Resident Evil: Afterlife





Grade: C

Not a huge drop-off, but it's the worst of the four films. The 3D is wonderful, though. Especially the opening scene with a girl in Tokyo.

The ending completely fell on its face (nobody in the audience seemed to know they were looking at ), but it's a better capper than Resident Evil Extinction: Attack of the Clones.

It's easily the weakest of the series, but still pretty fun. And thumbs up on the 3D.

I don't think it's worse than Apocalypse.

But, like, that ending, umm... wut? And lol, this movie really didn't play to the dumbasses who go see a fourth entry in a series without seeing the others. If you haven't seen the first three, you ain't gon' know nuthin bitch. Which thank gawd. I hate when they do that crap in sequels. "Let me spend tha first 5 mins saying wut happened last time, peeps." It's tacky.

But just like Extinction, this movie went to shizz at the end. wut wuz dat ya'll? The last 10 minutes was awkward. I actually liked it a good deal till they got out of the prison. Then it got all Apocalypsey on the freighter. But some of it on the freighter was nice. "I didn't want you guyz to miss it!"

I feel they need to let go of the "dramatic camera pull back to show dramatic shizz" thing in the last scene in RE5, since RE5 probably reaalllyyy needs to end in such a way that it can definitely be the last one. It only really worked in the first movie, which tbh is an epic fucking ending. But I guess they consider it their thing, and they trying ta make it werk again.

It's kinda funny though, considering how extremely different the movies are from the games, that the movie series has/is giving me exactly what I wanted the game series to do which it didn't; a real fight and struggle against Umbrella to bring dey asses down. The game series totally flopped this in its revamp with the fourth game. "Don't yu know, they stock plummeted. It over, yo."

It ain't perfect. But it looks nice. Bitches had a budget, and they spent it on sets and actual nice looking locations. And Milla didn't look like a Parisian prostitute the entire time.

I doubt they'll ever top the first movie (which I know isn't perfect, but in comparison, it becomes so much better) but I enjoyed Afterlife for the 95 minutes vaca to The Matrix with zombz.


out of

Bring on 2013 and Resident Evil 5.

was pretty awesome till that shit ending.

BJs Grade

C-

worst of the series by far.

Resident Evil: Afterlife is not my cup of tea.

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Back story: I lost my Resident Evil virginity to RE3: Extinction - - I'd missed the first two films and the entire game franchise - - and then I done went and ended up absolutely loving it! A classic end 'o the world catastrophilm!!!
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Sadly, this fourth entry in the series essentially goes nowhere**.

Yeah, it has it's moments, with some cool sci-fi ideas (eg prison as fort) tossed in between one overtly 3D action scene and the next. Even some of the 3D was fun... ridiculous scenes especially made for 3D, making the most of this monkey-grade technology. (RE:A didn't come close to the true quality 3D integrity of the previous two surprisingly good showcases for this stereoscopischtick as the recent far superior films: Pirannha 3D and Step Up 3D.)

...but in the end this is a simple run-and-gun.


2 out of 5.




{ ** Not that there isn't an overarching story that will carry the franchise deep into our very own futures, it's just it's so darn peripheral that it's hard to even care. Not only that, but the ending of this movie is so freakin' open ended, it makes Pamela Anderson look like a virgin. Coitus interruptus or what?!? Though, I remain eternally hopeful that one of RE5 to RE25 will be great, maybe even more...}

A decent sequel. It is inferior to the first and third films, but better than the second. Returning director Paul W.S. Anderson missteps here and there--Alice (Milla Jovovich) flies over a zombie-infested Los Angeles, but 90 percent of the film is set inside the walls of a prison, i.e. lots of grey, nondescript soundstages--but, in general, the pace is tight, the action is impressive, and the film is a minor, but potent pleasure.

Jovovich could play this role in her sleep; there are no surprises to be found in her fourth turn as Alice, but she's always solid. To be honest, this might be my least favorite Resident Evil cast to date. In the past, the franchise has utilized talented character performers (Michelle Rodriguez, Oded Fehr) well. Most of the new faces here are bland. The most recognizable, Wentworth Miller (still playing a prisoner), delivers a fine, but forgettable performance. Kacey Barnfield is cute, but disposed of before she can leave too deep of an impression. And Shawn Roberts is downright terrible as the main antagonist, stone-cold Umbrella executive Albert Wesker. His line readings are laughable. I wish we could have seen more of Spencer Locke (returning as "K-Mart").

Conceived, shot, and released in 3D, this is the most satisfying live action 3D presentation since Avatar. Every scene has a convincing, pleasing depth and a few include playful 3D gags (exploding zombie heads!). It helps the action is crisp and clear; despite his toxic reputation, I've always thought Anderson had considerable talent behind the camera (at least as a stylist).

B

6/10 -> C

It brings nothing new to the table, but it doesn't steer away from the formula that graced the first three movies. The story might be the weakest one yet (or pointless if you really want), but from the action point of view it's one of the better if not the best in the franchise. I watched it in 3D but I don't think that my ,opinion would be any different if I watched the regular 2D version.

BTW 3D is really nice in this movie. Some scenes were even more impressive than some in Avatar.

B+

Reallly good, IT is on par with the third. The 3D is amazing and the action is great. Milla owns this series sso much that this will not live without her.

and....

