Resident Evil: Afterlife

johnny_ultimate

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

In all fairness, you have to be realistic. Who cares about the games? An outrage of a question to some, but that's what the target demographic would generally think if asked about the source material. Anderson has said he's a big fan of the games, but has also said he rejected Romeros scrip and chose the final version because he believed a movie based strongly on the game wouldn't be of sufficient interest to a wider audience. Call him what or refer to the movie in any matter you like, but the bottom line is that all three movies were strong financial successes, so clearly, as far as all involved are concerned, somethings being done right.

Personally, there's a lot I would love to see different in the movies, and as much as the next gamer I was rather disappointed with the evolution of the movies, in every conceivable aspect, but as a final product, I actually enjoy them a lot and am really looking forward to Afterlife. Not too sold on the 3D though, would rather see it in 2D.

Unfortunately, financial success is far from conclusive evidence that a film has been successful. Sure, through some bizarre German tax laws, Uwe Boll rakes it in from the dross he peddles. There is someone who certainly does little to nothing right!

As I've said before, and as has been pointed out above, the problem (as I perceive it anyway) is just how disloyal these films are to the game. You can argue the benefits of removing itself from the source material, but the reality is these films are being churned out with the Resi name and have nothing at all to do with Resident Evil. Well, barring token characters and fan references. Again, I quit after film one with this franchise, but the trailers don't fill me with confidence about the direction the series has taken. They aren't great films anyway - rather dull generic sci-fi action going by the first. For me, they don't have any reason to be called Resident Evil films. People would be annoyed if - purely random example alert! - the Harry Potter books were adapted as a hyper violent sci-fi film. The Resi games - while campy and hardly high fiction in game form too - deserve some sort of respect too. It's the problem inherent with most game adaptations - a profound distortion of the game they are based on. There are exceptions like Silent Hill (has its own problems) and Street Fighter II anime movie (which is by a distance the best game adaptation I've seen) - both of which are recognisable takes on the games they are based on. By and large, though, games are severely distorted by Hollywood, and Resident Evil is one recurring example of this.

TerrorFirmer

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Unfortunately, financial success is far from conclusive evidence that a film has been successful. Sure, through some bizarre German tax laws, Uwe Boll rakes it in from the dross he peddles. There is someone who certainly does little to nothing right!

But as you said yourself, that's attributable to loopholes, not actual strong reception of the film itself. Resident Evil was financially successful in the strongest sense of the word - it cost something like 30 million to make, and took in over 100 million; the second cost something like 45 million and took in an even bigger amount at the box office, I think about 130 million. I think the third one, which I personally liked the least, the whole apocaplyptic mad max theme doesn't do it for me, did slightly worse relatively, but still preformed strong and highly profitably. Regardless of whether or not you like the films or find them disrespectful to the games, the bottom line is, it's a healthy, strong franchise, each one being successful enough to warrant a new sequel - hardly supports the odd theories around here - and I'm not saying you're a prepetrator of said theory - that the franchise is solely successful because of the brand name, yet all gamers allegedely hate it? Sorry, that doesn't make sense. The Harry potter reference is a tad skewed as well; Resident Evil has enough references to tie it rather loosely to the game, in terms of design, characters, loose summaries, institutions and scenes; a more apt comparison would be if they made a Harry Potter film about wizards and magic but completely changed the storyline - as if that hasn't happened before with movies based upon source material! They've taken the core of the games and built new stories around them - personally, as I've said, as a gamer and general film fan alike, I think there was no reason the original material couldn't have worked, and I do agree that the film is plagued with enough problems to fill a diary, but on the whole, I find they work pretty well, and general audience response to the franchise as a whole confirms that. I mean, take for example, 5 people I know that have seen the movie off the top of my head - 2 have played the games religiously, 1 has played them intermittendly, 2 have never played any of them at all - and all five are generally quite positive about the movies to date, a few grumbles aside.

unreggd

Just a note to anyone who hasnt seen this yet

Theres an extra bit after the credits!

(So I'v been told)

TerrorFirmer

There is. It's pretty hammy.

Hated the 3D, but there's no 2D option available, which I would have much preferred. Definitely the weakest of all the films by a considerable margin. Just felt entirely empty, dull and devoid of any real purpose. Very disappointed.

unreggd

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

you have to be realistic. Who cares about the games?

