Alice Is Still Alice. Enough Said.

Rating: 7/10 (30 September 2012)

If you have not played the games and seen the previous films, go see something else.
This is an episode in a series. A very stylish, visually appealing episode in a series. A series where favorite characters never die, they just get cloned again and again. A episode which takes off from last episode's cliff hanger and leaves off with a cliff hanger that will be continued in the next episode. An episode in which only one thing of great import happens, but it was something we knew would happen, something we wanted to happen. And no, I'm not going to say what it is, because if you are reading this, then you have seen all the previous episodes and you already know what the One Thing is.
The only times this film----sorry, this episode dragged was when Alice was not on the screen.
For those who compare it to a cut scene in a video game, cut scenes are awesome. When they work, they get you psyched up for game play by establishing a character and a conflict and then you get to take over. Cut scenes are a "readerly text" in the (translated) words of Roland Barthes.