The 3D was cool, but still headache-inducing. And for a zombie movie, those zombies barely played a role! I think the zombies themselves might have eaten one person throughout the whole film.

For the record, I really disagree with the idea that you need to have seen the first three movies to get this one. Psychic clones become much easier to accept in a world where they can dodge an endless barrage of machine gun fire. Getting rid of Alice's powers might have been a good idea... If they hadn't then had her immediately survive the most impossible to survive helicopter crash in the history of cinema.

But critiquing a lack of realism in the Resident Evil series(or for that matter, character and dialogue) is a masochistic act. The best way to enjoy these movies is to zombify your logical brain and stare mindlessly at the nihilistic mayhem. In that regard, this is a much more exciting and visually impressive entry than the previous two sequels. That said, the amazing thing about the Resident Evil series is how darn good the first one looks in retrospect. Sure, the editing was clunky and the characters just as thin, but at least that one had a ticking clock, a good variety of obstacles and villians, and a rock solid ending. At this point, these movies are bargain-basement entertainment. They can be enjoyable as long as the viewer has absolutely no pretensions, or arguably views the complete disregard for physics, logic and character development as comedy.

1/10.

Based on the movie or the trailers?

The movie. From time to time, I watch a bad movie with friends in order to ridicule it. Proof.

Despite not seeing a previous Resident Evil, Afterlife is a decent enough exposure to where I can see myself checking out the rest of the series. It's a simple apocalyptic story while adding in some typical zombie plots. However, the action is watchable enough and the story doesn't end up being as close to bad as say something like The Book of Eli. One of the largest problems with watching this in 2D though was that it was way too obvious that the 3D used was "in your face" 3D instead of just enhancing the picture. There were also a bit too many laughable, out of nowhere death scenes. If it works out some kinks this series could be something. It is almost there. **

They should have called it Resident Evil: Slow Motion, I wanted to puke by the amount of slow motion used in this film. Did Anderson think he could bring Bullet Time back or something.

I really enjoyed the third film, the best of the series as it felt the less of WS Anderson fuck up additions and more just like a Zombie film. Action is awful, effects are really bad, including the 3D, and I don't even get the end of the first scene. What was the point of that shot she got, it didn't shit to her.

The motives behind Umbrella testing on all the survivors is just dumb, you'd think they'd want to have some people start reproducing society. At least it was quick. I liked Christ Redfield, though his voice was kind of hilariously creepy, and I did like big guy with Axe, though as stated above there is so much slow motion I felt his entire action scene in realtime was like 10 seconds, He runs left, he runs right, he gets shot, throws axe, killed.

Resident Evil- C
Apocalypse- C+
Extinction- B+
Afterlife- D

Resident Evil: Afterlife

Not many franchises have done it, Alien did it, Rocky did it, and now Resident Evil's done it, but every other franchise I can think of has never made a fourth movie that has surpassed that of the preceeding three films. Afterlife is a really great ride, with some of the most enjoyable and stylish action sequences I've seen in a while. Partly because most of it is shot in slo-mo, but I'm fine with that for this sort of throw-away, trashy brand of cinema (it's at the top of that niche).

I don't like the guy from Prison Break, so I'm glad they kept him out of most of it, and I dislike Ali Larter, but she wasn't terrible either. Milla Jovovich has crafted a nice little franchise out of Resident Evil, good for her. I was so glad to see Kim "Paper" Coates in this, awesome. I didn't think much of the bad guy in this movie, but I loved that big troll thing with nails through his face that they fought in the shower room, very good scene, by the way. The rooftop explosion scene was also very nice and the subsequent shootout with coins for shells. One thing this movie does really well is blood. The Expendables and its sequel could learn from these movies. It's real blood, not CGI-added effects, and it really adds to the action because you know the film-makers are commited.

I didn't think much of the first film, I haven't seen the second, and the third was an improvement over the first but still not very good, but this was actually enjoyable and makes me want to see Retribution. It's finely poised for a great fifth movie too, even if it appears that they're not going to be fighting zombies. The thing with this franchise is that I don't care about the story. It obviously makes no sense, but why do you all care so much? This franchise never even started off with the intention to make an adaptation of the games. This is fun, enjoyable, popcorn cinema, and I treat as such.

Resident Evil: D
Apocalypse:
Extinction: C+
Afterlife: B
Retribution:

I think Lethal Weapon 4 is a hell of a lot better than 3, Halloween 4 is much better than 3, Friday the 13th Part 4 is probably the best of the series, the new Rambo kicks 3's ass, Scream 4 is better than 3. Also a lot of people think of Thunderball as the best Bond film, even if most agree Goldfinger is the better film (Not me though, Thunderball is kind of lame IMO)

I was a little too harsh on this film the first time I saw it, maybe because 3 improved so much that this one just brought the series back to it's cool but overall not great status. More like a C+ now. I think it is the weakest of the series.

Is that in response to what I said? because if it is, I don't think you fully understood what I said.

It was, I guess you're saying the best of the series? But Alien 4 and Rocky 4 are not the best films in the series. You can have that as your opinion, but it's pretty much a fact that they aren't, and I enjoy those films immensely as well.

Well I did say that, so of course it's my opinion. I don't think I claimed it as fact. Film quality cannot be fact. It's all opinion at the end of the day.