Resident Evil in name only

Rating: 6/10 (20 April 2019)

I watched this movie as a kid back in 2002 and I remember this movie being amazing and the best thing ever but years later I watched it on DVD and then recently on Blu Ray and well it is a good zombie and action movie it isn't a good Resident Evil movie.
The movie takes the core concept of Resident Evil and coupled together with the games basic lore turns a survival horror game with a unique story into a basic action movie which is sad really as Resident Evil is a big name franchise and in the right hands could make for a great movie series as well sadly the movies only got worse in the sequels.
The actors are well cast no complaints there but you don't see a Zombie in the movie until around the 40 minute mark which is way to late for a zombie movie the dialogue and setup for the movies storyline takes 40 minutes and is boring and uninteresting with shots of the swat team checking around the area with weapons drawn as they walk around just to pad the movies run time.
Well there are practical effects and great make up in the movie what really spoils it is the bad CGI creature meant to be a creature from the game but sadly the CGI is laughable and when watching on Blu Ray looks even worse do to the better picture and brightness that you don't get with DVD or VHS which this movie was also released on.
I would recommend watching this if your looking for a fun zombie action movie to watch but try to forget that it's called Resident Evil and enjoy it for what it is not what it's trying to be.