• Starring: Michelle Rodriguez, Milla Jovovich
  • Summary: A secret experiment...a deadly virus...a fatal mistake. Based on the wildly popular video game series, Resident Evil is an action-packed thriller starring Milla Jovovich in a battle of good and evil, human versus computer, the living against the Undead. (Sony Pictures)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 24
  2. Negative: 11 out of 24
  1. One of the few video game movies to truly re-create the gaming experience -- from the three-dimensional maps to the structure of encountering increasingly grisly and dangerous foes at higher levels of play.
  2. A splattery futuristic zombie thriller, designed as a jolt-a-minute freakout for young audiences who were numbed into submission long ago.
  3. While computer games can boast an abundance of nifty graphics and odious villains and plucky protagonists on long journeys, they're invariably a tad wanting in the cinematic essentials -- you know, stuff like plot and characterization and theme.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 62 out of 90
  2. Negative: 19 out of 90
  1. KeenanS
    10
    Despite what critics and some people had to say about it, I absolutely loved Resident Evil. Sure the story doesn't exactly follow the games, but it created its own identity and was a well-written, competent story. The action scenes were well done, even if the zombies lacked blood and there was plenty to go around in terms of excitement. I loved the music and it fit well with the themes. Best of all, Milla Jovovich kicks so much ass in this film! Give it a try, it's actually quite good. Expand
    • 3 of 3 users said yes
  2. im a huge fan of the RE games ive played them all . what disappoints me about theese video games to movies the most is the pure abandonment of the source material . not much about this movie resembles much of any thing to the resident evil game outside it has zombies and is in a mansion thats about where it all ends . its a wachable movie if you try to forget its called resident evil . with out chris , jill , barry , and wesker the stars of the first game you dont really have a resident evil movie just some zombie flick branded with its name trying to cash in on it. Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. I wanted to like it, I honestly did but I couldnt. The acting is so terrible that it's actually funny to watch. Add in a few generic action sequences that make the movie some-what tolerable and terrible CGI, You have yourself yet another pathetic attempt to turn a video game into a movie. It also doesn't help that the movie is incredibly predictable and not scary at all. Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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