Resident Evil: Retribution

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Resident Evil: Retribution

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Released Sep 14, 2012

1h 36m

Horror

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Sci-Fi

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As Umbrella Corp.'s deadly T-virus continues to turn the world's population into legions of flesh-eating zombies, Alice (Milla Jovovich), the human race's last hope, awakes deep within Umbrella's secret operations facility. The further she delves into the complex, the more of her mysterious past is unveiled. Her global hunt for those responsible for the outbreak leads to a mind-blowing revelation; Aided by friends old and new, Alice fights to escape from a world on the edge of oblivion.

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Critics Consensus

Resident Evil: Retribution offers everything one might reasonably expect from the fifth installment in a heavily action-dependent franchise -- which means very little beyond stylishly hollow CGI-enhanced set pieces.

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

Nobody goes to a Resident Evil movie expecting a classic but this fifth entry in the series is just plain cruddy.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 21, 2012

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Rafer Guzman

Newsday

The script is incoherent and the acting is terrible -- avatars would have been an improvement.

Rated: 1/4

Sep 17, 2012

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Joe Neumaier

New York Daily News

Thuddingly awful.

Rated: 1/5

Sep 17, 2012

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

The degree to which this fast-food movie and its predecessors are completely forgettable is counteracted by Anderson’s usual clip-show recaps at the beginning of each new sequel.

Rated: 1/4

Sep 27, 2022

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

To make up for the utter lake of sensibility, the film incorporates lots of spontaneous action, sudden crashes or explosions or gunfire, and hyperactive zombies.

Rated: 1/10

Dec 2, 2020

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David Hogan

hoganreviews.co.uk

I was starting to sort of like these films, in a silly way, but this was so empty, filled with so many long scenes of characters just shooting machine guns at each other....

Rated: 2/5

Oct 31, 2019

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Ok, I ripped the whole franchise, never seen any of them before, and it's 2025. No. The 1st was meh. The 2nd I couldn't finish- it sucked. The 3rd was a b level zombie flick, better than the last 2. The 4th, had some nice looks to it but again, a zombie movie with no real script other than escaping zombies. I thought it ok. The 5th, Retribution, I couldn't finish. In order to keep the franchise they were going to have to really slam-dunk the last 2 movies but this was feeling like the 2nd one, which I hated, and there was just no way to save it. I won't be keeping any of them and won't be watching the last chapter. I trip that this made 1 billion, as a franchise, but some people just like action movies no matter how lame or nonsensical. Deleting them after I write this.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

09/11/25

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Samuel S

Well done. Afterlife is still the best out of the series.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/11/25

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Pete D

This movie is pure Resi Evil. It's never going to win an Oscar. Some reviews say "Worst movie ever seen" which presumably means they have only seen a few movies. Like Bond films, we know the main character will normally survive everything thrown at them. It's an action film, futuristic, tick boxes action clips and sound. What I really liked was the minimal CGI usage. Remember, Critics hate for a living. I enjoyed this

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/02/25

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Katelyn O

Genuinely one of the worst movies I've ever seen. It's so bad it made me do my first ever written review. I couldn't recommend it less

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/27/25

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Pedro Henrique C

Resident Evil: Retribution has a really cool scene in the white hallway with the zombies, but the rest of the movie is nothing new.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

05/27/25

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Guilherme F

MAIS UM DOS FILMES DESSA SERIE, ELE É UM POUQUINHO MELHOR QUE 0 QUARTO, POR QUE ELE TRAZ A ADA, LEON E MAIS ALGUNS DOS PERSONAGENS DA FRANQUIA DOS JOGOS, APESAR DE NÃO SER AQUILO QUE QUERIAMOS, MAIS PRESTA.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/02/25

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Resident Evil: Retribution: Official Clip - Alice Frees Jill

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Resident Evil: Retribution: Official Clip - Tentacle Zombie Attack

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Resident Evil: Retribution: Official Clip - Ada & Alice vs. Executioners

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Resident Evil: Retribution: Official Clip - Zombie Home Invasion

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Resident Evil: Retribution: Official Clip - The Giant Licker

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Resident Evil: Retribution: Official Clip - Destroying Umbrella's Facility

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Resident Evil: Retribution: Official Clip - Alice Fights Zombies

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Resident Evil: Retribution: Official Clip - Alice vs. Rain

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Resident Evil: Retribution: Official Clip - Jill vs. Alice

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Synopsis

As Umbrella Corp.'s deadly T-virus continues to turn the world's population into legions of flesh-eating zombies, Alice (Milla Jovovich), the human race's last hope, awakes deep within Umbrella's secret operations facility. The further she delves into the complex, the more of her mysterious past is unveiled. Her global hunt for those responsible for the outbreak leads to a mind-blowing revelation; Aided by friends old and new, Alice fights to escape from a world on the edge of oblivion.

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Producer: Jeremy Bolt, Paul W.S. Anderson, Robert Kulzer, Don Carmody, Samuel Hadida
Screenwriter: Paul W.S. Anderson
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Davis Films, Impact Pictures, Constantin Film
Rating: R (Sequences of Strong Violence)
Genre: Horror, Action, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 14, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $42.3M
Runtime: 1h 36m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Datasat, Dolby Digital

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