You think the Harry Potter crew would say "Who cares about the books?"
and end up with tangent films being well received?

The reason the films should have been based on the games, is because the games were plot driven. You never played them purely for the sake of killin the zombies, in fact, the smart thing to do in most cases was avoid them. You had to investigate the location to read more into the story [quite literally, with files etc] , figure out puzzles, which all tied into the story

Its also a bit like Heroes in the way that each game had 2 main protagonists, but overall as a series they were all connected

Rating wise, they could have gotten away with a hell of a lot more [Dog Soldiers is only 15a!]

I'v watched the first 3 a few times, and I always say they're crap to what they could have been, but as stand alone action movies, they're ok

But I'm just home from watchin Afterlife, and it is, without fail, dysmal

It just has nothing going for it, at all. And there was close to NO claustrophobic zombie action

Also, the so-called futuristic 3D technology (they allegedly used the Avatar camera kit) was woeful, I actually regret seeing it in 3D, but for some reason nowheres playin it in 2D

So, to say who cares about the games is just ignorance. The name / brand spent years building itself up, and now Sony are abusing the namesake for financial gain, simultanously pissing all over it too. I'm pretty sure lots of people will avoid future games, based on seeing the films first

It's so ironic that the main underlying theme of Resi is huge corporations being above the law & civilians, when that's what Sony and Paul WankStain Anderson are doing to film-goers!

chin_grin

Did anyone else get really p*ssed off with the amount of "fade to blacks" in this? Thought it was ok-ish as an action sci fi, but borrowed (maybe stole) from a handful of other movies. Matrix being the main one that comes to mind (

Claire VS the Executioner in the showers and all the bullet time segments....oh and that crash with Wesker at the start.....

)

Also I was walking out while the extra bit came on and didn't bother going back. I spotted that it was

actually the Alice clones in the choppers

, but what happens after? (could someone spoiler it? Thanks.)

Also felt cheated a bit by the 3D as the whole film wasn't actually in it! I lifted the glasses at a few scenes to find that the movie was "normal" before flicked to blurry for a few of the "sh*t flying towards you" scenes.

unreggd

chin_grin wrote: »

Also I was walking out while the extra bit came on and didn't bother going back. I spotted that it was

actually the Alice clones in the choppers

, but what happens after? (could someone spoiler it? Thanks.)

It was Umbrella soldiers, being headed by Jill Valentine, who was under the control of the jewell bug thingy that was on Claire

Also felt cheated a bit by the 3D as the whole film wasn't actually in it! I lifted the glasses at a few scenes to find that the movie was "normal" before flicked to blurry for a few of the "sh*t flying towards you" scenes.

Yup. and the quality of the 3D was dysmal. I really wish I coulda seen it in 2D

unreggd

unreggd wrote: »

Rating wise, they could have gotten away with a hell of a lot more [Dog Soldiers is only 15a!]

I'm fairly certain that Dog Soldiers is an 18s cert not a 15a, 15a wasnt around when Dog Soldiers was released.

unreggd

It's 15

unreggd

unreggd wrote: »

It's 15

Big difference between 15 and 15a cert. Been meaning to give the film a rewatch of late, having read the script of Dog Soldiers 2 it put me in the mood for the original.

L31mr0d

Enjoyed it thoroughly. But I like the Resi series, both games and films. Not too bothered with the films not paralleling the games. The games hardly parallel themselves anyway. Aside from some recurring characters, the plots of the games are fairly self contained.

It's the best of the series anyway, afaic. Thought the first was ok, didn't really like the 2nd, enjoyed the 3rd. But this was definitely the best. Loads of action sequences, and some good uses of the 3D.

I could of done with another hour of it, felt it ended short.

If you loved Crank, you'll probably also enjoy this. No faffing about with a plot or love interests that nobody cares about anyway, just chicks with guns killing zombies in 3D slomo... perfect.

evolutionqy7

L31mr0d wrote: »

I could of done with another hour of it, felt it ended short.

you always feel its too short if you enjoy it

im still waiting it for to come out to the country side :S

Skerries

unreggd wrote: »

It's 15

my copy of Dog Soldiers is Irish Certificate 18

How Soon Is Now

I taught it was good played all the games and seen all films before hand and taught this was the best of the film series.

Like how they used fair amount of details from last game or two.
The 3d was decent enough but cause film is mostly so dark your unsure of what is 3d in some scenes.

