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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)

REVIEWS
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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
Read review  Modamag.com  Brian Orndorf

D
Read review  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

2/5
Read review  Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies  Nell Minow

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OFCS Rating: 39% Rotten
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