Resident Evil Apocalypse Action Packed But Flawed

Rating: 6/10 (18 June 2009)

Resident Evil Apocalypse is action packed but flawed from director Alexander Witt whose admirable in making this sequel but the lack of character development, too many characters, real suspense, and a more central villain are what weighed it down. The cast for the most part are good in their roles including Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Oded Fehr, Thomas Kretchman, Jared Harris, and Mike Epps. The rest of the cast are okay in their small roles of characters from the games who only make brief extended appearances before being written out out of the movie too soon for the audience to care about them. The action is pretty much non sop and impressive but after a while it gets to but a bit repetitive. The only one that really stands out is probably the one near the end which is well executed. The special effects and the make up artists have done a great job of creating the creatures including the zombies, dogs, Lickers, and the newest one introduced known as Nemesis who was actually Matt from the original. He mutated into Nemesis after being scratched by the Licker near the end of the first film. The Nemesis character is intimidating but he lacked screen time since there are other villains in this movie besides him. His showdown with Jovovich near the conclusion is a bit of a letdown like the third movie but it was fitting for that film. Despite some flaws with character development, suspense, and the movie juggling too many characters this sequel isn't that bad. Overall Resident Evil Apocalypse is a decent sci-fi thriller with plenty of action, amazing special effects, some suspense, humor, and good performances by the cast who make this second film in the series worth watching but it could've been better.