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Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)

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Reviews Counted:12

Fresh:2

Rotten:10

Average Rating:3.7/10

Consensus: Resident Evil: Extinction is more of the same; its few impressive action sequences unable to compensate for the pedestrian plot.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong horror violence throughout and some nudity.

Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release:Sep 21, 2007 Wide

Box Office: $50,648,679

Synopsis: It's three years after the action of RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE, and the world has turned to desert in this third film based on the now-classic video game RESIDENT EVIL. Survivors of the... It's three years after the action of RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE, and the world has turned to desert in this third film based on the now-classic video game RESIDENT EVIL. Survivors of the zombie-making T-virus are few and far between, but Alice (Milla Jovovich) treks her way across the desolate landscape, fending off zombies and fighting the Umbrella Corporation. Not only is the company responsible for the virus and the state of the world, but their experiments also turned Alice into a super-human fighting machine. She reunites with Carlos (Oded Fehr) and L.J. (Mike Epps) when she joins with a caravan of people led by Claire Redfield (Ali Larter, HEROES). Together, the band battles the undead as they make their way to the promised safety of Alaska. The zombies of RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION have more in common with the fast-moving fiends of 28 DAYS LATER than with the lumbering creatures of George Romero's classic NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. However, this film doesn't limit itself to human zombies; instead, there's horror to be found in undead dogs and crows. But none of these are any match for Jovovich's Alice. Whether clad in chaps and short shorts or a slinky red dress and boots, Jovovich is dressed to kill as she takes down the zombie hordes with a lethal combination of guns, knives, and a powerful pair of legs. Just as in ULTRAVIOLET and THE FIFTH ELEMENT, the actress has perfected the role of the dangerous beauty, and this film's blend of butt-kicking action and horror-movie scares provides the perfect opportunity for her to shine. [More]

Starring: Milla Jovovich, Oded Fehr, Ali Larter, Iain Glen

Starring: Milla Jovovich, Oded Fehr, Ali Larter, Iain Glen, Ashanti, Mike Epps, Christopher Egan, Jason O'Mara, Spencer Locke

Director: Russell Mulcahy

Director: Russell Mulcahy
Screenwriter: Paul W.S. Anderson
Producer: Paul W.S. Anderson, Jeremy Bolt, Robert Kulzer, Samuel Hadida, Bernd Eichinger
Composer: Charlie Clouser
Studio: Screen Gems

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Resident Evil: Extinction plays like a flabby middle chapter, full of nerdy details but fraudulently short on the ruined Vegas-scape that ads have been promising.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
09/26/07
Scott Brown
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Entertainment Weekly
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If ever a movie was made for a quick in-and-out engagement at the multiplex, this is it.

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09/24/07
Geoff Pevere
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Toronto Star
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Resident Evil: Extinction is no more interesting than watching someone else play with his Xbox.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
09/24/07
Kyle Smith
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New York Post
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The action is not so much bloody as bloody monotonous.

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09/24/07
Jack Mathews
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New York Daily News
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The story and characters are surprisingly engaging, with fight scenes and scares effectively placed between plot turns.

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09/24/07
Kevin Crust
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Los Angeles Times
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Fast-paced and filled with brisk action sequences, the film should reasonably satisfy the devotees.

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09/24/07
Frank Scheck
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Hollywood Reporter
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The third in the modestly successful franchise spawned by the ultraviolent video-game, Resident Evil: Extinction provides little in the way of satisfying explanations or, for that matter, satisfying anything.

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09/24/07
Jason Anderson
Jason Anderson
Globe and Mail
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It's all so much more fun when you're the one with the controller, telling the heroes what to do: Watching this stuff unfold onscreen is like sitting by while someone plays your video games without you.

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09/24/07
Erin Meister
Erin Meister
Boston Globe
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The third installment in the video-game-derived series of films is not exactly dull but never interesting either.

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09/24/07
Matt Zoller Seitz
Matt Zoller Seitz
New York Times
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Pic never really achieves maximum velocity as a full-throttle action-adventure opus, despite game efforts by returning star Milla Jovovich.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
09/22/07
Joe Leydon
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Variety
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More of the same game.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
09/21/07
John Monaghan
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Detroit Free Press
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The palette is post-apocalyptic America, with generous squeezes of every cinematic pigment from The Omega Man to Mad Max to Night of the Living Dead. Really, the lack of flying saucers ultimately becomes quite amazing.

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09/21/07
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