Better than the first one

Rating: 10/10 (11 September 2004)

I must confess; I am a huge "Resident Evil" fan. I got hooked on the games first, saw the first movie & got the DVD. Now, with "Apocalypse", the video-game-to-movie genre has (IMHO) reached its' zenith. "Alice", the heroine of the first movie, awakes to find Raccon City swarming with zombies (and more), while the REMFs at Umbrella Corp. coldly observe the chaos from afar, calculating the money they can make with the T-Virus.
We finally meet the S.T.A.R.S. (Special Tactics And Rescue Squad), most notably Jill Valentine, who is sporting a blue tube top and black miniskirt--straight out of "Resident Evil 3: Nemesis"! Oh, and speaking of the Nemesis, he's here, too; what was left of Matt from the first movie has been transformed into a hulking bruiser who carries a rocket launcher *and* a Gatling gun! Oddly enough, the movie sort of humanizes the Nemesis near the end (you'll see).
Overall, this was a very good movie, much better than the first one, with an ending that sets up (hopefully) another sequel! OTOH, once you've used up "Apocalypse" in the title, where do you go from there? I hope we'll find out! My rating: 8/10.