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Resident Evil (2002)

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Average Rating: 4.5/10
Reviews Counted: 121
Fresh: 41 | Rotten: 80

Like other video game adapations, Resident Evil is loud, violent, formulaic, and cheesy.

Average Rating: 3.8/10
Critic Reviews: 23
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 19

Like other video game adapations, Resident Evil is loud, violent, formulaic, and cheesy.

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Movie Info

The director of Mortal Kombat (1995) adapts another popular video game for the big screen with this gory action thriller. Milla Jovovich and Michelle Rodriguez star as Alice and Rain, two members of a commando team assigned to infiltrate the Hive, an underground research laboratory owned by the faceless conglomerate known as the Umbrella Corporation. A bio-engineered virus has been released into the maze-like Hive, turning the facility's employees into mindless, flesh-eating zombies. A single

R, 1 hr. 40 min.

Action & Adventure, Horror, Mystery & Suspense

Directed By: Paul W.S. Anderson

Written By: Paul Anderson

In Theaters: Mar 15, 2002 Wide

On DVD: Jul 30, 2002

Box Office:$39.5M

Columbia Tristar Pictures

Despite a promising setup, pic never really goes anywhere, instead immersing viewers in a kinetic onslaught of flesh (namely, that of Milla Jovovich) and flesh-eaters (most of the rest of the cast).

March 31, 2009 Full Review Source: Variety

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Scott Foundas

Variety

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On its own terms, Resident Evil updates the zombie genre with an anti-corporate message while still scaring its audience and providing heart-pounding action.

July 20, 2002 Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune

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Robert K. Elder

Chicago Tribune

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It's completely pointless.

March 19, 2002 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper

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Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

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An already thin story boils down to surviving invaders seeking an existent anti-virus. If only there were one for this kind of movie.

March 16, 2002 Full Review Source: USA Today

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Mike Clark

USA Today

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Its characters are thinner than cardboard -- or even comic-book paper.

March 15, 2002 Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee

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Joe Baltake

Sacramento Bee

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It all looks and plays like a $40 million version of a game you're more likely to enjoy on a computer.

March 15, 2002 Comment

Richard Harrington

Washington Post

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An ultra-gory video game-to-movie disappointment.

December 28, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

The overblown action and cheapo effects become as relentless as the undead.

September 9, 2010 Full Review Source: LarsenOnFilm

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Josh Larsen

LarsenOnFilm

How much staying power this has, we can't really know, but it's a fun film either way.

April 29, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

This video-game-to-celluloid adaptation has a clammy, nightmarish glaze and tightly coiled sense of tension.

August 7, 2008 Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review

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Mark Halverson

Sacramento News & Review

Despite some nifty scenes that you'll probably never forget, such moments only make you mindful of the fact that not enough scenes are equally accomplished.

January 14, 2008 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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James Plath

Movie Metropolis

Entertainment in dire need of its own self-assurance.

October 11, 2007 Full Review Source: Projection Booth

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Rob Humanick

Projection Booth

Hats off, however, to the production team for the set designs and one very imaginative death-by-laser sequence. The rest is a derivative, tedious mess.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Derek Adams

Time Out

here are times when RESIDENT EVIL looks unfinished or below its potential

July 13, 2005 Full Review Source: Draxblog Movie Reviews

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Dragan Antulov

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So bad it can't even steal effectively from good movies that came before.

December 18, 2004 Full Review Source: Cincinnati Enquirer

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Margaret A. McGurk

Cincinnati Enquirer

You ain't seen nothin' until you've seen Milla Jovovich kick a Doberman in the face.

August 25, 2004 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

... The Night of the Living Dead for the 21st century.

January 7, 2004 Full Review Source: Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

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Greg Maki

Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

In the category of zombie movies, this is top shelf.

September 17, 2003 Full Review Source: Fantastica Daily

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Shirley Klass

Fantastica Daily

Don't expect Aliens but don't resign yourself to Ghosts of Mars either.

April 8, 2003 Full Review Source: RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)

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Harry Guerin

RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) Source: RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)

Barbequed Doggie Zombies. If your heart just skipped a beat and you find yourself atingle with anticipation, then I wish you good luck and Godspeed and there's no need for you to read further

April 5, 2003 Full Review Source: Killer Movie Reviews

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Andrea Chase

Killer Movie Reviews

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I was really disappointed in this one, I was exciting something a little more fun and exciting. However I found this film to be pointless and boring.

April 20, 2011

Jameson Worley

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Omg, this movie was crap. Absolutely horrible acting, dialogue, cinematography, direction, editing... EVERYTHING. This was so boring. I was a fan of the game... nothing like the game. The action scenes, though there were enough to make an action movie, absolutely was horrendous. Not even a horror movie. Sucked; do not watch it.

August 16, 2011

Albert Kim

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Resident Evil Quotes

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1. J. D.: I shot her five times. How was she still standing?
2. Rain: Bitch isn't standing now.
– Submitted by Clayton L (59 days ago)
1. Rain: [referring to when Spence locks them up in the room] Your boyfriend is a real asshole.
– Submitted by Clayton L (59 days ago)
1. Rain: She bit me man, she took a chunk right outta me.
– Submitted by Joshua C (2 months ago)
1. Kaplan: She was right. We're all going to die down here.
– Submitted by Joshua C (2 months ago)
1. Red Queen: You're all going to die down here.
– Submitted by Joshua C (2 months ago)