Friday, September 10, 2010

Resident Evil Afterlife [spoiler alert]

First off for people who hate Alice, I'll save you two hours: She doesn't die.
When I first heard about the fourth Resident Evil film I did not expect much. The first one sucked ass, it's only saving graces were Milla Jovovich, Eric Maibus, and the dude who played "One". The second, Apocalypse, was moderately better, especially thanks to Jill Valentine and Nemesis from the videogames and with Sienna Guillory as Jill (Oh, boy she was just orgasmic as Jill.), but still wasn't all that great. The third seemed to be a Day Of The Dead rip-off, it's saving grace was Jason O'Mara as Albert Wesker. The third one, Extinction, had so many problems such as Dr. Issacs becoming the Tyrant, killing off LJ (Epps was one of the few good things about series), Killing off Olivera (problem for Carlos fans not for me, but Fehr was a good Carlos). And now number 4...Afterlife, where to begin? Better than number one and three. One of the biggest annoyances lies not within the plot but filming: 3D. WHAT THE FUCK?! We're not in the 1970s-1980s, flying shit coming out of the screen really isn't all that impressive and the fucking technology is painful, (I have a major Migraine as I am writing this). One thing I was glad to see is the Alice character lose her powers. However don't let the trailers and rumors fool you: Jill and Wesker are in this, they're just not in it a lot. Even for someone who runs things from behind the scenes. Speaking of Wesker, he was both a blessing and a curse for this film. Chris and Claire Redfield are in the film, since I hate their game counterparts, they were alright in the film.

For Redfield fans, Chris is a member of the Army in the film and is not affiliated with the Air-Force or even S.T.A.R.S. (but then again neither was Wesker). And Claire like almost everyone else who survives the film has a mind control device in her chest but a powerless Alice removes it shortly after they are reunited.

1) Despite being the main villain, he doesn't seem as involved with the plot.
2) He appears to be struggling with the virus for control. He appears to be halfway dead or has rigor mortis, since his neck is broken apparently since it pops every time he moves.
3) Unsatisfying conclusion: Wesker finds the bomb on his transport and it says he has two minutes. Two minutes to throw that thing the fuck overboard or smash out through the wind shield. Due to this it's hard to tell whether or not he was killed but the ensuing explosion (Mr. Anderson, bear in mind, you pretty much fucked up the other villains of the series, so if do you decide to make a sequel just use Wesker again)

My other beef is that Jill was only in it for two minutes at the most, but in away this made a better, thrilling ending. And Sienna still looks terrific as Jill, even if it's her from Resident Evil 5. So also bring Sienna back for the sequel. (hmm Jill vs. Alice....how bout that hot twosome Jeremy Bolt wanted for Apocalypse's ending?)

Finally the monsters....The Zombies begin to change into the "Majini" from Resident Evil 5 and that stupid Executioner monster is in the film, only in better shape (*phone rings* Executioner: Stardom?! I better become slim and trim!) So basically if you hated Resident Evil 5 you may hate or like this one.

I give Resident Evil Afterlife a 3 1/2 out of 5.

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