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As the
credits started to roll, I sat in my seat thinking,"Damn, I'm very
happy with this movie."
Perhaps I wasn't really expecting much out of it. My initial impressions after seeing the trailer and hearing a few online rumours was that it seemed closer to PARASITE EVE than RESIDENT EVIL. All I was hoping for was that it would be better than the last few really crappy video-game movies, like Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat and *groan* Super Mario Bros. Those took the original premise of the game, flushed it down the toilet and made some how-the-heck-do-they-come-up-with-junk-like-that pieces of trash that disappointed fans of the game. OK, so MK wasn't THAT bad, but it wasn't that great either. RE doesn't follow the exact storyline of the game. Jill, Claire, Chris and Leon are nowhere in sight, having been replaced by Milla's character. I do not recall her ever being named in the film, but official reports call her Alice. What is nice is that the premise of the game is still intact. The rumours about the super computer gone beserk plot are true, but they've tied it neatly with the contamination of the T-virus. The new story works, and works well, albeit it may be more like an "Elseworlds" story rather than being part of the game's continuity (Then again, you never know). |
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Overall, this has got to be one of the better films I have seen this year. Supposedly great suspense films like The Others don't hold a candle to Resident Evil. The direction and visuals it provides is just such a fresh and daring approach that you have to applaud it. It's probably the ONLY film I have seen in years where I heard girls in the audience whimpering during the violent sequences. Gotta love it when that happens. |
~29/03/02~