Resident Evil
March 24, 2002
I saw it today with Andrew, Pat, and Jesse. I didn’t think I would like it because history has taught us movies from video games usually suck royally. Examples: Supaer Mario Bros, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, and Duckhunt (ok maybe not Duckhunt since it won 2 Oscars). I was surprised that it turned out to be rather good. The whole movie was filled with suspense without any boring talk scenes. The sound track was superb, with deep heartbeat-like beats all the time. It followed the game environment pretty well in that everything in the movie could have happened during the game Resident Evil. No, the characters aren’t Albert Wesker, Jill Valentine, and Chris… Something. It ends with a possibility of a sequel – leading right up to the start of the Resident Evil 2 game.
The zombies were pretty well done but somewhat comical to me. I can’t explain it. Here they are eating up those special forces dudes and I was chuckling. It’s almost insanely sick hehe. My favourite thing was how well the doggies were done. Then there was that big giant thing that crawled on ceilings and had a long tongue. I think something similar is in the game but I can’t remember what they were called (Reapers??). Sorry fans, no Tyrant (but that would have been just supercool). And Milla Jovovich (sp?) is just plain hot. There’s something about a woman who can kick and punch that is such a turn on. So the movie is good.
