I Dare You to Not Like this Flick!

Rating: 8/10 (15 August 2002)

I watch this film over and over again, now that I have it on DVD. That's right... it ROCKS! First, I name entertainment according to how I enjoyed it. Dramatic = "Film" - General Entertainment = "Movie" - Artwork = "Piece or Piece of Work" and movies that I just enjoyed for their sheer entertainment value, or kept my huge brain occupied the whole time (that can be any of the above terms) = "Flick" (my most endearing term for movies). Aren't you glad to know that? Well, this was a FLICK!! I mean it had elements from many great films, pieces, movies, and flicks, and put them all into one, lacking just the right amount of perfection to keep me coming back for more.
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If but a few...
What worked: Action, horror, gore, eerie qualities, direction-direction, acting, and special effects. No one actor/character tried to out play the other. They all kept an even-keel on their desire for stardom and played together nicely. People've said, 'No plot'; to which I say you're commenting on the wrong flick. Maybe I'm retarded but even I found a plot in this flick, and I'm not that bright. Really. 'Bad dialogue'; maybe, but if you're into the game you'd see that that's the whole point and is intentional to give it that 'zombie' flick appeal. 'Poor directing'; no way! Where is there bad direction? I ask. 'Why do these two people that live in this mansion know how to kick butt?' -or- 'Why does Milla's character mysteriously seem to know kung fu?'; that was explained. She's a trained agent, working for Umbrella, living in the mansion to serve as guardian to the Hive's only entrance... uh: The Mansion. She and the other agent know how to fight because of the afore mentioned, 'training'.
What didn't work: Well, I guess the character development could have used a bit more 'fleshing'-out (no pun intended... okay it was intended). However, the only character that counts is Alice and she's fleshed-out quite well. I can't think of another thing you need to know about her, right now: Let's see, an agent trained by umbrella to guard the mansion-entrance who gets caught up in the whole stolen virus and subsequent leak who must not only remember her role in it all, but must survive the zombies, dogs, and computer... and you say there's no plot.
END OF SPOILERS!!
Well, there you have it. A very strong 8/10 just because some movies deserve 9 and 10, maybe, a bit more. But not much. Thank you for reading this; if you did.