The best one in the series

Rating: 8/10 (1 October 2007)

The first Resident Evil films were good but were Luke warm adaptations for a great computer game franchise by Capcom. However I was glad to say that Resident Evil : Extinction on the other hand offered was a nice way to cap off the saga. Set after the events of the second movie, we find out band of survivors trying to get out of the barren wasteland earth as the T-virus inflection goes global. The film wastes no time just diving into the action and moving along at a quick pace with very little gags and wise cracks as the tempo was upped. There were excellent use of SFX, landscapes (kind of mad max style), and action with gore. One thing that I loved about this movie was that it did not waste time on trying to offer scientific explanations for everything trying to make it sound intelligent as the last 2 movies did not really do a great job of it, this one just stuck to the action. Both Milla Jovoich and Oded Fehr were excellent in this as well as the alter-ego crazy woman from Heroes - although she was Claire Redfield...but to me she will forever be know as the homicidal woman alter-ego woman from heroes and Manfred Powl from Tomb Raider was very cool as umbrella research leader all keeping in touch with the spirit of the computer game. My only complaints were that I wished it had ended a little better and not on what felt like a cliffhanger. I would of also like to have seen a bit on the expansion of Alice whilst she was in the Umberealla facility rather than just an abrupt start I think that just felt a little stupid! To conclude Resident Evil : Extinction stood out on its own as a film as well as ending a saga of a very Luke warm trilogy , worth a check if you have seen both films and are fan of the games but also if your a fan of zombie movies like Dawn or Land of the Dead! Either way this lived past its expectations of being crap and you can check this out feeling entertained and satisfied unlike with Rob Zombie's Halloween.
RESIDENT EVIL:EXTINCTION - 8.8 OUT OF 10
EXPERIMENTATION...EVOULUTION...EXTINCITION!