Reviews: Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) Movie Review
Genres: Horror, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Action, Zombies
Subgenres: Zombies, Apocalypse, Hunter, Virus
Our take on Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) explores its plot, scares, and horror highlights to help fans decide if it deserves a place on their watchlist.
Alexander Witt directed Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) received 6 movie awards and was nominated for 3 more. Resident Evil: Apocalypse had an estimated movie budget of $45 million but only took in $51.2 million at the box office.
Resident Evil: Apocalypse picks up with Alice (Milla Jovovich) waking up in Raccoon City. Alice finds Raccoon City overrun with zombies and monsters. Alice teams up with Jill Valentine (Sienna Guillory) and Carlos Olivera (Oded Fehr) race to evacuate Raccoon City before it is destroyed by a nuclear missile. We get to see Nemesis from the Resident Evil game come to life.
Resident Evil 2 rocks! Decent storyline and great effects. That is exactly why this series did better in the past. Instead of using bad computer-generated effects, everything is mostly makeup and bodysuits. The character "Nemesis" is a real person with a body suit on and tons of makeup that add to the realism and make the numerous action scenes look great and bad-ass.
Now that the basic story of Resident Evil has been setup, its time to have some fun. At the end of the original, the scientists seize Alice and the next survivor and put them into the Nemesis Program. Alice is the after product of the T-virus that changes her DNA to grant her super strength, agility and speed. On the other hand, Nemesis is the T-virus in an advanced zombie blessed with the exact same qualities as Alice. Alice is living tissue with her own mind while Nemesis is dead tissue reanimated. The movies main plot is to pit them against one another to see who the better specimen is. You have to see this all out war between these two icons. Also, you might find the city of zombies, courtesy of the Umbrella Corporation pretty cool too.
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- Resident Evil: Apocalypse Rating Scores
- Our Score: 7/10
- Overall Score: 4.94/10
- IMDB: 6.1/10
- MetaCritic: 3.6/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 1.8/10
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