak as heck), then suddenly, we'd have a Zombie part, then another plot part, then a dog part, then a plot part...etc. It was very disjointed. It was like the movie makers wanted to cram some monster scenes in, maybe to create familiarity with the games, but it just made for a chopped up movie. They got terms wrong too. One of the monsters in the movie is a "Licker" from Resident Evil 2 (the game). They fail to see that and call it a "Hunter" which is a monster from RE1. That's a small fact but it's enough to turn off someone who likes the games. But forget about that. It's basically the fact that it's a weak movie no matter how you cut it. Mila Jovovich is the only reason to see it. She's hot. Simple as that. Otherwise, if you respect the games, dont sour your feelings. It's only a movie. Go and see it anyway, but beware, it really really isn't a good one. I'll take day of the dead over this any day. Resident Evil took itself way to seriously for it's poor content. From what I see, the T-Virus, aside from making biological monsters, makes pretty lackluster movies.