If you like zombie movies, you will like Resident Evil.

Rating: Null/10 (20 March 2002)

I wasn't going to review this movie, but I just get so MAD when people go on and on about how "Resident Evil: The Movie" wasn't an exact representation of "Resident Evil: The Game Series". What you people don't get is that we're talking about two totally different mediums of artistic expression. How can you possibly make a movie and expect to market it to the world if it only makes sense to a certain group of gamers? And why bother making a movie in the first place since there's already an identical game people can play?
Movies are not games. They tell stories in a different way, and have much less time to do it in than a game does. This means things have to be changed, shuffled around, and taken right out. Characters have to be condensed, backgrounds brief, let's get right to the action. You see what I'm saying?
Resident Evil was a fun movie. It had a comprehensible plot that didn't get bogged down technically with advanced science mumbo jumbo. This movie basically gives you the skeleton of a much bigger story, and it's up to you to put the missing pieces together. I never really played the games at all, and I understood everything that was going on.
Go see Resident Evil if you enjoy a fast paced movie that is never corny or badly written. Milla Jovovich was great, and I hope she gets more tough girl roles in the future. All of the actors were well casted and there were actually a couple of surprises in the script along the way too.
But if you're still reading reviews for this movie asking yourself, "I love zombie movies, but is Resident Evil still worth my time and money?" IT'S A MOVIE ABOUT ZOMBIES!! That should be enough to get any fan of the genre out to see this movie. When was the last zombie movie to hit theaters? I mean a real zombie movie. It's been a while right? Go see Resident Evil.