Highlights for me was anything with Albert Wesker in it and the sound track which i taught fitted everything perfect *The intro for example in Japan i think it was*

bada_bing

well as fan of the previous 3 movies, i had high hopes for this one and was looking forward to it. Unfortunately it was absolutely disappointing, it was totally devoid of any plot, borrowed every sh*tty stereotype and mixed them with a sh*tload of cliches. Definitely the worst movie of the whole series.

L31mr0d

bada_bing wrote: »

it was totally devoid of any plot

In fairness, going into a RE film expecting a plot is like going into a Stallone film expecting properly enunciated sentences... ain't gonna happen.

Dohnny Jepp

L31mr0d wrote: »

If you loved Crank, you'll probably also enjoy this.

For resident evil this is something I really don't want to read. If resident evil is trying to be like crank there is somethin wrong somehwere.

L31mr0d wrote: »

In fairness, going into a RE film expecting a plot is like going into a Stallone film expecting properly enunciated sentences... ain't gonna happen.

I think he has every right to expect a plot. All the games were heavily plot driven, why shouldnt it be expected off everything using the brand?

L31mr0d

Dohnny Jepp wrote: »

For resident evil this is something I really don't want to read. If resident evil is trying to be like crank there is somethin wrong somehwere.

RE5 was more parts TPS than horror game. It was far more like a GeoW game than a survival horror that the original was.

It is no shock to me either that the films are also moving in this direction.

Dohnny Jepp wrote: »

I think he has every right to expect a plot. All the games were heavily plot driven, why shouldnt it be expected off everything using the brand?

Sha... wah? Heavily plot driven and the RE games are terms that don't mix. All of the games follow the same plot.

Here's what I expect:
1. Infection has broken out
2. Umbrella is involved (Wesker is probably in there)
3. Shoot my way through hoards of zombies
4. Fight boss, end on cliffhanger (what, Wesker got away unscathed? Never!)

There is usually some loose plot to tie these aspects together, but I'd hardly say it is "driven" by the plot. Ask a JRPG fan where the RE series ranks in regards to being "heavily plot driven"

irish_stevo815

Didnt think it was all that bad. I mean you gotta go in knowing what it is youre going to see. It's not exactly up to LOTR standards or anything, but pure opcorn entertainment, just liek the previous 3 movies. There seemed to be a few more references to the games in this one compared to the others, especially

the end where we see Jill under the control of Wesker/Umbrella with the Red jewel thingy on her chest. She looked hot BTW

I was a fan of previous 3 RE movies so went in to this knowing what i was gonna get and didnt come out dissapointed. So if youre like me, and you liked the RE movies, this will be pleasing to you.

chin_grin

irish_stevo815 wrote: »

Didnt think it was all that bad. I mean you gotta go in knowing what it is youre going to see. It's not exactly up to LOTR standards or anything, but pure opcorn entertainment, just liek the previous 3 movies. There seemed to be a few more references to the games in this one compared to the others, especially

the end where we see Jill under the control of Wesker/Umbrella with the Red jewel thingy on her chest. She looked hot BTW

I was a fan of previous 3 RE movies so went in to this knowing what i was gonna get and didnt come out dissapointed. So if youre like me, and you liked the RE movies, this will be pleasing to you.

GAH! Now I'm p*ssed I missed that end bit.

Also a good little review here (contains spoilers)

http://io9.com/5636249/resident-evil-afterlife-is-the-clone-baby-of-the-matrix-and-blade-ii

bada_bing

well looks like a fifth movie is going to be made.

http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/09/13/resident-evil-afterlife-opens-big-milla-jovovich-says-a-fifth-film-is-definite/

unreggd

irish_stevo815 wrote: »

So if youre like me, and you liked the RE movies, this will be pleasing to you.

I liked the others. HATED this one. It was just so hollow. The first was best for the atmosphere, the 2nd for the references, then 3 was an enjoyable tangent

But this was crap. the biggest let-down was the quality of the 3D. and it made them film every 2nd scene in slow-motion

krudler

I'm a huge fan of the games, so naturally I hate the movies, because they're pants. How you could make this franchise so different from its original inspiration is beyond me, think of all the stuff in the games that would have been amazing to see in a movie, the giant shark, the hunters, Nemesis (done properly)

chin_grin

krudler wrote: »

I'm a huge fan of the games, so naturally I hate the movies, because they're pants. How you could make this franchise so different from its original inspiration is beyond me, think of all the stuff in the games that would have been amazing to see in a movie, the giant shark, the hunters, Nemesis (done properly)

And all the characters would rotate on the spot to turn around.

krudler

chin_grin wrote: »

And all the characters would rotate on the spot to turn around.

