Bad script, bad screenplay, bad acting.

Rating: 5/10 (25 March 2002)

Resident Evil was not a good movie.
I watched this movie not being a fan of the game, but a huge fan of zombie-killing movies in general. I was expecting more from Resdient Evil than the other videogame movies. Although Resident Evil was better than said movies, that's not saying much. Since it was an 18a movie, I was expecting some gruesome scenes. Instead, I was presented with some cheesy laser cutting action, which unrealisticaly seemed to go right through the guys, leaving no identifiable burns. It would have been a lot nicer to see some sizzles and cracks, or maybe to see that dudes intestines fall out as he jumped up. But unfortunatley, the movie quickly moves away from any images of real gore. To me, this was pretty bad, considering this was supposed to be a zombie killing movie.
The movie also had some confusing parts. Twice the main character, played by Milla Jovovich (which may have been the only really good part of this movie) was surrounded by zombies and it seems there is no hope, when suddenly she appears climbing up a ladder away from them, or closing a door on them.
The zombies themselves were not that great either. The movie totally abandoned the style that I can even respect in the game. There were no axes, knives, chainsaws, flamethrowers, or other such weapons of violence. Instead the victims used guns to create small little holes in the zombies that did nothing. The makeup of the zombies wasn't anything out of the ordinary either.
Some people have said that the story matters more in Resident Evil. Um, but the story isn't that great either. Just another cliched example of the all powerful evil bioweaponry cooporation. And if I wanted a story, I'd read a book.
Resident Evil is the perfect example of how someone can mix a beautiful woman, zombie killing action, a creepy mood, and a heavy metal soundtrack and somehow manage to corrupt and detract from each element to create a 5/10 star movie at best.