J-Man's Movie Review: Resident Evil: Afterlife

J-Man's Movie Review: Resident Evil: Afterlife

Are the Special Effects as good as 'AVATAR'? Has Milla Jojovich somehow gotten hotter since the first installment of the hit Video Game turned Movie Franchise?

Review Opinion
By jman1977 - Sep 10, 2010 09:09 PM EST
Filed Under: Video Games
Source: ComicBookMovie.com

Resident Evil: After life is Paul Anderson's fourth go around as writer-producer, and second as director for the Video Game turned Movie Franchise. Resident Evil: Afterlife includes a pretty good cast including Milla Jovovich as Alice, Ali Larter as the forgetful Claire Redfield (Heroes), Shawn Roberts as Wesker(Who reminded me of what Hayden Christensen should have looked like playing Anakin Skywalker, but with sunglasses on. Vader wasn’t that tiny of a human!), and Wentworth Miller as the films X-Factor, Chris Redfield(Prison Break).

I was really impressed with the film's opening segment. The Special Effects were flawless and they looked amazing on the Portage 16 IMAX Screen way up North in Portage IN. The film's introduction really drew you in and prepared you for the story it was going to tell. If you see it in IMAX the scene where the camera is zooming into a specific location (like you’re falling from space down to earth)is pretty cool and eerily realistic.

I compare 'Resident Evil: Afterlife' to other Sci-Fi Horror movies such as Robert Rodriguez's recent successful crack at the 'Predators' franchise, or a 'Halloween' flick. Basically saying here that you know the lesser known actors and actresses are going to bite it first, someway, somehow! You just hope it's in a cool, bloody kind of way. 'Resident Evil: Afterlife' had a few of these cool kill moments but throughout most of the film you’re basically left knowing what’s going to happen next on screen, and turning out correct, making the movie a bit predictable.

‘Resident Evil: Afterlife’ is being advertised as having the same caliber of special effects that James Cameron's 'AVATAR' displayed. Sadly this is not the case. The special effects were nowhere near as crisp as ‘AVATAR’s fully digital and live action scenes were in IMAX 3D. Seeing the movie in IMAX3D did have its perks however. The scene's that are shot in front of a real background are nice and sharp, displaying Milla Jojovich, in my opinion, better than the previous 3 Resident Evil installments. Somehow, someway she got Hotter!

If you're a 'Resident Evil' fan you will enjoy this movie. Go see it in either IMAX 3D or on the small screen in normal vision or 3D. The 3D gimmicks are there but are in no way distracting and don't take away or really add anything to the overall performance of the film. If you want to see the film in IMAX but not in IMAX3D than unfortunately, you’re out of luck. 'Resident Evil: Afterlife' is being shown only on the IMAX screens in 3D. I would have preferred to see the film on the IMAX but 3D was unnecessary. In fact I would like to see any future titles on an IMAX screen, if done well, then in IMAX 3D, studios that don't use Cameron's brilliant 3D tech from the start of filming a movie they wish to present in 3D are wasting their time.

If you’re looking to see an 'Experiment gone bad turning the world's population into Zombies so a couple hot chicks can get a few gun shots to the Zombie's forehead point blank' type of flick then 'Resident Evil: Afterlife' wont disappoint. Just don’t expect the franchise to end on this 4th note. The Resident Evil franchise could quite possibly go on forever the way the fourth installment ended!

Many thanks to the Portage 16 IMAX theater!!!

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BrotherQStark
BrotherQStark - 9/10/2010, 10:14 PM
Great Review, I think I might have to see that movie
but this will always be my favorite zombie movie
thetrubatman14
thetrubatman14 - 9/10/2010, 10:48 PM
[frick] YEAH I LOVE SHAUN OF THE DEAD!!!
DarthMoose
DarthMoose - 9/10/2010, 10:57 PM
I just got back from this a few hours ago, I went into the movie expecting horrible dialouge and acting, and let me tell you I had a blast, the resident evil movies stories are so lame that it made me laugh, I laughed so much during this movie, especially at wesker, but the action was just so awsome, I love action sequences in 3d , they really made up for extinctions weak action sequences, and milla's ass looks awsome in 3d. I also throughly enjoyed the final boos fight with wesker and the many references to re5. I was laughing so hard when wesker said " crhis and claire redfield, you been a thorn in my side for some time" and chris just basically looked liek he was thinking do I know this guy? I was waiting for wesker to break the fourth wall by saying "Oh yeah, you weren't in the prolouge" Lmfao!

