I wanna be a zombie to meet Milla :P~~~... Besides, the movie rocks!

Rating: 7/10 (16 April 2002)

"Resident Evil" is one of those films that I was expecting with great interest. When the first rumors begun, George A. Romero was in charge of the project. When he jumped out the film, the name of Paul W. Anderson appeared, and everybody thought "That guy rings me a bell...".
After some research, you realize Anderson as the director of controversial films such as "Mortal Kombat" or "Event Horizon". And I say controversial because Paul's films have always had such great success and criticism both at the same time. And "Resident Evil" will be the next victim...
"Mortal Kombat" was a decent project that came out the same time "Street Fighter" did. I admit both films are not a perfection, but Anderson created a better film than Steven de Souza's one. So, and possibly because of the cheesy adaptation of CAPCOM's videogame, "Mortal Kombat" succeed in the duel, with good special effects and a few kicks and punches.
"Event Horizon" is one of my favourite movies, combining gore and horror in a very dark atmosphere, which makes this film unique in its genre. It went through the cinemas with little success, but now it's on my TOP10 list. Anderson did a fine job with this movie, helped with the cast crew that were incredible (Sam Neil and Laurence Fishburne).
And now we have "Resident Evil". First, I quickly recognized the same dark atmosphere of "Event Horizon" in "RE". This strange way of Anderson to use the colours and the flashbacks, and also some scenarios were exactly reproduced from the videogame saga. The zombie makeup was very good, using CGI to create more realistic details. The Licker... well, if you survived watching the "Brotherhood of the Wolf"'s monster, you'll manage this one :P.
Also, the movie has got incredibly good soundtrack: hard rock from Marylin Manson, Fear Factory, Rammstein and many others; and it fits perfectly with the film. And in addition, the movie has got very good rythm of action, so it absorbs you inside.
The good points of the film: Milla Jovovich (of course ^_^), Paul Anderson's peculiar style, tons of action, some good scares and brilliant rythm. The bad points: the cast crew doesn't give an incredible performance, the whole plot is quite messy and the ending is too unconcluded (Sequel needed right now!). And in several scenes you can see the microphone (Anderson check out the takes next time, please)!!! :-P
Well, if you liked the other Paul Anderson productions (I haven't seen "Soldier", though), you'll really enjoy this one. And if you're also a fan of the videogames, then you'll die for watching "Resident Evil" again and again. Waiting for the RE2! Worth a look! 8/10