Has more of the spirit of the video game than did the first movie.

Rating: 9/10 (15 September 2004)

This movie was a bit of a surprise to me. I thought it would be a pretty decent flick worthy of passing some time, instead I find one of the better action movies I have seen all year. I am one of the few who liked the first one, but this one is much better. I just thought it was more like the game itself without taking itself to seriously or getting to campy. You are thrust into the action right away as people fight for survival against the undead in Racoon City and it all looks really good. Most impressive is the lack of rampant cgi effects or cgi monsters. I do believe the one's with the tongues are the only totally cgi monsters in the movie. The nemesis monster is done completely with makeup it seems and makes me think maybe they could have made a Hulk using the same technique. This one picks up where the last one left off as Alice finds herself in the middle of a virtual war. The additions to the cast are all welcome changes from the last movie as the person who plays Jill Valentine both looks and acts like the character from the game. Scores of undead are killed and various other monsters and enemies line the path as we follow a group of survivors desperate to get out of the sealed city. Kind of sad that this one is so good and it is based on a video game and a movie based on a comic "Alien Vs Predator" was not nearly as good.