The only good thing is the solid direction

Rating: 3/10 (31 January 2010)

Resident Evil Extinction is better than Apocalypse, but it still makes me think that why they do that? I mean bad movies? And it is very annoying that in IMDb, there are a lot of good movies whose ratings are less than Extinction, but deserve much more. The opening scene of the movie aims to surprise the audience, but it can't. There are only two good things in this film, the panoramic views and the cinematography, this is a post apocalyptic film, a movie in dust and dirt! The abominable family at the beginnings recall Judge Dredd (or Chronicles of Riddick) and it was exciting. The second and third Resident Evil movies don't focus on the zombie action and zombie horror, there are awful sub stories and characters instead. However, when I saw that the director of Extinction is Russell Mulcahy, I cheered up, because he is a cult director from 80s and 90s, he made some cult B movies like Highlander. However, he disappointed me. However, as said, the movie has a better, solid direction. As said, in terms of direction, this is much better than the second one, but still this is not a well executed and well delivered movie. Returning to the story, the people who hunt zombies for fun from a convoy was cliché (already used by Romero in Land of the Dead) The best part of the movie begins when they arrive at New York. However, zombies's make up effects are awful, there are time-lapse shots which good news for 28 Days Later fans, but bad news for Resident Evil fans! Extinction is an entertaining movie, if all you want is just entertainment. The monster of Extinction is not as ridiculous as Nemesis, but still very uninspiring, terrible looking... Why we cannot see a well done monster in R.E. movies since the first film?