As I had gone to see the first two adaptations of Resident Evil to the cinema, and since I am a large fan of the video games, I had a duty yesterday evening to go and watch the third, Extinction. My hype was very low since the preceding productions differed too much from the original work with laughable scenes and the introduction of a Wonder Woman called Alice, which makes its great return for this full-length film. One of my concern with all these re-creations of popular plays for the cinema, it is precisely that one recreates it with his vision without filling his mandate towards the fans. Paul W.S. Anderson continues to adapt Resident Evil and to transform the story according to his desires. The result is a mixture of Mad Max and Dawn of the Dead which will divert more than one fan.

The propagation of the T virus in the town of Racoon City was not controlled as Umbrella hoped for it, a multinational in the pharmaceutical field. In a matter of a few weeks, all the continents were infected, reducing its inhabitants to vulgar zombies famished of flesh. Water rarefied to disappear completely, transforming the Earth into a sandy surface. The survivors, very few, must travel on the roads because the old cities are too dangerous. Thus, a convoy ordered by Carlos Olivera and Claire Redfield move in the hope to find a place still favourable with life, where the virus would not have travelled. On her side, Alice (acted by splendid Milla Jovovich) always wanders in the search of her creators after fleeing out of the Umbrella laboratories in second film. Without any surprise, the convoy and Alice will cross way. They will try thereafter to go to Alaska, where there would be hope of life according to notes from a note-book found by the woman with super capacities. For the first time, the head of Umbrella Corporation, Albert Wesker, appears. The performance of the actor Jason O' Mara convinced me in spite of its rare moments of intervention in the scenario. He and Doctor Isaacs enter a conflict; Wesker wants a solution with the virus but research of the doctor is long without giving conclusive results. Where the pack wounds with Extinction, it is on the level of the curve of intensity. During these dialogues, one is bored to death. The spectator must wait dozens of minutes before having the next bit of action. To be frank, only one scene is worth this pain in the ass, when the convoy moves to the now-under-sand Las Vegas . The level of gore is there, blood splashes on the screen. Afterwards, nothing, if not the ultimate battle which has a boring ending. The end of the film, as for it, is closer to a Wars Star: The Attack of the clones. On another side, it is perhaps better thus, that does nothing but confirm a fourth film is not required.

I jumped on my chair several times, sometimes of fear, sometimes of dislike. I do not understand the reason that pushed director Russell Mulcahy to give a role to Mike Epps, who plays an idiotic black once again trying to connect gags at the bad time. His interventions do not equal the nightmare seen in Apocalypse (2004), it has more credibility at least. Despite everything, I would have removed it from the list, at least attach to him a tolerable personality, please. I do not recommand this film for those who do not know the videogame, they will not understand anything. Even to the fans, I'd say wait for the DVD.

My conclusion : 2/5

**** SPOILERS ****
The dogs are back with an action scene, one of the rare ones, at the beginning of film.
The famous corridor with the laser is also back twice; it is used as a test for Alice and concludes the final battle against Doctor Isaacs transformed and able to howl so extreme that it destroys walls.
The crows, another enemy from Resident Evil, attack the principal characters and kill some. However, they had not envisaged the capacities a la The Matrix from Alice, which send them all in smoke only by her presence!
The most eccentric and execrable creation of Anderson in these adaptations, the White Queen (a girl which represents the information processing system of the Umbrella laboratories), does not fail to insult us with its interventions a la Star Wars. Kill it with fire!
Alice is Neo with boobs
L.J. (Epps) dies Yay!
Carlos Olivera dies, but before he takes time to smoke weed (no joke!)

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pantyhelmet
pantyhelmet
Commented on 2007-09-25 10:13:50
This review was brought to my attention by 2 other members who told me to read it and see if it upset me..well; i was actually enjoying and agreeing with your review until i got to the "idiotic black" part..so he's playing an idiot, and he happens to be black, but would you say jim carey plays idiotic whites? that was insensitive , and will surely rub a few the wrong way..i won't ask you to rephrase that sentence, and i don't know how racial sensitivity is handled where you're from.. but PLEASE be mindful that people from all over the world view this great (but sometimes biased) site. A little sensitivity goes a long way.
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Cendres
Cendres
Commented on 2007-09-25 15:22:05
Well, maybe what Kudgel was trying to say is that the role in itself is stereotypical in a very bad and insensitive way. Hollywood (particularily the low-end of the movie food-chain), is filled with racial stereotypes. There's the blak guy, who's funny and makes dumb jokes, the latino "bombshell" girl, the asian geek, the white-ass GI Joe, etc.

Personally, I hate it, but that's the way it is, and that's probably what Kudgel's criticism was pointing out.

Maybe it's worse to have racial stereotypes in movies than to point them out in reviews ...
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Kudgel
Commented on 2007-09-25 18:37:35 In reply to Cendres
Posted by Cendres
Well, maybe what Kudgel was trying to say is that the role in itself is stereotypical in a very bad and insensitive way. Hollywood (particularily the low-end of the movie food-chain), is filled with racial stereotypes. There's the blak guy, who's funny and makes dumb jokes, the latino "bombshell" girl, the asian geek, the white-ass GI Joe, etc.

