Paul Anderson makes a better job when he has more control

Rating: Null/10 (17 January 2004)

Although Resident Evil struggles to label itself a decent film, there is no doubt that it reflects everything it needs to so it can compete amongst the Hollywood mainstream. Paul Anderson is certainly not the best director around, however, at least he reflects the game series for what it is. people constantly moan that the film doesn't do the game series justice, well why not? it has the same stereotypical characters, the same environments, and the same action. the only people that bother to see it are the people that sit and play every game. Don't worry I'm one of them, but try and favour Anderson's adaption of game's horror devices into movie ones. it can't be easy, because we don't get to control the characters, however, he makes sure of some 'nifty' mainstream editing and some mindless action. people should just admit that this is the stuff they want to watch.