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Rating: 9/10 (16 March 2002)

I saw a preview of RE yesterday and was not disappointed. I am a big fan of the video games, especially the first one, and like many of the gamers, I was shocked by the "Supercomputer" story. I would have loved the plot of RE being done in a movie, but well, you can't have it all.
Also, the gore just was not enough. It is Rated R, but still not close to the game's great splatter effects. It's freakin Resident Evil!
Aside from these two points I loved this movie, and I don't say this very often about a movie. It's fast and loud, a thrill ride from the beginning till the end (pretty much as scary as Event Horizon which I liked) and plenty of gun fights. The story is, while not the same as RE 1 (the game) at about the same level quality wise. The aspect I loved the most was Marilyn Manson's score. I love his music and he did a great job on this movie with a rather industrial, but still loud and freaky approach. The effects are good, I thought the Zombies looked just like they did in the game, and that's what I expected. The action scenes are nicely done, the only things I didn't like were the two "Matrix-type" scenes you can see in the trailers (bullet time & wall walk).
I was deeply satisfied when I walked out of the cinema into the cold night and I expect you will be too if you liked the game.
Oh btw, did I mention Milla is just beautiful?
9/10 (closer to the game would have been a ten)