Pretty, yet bad. Pretty bad.

Rating: 5/10 (12 September 2010)

Yes its a movie about fighting zombies. Yes gravity in this movie is like a yo yo and can be manipulated. Yes its fanciful, but the minute a movie's main hero is able to survive an explosive plane crash, and not really indicate how it was accomplished, you lost me. Alice after being made human through the beginning of the first act, is sent careening, in bullet B U L L E T b - u - l - l - e - t time through an exploding window, and is able to walk away from the debris. Boo, Hollywood, boo. I figured I was in trouble after that, and for the most part I was right. The action was OK, but far from the things I thought I was in store for. The script, horrible. Really bad. I sense the actors care about this movie, and it sucks that they are some of the most two dimensional characters I've seen in a movie, ever. The 3-d was pretty, but it was not enough for me. The movie was poorly conceived. Every now and then, they'd throw things at the resident evil gamers, like a clumsy wink: look gamers, Claire is back! Note her red hair, and vest, you remember her from the games? And Chris! That's her brother, wink wink. But then the movie doesn't really do anything with it. It's like, OK I've got your attention, now get ready for them to act completely opposite of their characters. Chris is kinda creepy, and Claire is actually kind of a b*tch in the movie. The only one who was spot on was the executioner. Alice sees some growth but the rest of the cast is pretty painful, as nothing happens to them. Wesker was all right, but he is basically left to be chewed up and spat out by the horrible lines he has to say. Sometimes, like when the survivors are making their way through burrowed caves, I felt immersed in the film and claustrophobic. Could this train wreck be turned around? Nope, false call. Just potential for something better. The best part of the movie, was the ending cameo from Jill Valentine. She delivered acting that didn't make me cringe, looked hot doing it, and kind of saved the film from getting a three from me, not joking. I feel Paul the writer and director has lost what grip he had on the franchise from the first film. Flirting with a fan boy with greatness to deliver crap is pretty dangerous. This film felt rushed, unpolished and just ugh. Yup, ugh. There will be a fifth film, so I feel more weary of that idea than ever. 5/10