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Resident Evil: Extinction
Whenever I watch one of the Resident Evils, I expect them to be crap but somehow end up enjoying it. Extinction is the best of the lot.
Resident Evil Extinction won't win any awards, but it's a cut above most of the mindless slashy zombie stuff. For a lads' night out you'll be hard pushed to find a purer action fix and you know what, it'd make a damn good video game. I enjoyed this film: I think the average moviegoer will enjoy it: Testosterone Satisfaction Rating: - frenetic action, lots of blood and guts and the now-traditional quick flash of nudity from Milla Jovovich.
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It's only the action bits that I ever remember though, so I'm having trouble deciding which bits of this story I can tell
you without giving away something new. Best stay safe and say nothing. Milla Jovovich stars again as the athletic shooty
girl Alice from the video game series and she shows no less energy here than in the first episode. It's now way into the
future, Gordon Brown has long been turned into a zombie making his election plans somewhat irrelevant, and the Scissor
Sisters are nothing more than a distant and disturbing memory, because the virus that caused all the commotion in the first
two episodes has broken loose and eaten the world, leaving little more than a few Mad Maxy survivors. And Alice.
Most of the supporting cast are unknown to me, but you may recognise Ali Larter as the schizophrenic from Heroes
(though I must admit I thought it was Jennifer Connelly until the credits rolled!), and
R&B star Ashanti doesn't disgrace herself in the company of proper actors.
The opening scene has a distinctly James Bond sense to it, with some outlandishly over-engineered booby traps for Alice
to negotiate and a room that splits in two to reveal the secrets below - with a table that spans the gap that consequently
has to split in two as well ... I can't explain why but I found that tongue-in-cheek detail rather amusing.
The director Russell Mulcahy seems to be having great fun messing around with the format, evoking memories of everything
from Dawn of the Dead to The Birds. You get the feeling that we're not supposed to take it at all seriously, which is a
good thing in my book, as these fantasy tales tend to stretch credulity otherwise. The effects are adequate
(well, maybe a touch Blue Peter in places), the acting totally fine and the action pumps the adrenaline nicely - and there
are a few scares likely to make you drop your popcorn. It's really rather good.
