New Title for RESIDENT EVIL Will Be RE5IDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION and Official Synopsis Unveiled

New Title for RESIDENT EVIL Will Be RE5IDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION and Official Synopsis Unveiled

The next installment of the Resident Evil franchise has had a little tweak to the title. Also, an official synopsis is released. Hit the jump for full details!

By Thorverine - Jan 09, 2012 11:01 PM EST
Filed Under: Horror
Source: ign

Screen Gems has released the official synopsis for the next installment of the video game based movie franchise Resident Evil. The fifth movie will be 3D and was originally called Resident Evil: Retribution 3D. If you didn't know it was the next version and fifth in the line of movies, they've tweaked the title to help set you straight. The new title is Re5ident Evil: Retribution in state-of-the art 3D.

The official synopsis tells us what Alice will be up to this go around:


The Umbrella Corporation's deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of the flesh eating Undead. The human race's last and only hope, ALICE (Milla Jovovich), awakens in the heart of Umbrella's most clandestine operations facility and unveils more of her mysterious past as she delves further into the complex. Without a safe haven, Alice continues to hunt those responsible for the outbreak; a chase that takes her from Tokyo to New York, Washington, D.C. and Moscow, culminating in a mind-blowing revelation that will force her to rethink everything that she once thought to be true. Aided by newfound allies and familiar friends, Alice must fight to survive long enough to escape a hostile world on the brink of oblivion. The countdown has begun.



The film opens September 14, 2012

Do you get it?! Re5ident Evil? It's a witty word play to remind you 5 of these movies have been made. What do you all think? Sound off below.
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Reasonnnn
Reasonnnn - 1/10/2012, 12:26 AM
Sounds like crap still.
ZombieOverEasy
ZombieOverEasy - 1/10/2012, 12:31 AM
Reminds me of Driv3r.

I hate to love this movie series, but they're always over-the-top fun with zombies.

I know they don't follow the games at all, but the games aren't even loyal to what Resident Evil once was anymore. They've gone from Survival Horror to Action with Zombies (still good games don't get me wrong).

If I want a story-driven meaningful Zombie flick, I'll pop in an oldie by Romero.

Meaningless, plot-hole-filled, mind-knumbing, over-the-top action here I come. Take my 8 bucks and call me when the next one comes out.
ImaNerd
ImaNerd - 1/10/2012, 12:37 AM
You can put a different name on shit but in the end its still gunna be shit
SpiderSpic
SpiderSpic - 1/10/2012, 12:39 AM
i hate this franchise its been done horribly! me and a friend have written a screenplay for the perfect RE movie please take a look at our website and tell me what u think. i know it 1000000x better then this paul w.s anderson crap and his horrible actress of a wife
SpiderSpic
SpiderSpic - 1/10/2012, 12:39 AM
heres the link sorry http://biohazardchronicles.tumblr.com/
patriautism
patriautism - 1/10/2012, 1:06 AM
This and Final destination will one day converge into a deadly plague that will make everyone as dumb as they are..
nathan02
nathan02 - 1/10/2012, 1:08 AM
Milla jovovich sucks! Her role in the franchise makes the movie sucks! I hav lots of friends who find the 4 movies very absurd because she was the lead! I hope this franchise will be rebooted!!
batman001
batman001 - 1/10/2012, 1:18 AM
unlike you lot i actually like the sounds of this movie as i have said many times wait untill the trailer comes out to judge you all judge it to quickly
novaprime
novaprime - 1/10/2012, 1:24 AM
Hope they reboot the hole shit and name the new franchize the real resident evil.. part 1. Even thoe these movies are fun to watch
Superheromoviefan
Superheromoviefan - 1/10/2012, 1:25 AM
another shitty entry in a shitty franchise
HeyVanity
HeyVanity - 1/10/2012, 1:33 AM
They've missed the mark on four films already, with no sign of remorse, so I'd say a little bit of judgement is warranted at this point.
Orehrepus
Orehrepus - 1/10/2012, 1:41 AM
Milla Jovovicsh does NOT suck!
She is awesome!

I'm sure she does the sequels to Resident Evil (which is the only close-to-decent one in the series) for the money and stardom status. Suck as they are, the series are very popular.

For the acting, she plays in other movies.

And I agree with ZombieOverEasy. I just turn off my brain and enjoy it. It's fun.
acidbath
acidbath - 1/10/2012, 1:59 AM
@ spiderspic if you shit in a napkin it'd be a better script then "Paul andersons way to get his wife to do cosplay" movies. @ Batman001. I don't need a trailer. Same writer same director same garbage. Please give us a reboot make it old school horror characters who are badass but not ready for some crazy monster movie shit to suddenly come to life and most importantly end it with a mad scientist feel and micheal fassbender as weaker and make him a turncoat spy for umbrella tasked with retrieving a tvirus.
wyokid
wyokid - 1/10/2012, 2:10 AM
Where the [frick] is Grif when you need him!!?
Kayo
Kayo - 1/10/2012, 2:26 AM
enough of this, leave the game alone!
breakUbatman
breakUbatman - 1/10/2012, 2:30 AM
@batman001

Really guy? Theres no need for a trailer by now people know what to expect from these films.
alekesam
alekesam - 1/10/2012, 2:58 AM
They still makin' these?

