gimme flesh!

Rating: 8/10 (12 June 2002)

***SpOiLeRs AhEaD***
First of all i must say i'm a fan of the videogames, and was expecting anxiously for the movie; which goes through all common terror/sci-fi paths, as no survivors of the accident or whatever it is, most of the rescue team is killed too soon, some get killed in the final confrontation and only the cute, brave chick and the handsome, brave guy are the only survivors; also it's very predictable, and not difficult to guess who will scape and who will be zombie meal; and you just know that nothing will be ok for more than 3 minutes; but i didn't realise what was going to happen in the end, although i figured out that we wouldn't be much time without an RE movie, like x-men it leaves you wanting for more blood and gore. And i must be some kind of jinx because all characters that i want them to survive always get killed; i guess they should have made a tv series because there's so much to tell about the RE, or at least a mini series. well i guess i'll have to wait until the next movie. But it's really a good effort from a not so good director, and the acting doesn't shine, but it's OK for a movie this type, and Jovovich is just as beautiful as ever. Other stuff i liked is the blue environmental lighting they are always in, and there are many (or enough) similarities with the VG, as the final fight with the monster in an underground train, the leading female character waering a mini, and the terrifying fact that umbrella (the evil corporation who owns "The Hive")will always get what they want. RE fans and any regular viewers will have a nice time as long as they don't expect any movie that can beat Cameron's Aliens as the best action-sci-fi-movie-with-monsters-and-explosions-and-slaughtered-people, but you'll have good time. hopefully the sequel will be everything this one isn't (at least less predictable, the major flaw, and scary, this one just isn't). But as said it was a good efort worth viewing.
PS: i dare you to count the number of times the microphone appears on screen