Worst Horror Movie EVER

Rating: 1/10 (10 September 2004)

This "film" officially supplants House of the Dead as the worst horror movie of all time. Sure, there has been some low-budget, straight-to-video junk, but I cut them some slack due to budgetary constraints. RE2 obviously has no shortage of money, so it has no excuse for being such a piece of garbage.
Those who think Paul Anderson is such a hack director should realize how competent he is comparing the first RE to this hatchet job by first-time director Alexander Witt. He has no clue how to direct action, as everything is done with quick cuts and shaky camera work, as if he doesn't want us to see how bad the action is (he succeeds). He also obviously is no zombie fan, as he takes the soul out of the movie by minimizing the zombie content in favor of guns, kung fu, and every other bad Hollywood action movie cliché out there. What zombie footage there is is nullified by bad camera work and an ultra-annoying slow motion/strobing effect that obscures the zombies. Plus, there isn't even a lot of gore. The general story idea is OK, but it takes some stupid turns, and the dialogue sounds like it was written by a 8 year old. People who make movies based on video games need to realize that the two genres are different; movies require more substance than games. I've haven't played the RE games much, so I don't know how much is included in this movie, but you don't have to throw in every over-the-top element from the game. I don't care about zombie dogs (I overlooked it in the first movie) or all of the characters, who are in fact ridiculous caricatures (what's with the Lara Croft chick?). And who wants to see a zombie with a rocket launcher??? I love zombie movies, but I'd prefer to have no more made than to have any more like this one. I wouldn't even call it a zombie movie (barely even a horror movie); just a standard action movie made for 10 year olds with ADD that just happens to have some zombies.