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

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Nell Minow Common Sense Media An ultra-gory video game-to-movie disappointment. Rated: 2/5 Dec 28, 2010 Full Review Scott Foundas Variety 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). Mar 31, 2009 Full Review Derek Adams Time Out 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. Jun 24, 2006 Full Review Sharai Bohannon A Nightmare On Fierce Street Podcast 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. Rated: 1.5/5 May 23, 2025 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 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. Rated: 2.5/4 Mar 8, 2024 Full Review James Croot The Post NZ Zombie movies of course allow for a certain degree of poor acting – and that certainly is the case here. Rated: 2/5 Apr 4, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member I ripped all of the series and am watching for the first time- it's ok. Weird, grim, dark- it has elements that are cool and then some kind of meh stuff thrown in. When I ripped them I figured they made 6 of them they can't be too bad. We'll see- the first is usually the best and the rest will have to at least be as good or it will not interest me to watch all of them. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/30/25 Full Review Pedro Henrique C Resident Evil is not a perfect film, but entertaining the audience with an interesting suspenseful tone is a good action scene from the 2000s. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/26/25 Full Review Emily M My favourite movie of the franchise. Love this movie, has some good jump scares. Definitely a comfort movie. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 04/10/25 Full Review my shoes y good also slipknot Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/23/25 Full Review AJ L Genuinely awesome. Critics way off Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/13/25 Full Review Gilberto R I loved it when I watched it as a child, and I loved re-watching it recently. This movie is very action packed with many memorable moments. It is a must watch if you love zombie movies. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/10/25 Full Review 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 Un-dead. 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)
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