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Resident Evil

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Based on the popular video game, Milla Jovovich and Michelle Rodriguez star as the leaders of a commando team who must break into "the hive," a vast underground genetics laboratory operated by the powerful Umbrella Corporation. There, a deadly virus has been unleashed, killing the lab's personnel and resurrecting them as the evil Undead. The team has just three hours to shut down the lab's supercomputer and close the facility before the virus threatens to overrun the Earth.
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Critics Consensus

Like other video game adapations, Resident Evil is loud, violent, formulaic, and cheesy.

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Nell Minow Common Sense Media 12/28/2010
2/5
An ultra-gory video game-to-movie disappointment. Go to Full Review
Scott Foundas Variety 03/31/2009
Despite a promising setup, pic never really goes anywhere, instead immersing viewers in a kinetic onslaught of flesh (namely, that of Milla Jovovich) and flesh-eaters (most of the rest of the cast). Go to Full Review
Derek Adams Time Out 06/24/2006
Hats off, however, to the production team for the set designs and one very imaginative death-by-laser sequence. The rest is a derivative, tedious mess. Go to Full Review
Noah Berlatsky Everything is Horrible (Substack) Apr 11
There is a certain blunt honesty in the film’s remorseless self-consumption, as it blankly chews up its own soul, leaving its dead eyes reflecting the impressive vacuousness of bland corporate anti corporate default. Go to Full Review
Sharai Bohannon A Nightmare On Fierce Street Podcast May 23
1.5/5
This movie doesn’t understand why the games work. You can’t just put zombies in a place with an Umbrella logo and act like you ate. It also has too many bodies on screen to give us tension. It feels like a Lady Gaga escape room. Go to Full Review
Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 03/08/2024
2.5/4
If you can manage to shut off your brain, you might allow yourself to get caught up in its claustrophobic action, which has sufficient production value to keep your mind off of the ludicrous storyline. Go to Full Review
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Andy's E @andrew139 4d this movie is such an insult to the game series i feel like plucking my eyes out so i dont have to watch this trash, alice is not a character of the game and they make her the main character and where is stars team, chris, jill, barry, well they are not in this movie instead we get a group of unheard group of men and women come to this place, oh yeah its not the mansion and run by a stupid computer known as the red queen, has she got anything to do with the game, nope and she runs everything a freaking computer, and going back to the team, well they are all useless and all get killed off in a laser room the minute they show up. my god what a wreak of a movie and the director wrote this garbage and had his wife as the made actor and like i said before a character not seen in no game. 2/10 See more R M @RT37493395 5d Don't go into this expecting too much but this was a really fun horror zombie flick. Loved it for the time it came out and its still a fun watch. See more Ross B. @RossButler Apr 22 Fun in the same way Spiderman 1 2000 is. If you know what you’re getting into, this movie is an absolute blast and a really cool way of portraying another zombie apocalypse storyline. Despite having absolutely nothing to do with the games, it’s still enjoyable for zombie fans like myself. You’ll laugh more than once See more Rite W @Holstis Apr 22 Some might say "disappointment," I'll answer "an immortal classic." See more Estahon B @RT4688643 Apr 21 It's still a weird thing See more Joe L @Hoagie1013 Apr 10 Absolutely enjoyed watching this movie See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Based on the popular video game, Milla Jovovich and Michelle Rodriguez star as the leaders of a commando team who must break into "the hive," a vast underground genetics laboratory operated by the powerful Umbrella Corporation. There, a deadly virus has been unleashed, killing the lab's personnel and resurrecting them as the evil Undead. The team has just three hours to shut down the lab's supercomputer and close the facility before the virus threatens to overrun the Earth.
Director
Paul W.S. Anderson
Producer
Jeremy Bolt, Bernd Eichinger, Samuel Hadida, Paul W.S. Anderson
Screenwriter
Alan B. McElroy
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
Production Co
Impact Pictures, New Legacy, Metropolitan, Davis Films
Rating
R (Nudity|Language|Sexuality|Strong Horror Violence|Strong Sci-Fi Violence)
Genre
Horror, Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 15, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$39.5M
Runtime
1h 40m
Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby Digital, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)