Resident Evil: Not Justifyed

Rating: 5/10 (1 May 2006)

I write this as a fan of both "Resident Evil" and Milla Jovovich, neither is fully served justice in this film, which struggles to impress. The first Resident Evil, was a tense low budget affair , which used the contained environment to it's full potential.Paul Anderson, who has ruined both "Alien Vs Predator" and "Mortal Kombat," came out of it, with some respect and Milla Jovovich and Michelle Rodrigez both supply good performances. The second though, tries to be an action film, and a horror film and fails to be great at either. The director , Alexander Witt, is out of his depth , this being his first film. But there is flashes of brilliance in the church scene and in the big face-off, between Alice and Nemesis. On the other hand Alexander Witt didn't stand a chance, which can also be said for Oded Fehr, Milla Jovovich and Sienna Guilroy, who all give good performances. This is because the script by Paul Anderson is both pathetic and lazy. The inclusion of Mike Epps character is extremely inadequate, and screams of the "token black guy" routine. All and all, flashes of brilliance , but not enough to justify it. The worse new Paul Anderson is going to drag the series even lower , a new sequel is being filmed in May, 2006 or so I hear. Personly I pray not.