Review of Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) by Kai82 — 30 Oct 2020

An enjoyable ride but fast forgotten. They got the action and horror elements right. However the plot and especially the bad guys plans get worse with each movie. The acting is O.K. while some dialogues are really bad.

The third movie continues the story. The T-Virus has spread across the entire world, killed most life and crated a barren wasteland. Alice played by Milla Jovovich has abandoned her companions as she is monitored by Umbrella and struggling with her new powers.

Meanwhile Umbrella is also struggling while still be in the relative safety of their hidden underground facilities. Alice joins a new group of survivors and the story begins to take momentum. Like I said the story is mostly a vehicle for the action and horror.

This is not a huge problem as this makes the movie enjoyable. There is no need for a great story as Resident Evil was always about B-movie appeal;-). The actors are well chosen and deliver what they could.

All missteps I would put on the scrip and dialogues. Milla Jovovich rocks as always and I think it is a role made for her. Ali Larter was a good Claire Redfield and Iain Glen as Dr. Isaacs is a well done villain.

Like his struggles and plots to archive his goals. Bonus point for the climax, final battle and resolution here which can be described as team-effort ;-). Sadly they do not use this well in the next movie.

My negatives are the plans and plots of the bad guy. With each movie it gets more complicated and senseless. It is like pretending you planed all of this when in reality you have no idea how this happened.

Like I said it does not need a masterful story but believable motives for the bad guys are a staple of the games. Overall this was an enjoyable movie that we have fast forgotten. We watched it in cinema and I asked all of my friends if they remembered this movie or thought about it.

While they remembered it everyone had not thought about it since then (except when we watched the next one). This is my conclusion as it is a solid experience but nothing special and nothing awful either.