Exactly

chin_grin

krudler wrote: »

Exactly

And "Jill sandwich." has to be in the dialogue..............And "master of unlocking..". And "it's especially effective against living things....".

Actually Barry. Just cast Barry in the next one.

irish_stevo815

chin_grin wrote: »

GAH! Now I'm p*ssed I missed that end bit.

I was lucky enough to just catch it myself. When i go to the cinema with my girlfriend, she likes to wait off the crowds before we leave after the movies. Luckily enough, just as we got up to go, the extra scene came on so got to see it

krudler

chin_grin wrote: »

And "Jill sandwich." has to be in the dialogue..............And "master of unlocking..". And "it's especially effective against living things....".

Actually Barry. Just cast Barry in the next one.

"No Jill...dont go out....THAT DOOR!"

unreggd

krudler wrote: »

Nemesis (done properly)

Defo. he said STARRRRRRSSSSS once, and it wasnt even STARRRRRRSSSS it was just Starrrs

I merit the first film as it was a good opening film. It explained how the outbreak happened, and gave Nemesis a bit more depth.
And they ended it the way Resi 2 started, so I just dont see why they couldn't go along with the games, but keep Alice there so they still do their own original take

and at least they explained where most of the bosses came from at least a bit

in the 4th film, all of a sudden, the Executioner, eh, I mean, "Axeman" just appears out of nowhere

and all of a sudden, theres a load of Las Plagas zombies

Then the Wesker matrix ripoff was a major let down. they had it set up like Umbrella Chronicles, so I thought maybe they'd make him turn into Talos

New lows

L31mr0d

krudler wrote: »

all the stuff in the games that would have been amazing to see in a movie, the giant shark, the hunters, Nemesis (done properly)

A dude who keeps saying: "What are ya buyin', what are ya sellin'" everytime you step within 5 feet of him.

The thing with the Wesker as well is, it wasn't a Smith ripoff, that is EXACTLY how he sounds, looks, moves, dresses and fights in RE5. The film was staying true to the game, the game ripped off Agent Smith and the Matrix.

constitutionus

really disappointed in this.

didnt HATE it but felt disticntly "meh" about it.

it was really kinda bizarre. i liked the other three but this one , for some mad reason, felt more like silent hill than resident evil.

the tone just felt all out of whack.

the action was great but it just didnt feel like it was going anywhere. the deriviative nature of it didnt help either. half the time i saw the monsters i thought of blade 2 and the axeman made NO sence at all.

dont get me wrong i liked the action sequence but would it have killed them to let us know what the hell he was and where he came from? they handled nemisis much better in the second.

in fact other stuff like whatever it was that was stuck on the girls chest was never explained and ill be honest i had no idea what the hell was going on in the bit at the end that came up in the credits.

maybe its just stuff from the game i didnt get as i stopped after code veronica but it could just be bollocks.

finally though thats one jip of an ending. im not surprised theres a fifth in the offing as this wasnt made like a whole film shouldve been.

real let down.

TerrorFirmer

Post above sums it up pretty well for me.

Another thing though that I think is incredibly important - the soundtrack. Resident Evil - the original movie - had an epic soundtrack, the second one was abysmal, and the third one had a slightly familiar emulated sound of the first one, and this latest one again was just flat.

Absolutely amazing from the first movie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36wFw697_gI

Nervous Wreck

constitutionus wrote: »

in fact other stuff like whatever it was that was stuck on the girls chest was never explained and ill be honest i had no idea what the hell was going on in the bit at the end that came up in the credits

It was a mind-control device. Looked like a REALLY cheap prop though, which was annoying. The bit in the end credits was

Jill Valentine leading the squad of troops to Arcadia. She also had a mind-control thing attached to her.

Again, it's a RE5 thing but it wasn't explained at all in the narrative of the film.

Fad

I enjoyed it, kinda, but you just cant think about it at all, it's just not a good film.

I was at the press screening though, so there was about 20 other people there, so there was no atmosphere, probably would have been better on the first day.

