Review of Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) by Michael C — 17 Dec 2012

The Best of the Resident Evil films yet!

After being experimented upon by Scientists from The Umbrella Corporation (see the end of Resident Evil: Apocalypse) Alice has become stronger, more dexterous, and has developed mental powers.

The T virus has spread and mutated to now somehow devastate vegetation all over the earth. The world has become a wasteland over-run by Zombies.

Shortly after Alice meets up with a group of traveling survivors in the Nevada desert, she is located by the Umbrella Corporation, which attempts to re-capture her so that they can use her blood for experimentation and a cure for the T virus.

The strongest of the Resident Evil films so far, Resident Evil: Extinction does not suffer from a straining to make the story work that the previous films had. It feels more natural and therefore is not only more believable, but also easier to lose yourself in and forget that you are watching a movie.

The one down side is the hokey looking tentacles that shoot from the mutated scientist's fingers. Apparently this creature is based upon one in the video games, but the tentacles just did not work for me.

As a film, Resident Evil: Extinction is definitely worth watching in the theatre. (B+).

In a case of the sum being greater than the parts, although I have not rated any of the films so far as being worth buying by themselves, they are strangely compelling and worth buying as a series.

I can't wait for Resident Evil: Afterlife, coming to theatres September 10th, 2010. I only hope that they do not go overboard on the 3-D and make it gimmicky.