Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
It definitely goes out with a bang!
It’s the final chapter! after 15 years and six movies they are calling it quits (Unless this one makes a boat load of money). Another similar film franchise, Underworld is suppose to end this year as well. It’s strange, both franchises were not the best cinema had to offer, but I’m going to miss the mindless action sci-fi horror adventure with a kick ass female lead that is both film series.
But I’m going to miss Resident Evil more. It was my favorite out of the two. though I played the first three games, I was not the biggest fan of them (From what I understand, this is most likely why I like the franchise at all). Resident Evil was clearly the more action packed film out of the both of them and Milla Jovovich was so much more intoxicating as butt whipping Alice (Sorry Kate Benkensale).
The final chapter starts out with a montage that clears up a few things you may not have realized about the series with the full origin of the T-virus and the Red Queen.
Then, like in the first film (Which this film references a lot along with bits and pieces from the other films), Alice wakes up alone in a deserted place, but it only takes a minute for the action to start this time around. After explaining the video game like plot of Alice having 48 hours to get to Racoon city and find the airborne cure to the virus before humanity is completely wiped out, the action starts and never ends.
It was like action sequence upon action sequence. once one was done another one picks up like going from level to level with very little talk In-between. Reminds me a lot of the first movie, which is not a surprise as Paul WS Anderson who directed the original comes back of the final one, except this time around it’s obvious he has a little bigger budget to pump up the action.
It’s another leave your brain at the door pop corn eating masterpiece. Don’t think, just watch and feel the excitement. It’s not met to be smart, it’s met to be ninety minutes of Guns blazing, cool monster effects and crap blowing up so swiftly that it makes you numb with it.
And I seriously will miss this. It’s not great, it’s good enough. It’s not gonna change the world and yet in this wave of Feminism, we can’t loose film characters like Alice in the most fast pace zombie flick ever!
It was a great last hora!
