Stylish!!!

Rating: Null/10 (10 March 2004)

I have never played the resident evil games, so i am not a fan of the whole franchise, and i can't tell you whether or not the movie is faithful to it. I viewed this movie with low expectations considering it was a) based on a video game and b) has zombies in it, two things which tend to make a movie suck. But, i'm happy to say, this movie was well done. It had style to burn and kept my attention the whole way through, ending with a nihilistic kind of scene that I very much liked. The script is pretty much a workhorse - it gets you through the movie without being either exceptional or extremely bad. The actors all looked appropriately terrified at the right times, so that was good. You can tell though, that they put some work and thought into this movie to make it entertaining and halfway logical, for a zombie movie. If you go into RE expecting some zombies, good looking actors, lots of guns, and action - then it doesn't disappoint. The special effects were decent - at least i have no complaint. Some of the set designs were very nice, and there are a few plot twists along the way. The score (with music by manson and even a little nine inch nails during the scene with the dogs) is loud and pounding, but this is essentially a zombie\action movie, so an abrasive (but good) score is fitting here. Nice visuals, good tension, ok writing, and some low-level gore to keep things interesting.
i would probably rate this movie a 7/10 - it's more entertaining than mega-budget trash like the Matrix Reloaded and more professional and intelligent than the junk John Carpenter puts out