Personally, I hate it, but that's the way it is, and that's probably what Kudgel's criticism was pointing out.

Maybe it's worse to have racial stereotypes in movies than to point them out in reviews ...
Exactly. And this is not really a review but more a detailed opinion because I do not have the necessary knowledge to write a movie review for many reasons, first one being I do not watch movies often, I do not know many directors, techniques, etc. Please go watch Resident Evil: Apocalypse and you will know what I mean by "idiotic black" performance from Mike Epps. It felt totally ackward. He does have more personality in Exctinction, though he still has this "I'm tough and I'm funny" attitude borrowed from Apocalypse. Does it mean I have something against blacks? No.
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pantyhelmet
pantyhelmet
Commented on 2007-09-25 18:46:19
maybe, if thats what he was doing, or maybe you're practicing to be a defense lawyer, those are a lot of maybe's.



to Kudgel:
its all in the presentation really, there are better ways to make that point, such as how you elaborated just then, its not a matter of racism, just picking words carefully, for all people know i may be white and you might be black..but i assumed again that you were aware that Mike Epps is not really much of an actor, he tends to play HIMSELF in every movie he's in without fail..hollywood seems to think at least one "funny" black in a movie will attract more blacks..sometimes it works with the movie, sometimes, like this time it works against it..
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Kudgel
Commented on 2007-09-25 20:20:26 In reply to pantyhelmet
Posted by pantyhelmet
maybe, if thats what he was doing, or maybe you're practicing to be a defense lawyer, those are a lot of maybe's.



to Kudgel:
its all in the presentation really, there are better ways to make that point, such as how you elaborated just then, its not a matter of racism, just picking words carefully, for all people know i may be white and you might be black..but i assumed again that you were aware that Mike Epps is not really much of an actor, he tends to play HIMSELF in every movie he's in without fail..hollywood seems to think at least one "funny" black in a movie will attract more blacks..sometimes it works with the movie, sometimes, like this time it works against it..
Well sorry, didn't mean to offend anyone.
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pantyhelmet
pantyhelmet
Commented on 2007-09-26 01:10:14
Kudgel-
its all good, it was unintentional, and the members who brought it to my attention (who know me personally and are fans of the titles i produce..) feel they over reacted in involving me, but i think it was a good opportunity for me to see things from another perspective.
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Sath - Missed the<br>hay
Sath
Commented on 2007-09-26 14:55:24
Well I own both of the movies on DVD and I am planning on watching the third one as well. Not saying its the best movies out there, but its "entertaining".
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Kudgel - Bernard Pavot
Kudgel
Commented on 2007-09-26 16:34:43 In reply to Sath
Posted by Sath
Well I own both of the movies on DVD and I am planning on watching the third one as well. Not saying its the best movies out there, but its "entertaining".
It sure is. But the pacing is bad, be warned. You'll be glad they did not cut the gore, even with humans (though much is with zombies of course).
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Sath - Missed the<br>hay
Sath
Commented on 2007-09-26 17:15:10 In reply to Kudgel
Posted by Kudgel
It sure is. But the pacing is bad, be warned. You'll be glad they did not cut the gore, even with humans (though much is with zombies of course).
I expected that pretty much.
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mkk316
mkk316
Commented on 2007-09-27 03:14:18
Any movie with Ashanti cast in it is doomed to failure. However, these movies are pretty entertaining, and i like the grittier look of this RE movie. I also think the concept of the T-virus wiping out ALL life including water and plant life is pretty interesting, and it kinda makes sense, to me at least. heh.
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Sath - Missed the<br>hay
Sath
Commented on 2007-09-27 08:22:13
I can see this movie be VERY cheesy...for example "sorry about this stevie" there you go...cheesy opening intro :P
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alimokrane
alimokrane
Commented on 2007-09-27 17:57:14
Cheesy or not, I very much enjoyed the Resident Evil movies, they are as sath pointed indeed very entertaining. I cant wait to see it!
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Kudgel - Bernard Pavot
Kudgel
Commented on 2007-09-28 00:06:41 In reply to Sath
Posted by Sath
I can see this movie be VERY cheesy...for example "sorry about this stevie" there you go...cheesy opening intro :P
It's not in the intro tough. But in the first couple minutes of course, after the dogs scene.
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Sephiriah
Sephiriah
Commented on 2008-02-16 20:38:59
Thanks for the heads up, I was going to see this movie but I'm perhaps going to rethink whether it is worth it or not...

Where has all the water gone?
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fleshsniper1
fleshsniper1
Commented on 2008-03-27 10:51:40
I register just to reply here lol, aside from the 'black' word being accused of used badly in the review, i pretty much agree with everything said about this movie. All the Resident Evil movies are a shame, they are not extremely bad movies. Part 1 was actually pretty good, dont remember part 2 other than i love the actor Jill - she actually made me realize this movie was about the Resident Evil world, part 3 was really slow, boring, and depressing cause it made me think of many other movies that have ruined the fame of certain game titles.

Many people would not see the crime these movies have done to great titles like Resident Evil but im glad at least some people realize the creativity and talent gap between game makers and movie makers of a certain title.
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