Well, okay, technically Alice is looking for survivors of the Umbrella Corp zombifying virus, but she seems to be doing a lot more killing than protecting in this trailer. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Looks like a nice boss battle with a giant hammer-wielding mutant of some sort, plus an Umbrella Corp mastermind working out of one of those beautifully white sterile control centers that sci-fi likes so much.
Also of interest, it turns out Resident Evil: Afterlife was shot using the same 3D process as Avatar – that makes me slightly more willing to consider trying it in 3D, especially since in this case, I really am just going for the eye-candy. I wonder, though, how well 3D is going to work with the fast-paced and likely very quickly edited action sequences that this film will probably have throughout – focusing on those is hard enough in 2D without having to deal with multiple planes of depth. I liked the 3D in Avatar best in the quieter, less frenetic scenes.
Trailer is after the jump.
Shit just got real. The toddler is keeping me busy and I am not getting out nearly as much as before, but...
a wet Milla is inspiring me to watch this shit. Haven’t seen any of them… is there pleasure to be derived?
If you’re okay with the plot being solely an excuse to get Milla wet, often largely naked, and kicking and shooting things a lot, then yes. There is pleasure to be derived. None of them are really *good*, per se, though I think I’d argue that of all the video game-based movies in existence, Resident Evil is easily one of the most competent and most watchable. It’s been a while since I saw RE2; I remember not liking it as much as the first one, but I quite enjoyed RE3, which kind of has a Mad Max with zombies spin to it.
Resident Evil 3 had a few moments (Zombie Crows!) but for the most part, I fail to understand the appeal of this franchise. It’s lipstick on a pig. Gloss on Shit.
I prefer the much more bafflingly bad (which is kinda goofy good!) ULTRAVIOLET to any of the RE movies. –> http://twitchfilm.net/reviews/2006/03/ultraviolet-review.php
Ultraviolet is so bad it’s enjoyable; RE hits more of a middle ground so I can see why people wouldn’t like it. I just enjoy watching Milla Jovovich hit things. *shrug* Honestly, if it were anyone else in the lead, I probably wouldn’t be a fan, either. Possibly Eliza Dushku, who has the same kind of “good at looking hot while hitting things” vibe for me.
Actually, I just read your review, Kurt, and I think we’re mostly in agreement on Ultraviolet, despite my throwaway “so bad it’s enjoyable” comment. The story/script is ludicrous, but it’s fairly clear that no one making it cared about the story/script, except in so far as to treat it seriously in delivery for aesthetic purposes. In terms of visual style, I completely loved it. I just wished while watching it that it had some heart; that’s what was missing. But I do still love just looking at Ultraviolet. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Equilibrium, but there was a conversation on FriendFeed a few weeks ago where people were talking about the Gun-Kata being better done in Equilibrium, which made them disappointed in Ultraviolet. I’ve forgotten most everything about Equilibrium except I didn’t like it much (its story had the same issue I had with Ultraviolet, no heart/soul; and its visuals didn’t hit me as much more than Matrix knockoffs) – might be due for revisiting.
Oh, and I find it weird that the chief bit of marketing (other than a wet-Milla J.) is that it is using the same cameras as Avatar, but then (at least in the trailer) all it is is Milla throwing shit at the screen. Like worst use of 3D with the best possible equipment. A good metaphor for this Franchise (or Paul W.S. Anderson in general?) Though, I still have a soft spot for Event Horizon, even with its bombast.
Agreed with Jandy that as video game movies go, RE 1 is probably the most “competent” (the perfect word to use). I actually have fun with that one. 2 is forgettable and 3 had its moments. I think what the world needs is probably NOT more Res Evil.
Especially in shitty 3D.
“I think what the world needs is probably NOT more Res Evil.”
This is true, I wonder if the box-office will reflect that or James Cameron’s Avatar 3D technology as a selling point will get enough $$$ to make #5. I’m thinking that #4 will be the last ‘theatrical’ before these starting going DTV.
The first Resident Evil movie is in my top 5 most horrible viewing experiences I think. It’s a terrible movie, it’s way worse than Anderson’s other crap movies like AvP and Mortal Kombat.
If that’s in your top five, you’re doing fairly well at avoiding shitty movies. I’d watch RE 1 three times in a row before I’d subject myself to another viewing of House of the Dead.
And since it’s the topic of discussion, Silent Night, Deadly Night 2 would be up there as well.
I’m with Henrik. The first movie made me want to puke everywhere. Never bothered with the rest.
Anything you can catch on Sci-Fi channel at 10 AM on a Saturday – now that’s painful. The most recent that I actually sat through while nursing a hangover was Grizzly Rage, which starred the grown up little kid from Road to Perdition. It really made me miss Mystery Science Theater.
The worst movie experiences I can remember are:
No. 1 “Leaving Normal” Directed by Edward Zwick
Rest: Resident Evil (Anderson), Bronson (Refn), Men In Black II (Levinson), The Two Towers (Jackson) and I’m sure others.
These are the times where I have sat there thinking things like “How bad can this movie possibly be?” – “Please tell me they’re not doing tha…They’re doing it” – “When will I be able to stop watching this, please make it stop”.
I’ve had some pretty bad experiences, I suppose. For instance, I watched The Last Song over the weekend (don’t ask) and I felt my brain swelling. I think my brain was trying to kill me for subjecting it to such nonsense. I can only wonder what in the hell Greg Kinnear (who is da bomb) was doing in such an awful, terrible, dreadful movie.
The only movie that I have ever walked on out though: Envy.
Another one came to mind, where I sat in the movie theatre and would have walked out if I had not been with the people who had chosen the movie, Legally Blonde 2.
Geez, what happened to Edward Zwick? He makes Glory and then decides to just make the most obvious, bogus shit he can think of? Never saw Defiance, but the rest of it is, at best, pretty mediocre.
Legally Blonde 1 is one of those surprisingly fun movies (like 10 Things I Hate About You or Miss Congeniality). Would never even dream about seeing a sequel for it though. That experience must’ve been life draining. I now partly understand why you are the way you are Henrik.
I remember the first Tomb Raider breaking my will to live temporarily. I think it actually made me physically sick.
I’ve never seen Glory, but Edward Zwick is my most hated director. Everything I have seen of his has been grating and intellectually insulting to sit through (Courage Under Fire, Legends, Last Samurai, Leaving Normal (worst movie of all time probably) and The Siege.
No disagreements here. Zwick means “hack” in cinematic vernacular.
Never realized how bad Zwick is before looking him up today on IMDb. It’s weird that Glory is pretty damn good movie though – in fact we watched about half of it again this weekend.
I think Men In Black II is directed by Barry Sonnenfeld though, not Barry Levinson. Barry Levinson directed Rain Man, Barry Sonnenfeld used to direct porn.