I welocme a re5 especially if its as acxtion packed and the acting and dialouge is as funny as is was in after life.
CrookedJaw
CrookedJaw - 9/10/2010, 11:13 PM
Oof...Imma have to disagree with this review, no offense man. I thought the movie, as you said...was waaayyy to predictable. The 3D was meh, and "meh" can describe everything else about it too...nowhere near as good as the first one, and the ending? mega poop...
HUSoldier
HUSoldier - 9/10/2010, 11:53 PM
i have to say while i did really enjoy this i was pretty depressed by the first bit. IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF MINUTES PLEASE DO NOT CONTINUE TO READ, I REPEAT, DO NOT READ THIS HAS SPOILERS!









so ya i thought it was kinda bullshit that all those hundreds of alice's got wasted all at the same time and the real alice is a normal person. pretty damn lame. but it was a great film and i am really excited to see what they will do with this in the 5th movie. I mean can they really keep bringing more bad guys that she kills in a couple of minutes? how about umbrella finally gets their head out of their asses and sees alice as a friend and they [frick] up the zombies. just a thought, know it wont happen cause then there is no 6th movie
antonio
antonio - 9/11/2010, 12:05 AM
shaun of the [frick]ing dead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! love that movie. i'll wait until it comes out on dvd.
patriautism
patriautism - 9/11/2010, 12:07 AM
REBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT
Radsavage1
Radsavage1 - 9/11/2010, 12:46 AM
Wesker was the only good thing about the movie. I am happy about the next installment(Resident Evil The Beginning). Wesker's remark to Chris and Claire gave me hope for a good take on the series without Milla Jovovich's character. She was never in the games. I can't stand the fact that she is in these movies. But I must admit, even though these movies are inaccurate to the games they do have some great action sequence's. But Resident Evil was not an action game, it was survival horror........ Oh and George Romero should have made the first Resident Evil movie.
Montross
Montross - 9/11/2010, 1:01 AM
@Radsavage1, What are you taking about? (Resident Evil The Beginning)

Despite the fact that the film is peppered with plot holes and the like, the only thing that really pissed me off was that they turned Wesker into a cannibal who had Las Plagas tentacles coming out of his mouth.

My review- http://montross.deviantart.com/journal/34911744/
Burns2k
Burns2k - 9/11/2010, 2:38 AM
watched it @ 5.30 yesterday in 3D! lots of mistakes to be honest didn't explain anything!!!! loyal resi fans will know what i'm talking about. film was average but very neat in 3D didn't like the guy who was wesker!!! reminded me of the guy who played yamcha in the dragonball movie "TERRIBLE" but all in all an improvement over the last movie! and it had wentworth miller in it soo thats all good!
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 9/11/2010, 5:17 AM
Excellent review @ JMAN!

As soon as I clicked I was expecting a VID lol!

Love RE, gonna luv this, 3 wasn't too gr8 but okay.

Damn cheers JMAN, GR8 write up!
rchematin
rchematin - 9/11/2010, 5:19 AM
Good review.
One point i hated was the constant 3D freeze frame for cool shots ( the escape plane crash ) while fast pacing the good part ( ex. the guy that gets chopped in half )
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Sparrowsabre7
Sparrowsabre7 - 9/11/2010, 6:00 AM
When you say "fans of resi will enjoy this" Fans of the games or the movies? Cos people are rarely both =P

Wesker is the only thing giving me any reason to make this even a rental.
imnotwearinghockeypants
imnotwearinghockeypants - 9/11/2010, 6:43 AM
These movies represent the games about as well as my hand represents a woman.
Burns2k
Burns2k - 9/11/2010, 9:47 AM
@ Sparrowsabre7 without giving too much away wesker shows no real interaction with chris! isn't even mentioned he was in s.t.a.r.s no chrisma and not a good actor to say the least!!! and clare was WELL OFF!!!!! but like i said it was an improvement!!! also i had a wtf moment which shouted as soon as the movie finished lmao
justsomerandomfanboy
justsomerandomfanboy - 9/11/2010, 11:21 AM
wesker was horrible! i haven't played the games that much, but the guy who played wesker just could act imo
superdog
superdog - 9/11/2010, 12:11 PM
Good review jman. Check out mine a few articles down and see where inageee with you on a few points and disagree on others
Ronnie11
Ronnie11 - 9/11/2010, 12:12 PM
Thanks man...was a bit skeptical watching the movie...but i will definitely watch this in imax 3d
RyKnow
RyKnow - 9/13/2010, 5:42 AM
Will this garbage ever end. They should have left Romero as the director when the first one was getting made.

Bloody Paul "franchise killer" Anderson. He should form a production company with Brett Ratner.
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