The popcorn was really good

Rating: 5/10 (19 September 2004)

Let it be noted I am a player of the games and one of the people out there that thought the first R.E. movie was okay. Oh and I love Zombie movies! I could not get into this movie though I really wanted to love it.
Story wise there is not a lot here but that I could have gotten by with given some wild action, some gore and a lot of zombie crunching. The special effects seem pretty decent as far as action shots mostly involving the character Alice (Milla Jovovich) trying to out bad the Terminator. But most of the Zombie shots are intentionally kept quick or blurry (did we spend all our money on BOOM effects and not save any for make up?). The Lickers are okay as far as CG goes but don't really satisfy. To give credit though the Nemesis outfit is pretty cool looking.
The best sequence in the movie is probably the first meeting of Alice and Nemesis. Actually liked the way this was choreographed to some extent. Fun scene. But this movie really seemed to lack this focus anywhere else and at best was an excuse to have some good popcorn. Not horrible but not all it could have / should have been.