An insult to the Resident Evil genre

Rating: Null/10 (21 March 2002)

One of the most disappointing videogame to movie films yet. Let me tell you some back info on this film. Back in 1998 when there was first talk about a RE film, George Romero was contacted to ink a script. The execs refused his script because it used aspects of RE 1 and RE 2 and they felt it wasn't going to be a good film. Then comes Milla Jovovich ranting and raving how she wants to make a RE film due to her appeal to its macabre style of action/story. When the film was finally released I could not help but see that it was nothing more than mixing aspects of PART 1 and 2 of the games. Badly mixed at that. There was nothing original about this film. It took bits and peices of other films mixed in with amatuer computer graphics and matrix fx. To top it off the use of one of George Romero's key signature scenes as a climax was a true insult to the zombie king himself. The creative team behind this film, including Milla Jovovich, has taken a great concept and turned it into another box office insult. For the love of god I hope that another is not released with the same production team and the leading actress Milla. What was supposed to be a prequel and not interfere with the storyline provided by the games has destroyed all integrity established by the original creator. AN INSULT TO THE RESIDENT EVIL GENRE! 1 out of 10 stars