And Again!

Rating: 8/10 (20 May 2005)

when i first heard of this movie i jumped for joy at the offer of going to see it, but was thoroughly disappointed when i was told that it was not going to be released into the cinema but straight onto DVD! Why? i do not know, but so when i finally brought this DVD i was very impressed with the amount of extras that there were! now, when it came to the actual movie, i was of many opinions. i am a die hard fan of resident evil, and loved the first movie to death! when i came to watch this sequel i was enjoyed practically to extinction, i love it in every way. once again i thought the acting was of high standard from such people as Milla, Sienna and Oded. all three were of continuous high acting and didn't stop once to catch their breath. other actors such as Zack Ward and Sandrine backed the rest of the cast up, i was really upset when they were both killed off, why didn't L.j die, i hate him! although for the actor who played Dr. Ashford, i really wanted to strangle him!! his voice was monotone without expression, every time he was on screen i just clasped my hands over my ears and screamed at his lack of acting.
The all out action was again to such a degree immense and the stunts were impeccable, especially where Milla (Or rather the stunt woman) ran 100ft down the vertical side of a building. the special effects were higher and upgraded to be more realistic than the previous movie.
However, Milla could have really tried harder, as i feel she acted better in the first movie. I feel the movie would have been made a whole lot better if such characters from the first movie would have returned, such as the likes of Kaplan who you didn't actually see him die! However, although the all out action and the zombies and the acting were to a large degree good, the story line was, well, not at it's best. The only reason i thought this movie was good was the above things, and they just managed to cover up the fact that the plot wasn't that great. they could have built it more into the movies, as the movie goes totally against the events in the games.
But overall, this was an enjoyable watch and i would definitely see it again. It's just the only few things that should have been changed- Nicholai and Terri should not have died, L.J and Carlos (Who died in the game) should have died. Alice's humanity was lost due to the norm of experimentation turning her into a zombie killing machine (Extremely bad, it would have been better if she was like how she was in the first movie) old characters such as Kaplan should have returned, and events in the games should have been added.
overall, i feel although this movie's CGI was better than the first and the acting was of the same standard, it highly lacked story and plot such as the first and had much less jumpy or scary moments when compared to the first (The only scary bit really was when Terri got eaten by lots of children)