I like the soundtrack, actually listening to it now, reminds me of Ghosts by NIN a lot.....

constitutionus

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

It was a mind-control device. Looked like a REALLY cheap prop though, which was annoying. The bit in the end credits was

Jill Valentine leading the squad of troops to Arcadia. She also had a mind-control thing attached to her.

Again, it's a RE5 thing but it wasn't explained at all in the narrative of the film.

havent played RE5 so that explains that. i kinda figured it was some kind of control device but the film really shouldve gave us SOME explanation.


also

that was meant to be jill ? i thought she was a brunettte ! i could swear the girl a the end was blonde. christ its sad to say that if she's not in the blue boob tube and mini i wouldnt have recognaised her. (though checking wiki it is indeed the same actress, cant believe i didnt cop that as i thought she looked fantastic in RE2 )

EDIT.

ah, seen off the net that in RE5 she IS a blonde. how in the name of christ is the average movie goer meant to cop that?

Deliverance

It was ok. It was what I was expecting. Parts of it made me laugh. The shoot out at the start was all bullets and endless ammunition from the guns with some 'matrixy' type of action thrown in.

Sexy strong women, creepy bad guys, some jumpy moments etc. I liked the executioner portrayal he looked exactly like the game representation and behaved the same as well.

Not enough zombie action in my opinion though. But I guess the umbrella corporation has evolved into something which is interesting for future movies. I am interested to see what happens next with the mysterious umbrella corp.

L31mr0d

Deliverance wrote: »

I liked the executioner portrayal he looked exactly like the game representation and behaved the same as well.

I laughed when the guy

shoots it in the head a few times then says "What the fck is this thing?". I said the exact same thing to the guy I was playing the game coop with when we encountered him the first time and unloaded a clip into its head.

constitutionus

Deliverance wrote: »

It was ok. It was what I was expecting. Parts of it made me laugh. The shoot out at the start was all bullets and endless ammunition from the guns with some 'matrixy' type of action thrown in.

Sexy strong women, creepy bad guys, some jumpy moments etc. I liked the executioner portrayal he looked exactly like the game representation and behaved the same as well.

Not enough zombie action in my opinion though. But I guess the umbrella corporation has evolved into something which is interesting for future movies. I am interested to see what happens next with the mysterious umbrella corp.

yeah i was really hoping

that they'd actually get that riot carrier thing going and ram through the zombies on their way to the coast. theres just something really cool visually about zombies swarming through city streets as opposed to in the confines of a building. it wouldve been cool as hell for them to have to abandon the vehicale near the coast after it got turned over by a gigantic subteranian worm

but alas it was not to be.

Nervous Wreck

constitutionus wrote: »

also

that was meant to be jill ? i thought she was a brunettte ! i could swear the girl a the end was blonde. christ its sad to say that if she's not in the blue boob tube and mini i wouldnt have recognaised her. (though checking wiki it is indeed the same actress, cant believe i didnt cop that as i thought she looked fantastic in RE2 )

EDIT.

ah, seen off the net that in RE5 she IS a blonde. how in the name of christ is the average movie goer meant to cop that?

Yep,

in Apocolypse, they made Jill look like she does in Code Veronica (which is the way everyone remembers her) and then in Afterlife they made her look like she did in RE5 with no explanation whatsoever. I had to pay attention to the credits just to see that it was Jill. Wouldn't have been much effort to make someone say "Yes Miss Valentine" or something just to tip the audience off. The change in hair length and colour makes her look completely different.

Deliverance wrote: »

It was ok. It was what I was expecting. Parts of it made me laugh. The shoot out at the start was all bullets and endless ammunition from the guns with some 'matrixy' type of action thrown in.

Agreed. Also, why were there Alice clones!?

constitutionus wrote: »

yeah i was really hoping

that they'd actually get that riot carrier thing going and ram through the zombies on their way to the coast. theres just something really cool visually about zombies swarming through city streets as opposed to in the confines of a building. it wouldve been cool as hell for them to have to abandon the vehicale near the coast after it got turned over by a gigantic subteranian worm

but alas it was not to be.

