Less Action, More Survival Horror

Rating: 8/10 (20 September 2007)

That was what i didn't like most about the first two terrible but fun adaptations but the third film Extinction shows a lot of survival horror and combines it with pulse pounding action and the supreme hotness of Milla Jovovich. The best thing about Extinction is that it is as close to the games as Paul WS Anderson is going to get but most of the kudos goes to director Russel Mulachy who clearly has a better understanding of the games and uses a lot of similar game elements to create scary and suspenseful scenes. Of course this is a Paul WS Anderson movie and you can tell by the writing because of the few but noticeable cheesy lines and the complicated and confusing plot but Mulachy makes it seem OK with his vision of Andersons movie. Visually the sets are awesome very desert like very apocalyptic i was totally impressed. The special effects light up the screen and Milla Jovovich steals the show and although she was never in the games she's as bad@$$ as Claire, Jill, or Leon are. As a stand alone movie it's every bit as great a popcorn movie as Spider-Man or Pirates Of The Carribbean cool story lots of action, some funny humor, it's fantastic high budget nonsense at it's most entertaining state. If you didn't like the first two still chance it with this one because it's a much different interpretation more horror, more jump scares, and more gory action packed thrills. Extinction is by far the best out of all three and has the most amazing looking zombies that are pretty hard to one up the only movie i can think of may be 28 Weeks Later but even still the make up gives the zombies a very Hills Have Eyes look which i find very cool. The crows are neat and i'm glad they added them because the whole scene worked well creating intensity and just that kick@$$ environment you want in this kind of movie. In closing i think Resident Evil: Extinction is the best of the series, the best choice for this weekend, and the most entertaining and fulfilling ride of the year of the threequels.