An Evil Blunder

Rating: 3/10 (24 December 2007)

Another movie in the Resident Evil series which is plagued by bad acting, a terrible script and a lackluster cast who are devoid of showing any credible emotion throughout the film.
The premise of this movie is somewhat based on a compromise between Mad Max, Star Wars and Land of the Dead.
Unfortunately this is neither.
Being a well-read and big fan of the Resident Evil video games I felt like what I was watching could be comparable to what it feels like to have needles stuck in your eye. The story is completely contradictory to the games and seems like Anderson just made it up as he went along without having one ounce of credibility to knowing what the hell Resident Evil is.
For starters I don't recall ever having to play or read about Claire Redfield as a leader to a tacky convoy to Alaska. Was this after or before she crashed on Rockfort Island? Who knows other than the fact that for some reason after humans are going extinct the planet turns into a barren wasteland so I guess it's safe to say after despite the absence of Chris who at this point would be in a lush Haitian Island...
Still with me? No? Good, we're on the same level then.
The actors who portrait the characters also seem selected as if there was a contest to see who could act as much like a robot as possible and have continuity from anything in the past. I think I am correct to assume that Carlos was from South America and he rode off into the sunset with Jill and Berry at the end of Resident Evil 3. Oops! From now on I will just call the one in the movie Carl.
To add to this, Wesker looks like he just came off the set of a really cheesy 80s style porn set. Although with the quality of writing found throughout the movie(s), one would have to wonder if scripts got mixed up minus some decent girl on girl....
I was pretty much in tears when I watched in agony as Luke, er, I mean Alice lifted up all those rocks and her bike and shielded Carl from the fire. Apparently, she is also a Jedi. It's the only thing which is explainable without making it sound that bad. And here I thought a chain-linked fence suppressing hordes of undead was going to be the high point in laughter. Surprises surprises! If you want to enjoy Resident Evil, just watch someone play the video games and pretend it's a movie. Even though it does have the same level of dialog, it would be far more enjoyable than having to watch this confusing mess. Just like my review.