Only for die-hard fans of the game

Rating: 6/10 (7 January 2008)

"Resident Evil" was a scary, impressive horror film that was inspired by the famous game. After the T-Virus broke out in the underground lab called The Hive, the Umbrella Corporation tried to cover up its deadly mistake. But it was only the beginning.
Milla Jovovich is back as Alice, and she's as stunningly beautiful as ever. She is the only apparent survivor from the incident in the first film, and now she's been tampered with by Umbrella. When she escapes an abandoned hospital, she finds herself in Racoon City, which has been taken over by the virus.
In a desperate attempt to conceal the virus, Umbrella has the city blockaded, and Alice must team up with Jill Valentine, a former S.T.A.R.S. (Special Tactics and Rescue Squad) officer to guide the last small group of survivors out to safety, before nuclear bombs are dropped on the city.
Alice has become an unstoppable force of nature, toting guns and other weapons. She's an insanely talented martial arts expert, and it seems she can fight just about anything. With an awesome plot derived straight from the second game, the movie totally misses the mark.
The camera work is hideous, especially during the action scenes, you can barely tell what's going on for the frantic editing is too much to bear. Milla is strong again in her performance but other than her and Sienna Guillory as Jill, there's barely any talent to be found in this mess, with weakly made-over monsters that barely pass for zombies and a ludricous pace. This is only for die-hard fans of Resident Evil, other than that consider "Apocalypse" a waste of your time. The DVD really delivers though, if you liked the movie than you'll be very impressed by the loads of extras they threw in.