Not a very good movie

Rating: 2/10 (27 September 2004)

I normally love sequels and love movies based on video games or comics when they are done right. They should be able to get continuing viewers as well as new viewers involved with the story and up to speed quickly then move ahead. This movie does neither of those.
The movie starts out pretty good but then it becomes very confusing, very quickly. Characters are introduced with no explanation and often with no rationale. Jill Valentine is a character who seems to have been introduced solely to give another sexy woman a reason to strut around in a very skimpy dress (not that I am complaining). I gathered she was an off duty cop but why would she strap her guns on and put on her boots but not take time to put on a shirt or pants? Wouldn't that shoulder holster start to chafe bare shoulders? How did she know to immediately start shooting zombies in the head? Maybe there was something in the original but I sure don't remember it or remember her character.
Alice is yet another example of the movie makers trying to find ways to put her in skimpy outfits then trying to come up with a reason. They did not try very hard to get a reason. She is shown nearly nude or nude more times than is necessary (again, not that I am complaining - though I will admit that her nude is not as good as skimpy clothed in the right clothes..).
The camera work also distracted more than added to the movie. I do not understand the overwhelming desire of so many directors to shoot with handhelds and use jerky pictures. It makes me dizzy and almost always just confuses the scene. If confusion were the real desire, maybe it would be okay but when you have paid for lots of special effects, you want the audience to see them I would assume.
Overall, the film is mostly a few thoughts that are pieced together with the flimsiest of threads. There is no explanation for why Raccoon City has a wall all the way around it. The end of the movie is an obvious attempt to set up another sequel but that is a sequel I hope is never made if they cannot do a better job than this one.