Crack, the sound of a video game nerds heart breaking.

Rating: 4/10 (23 May 2008)

I'm a big fan of the Resident Evil video game series. So when it came out in cinemas I was very excited. I was disappointed to hear that George Romero had been replaced, with the guy (Paul W.S. Anderson) who brought us such treasures as 'Mortal Kombat', and 'Alien vs. Predator'.
Still I was hopeful, despite my better judgment. I was expecting the same brilliant terror I'd come to love in Resident Evil. My hope was crushed as the movie began, flashy special effects, soulless action sequences. It was as if someone had taken the story, and hammered it into a shadow of itself. I expected survival horror, what I got was cheap action with cliché Hollywood shock scenes.
This was not the marvel I expected. It lacked atmosphere, and relied heavily upon overly dramatic music suited only to excite a brain dead audience of zombies. A tribute to the works of George Romero, should never have been trusted in the hands of Paul W.S Anderson, butcher of great concepts.
Even recalling this experience sends shivers down my spine, but not in the way Paul W.S Anderson and his team of Hollywood butchers intended.