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Given that Resident Evil is a Paul Anderson movie based on a computer game which was itself highly derivative (especially of George A Romero and James Cameron films), it's probably unfair to complain that it hasn't got an original idea or moment in its entire running time. In the early 1980s, Italian schlock films such as Zombie Flesh Eaters and Zombie Creeping Flesh tried to cram in as many moments restaged from American originals as possible, strung together by silly characters wandering between monster attacks. This is a much-improved, edited, photographed and directed version of the same gambit.
As amnesiac Milla Jovovich remembers amazing kung fu skills and anti-globalist Eric Mabius mutters about evil corporations, a gang of clichéd soldiers without a distinguishing feature between them (except for Michelle Rodriguez as a secondary tough chick) are trapped in an underground scientific compound at the mercy of a tyrannical computer--which manifests as a smug little-girl-o-gram--fending off flesh-eating zombies (though gore fans will be disappointed by the film's need to stay within the limits of the 15 certificate) and CGI mutants, not to mention the ever-popular zombie dogs. It's tolerably action-packed, but zips past its borrowings (Aliens, Cube, Deep Blue Sea) without adding anything that future schlock pictures will want to imitate. -- Kim Newman
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By J. J. Pecino
Format:Blu-ray
Received this today. A very good transfer in my opinion. I use to own the DVD and I can tell the difference. Colours are more vivid and I can see more detail. Sound is more powerful. I have a 2.1 Philips speaker system plugged into the headphone socket of my TV.
Languages: English, Italian, French, Spanish and Portoguese.
Subtitles: French, English, Portoguese, Spanish and Italian
Languages: English, Italian, French, Spanish and Portoguese.
Subtitles: French, English, Portoguese, Spanish and Italian
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
Milla Jovovich is one of my favourite actors. Love watching this series on Blu Ray as their is plenty of action and the sound is great.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Espen
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
This film is a classic. I haven't played the game it was based on, but watching this as a standalone film is a pleasure. If you like the sci-fi genre, you will love this film.
Technical: The menus and everything works great. The only thing is, I wished they had spend a bit more money and time on encoding the video. In dark scenes, it tends to be a bit grainy.
Technical: The menus and everything works great. The only thing is, I wished they had spend a bit more money and time on encoding the video. In dark scenes, it tends to be a bit grainy.
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Gerat Film
Milla is fantastic, xstrodinary film, the very best of the series, but I love them all,
This is scifi at it best.
This is scifi at it best.
Published 2 months ago by Per Blaaberg
5.0 out of 5 stars
Resident Evil
I buy this dvd because it a good flim & you watch it over & over again all the time.
Published 3 months ago by D. S. Sloman
5.0 out of 5 stars
good movi
ben locing for this movi on bluray for many yers her inn Norway . . . . . . .
Published 4 months ago by Knut Andre Berge Toft
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Loved the film, and the service from madeagaingills was brilliant! I received the dvd on time and will definitely use this company again!
Published 5 months ago by Trigger
5.0 out of 5 stars
Its a film not a game!
Its an all round good film. Unless of course youre one of those sad pathetic geeks who has no friends and masturbates to comic books, which are the people who give this a bad... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Stokesale
4.0 out of 5 stars
And in the begi...
... this is the first movie in the Resident Evil saga and it is as all first movies setting a standard for what kind of story it is. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Miki
3.0 out of 5 stars
Middling zombie actioneer
I haven't played the game this is based on (not much of a gameplayer) but having caught bits of it on TV thought I would give it a go. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Lendrick
3.0 out of 5 stars
Contamination, Containment, Catastrophe
"Evil Never Dies..... Apparently"
The majority of people who have seen Resident Evil will be aware of its video game background. Read more
The majority of people who have seen Resident Evil will be aware of its video game background. Read more
Published 10 months ago by J. Clarke
4.0 out of 5 stars
Lights, horror...ACTION!!!
Bought all four films plus the CGI animation at once. Films aren't mind-bending oscar nominations, but they're great for an afternoon / evening of just sit down mindless action... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Dean Morton
5.0 out of 5 stars
A survival horror classic.
This movie, directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, who also directed the sci-fi horror cult movie Event Horizon, deals with the survival of a small group of security personnel employed by... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Vincent Borkowski
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