Excellent following of the games, but what just happened?

Rating: Null/10 (12 September 2004)

I recently saw Resident Evil: Apocalypse on opening night here and was pleasantly surprised by the several things. First of all, the movie closely follows the plot and storyline of the 3rd Resident Evil game (Resident Evil - Nemesis - PS1), detailing how Jill Valentine and Carlos Olivera attempt to escape from Racoon City after it's residents have been infected with the T-Virus. I was also pleasantly surprised with the acting, as it wasn't stellar but not horrible either. This time around the zombies seems more vicious and blood-thirsty than in the first film which actually had me a bit scared at certain parts in the movie which was something I was not expecting going into it.
Overall, it was a decent movie and worth the price of admission, especially if you're as big of an RE fan as I am. Now then, you can read any one of the reviews posted for this movie and get detailed opinions of the acting, storyline, etc. However, the real reason I am writing this is to voice my distaste with the directing and filming style of this movie. It seems that whenever someone who has a history of directing music videos directs a movie, they all suffer from the same problem. Apparently, the director can't keep a steady shot for more than .7 seconds during every action scene of the movie. Now, maybe my eyesight is getting poor in my old age (24) but every time it came to killing some zombies in that movie I absolutely could not tell what was going on. I know they just decimated a group full of blood-thirsty zombies, I just don't know how they did it. Every action scene sort-of washes over you because your eyes and brain can't keep up with the seemingly still frame picture show that occurs whenever things heat up. Someone should tell these directors that they have a good hour and half to work with, slow things down just a tad, let people actually see what is going on during a battle or action scene and for God's sake, keep the camera steady.
Anyway, that's my only real gripe with the movie. Other than that it was a great film for fans. If you see it I hope you enjoy it.