Don't expect a typical zombie movie, but still fun.

Rating: 8/10 (10 September 2004)

As a big fan of the first one (and its successor, 28 Days Later) I couldn't wait to see RE:A on opening night.
I wasn't disappointed, but that's because I didn't expect the subtle greatness of the first one.
RE:A is really more of an action movie that happens to have zombies than a zombie movie with some action. There's about the same amount of character development (maybe less except for, as with the first one, Alice) but the characters are still fun and do their jobs.
Sienna Guillory was great as the video game character Jill, it's too bad she didn't get more screen time.
The real star of the movie should have been the action and fighting scenes, but Alexander Witt seems to suffer from the "let's make action scenes hard to follow and choppy so you really FEEL in the movie" syndrome. Peter Jackson had it, which was my only complaint with the LotR trilogy. But those movies were beautiful anyway, and RE:A is FUN anyway, and isn't that why we go to a theater?
I'd give it a 3.5 out of 5. Higher if you love the first one or the video games.