Resident Evil Extinction

I know most people have already seen, or not, the movie Resident Evil: Extinction. For those that have seen it, I know you feel as disappointed as I do. Obviously if you have not seen it, the wait for the DVD or cable is recommended. Not that the film was terrible, it just fell far from good.

The problems with this film are multiple. One of the biggest things is that the tension never really builds up. There is no real drive to the film. The pace is about even all the way through, and for this type of film that’s not good.

Within the film itself there are many gaps in logic. Such as, if you know that satellites are tracking you, and you know where they will be and you have been avoiding them, why suddenly stop and let yourself be caught? How about a different thought, a basic one. How long does it take to be infected by the T-virus (if you’ve seen the other 2 films you know what that is – if you haven’t why are you thinking of seeing this film as the first?) and turn into a zombie? Normally, minutes to hours depending how bad you are infected. But in this film they throw out this rule, and one character with a decent wound lasts for a day or 2. Yet a later character is feeling the effects after a minor bite in minutes.

In the other films, infected dogs and zombies are a rampant and continuous problem. Not in this film. They are basically unseen. Other than a couple of critical scenes you really don’t even know they exist. That would make you think there is a big monster boss in the film, like Nemesis from the second film. Nope. There is a Boss fight, but it’s so anti-climactic and boring. I had expected more.

I think that sums up the whole film actually. You are always expecting more and you don’t get it. Not enough fights, bullets, zombies or anything else. You wait and wait, but nothing happens in a big way.

If you haven’t paid to see the film yet, don’t. It’s a definite cable movie. I won’t even add it to my DVD collection, which has both of the first 2 movies. And if you are wondering why this is so long after the movie came out, being sick and stress left me little free time.