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Resident Evil: Apocalypse
EMAILPRINTSony Pictures Entertainment

Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 26 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 66 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Action | Horror | Sci-fi | Suspense/Thriller
Written by: Paul W.S. Anderson
Directed by: Alexander Witt
Release Date:
Theatrical: September 10, 2004
DVD: December 28, 2004
Running Time: minutes, Color
Origin: Germany / France / UK
Summary
RATING: R for non-stop violence, language and some nudity
Starring Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Oded Fehr, Thomas Kretschmann, Sophie Vavasseur, Razaaq Adoti, Jared Harris, and Mike Epps
In this terrifying adventure in survival horror, a deadly virus has been unleashed on the population of Raccoon City. (Sony Pictures)
Also On Metacritic
FILM: Resident Evil Resident Evil: Extinction
Also On The Web: Internet Movie Database View The Trailer Official Studio Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
The New York Times Dave Kehr
Mr. Anderson's screenplay provides a steady series of inventive action situations, and the director, Alexander Witt, makes the most of them. His work is fast, funny, smart and highly satisfying in terms of visceral impact.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Robert Dominguez
Witt, who cut his teeth as a second unit director on action thrillers "Speed," "XXX" and "The Bourne Identity," instead pours all his energy into stylized, blood-spattered fight scenes that come at a breakneck pace and should please the target audience, who grew up blasting the walking undead on Nintendos.
Read Full Review >Film Threat Pete Vonder Haar
Dumb, loud, and ludicrous in the extreme, and I actually enjoyed it.
Read Full Review >Portland Oregonian M. E. Russell
The bad news? The movie is monumentally stupid. The good news? It's a fun kind of stupid.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker
Best enjoyed by keeping in mind the latest cinematic proposition that apocalyptic disaster doesn't bring out the worst in people, only the stupidest.
Read Full Review >New York Post Lou Lumenick
There is nothing startlingly new in Resident Evil: Apocalpyse, but it is delivered with some panache and humor.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Crust
Witt injects the film with plenty of razzle-dazzle on the visual side, but the pace deadens whenever the zombies are offscreen or the characters open their mouths long enough to do anything more than grunt.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Richard James Havis
It's a frantic piece of filmmaking that invests nothing in the characters and moves much too fast for its own good. But things do pick up a bit for the final third, when a story line finally arrives.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Stephen Cole
A superior entertainment to both "RE 1" and "Alien vs. Predator."
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin
Takes too long to get going to qualify unequivocally as a good movie, but when Jovovich finally starts kicking zombified ass, it becomes good enough.
Read Full Review >Empire Chris Hewitt
The chief horror here is the cliffhanger promising a third instalment.
Read Full Review >Dallas Observer Luke Y. Thompson
Several visual nods to the game are amusing, but it's tough to recommend the movie to anyone who doesn't already own a PlayStation.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Chuck Wilson
This is efficient, soul-numbing moviemaking, diverting enough for blistering September afternoons when what's onscreen is secondary to how high they've cranked the air conditioning.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Ben Kenigsberg
Not without its moments of elemental dread, Apocalypse is also obviously padded, too long on action, and painfully short on irony. The satirical element still packs a minor jolt.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Angel Cohn
Offers up more of everything: more bloody zombie dogs, more crazy corporate evildoers, more Milla Jovovich unclothed and more over-the-top action scenes.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Robert K. Elder
Might be justified as "mindless fun" if it weren't for the acute lack of fun in its 93 minutes.
Read Full Review >Variety Scott Foundas
Calamitously uninspired and borderline incoherent, new pic lacks even those fleeting pleasures (namely, a sense of humor) that made the first film a passable popcorn attraction.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Richard Harrington
Plot and narrative? Minimal. Confrontations? Endless. Surprises? None.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
Fans of the video game will doubtless love it all but for true fans of the gnashing dead and we count ourselves among them this is strictly second-tier terror.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Cliff Doerksen
Not a fraction as scary as George Romero's low-budget "Night of the Living Dead." Fans of the first installment will probably like this too--it's essentially the same movie, plus helicopters and lots of flying glass.
Read Full Review >USA Today Claudia Puig
Should the desire to see a clever zombie movie strike, try the recent remake of "Dawn of the Dead" or last year's "28 Days."
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
Those who want something more substantial from a movie than a vid-game script with centerfold appeal will not find it in this noisy, bone-crushing survivalist flick inspired by the Game Cube diversion.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Peter Hartlaub
It's just too bad that almost nothing in the movie seems original. The "Thriller" video may have featured hokey dancing zombies, but at least someone was making an effort.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Gregory Kirschling
In Resident Evil: Apocalypse, the undead are back to stumbling in the dark, sometimes even in blurry slo-mo, making the many packs of them about as terrifying as the mobs waiting for Matt and Katie outside the "Today" studio.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Wesley Morris
Like so many movies with a keypad for a brain, Resident Evil: Apocalypse is another exercise in making us feel the irritation associated with having to stand behind some game hack for our turn to play.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
An utterly meaningless waste of time...It is a dead zone, a film without interest, wit, imagination or even entertaining violence and special effects.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 5.6 (out of 10) based on 66 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Keenan S. gave it a9:
This is the least of the live-action trilogy, but it's still a highly enjoyable and over-the-top action film. Sure some fight scenes were a bit cheesy, but the rest of the film makes up for that by having Milla Jovovich kick a great deal of ass. The Nemesis fights were pretty awesome and the film never got boring. People complained about the story, but I had no real gripes with it. This film was a great zombie action film that is great popcorn fun.
Stephen C. gave it a10:
The absolute best movie of the three. fast paced, awsome boss, and LJ is really funny.
David gave it a9:
I would have to totally agree with "A movie critic" on this one. This was a great movie that i just saw not too long ago (it's August of 2008). I had not seen these movies because of all the bad reviews i heard about from everyone. I love the games! I thought the first movie could have been better but this second one was great! It had a lot of references to the 2nd and 3rd RE games. No movie can be just like the game but i thought this one did a good enough job. As for a Zombie movie, I thought this movie was one of the best! If it wasn't for it being based on a game, i bet it would have gotten a higher score! Overall, very pleased! now i can't wait to see the 3rd one!
Michael D. gave it a9:
An almost complete movie. A true popcorn-type movie- I really enjoyed watching this, not judging from comparison to original storyline. Special effects were quite good, acting was OKish - overall a very good movie.
Buninho gave it a3:
the only thing good in this movie, is the fact that Nemesis it's well done maked..but come on..why they don't make the ORIGINAL STORY? Men, the movies are pretty bad..entretainig, but they don't have nothing to do with the great story that charmed me in '90's...oh well, i guess there's no hope for the resident evil:exticion (aka resident evil 3)...still, I LOVE RESIDENT EVIL!!!! AAAAAAAAH!
Dan W. gave it a2:
It's basically a b-movie with decent special effects. most of the plot elements and characters feel lifted from other movies. and the plot holes are big enough to drive a tank through it. But the futuristic city is very nice looking.
Nemesis C. gave it a10:
This movie was really cool it had a lot of action but yeah it wasn't long but it had a lot of action that movie entertained me that was the best action movie I've ever seen so far.
