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Rating: 5/10 (15 October 2007)

Resident Evil: Extinction follows on from the previous 2 RE films, although set some years after the events of RE. Apocalypse. The setting is a post-apocalyptic earth inhabited predominately by zombie mutations, with a few human survivors fighting their way through life.
The difference with this film from the 2 before it is that it suffers from little plot, being more than slightly rushed towards the end to fit what plot there is into it and stretches far too much of what isn't needed. Each of the films have there own flaws but this one is weighed down by a hefty chunk of exposition and 'story' which is mainly not required i.e. most of the first 45 minutes of the film, which sets the tone to slow and laborious rather than atmospheric or action packed.
What action there is though, is good. The monsters are OK (certainly better looking than 'Nemesis' from the last film, who was essentially just a giant cartoon) and the acting is... there. What suffers though, is the plot. More so, the lack of it. Without revealing anything, some parts rely too heavily on the first film for ideas and most of it seems to be giving George A. Romero's "Day of the Dead" more than just a nod and wink.
All this said, it isn't a bad film. It has a violent charm and some good effects and action and a couple of, albeit predicable, jumpy moments. However, so much could have been done that wasn't, so I see this as a somewhat missed opportunity for what will probably be the last in this series of films.