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Resident Evil - Apocalypse

Resident Evil - Apocalypse (2004)

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Average Rating: 3.9/10
Reviews Counted: 123
Fresh: 26 | Rotten: 97

Resident Evil: Apocalypse has lots of action, but not much in terms of plot or creativity.

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Average Rating: 3.3/10
Critic Reviews: 26
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 24

Resident Evil: Apocalypse has lots of action, but not much in terms of plot or creativity.

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Average Rating: 3.3/5
User Ratings: 376,339

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Movie Info

One of the only survivors of a man-made plague joins forces with a team of private warriors in a bid to save what's left of the Earth in this sequel to Resident Evil, the big-screen adaptation of the popular video game. Picking up where the first film left off, Resident Evil: Apocalypse finds Alice (Milla Jovovich) still battling the living dead who are overtaking Raccoon City, inoculated with an anti-virus by the nefarious and all-powerful Umbrella Corporation (in addition to the virus itself).

Unrated, 1 hr. 34 min.

Horror

Sep 4, 2007

$50.7M

Sony Pictures

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Critic Reviews for Resident Evil - Apocalypse

All Critics (123) | Top Critics (26) | Fresh (29) | Rotten (99) | DVD (33)

Is it utopian to expect better of the next first-person shooter that comes to the screen?

September 17, 2004 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
Cliff Doerksen
Chicago Reader
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The undead are back to stumbling in the dark, sometimes even in blurry slo-mo, making the many packs of them about as terrifying as the mobs waiting for Matt and Katie outside the Today studio.

September 16, 2004 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | Comment
Gregory Kirschling
Entertainment Weekly
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Obviously padded, too long on action, and painfully short on irony.

September 14, 2004 Full Review Source: Village Voice | Comment
Ben Kenigsberg
Village Voice
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Resident Evil: Apocalypse accomplishes the odd feat of having several things going on at once yet never being terribly exciting.

September 14, 2004 Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | Comment
Randy Cordova
Arizona Republic
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... dreadful piece of work.

September 13, 2004 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | Comment
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper
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Monstrous zombies rampage through a peaceful metropolis. Carnage is everywhere. Still, one can't help but yawn one's way through Resident Evil: Apocalypse.

September 10, 2004 Full Review Source: USA Today | Comment
Claudia Puig
USA Today
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By-the-numbers gory horror flick -- not for kids.

December 28, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Nell Minow
Common Sense Media

Loud, messy, senseless, pointless, and cheesy.

April 29, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | Comment
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

Milla Jovovich still deserves much of the credit for the film's short-term success.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | Comment
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Urban Cinefile

This lamely scripted sequel based on the popular video game begins where the tense, gruesome original ended but is quite inferior.

August 7, 2008 Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | Comment
Mark Halverson
Sacramento News & Review

Another underwhelming entry to another underwhelming franchise.

December 27, 2007 Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound | Comment
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

The thing is Anderson and Witt cannot decide what to focus on.

December 7, 2007 Full Review Source: Eye for Film | Comment
Keith H. Brown
Eye for Film

Resident Evil: Apocalypse is utterly shameless whereas its predecessor tried to play things with a straight face... you can practically see the popcorn "butter" running off the screen.

October 20, 2007 Full Review Source: Projection Booth | Comment
Rob Humanick
Projection Booth

A riveting, well-acted, above average example of the horror genre.

September 10, 2007 Full Review Source: EURWeb | Comment
Kam Williams
EURWeb

A riveting, well-acted, above average example of the horror genre.

August 31, 2007 Full Review Source: Princeton Town Topics | Comment (1)
Kam Williams
Princeton Town Topics

Just because a film is about the undead, that doesn't mean the film itself has to feel like it was made by the undead or for the undead.

October 2, 2006 Comment
Peter T. Chattaway
Christianity Today Source: Christianity Today

Nothing short of pathetic.

May 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | Comment
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Fans of the games will have fun spotting the Easter eggs on display, but precious little else. Indeed, the chief horror here is the cliffhanger promising a third instalment.

April 1, 2006 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | Comment
Chris Hewitt (UK)
Empire Magazine

The heart plummets at the prospects for a follow-up.

February 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment
Trevor Johnston
Time Out Source: Time Out

Un autre exemple navrant qui permet à une initiative déjà peu reluisante de se rapprocher un peu plus du fond du baril.

October 26, 2005 Full Review Source: Panorama | Comment
Jean-François Vandeuren
Panorama

There are times when the film, just like the original, shows that it could be something more

July 14, 2005 Full Review Source: Draxblog Movie Reviews | Comment
Dragan Antulov
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Rent an old Romero flick or hook up your Nintendo; either one will be cheaper and more satisfying.

July 5, 2005 Full Review Source: Bullz-Eye.com | Comment
Jason Zingale
Bullz-Eye.com

Marks a departure from the original film in terms of structure, scope, and pacing. Considering that the original was actually watchable, this is not an entirely good thing.

April 1, 2005 Full Review Source: Freeze Dried Movies | Comment
Brian Juergens
Freeze Dried Movies

[Of] Shaun of the Dead, 28 Days Later, and Dawn of the Dead (either version)... this one's going to be the first to slip your memory.

March 1, 2005 Full Review Source: Now Playing Magazine | Comment
Tony Whitt
Now Playing Magazine Source: Now Playing Magazine
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This film is a major disappointment after having watched the first Resident Evil movie. The only positive thing that comes to mind from this movie is that some of the effects had improved since the first film. The plot to this film is very uninteresting and practically useless to the progression of the series. I think

March 14, 2011
shawnewing92
Shawn Ewing

Super Reviewer

An enormous garbage with terrible direction, stupid characters, lame dialogues. Just about everything is awful in this unoriginal zombie movie sequel with no imagination. It feels and tastes like a video game, only it's the director, not us, who gets to play and have the fun.

December 28, 2010
blacksheepboy
Carlos Magalhães

Super Reviewer

Resident Evil - Apocalypse Quotes

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    1. Alice: Wait, there's something down there.
    2. Sgt. Peyton Wells: I don't see anything.
    3. Alice: That doesn't alter the fact that there *is* something down there.
    – Submitted by Joshua C (2 months ago)
    1. Alice: I'm sorry. That's just the way it is.
    – Submitted by Christian Paul B (6 months ago)
    1. Jill Valentine: Try to shoot 'em in the head.
    – Submitted by Lea L (8 months ago)
    1. Major Cain: [to Alice, referring to her and the Nemesis] The two of you showed such promise, but we had to see you in action. And most impressive you've been. You're like brother and sister. Heightened speed, strength, agility, the same killer instincts. Parallel strands of research. And now, we discover which is superior.
    – Submitted by Lea L (8 months ago)
    1. L.J.: Don't shoot, don't shoot. He's cool. He made a deal with Dr. Doom, same as you.
    – Submitted by Lea L (8 months ago)

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