The first great video game movie

Rating: 10/10 (9 September 2010)

Resident Evil Afterlife manages the rare feat of seamlessly tying together a wide breath of movie styles; the zombie horror genre mixed with the monster movie genre to the slickness of the Matrix style environments and shootouts all encased in a disaster movie shell and characters. And, it's in 3d and if you've played resident evil 4 video game, there are a lot of derivations from the game that's sure to bring a few giddy moments. Best of all, every second is a total surprise and you'll have no idea where the movie is going and what is going to happen next. It never falls flat or meanders at any time. It is solid and punchy at every second. Even the soundtrack sounds like it's tearing the speakers right off the wall.
This is a triumphant action horror movie that oozes with style that resident evil movies have made their own. The 3d aspect is also quite impressive but used mostly subtly rather than having things constantly hurled at your face. The zombies never leap at you or spring their tendrils at you but every scene with 3d has a subtle vibrancy to it and 3D effects are applied in the set piece fights very well. The plot probably has a few holes but the movie moves so fast that you barely have time to think about it or register it. Characters aren't that well flushed out but I suppose every second of character development is one less zombie killed.
This is a great action horror movie and really recommended for people who found something to like in the older resident evil movies.