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Movie Overview
Cast
Milla Jovovich
Michelle Rodriguez
Eric Mabius
Director
Paul Anderson
MPAA Rating
R - strong sci-fi/horror violence, language, and brief sexuality/nudity
Resident Evil (2002)
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OFCS Rating: 39% Rotten
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C-
"lacks a sense of fun"
AboutFilm.com
Carlo Cavagna
"What saves it ... and makes it one of the better video-game-based flicks, is that the film acknowledges upfront that the plot makes no sense, such that the lack of linearity is the point of emotional and moral departure for protagonist Alice."
PopMatters
Cynthia Fuchs
1/5
"[There's] nothing scary here except for some awful acting and lame special effects."
eFilmCritic.com
David Cornelius
1.5/4
"...nothing more than an endless festival of blood and gore, masquerading under the guise of a gritty modern science fiction fable."
Cinemaphile.org
David Keyes
5/10
"here are times when RESIDENT EVIL looks unfinished or below its potential"
Draxblog Movie Reviews
Dragan Antulov
1/4
"Dumbed-down, lowest-common-denominator filmmaker with...no scares to be had."
DustinPutman.com
Dustin Putman
2.5/4
"
Resident Evil
may be brain dead but it's great popcorn entertainment nonetheless."
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
0.5/4
"Resident Evil is what comes from taking John Carpenter’s Ghosts of Mars and eliminating the beheadings. In other words, about as bad a film you’re likely to see all year."
eFilmCritic.com
Erik Childress
B
"An exciting, frivolous ride through a vision of the future that may be bleaker than anything in Brazil."
Film Blather
Eugene Novikov
1.5/4
"Just think that you could have sacrificed ten quarters to play
Resident Evil
the video game instead of coughing up ten bucks to witness the monotonous
Resident Evil
the movie."
Movie Eye
Frank Ochieng
F
"Utter rubbish--loud, chaotic and ugly...Eviction would seem the only perfect solution."
One Guy's Opinion
Frank Swietek
1.5/4
"essentially a futuristic
Night of the Living Dead
without the social commentary, pacing, or interesting characters"
Q Network Film Desk
James Kendrick
"It's nothing we hadn't seen before, but the pace is fast and there are some great action set pieces. Did I mention it has zombie Rottweilers too?"
Sci-Fi Movie Page
James O'Ehley
5/10
"Certainly not a good movie, but it wasn't horrible either."
Window to the Movies
Jeffrey Chen
"Don't reach for the remote control. It's not going to help you navigate
Resident Evil
, the latest video game making its awkward transition to the screen."
Southside Callbox
Jeremiah Kipp
3.5/4
"It works well enough, since the thrills pop up frequently, and the dispatching of the cast is as often imaginative as it is gory."
MovieMartyr.com
Jeremy Heilman
2.5/10
"The only noticeable
Resident Evil
on display here is the lack of creativity in the minds of the filmmakers."
Screen It!
Jim Judy
7/10
"The bottom line is that I munched on my nachos with my eyes glued to the screen and had a blast! Nothing wrong with that."
JoBlo's Movie Emporium
JoBlo
3/5
"Quasi-evil - to quote Dr. Evil"
3BlackChicks Review
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
3.5/5
"It was fun and I got what I wanted ? that seems to happen less and less these days in the cinema, we should take all we can get."
Cinerina
Karina Montgomery
3/4
"... the current culmination of everything (Paul Anderson's) done to date... the results are pure cinematic fun."
MovieCrypt.com
Kevin A. Ranson
B-
"a thoroughly unoriginal, but fast-paced and entertaining genre B-flick"
Reeling Reviews
Laura Clifford
8/10
"Resident Evil es un videogame llevado a la pantalla y que pese a lo que digan, es la adaptación más fiel que se haya realizado en este rubro. "
Cinenganos
Luis Martinez
2/5
"Handsome and sometimes creepy, but formulaic in the extreme."
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Maitland McDonagh
1/4
"A zombie movie in every sense of the word--mindless, lifeless, meandering, loud, painful, obnoxious."
Mark Reviews Movies
Mark Dujsik
"*Yawn.* Here's another ridley- scott- alien movie."
Flick Filosopher
MaryAnn Johanson
1.5/4
"The inherent limitations of using a video game as the source material movie are once again made all too clear in this schlocky horror/action hybrid."
TheMovieReport.com
Michael Dequina
0.5/5
"I would say that chaos ensues, but it started the minute the opening credits started to roll, so 'ensuing' is not very helpful. Chaos reigns."
Goatdog's Movies
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
"Quite likely the most expensive zombie movie ever made.... Unfortunately, for all that, it appears that the script had a total allotment equivalent to half a box of day-old donuts and a carwash token."
Cold Fusion Video Reviews
Nathan Shumate
"Entertainment in dire need of its own self-assurance."
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
B
"...stands up with the best of the modern B monster movies."
Reeling Reviews
Robin Clifford
71/100
"Though it may damage my credibility as a respectable movie critic, I'll proudly list Resident Evil on my list of this year’s guilty pleasures."
Apollo Guide
Scott Weinberg
1/4
"Resident Evil isn't a product of its cinematic predecessors so much as an MTV, sugar hysteria, and PlayStation cocktail."
Film Freak Central
Walter Chaw
8/10
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Modamag.com
Brian Orndorf
D
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EricDSnider.com
Eric D. Snider
2/5
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Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Nell Minow
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Betty Jo Tucker
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Cinema Crazed
Felix Vasquez Jr.
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Shadows on the Wall
Rich Cline
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