Hasn’t the world had enough of computer game movies?
Hasn’t the world had enough of zombie movies?
Sarah says: HELL NO!
Theyre not like anything else.
Theyre also, it has to be said, pretty self-indulgent.
Game movies assume that their audiences have played the games and will recognise the characters names and locations.
But then, if youve watched the first two, you wouldnt expect anything else.
The indestructible Alice is back, and in fine ass-kicking mode.
Resident Evil: Extinctionis just balls to the wall video game nonsense.
Theres plenty of blood and gore; plenty of zombies wandering around; and plenty of explosions.
Theres very little dialogue and virtually no characterisation.
Everything is very, very silly and the zombies in no way represent a plausible threat.
But it doesnt matter.
Bullets pass through zombie skulls in slow motion and CGI blood spurts out the other side.
And the ending… the ending is preposterous, but at the same time, awesome.
Resident Evil: Extinctionknows what it is.
It knows who its audience is.
Rating:
3 out of 5
