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Resident Evil:
Extinction
Featuring: Milla Jovovich, Oded Fehr,
Ali Larter, Iain Glen, Ashanti
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
Produced
by:
Paul W.S. Anderson, Jeremy Bolt, Bernd Eichinger, Samuel Hadida, et. al
Written
by: Paul W.S. Anderson
Distributor: Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Releasing |
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Resident Evil: Extinction is enough to make one hate what
filmmaking has come to. Unlike the creators of the recent
Across the Universe, a picture which used advancements in
cinematic technologies to create an innovative final product,
the minds behind this film employ impressive visual effects as
an excuse for them to be lazy when it comes to creating a
cohesive narrative. Unfortunately for them, the unequivocal
truth that interesting visuals are only able to succeed when
backed by a solid story still pertains to mindless video-game
adaptations like this one. Resident Evil: Extinction is
flashy, shallow, and derivative of nearly every picture about
the Undead that has come before it. Its proponents—mainly stoned
teenage boys—might argue that these are the only characteristics
that it wants to embody, but doesn’t that just make the
movie all the more depressing? Frankly, director Russell Mulcahy
should be embarrassed that all protagonist Alice (Mila Jovovich)
has to do in this third installment of the franchise is run
around and wonder if the plot that she’s a part of makes a lick
of sense. Not to mention, the aforementioned visuals that he
tries to use to compensate for this aren’t unlike those already
seen in the first and second Resident Evil films. An
upcoming fourth picture in this rotten series seems to be
inevitable given this entry’s already-impressive box office
take; let’s pray that it somehow finds greater artistic success
than its predecessors.
-Danny Baldwin, Bucket Reviews
Review Published on: 9.24.2008
Screened on: 9.21.2008 at the
Edwards San Marcos 18 in San Marcos, CA.
Resident Evil: Extinction is rated R
and runs 95 minutes.
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