Resident Evil: Atrocious

Rating: 1/10 (2 January 2005)

I've seen and laughed at a lot of bad zombie movies. This one isn't technically the worst, but it comes pretty close. The "plot" is like any other Paul WS Anderson movie, with action sequences followed by characters telling you exactly what you already know and have seen. It even includes the trademark time frame that characters have to escape in in order to survive. You know exactly which characters will die in the movie because they are either not top billed or act dumb or rudely from the moment they step on screen. People and zombies appear out of nowhere as the only basis of moving the "plot" forward.
Direction is actually worse than the original. The slow-motion blur shot of zombies isn't even remotely scary. The film is so fast-paced in action and edit that it is hard to even make out how the characters killed zombies and Umbrella Corp. guards. The acting is stunted by the fact that everyone in the movie has a different accent.
The movie is a funny film to watch, but only for Ed Woodian reasons. 1/10