The Master of Disaster strikes again. Spoilers below.

Rating: Null/10 (12 September 2004)

Paul Anderson is a Hollywood guy, he's cheap, he's expendable (nobody is going to care when this guy finally makes a movie that the kids don't watch) and he's cost effective. No, he didn't direct RE Apoc, but what's worse, he wrote it.
Now, like all PA films(since he helmed and wrote the first film, and was slated to direct this one until AVP came along, I'll call it his) the film isn't totally unbearable, but its not always watchable either. The cinematography is alright, there is enough character continuity and dialogue to know who most of the people are this time around(unlike AvP and RE), there are some okay action moments. The Nemesis first appearance was memorable, some of the licker battle was interesting, but there are to many goofy things in the movie that detract from the fight scenes.
Supposedly Alice was infected with the TVirus which gives her super mutagenic properties that make her more than just the average human, giving her the abilities to lay the smackdown on any creature that oppose her. Now this would have been a decent idea if it was implemented better, but in the RE universe (yes I played the first three games religiously) you have to maintain a certain degree of seriousness. For instance, near the end of the film, Nemesis and Alice go at it, Nemesis takes a swing at alice with a steel rod and all I could think about was that the scene was lifted from FOTR. It looked exactly like an over-sized Urak-hai taking a swing at Aragorn. There are also several other goofy action sequences, the first being the battle with the Lickers. Alice uses a Motorcycle like its a weapon and I couldn't help but feeling a little let down that RE had become intertwined with Charlies Angels.
My other major gripe besides the over the top action scenes was the interference with game continuity. The first RE movie could be looked at as a separate incident from the Racoon city outbreak because it didn't interfere with anything related to the games story. It was just another isolated incident like the mansion in the first game. But then this movie comes along and messes up a lot of s***.
First the infection is spread all wrong. It was originally let loose by a corporate band of thugs stealing the T and G viruses from William Birkin in the game (who were later killed by a very upset and mutated Birkin later on). Then it was spread by rats.
In the movie, it was spread by a group of scientist trying to reopen the hive. So right away it interferes with game continuity.
Then from there, it introduces Jill and Oliveira entirely out of context with the game. They run into each other when they shouldn't, the main baddie of the game, Nicholai is a good guy in the movie, Michhail is replaced with Yuri. Its just crazy. Not to mention that Nemesis buys it an entirely different way in the movie than he does in the game, and we never get to see the over-sized giant use his tentacles in the movie either.
So here's my overall advice, if your a casual movie fan who wants a "decent" popcorn flick, go see it. If your a casual RE fan, go see it. If your a fan that is just a stickler for the games, and doesn't want the movie interfering with the game, don't go see it and if your expecting any Oscar worthy material definitely don't go see it.
See at your own risk, its not great but its not terrible. 5.5/10