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Bookmark this pageResident Evil: Extinction (2007)
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Movie review
From Time Out London
The final part of the videogame-derived ‘Resident Evil’ trilogy is the least boring. Faint praise, perhaps, but one must be grateful for small mercies. Based on a script by series creator Paul WS Anderson, Australian director Russell Mulcahy’s post-apocalyptic movie owes much to countryman George Miller’s ‘Mad Max’ movies. The corpse-regenerating T-Virus, which in the last instalment escaped from the Umbrella Corporation’s underground laboratory to infect the whole of Raccoon City, has now spread across the entire United States. Superhuman Alice (Milla Jovovich) – a beautiful but rebellious by-product of the corporation’s search for an antidote – joins a convoy of vehicles driven by a ragtag band of human survivors. The crazed Dr Isaacs (Iain Glen) keeps an eye on them, using the corporation’s all-seeing satellite surveillance system, as they roam the Nevada desert and sand-swept Las Vegas streets in search of food, water and fuel. Until Alice decides it’s time to settle the score with her mad-scientist creator once and for all.The plot is every bit as episodic and nonsensical as before, but ‘Extinction’ ups the ante by introducing some new and/or improved adversaries: a murder of mutant crows, who prefer live flesh to carrion; a new breed of killer dogs; ‘Super Undead’ zombies that are more fleet of foot; and a squidgy, tentacled monster called The Tyrant. Amid the choreographed fights, loud explosions and CG creatures, there are some new and old faces. But the scariest visage is that of Alice, whose flawless, airbrushed complexion is either a throwback to Mulcahy’s New Romantic pop promos or something dictated by Jovovich’s L’Oréal contract.
Author: Nigel Floyd
Time Out London Issue 1938: October 10-16 2007
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- James said...
- Posted on Oct 22 2007 18:46 This film was terrible, compared to the others it was even worse. The storyline was awful and the ending was to open and quick. Would buy the film out of a 50p bargain bin
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- temoor said...
- Posted on Oct 21 2007 08:14 i havnt even seen it yet lol
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- JMAS said...
- Posted on Oct 18 2007 10:52 Awesome!!!! Mila SO kicks ass!!!
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- Jojo said...
- Posted on Oct 17 2007 10:43 Great film. Very enjoyable. Good effects and lots of blood and gore and also good storyline. I liked it actually better than the first two.
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- president evil said...
- Posted on Oct 15 2007 15:16 yes what a brilliantly terrible YET beautifully crap film!
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- niff said...
- Posted on Oct 15 2007 11:53 cheese
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- Emma said...
- Posted on Oct 14 2007 12:06 Awesome. Defo see again!
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- Leasha Preston said...
- Posted on Oct 13 2007 17:09 This film was awesome, I agree with it not being as good as the first or second, but it's still a must-see movie!!
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- chris wilkins said...
- Posted on Oct 13 2007 16:13 not as good as the first and second films, but still an amazin film. highly reccomend for acton/horror film lovers
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Cast & crew
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Producer: Paul W.S. Anderson, Jeremy Bolt, Robert Kulzer, Samuel Hadida, Bernd Eichinger
Cast: Milla Jovovich, Oded Fehr, Ali Larter, Ian Glen, Ashanti, Mike Epps, Christopher Egan, Spencer Locke, Jason O'Mara full cast
Genre(s): Action/Adventure, Science Fiction, Thrillers
Rated: 15
Duration: 94 mins
UK Release: Oct 12 2007
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