And if you're going to use a number in the title, not to mention one taking the place of a letter, shouldn't the number in question sound like the letter it's replacing?

Because currently, it's Refiveident Evil. Retarded. But then, so are these movies.
JillValenfield
JillValenfield - 1/10/2012, 3:28 AM
This is a bright year for re! First revelation, orc and damnation. But then when it comes to these shitty movies it is like dropping à huge shittybomb that does not even has anything to do with the fantastic games. Well, there are some good stuff in this, like bringing Wesker, jill, barry and leon!! I will only watch this because of this. Dont get me wrong, I like Alice but sometimes they have to change, something more familiar with the games, right?
Oarsis
Oarsis - 1/10/2012, 3:32 AM
I really hate these movies.
I really REALLY hate Milla.

These movies have horrible acting and actors (except for Ali Larter). Ali is the only one who has talent, that is in the main cast.
Milla looks like a rat, sounds like a rat, and is a horrible actress. Not hot.

I wish these movies would just end.
knighted
knighted - 1/10/2012, 3:33 AM
This series has become progressively worst which each new movie. That said I really dig Mila Jovovich.
RaleighAntrobus
RaleighAntrobus - 1/10/2012, 3:40 AM
So we all agree: these f*cking movies are sh*t!
JillValenfield
JillValenfield - 1/10/2012, 3:43 AM
^^ I totally agree, and Ali was amazing as claire redfield :) the funny thing is that the movies became the most popular movies based on a video game, and they still suck hard...how come?
darque13
darque13 - 1/10/2012, 3:45 AM
Reboot this series....PLEASE!!! the Alice character and storyline is so trite. The only reason why shes still in it is because she married to the writer/director. once they get a divorce, they will have to reboot it. (case in point, the Terminator series with James Cameron and Linda Hamilton.)
BUt really this title has so much promise like the games, it needs something fresh. I say make it a 24 style film.
HULK2099
HULK2099 - 1/10/2012, 3:47 AM
LEON!!!!
mgeoff88
mgeoff88 - 1/10/2012, 4:18 AM
Wow... I hope this the last of the Paul W.S. Anderson RE movies.

No offense to the cast(writers and director to blame), but these movies are a far cry from the great video game series.

I read George A. Romero's script treatment for Resident Evil, and it was much better than what we got in any of these movies. He even directed a live-action commercial for RE2, which felt much more like the video games.

@JillValenfield I love your name. Chris and Jill are my favorite RE characters. :)
ronnie42
ronnie42 - 1/10/2012, 4:19 AM
Had enough of this, I say no more, lets boycott this shit!, First 2 were bareable but the rest were insulting.

Milla, Paul should never be allowed near a resident evil movie ever again.
Nick56
Nick56 - 1/10/2012, 4:38 AM
I like these films. Looking forward t this one, plot sounds interesting.
zachshivey
zachshivey - 1/10/2012, 5:40 AM
I'm waiting for the reboot...I've played every game growing up & I can't bear to watch these without being disappointed.

I personally think they should make them like the games, fixed camera angles, puzzles & horrible dialogue *joking*
JillValenfield
JillValenfield - 1/10/2012, 6:02 AM
@ mgeoff88 thanks :) they are the best characters, too bad mr. Anderson's version of these was not as I had imagined...to console myself, I have ordered RE revelations(with both Chris and Jill) which will come out soon YAAYY!!!

The film has at least some benefits in some cases: for example, Sienna Guillroy as Jill, with the battle suit!

but the film's title sounds too LAME:(...so embarrassing
hoodedjester
hoodedjester - 1/10/2012, 7:29 AM
Are they STILL making these movies? Talk about beating a dead horse.
werty
werty - 1/10/2012, 8:18 AM
Can't wait for this movie! I am so impressed with the franchise. To take something as crappy as those games and turn them into suck kick ass action movies
wepx5150
wepx5150 - 1/10/2012, 9:04 AM
Resident Evil: Regurgitation
Bartman87
Bartman87 - 1/10/2012, 12:56 PM
Can't wait love the franchise who cares if they don't follow the fracking games. Action, Zombies and blood that's a popcorn flick for me, all you highbrow types can frick off, not sure what you're watching anyway I guess foreign anime and Asian drama action flicks or perhaps Spanish Soaps.
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