Wow! What a fun night!

Rating: Null/10 (25 January 2005)

This is the kind of movie that need not make a thin strand of sense. It is action for the sake of action. And if there's a moron out there who felt the plot was too light or character development was too weak -- well yea duh, you moron. This is an action film. This features the undead. This is for your entertainment. This is not going to make you think or ponder over anything. It's an action horror film.
I really liked the first one. The whole concept, the 'evil corporation' the secret testing, the Hive. It was all like ...well... a game. "Umbrella" is evil and you pit evil against tough people who you are rooting for. The Alice in Wonderland angle was outstanding. In the final shooting script there were even more references that were cut.
Anyway, back to the sequel. It didn't even feel like a sequel -- it just felt like the continuing saga. The new chick, Jill Valentine, was awesome -- it was very much a woman empowerment movie. Epps was so funny. It all made sense to me on its own terms. It never tried to be anything it wasn't.
So when's part three coming out? And you know what -- I'm in my mid 40s. Give me this kind of film over "In the bedroom' or "Mystic River" any day. Life is hard enough. Who the heck wants to see a drama about someone else problems. Action, humor and fake carnage is the way to go!!