Review of Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) by Kai82 — 01 Nov 2020

More of the previous movie. The story is there mostly to connect the action scenes together and use cool ideas. If you analyze the story it makes barley sense. Some things could never be hidden or done that way.

Especially the plans and schemes are idiotic. I thought sometimes if there was a reboot of the story or that I missed some crucial elements. When the ending credits role you will be confused at piecing the parts together.

However the action and horror elements are great as ever. Also I must admit that some ideas and concepts are really awesome. These are just poorly used here or missteps. This is another case were I see a potential great movie with a better script and ideas that can work well with better implementation.

I must praise the effects for the zombies and monsters while I am at it. The acting is acceptable for this genre and I think the nomination for the golden raspberry was not deserved. Again Milla Jovovich plays her role well and Shawn Robert is great as Albert Wesker.

The other do the best they could within the script. I think I will praise also Sienna Guillory as Jill Valetine and Boris Kodjoe as Luther West. Again the characters from the games are different from their movie counterparts and it is irritating for fans of the games.

The Las Plagas are also something different in Resident Evil 4. Overall it is has enjoyable action sequences and horror elements within a confusing story. I think while it has its merits it was not worth watching while also not being that awful.