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In a world ravaged by a virus infection, turning its victims into the Undead, Alice (Jovovich), continues on her journey to find survivors and lead them to safety. Her deadly battle with the Umbrella Corporation reaches new heights, but Alice gets some unexpected help from an old friend. A new lead that promises a safe haven from the Undead takes them to Los Angeles, but when they arrive the city is overrun by thousands of Undead - and Alice and her comrades are about to step into a deadly trap... (official distributor synopsis)
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In a normal film, Afterlife’s plot idea would be exhausted within 15 minutes; here it is stretched to 100 minutes and ends at the moment when something is finally supposed to happen. The movie is shameless in its ostentatious theft of specific shots from The Matrix and The Island, and together with the “brainwashed” videogame logic, it confirms that Paul W.S. Anderson doesn’t care what anyone thinks about him. And he enjoys it. He enjoys the sexy image of all three female characters (could any of them be any hotter?) and the lavish set designs (the best part of the film) full of contrasts of clouds of dust and rusted metal pipes with sterilely clean rooms. Resident Evil: Afterlife is an ultimate visual 3D fetish, a piece of plastic trash with a single super-tough boss with a huge axe. It’s trash that is very nice to watch. In Resident Evil 3, Russell Mulcahy elevated the series to the level of apocalyptic blockbuster, whereas Anderson dragged it back down to videogame level.
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The third instalment Resident Evil improved the reputation of the franchise, just like Paul W.S. Anderson with Death Race, so I started to look forward to Afterlife when it was announced. At least until I saw the first posters and trailers, which openly shared the unpleasant fact that, instead of horror, this time it would be a computer generated 3D action orgy – an incredibly boring and sterile orgy. Every scene leaves a sad fake impression, the performances are pathetic and the script is laughable. I can’t call this technological promo titled Resident Evil: Afterlife a film. 1/10
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Despite my apprehension, the fourth installment of Resident Evil wasn't that bad, it was a tad better than Extinction. I appreciated that there was no annoying speechifying. The whole film would have looked much better if it hadn't been shot almost entirely in slow motion. I have to applaud the filmmakers for their exemplary knowledge of the laws of physics. I would encourage them to get thrown from the 20th floor in a metal container. As long as they hit water, they should be fine. I'm no Sheldon Cooper, but this was too much even for me. I don't mean to sound overly critical, it did make me laugh for a long time, so this scene was actually a plus. The action scenes looked decent, the monsters looked monstrous, and Albert Wesker looked positively sleazy.
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This is the thing about the Resident Evil series: The first one is stupid, tries to be something more than it is and is badly shot, the second one is also stupid but doesn't pretend and looks a bit better, the third one is good in almost all aspects... And the fourth one... It's in the same boat as the second film. Extinction, directed by Russell Mulcahy, simply set the bar pretty damn high and I don't know about others, but I expected Afterlife to be even bigger (which is not to say better). It wasn’t. I was actually quite surprised at how intimate a spectacle it is. The special effects and visuals are very good, but the rest... Brrr. The beginning with the clones is boring, the point with Alaska is expected, the characters from the Los Angeles prison are atrocious... And where's a big scene? And why was the ending completely lazy? Anderson just couldn't pull it off. When he rips off The Matrix, he does it as blatantly as he can (the comparison with the rip-offs of all sorts seen in the previous film, but which had energy and pizzazz, is pathetic), he runs out of ideas.... But what the hell, there's gonna be another film anyway. And I think I'm gonna watch it. But hopefully someone else will get behind the camera.
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A stupid movie that tries to be incredibly cool, but wherever the director sets his foot, grass doesn't grow for seven years. The action scenes are dull with unbelievably long slow-motion shots, not-so-great characters, no plot progression whatsoever, and throughout the entire film, we only change locations maybe two or three times – very little for an action flick of this type. The ending and the main villain are not good either. We're basically back to zero again. The 3D definitely helps, not all the details are completely terrible. There are a few usable moments, but that is barely enough for a below-average rating. And this is considering the whole series, which didn't start off bad at all.
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