The best zombie movie since Romero's take.

Rating: Null/10 (17 April 2002)

This is the best zombie movie that I've seen since NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1990). And that was twelve years ago now. This movie really delivers the goods. Explosive action sequences, gory zombie kills and some brief unneccesary nudity.*SPOILERS* This is a typical zombie movie. People go in to rescue dying people. Rescue people get trapped. Zombies start attacking them. But yet you wonder where they were when they first got in? This is about the only flaw that I can pick out in this movie. RESIDENT EVIL is a non-stop action horror thriller from start to finish. I never thought we would see Milla Jovovich in a role like this. Not after she did THE MESSENGER: THE STORY OF JOAN OF ARC. I thought that after that she would stick to nicey nice movies. But its a good thing she didn't. This movie wouldn't have been the same without her. And maybe its also a good thing that Romera decided not to direct after all. Because his zombie movies are so shallow. You could dive right in and crack your skull. The characters used bad dialouge in his films, language in every sentence (for no reason) and all his characters ever do is get attacked in the same stupid ways. Paul Anderson changed all that. What we have is a build-up to the suspense. We don't just immediately jump right into the zombies eating people. We slowly get to that part. I give RESIDENT EVIL 5/5.