Disappointing

Rating: 4/10 (23 September 2007)

To begin, I consider myself to be a somewhat shrewd critic of zombie movies in general. I found the third installment of Resident Evil: Extinction, to be a very overproduced rehashing of what we saw in the first two films, with a few borrowed extras from the horror movie genre. My first critique is the makeup effects. I understand surrealism and suspension of disbelief, but the heroines of this film looked like painted up geishas from start to finish. It should've been a music video. The cinematography was brown and orange, in fact, when i close my eyes and think of this film, i just think of how shiny everyone was. Second, the acting left something to be desired, but then again, that may have just been a product of the dysfunctional style of the director, or poor scripting. Personally, i think its a bit of both. Either way, i don't consider this a spoiler, but we get the naked chick in the bathroom, the slice-n-dice laser room, killer zombie dogs, the typical "survivor bit by a zombie but trying to conceal it" routine (yawn), and the newest addition to the already over-exhausted agenda...killer zombie birds and telekinesis. Anyway, I've provided all of the elements of this film, nothing new here. The bottom line, if it comes down to a choice at the theatre, see Rob Zombie's Halloween. But hey, if super loud surprises are your idea of a great horror film, then by all means, you will enjoy this new, slightly boring version of Resident Evil.