Worth skipping, but could be worse

Rating: 5/10 (10 April 2006)

OK, I realize that I am not the target demographic for this movie. I'm not young, and I'm not a video game geek. I have not seen the first "Resident Evil" film, nor have I played (or even heard of) the video game. So, I am coming at this film from a sci-fi action flick direction. While the movie largely fails at this, it really could have been a lot worse. Milla Jovovich and Sienna Guillory were decent enough as the tough-girl video-game-type heroines. Somebody named Mike Epps tried to play the cliché' smart-ass black guy part. The best acting came from Sandrine Holt, as the TV reporter trapped in the nightmare. There were huge plot holes, as you might expect. Seem to me that this one is worth skipping, but isn't terrible.