Meh, that gets done in every zombie movie going tbh. But DEFINITELY not enough zombie action. And throwing in the Uruboros out of nowhere was just strange...

unreggd

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

Yep,

in Apocolypse, they made Jill look like she does in Code Veronica

Resident Evil 3... Ahem

jaykhunter

just saw it tonight. I feel like if i delineate the problems i'll just get angrier and hate the film more. But anyway...the biggest qualms with the film is that

nothing was progressed or solved by the end of the film -- you could skip this film and watch #5 and not miss a beat -- and that the new Resi 5 Las Plagas zombies are there but not even mentioned at. As well as why/where/etc etc the Executioner was there.

Also, I hate whoever plays Wesker. And his acting in the film, just annoyed the crap outta me.

.....that and Alice and Co aren't threatened in the least by zombies. They're an annoyance at best. Much like the Tom Savini look-a-like.

I got the fan-service parts as a big Resi game fan, but i don't know what's wrong with me, I just got annoyed that they know the films exist but continue to just choose inane moments, items and characters to use but not go all out and just remake the videogame plot into a movie....

Anyway, I enjoyed the first three movies, 2nd was my favourite, and this one was ok. The least important or impressive of the four so far anyway.

Need more impressive locations for the next movie. How about a snow landscape? Or the arid jungles of Kijuju? If you wanna be Resi 5, be Resi 5. Better yet, bloody be Resi 4.

Nervous Wreck

unreggd wrote: »

Resident Evil 3... Ahem

Woops!!


I dunno if this has been brought up but was anyone else really peeved by the complete lack of explanation of Wesker's character? I mean, as someone who's played all the games, I know who Wesker is but for a cinema-goer who's never played any games, there was no attempt made whatsoever to explain who he is or what his motivation is. Literally all we see is that in his first scene he seems to be in charge, he later claims the T-Virus healed him from the plane crash and later seems invincible.... That's not a character, it's barely anything!

stateofflux

solid entertaining film...for a fourth installment its a miracle the series still packs a punch at this stage but it does...thoroughly enjoyable with probably THE best 3d fx sequences i have ever seen...nice plot twists, good enough story, good charachters and enough humour to keep you going....

dont get why the majority of newspaper critic snobs lay into this...

its not apocalypse now or some some serious deep 3 hour excursion into psychoanalysis....its just a great entertaining fx laden series of zombie movies...and more!....

Deliverance

stateofflux wrote: »

solid entertaining film...for a fourth installment its a miracle the series still packs a punch at this stage but it does...thoroughly enjoyable with probably THE best 3d fx sequences i have ever seen...nice plot twists, good enough story, good charachters and enough humour to keep you going....

dont get why the majority of newspaper critic snobs lay into this...

its not apocalypse now or some some serious deep 3 hour excursion into psychoanalysis....its just a great entertaining fx laden series of zombie movies...and more!....

Aye, it was an hour and a half of escapism which was enjoyable. Nothing more, nothing less.

Nervous Wreck

stateofflux wrote: »

solid entertaining film...for a fourth installment its a miracle the series still packs a punch at this stage but it does...thoroughly enjoyable with probably THE best 3d fx sequences i have ever seen...nice plot twists, good enough story, good charachters and enough humour to keep you going....

?

When?

unreggd

stateofflux wrote: »

solid entertaining film...for a fourth installment its a miracle the series still packs a punch at this stage but it does...thoroughly enjoyable with probably THE best 3d fx sequences i have ever seen...nice plot twists, good enough story, good charachters and enough humour to keep you going....

dont get why the majority of newspaper critic snobs lay into this...

its not apocalypse now or some some serious deep 3 hour excursion into psychoanalysis....its just a great entertaining fx laden series of zombie movies...and more!....

All the parts in bold, you got completely opposite! [imo]
It lacked them all!

and I wouldnt even call this one a zombie film. As mentioned above, the zombies were an annoyance rather than an obstacle. Could be compared to flies landing on your face mid conversation in Africa, etc

senordingdong

Well the film wasn't screened for critics.
Must be so good that the studio doesn't need the extra positive feedback.

browniebear

I watched the film about one week ago. I think it's okay if you don't expect a good story. It's pure action and it looks fine! And you can discuss a lot with friends about the missing story...

unreggd

But the action was crap!

There was too much slomo crap, and the scenes were either boring or too farfetched [even for Resi!]

sensibleken

Man that was terrible! as people have already said

way too much slow mo
climax was straight out of the matrix
wesker is easily the most annoying character ive ever seen
it doesnt explain the big guy with the axe at all (all though i believe its from resident evil 5)
3d sucked