If this is the afterlife, it's boring

Rating: 4/10 (29 November 2010)

Alice is back again but she could have stayed away. She returns to kick more zombie butt, too bad she does in it such an old, been-there-done-that fashion. Tired effects from 1999 were used way too much in the movie. What happened? Did somebody see the original Matrix and think, "Ooo let's let Alice run wild with these cool effects?" It would have been coolat the turn of the century. Now, it's just plain boring. How many times have you seen the effect where the subject is frozen and the camera swings around them? Or how about the slow motion bullet dodge. That effect has been used in everything from commercials to Stewie and Lois on the family guy.
When it comes to the scare factor and gore, the scare factor was weak. Again the producers used a warmed over effect, the peeled open face thing from the Blade series. It would have been better to see Alice and company kill zombies the old fashioned way, with wired acrobatic martial arts moves, knives, swords, guns and bombs.
The gore factor was mild, no arterial blood squirting in 3D or anything. Speaking of that, why is the movie in 3D? It adds absolutely nothing to the experience or the story. O.k. Hollywood it's been a couple of years now of having America sit in theaters with plastic glasses on, enough is enough.
The movie company already has a Resident Evil 5 in the works. Boy, they do know how to beat a dead horse. (Spoiler alert) Trecia Helfer (6 from Battlestar Galactica) is great but do you really want to pay full price to see her in future zombie flick #5? So, in a nutshell if you like the series it doesn't really matter if it's good or not you'll pay full price to see Alice. But otherwise keep your money in your pocket.
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