Resident Evil: Afterlife

Oh where to start. To be honest I have seen all of the Resident Evil films as well as played many of the games that the films are based on. I knew to expect a high action, high special effects, lots of gun play, one hot Milla Jovovich and very little else. I got what I expected and more (not in a good way) from this last installment in the series. So bad news first then good news?

The action and cool effects are a top priority such as in previous films. Notice I said "cool effects" not special effects. By that I mean the director/writer Paul W. S. Anderson discarded all suspension of disbelief in order to do what he might have considered a "cool" effect. Biggest example was the shotgun that used coins for ammo. Really? Who thinks that's ok? Five year olds that's who. Alice, the main protagonist, also has her superhuman/psionic abilities stripped from her, yet she fights just as well as before. Overuse of slow motion makes mundane actions into slow and painful ones (Ex. every time a gun is thrown through the air). These are just the tip of the iceberg-sized amount of holes in many of the scenes.

The main plot is also flawed before the movie even begins. The protagonist is trying to stop the large corporation, The Umbrella Corporation, from continuing their experiments on the remaining human population in a largely devastated planet. What is their motivation? The planet is completely destroyed, which means no economy. Power perhaps? Still nothing is left so whats the point.

Well even with all this mess there are good news. The 3D effects I have heard are very good. Sadly I didnt get to see the film in 3D. Milla Jovovich and Ali Larter in slow motion...a lot of slow motion.

Verdict: Good 3D effects, horrible plot and action scenes, Milla Jovovich and Ali Larter in slow motion. (2 out of 5)