The main actors were excellent, but the zombies were laughable.

Rating: 5/10 (16 March 2002)

After seeing this movie, I had mixed emotions. The actors did a much better job than others in movies based on video games. The characters were people that you actually cared about and who seemed real enough to feel like they could be people you know. James Purefoy as Spencer was especially interesting, adding layers as the film progressed.
Unfortunately, the main plot of Resident Evil revolves around zombies. In this day and age, that shouldn't be difficult to make interesting. A little imagination on the part of the makeup and wardrobe departments and some creative directing could've made this quite exciting. Instead,
I felt that I was teleported back to the 1950's, with slow zombies walking stiff-armed and looking less scary than those in Michael Jackson's Thriller. At the screening I attended the audience actually giggled at some places in the movie which were supposed to be scary.
I wouldn't recommend this movie to anyone who isn't either really bored or a big fan of the video game. And if you do go, please don't take your young children, since the blood and gore