Review from a die-hard Resident Evil fan...

Rating: 7/10 (17 September 2010)

Of the video games! I played every Resident Evil game, and more than once. I can honestly say that the reason I score this film so high is because I saw it in 3D. I was totally blown away by the technological aspects of this film! But; 3D aside, it was still a large production, and larger than all three films preceding it.
Milla Jovovich is one of the best female action hero's ever. She is born for these roles, and also can act! Ali Larter was not as gripping and emotional in this film, but they still make a good team. I really think they are friends off=camera.
Lets face it, the Resident Evil films were nothing like the video games. RE2 was probably the closest, because it was more of a horror film than Sci-fi. The games were like that, closer to horror with a touch of Sci-fi. Instead, the movies are the opposite, not excluding this 4th installment. I wonder...what does Resident evil have to do with the Matrix? or Equilibrium? Nothing if you ask me, but still, a rather impressive film nonetheless. Afterlife makes the effects in the Matrix feel like yesteryear. I actually had to take off my 3D glasses at times! Still, I would trade it all away for the nostalgia of the games, the Gothic and creepy sets; the Mystery; Umbrealla Corp and their motives; The scarcity of ammo; the psychological aspects of the Zombies, reading about what they were going through during transforming; and finally the soundtrack. I loved the Electronica soundtrack in this film but would gladly trade it away for the excellent creepy soundtracks of the video games.
Fans of the games won't be too disappointed. I was a little, since it had no plot at all. It was just eye candy to me, but some pretty sweet candy at that! So if you like roller-coasters, then you will like Resident Evil : Afterlife.