Afterlife only half resurrected...

Rating: 6/10 (25 September 2010)

OK I didn't see this in 3D so maybe seeing it in 3D would have given the film a bit of an edge. But I judge films based on their plot and entertainment and I can enjoy a film even if it isn't in 3D - I think that it is mainly just an incentive for you to like it even more. In my opinion, if a movie is horrible and its in 3D - it is simply that. A movie that is bad and in 3D.
Now afterlife isn't a horrible movie. I enjoyed the first three, in particular the third, which I think the is the best of the three. Afterlife is simply more the same excuse to have big special effects and continue a plot that simply seems will never end with Umbrella continuing on forever in the next 'afterlife'.
The monsters in this movie were good, but I think the zombies don't really play much of a part in the horror and are simply there just to add to the atmosphere. Also, I felt that near the end, it borrows too much from the Matrix and is really nothing original.
I was also expecting more from the characters who appeared in the third film and they really aren't given much to do. Milla Jovovich is fine in her role but she simply is given the same mission over and over in all the films - save people and get them to safety. Honestly, how many times do you have to see this done in each Resident Evil movie? I'm not saying this isn't entertaining nor is it visually nice, but I think if they keep doing this over and over, it's gonna wear thin pretty soon. I'd wait for the DVD.