For the record, I’m seemingly one of the few guys on the globe that don’t hate on Paul W.S. Anderson. I’ve usually been able to get with several of the guy’s films on a popcorn level, and one or two of them, such as Event Horizon, I quite enjoy. As for the Resident Evil franchise, I never played the game, so I was able to go into the films with no expectations. I thought the first one was fairly solid – not great mind you, but fairly solid – for what it was. Hard to believe we’re at the fourth film in the franchise now. Anderson, who wrote and produced the second and third movies only, has made his return to the big chair, and he apparently got hold of James Cameron’s 3D cameras somewhere along the way.
Anyway, the trailer is out for Resident Evil: Afterlife and It’s pretty much the Matrix meets Ultraviolet. Of course, the last part of that statement scares the shit out of me, as it should you. But in the midst of this godforsaken 3D blitz we’re in, at least the film was shot specifically for the medium, instead of Clash-ed up the extra dimension. So we’ll see how it turns out. Afterlife is out on September 10th.
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I didn't see the third one. Where are the zombies? It looks like shit.
So I enjoyed the first one, and they have gone down hill from there, but this? This looks direct to DVD. Every shot in the trailer is mugging for 3D, the flips and jumps look horrible from a physics standpoint, and the blatantly robbed. I mean. Wow.
So, now they're using the guys from Resident Evil 5 in this movie. Interesting. I found it interesting how the movies diverged so far from the games, where the games contained the virus and destroyed Umbrella, here the zombies took over. Now, we don't even have zombies in the games, we have Las Plagas being ingested by people, the tentacle thing coming out of the one zombie's mouth. One thing I enjoyed about the game was rather than do the zombie movie zombies win scenario, instead our heroes won. Still, these movies are fun, if dumb, and Milla tends to take it all off for them, which would be nice to see in 3D.
Might I suggest that the third film was perhaps the most entertaining? Well… I just did.
First one was "a'ight"; second was Papsville
my only question is what role Robin Shou be taking on?
What good is it to use the good 3D cameras when they're falling back on the old "let's throw things at the camera" 3D tricks?
I actually liked the third one. It could be because my expectations were so low that as long as I didn't develop bowel cancer during it, I would think it wasn't too bad.
Umm, what the hell was that? Was that just a collection of scenes that they thought would look good in 3D? My expectations for this are pretty low and the trailer makes it look worse then I thought it would be.
Comments #4 & #6—I agree, as part 3 exceeded my expectations too. I'd have to see it again to be sure, but I don't know if it was because I genuinely thought it was good or if it was because part 2 is probably one of the worst movies I have ever seen in a theater. THAT, I had high hopes for, and not only did part 2 not live up to expectations, it was completely terrible on its own merits. As far as Anderson goes, I think the sequels to his films that he doesn't direct show how he himself could be much, much worse. Like I said, the second RE was complete shit, and the second Mortal Kombat was probably THE worst movie I've ever seen in a theater. As a fan of the games, I think the most recent ones have been amazing, but I could care less if the films follow the same story, as long as there IS a story to begin with. While I'm sure there's more to the actual film, this first trailer for 4 does nothing for me in telling me WHY I should see the film for any other reason than "shit's gonna fly out at'cha!".
No, 3 is bad. Caught it on TV recently after everyone said it wasn't as bad as the others…it was as bad as the others. Russel Mulcahy being in the big chair didn't add much beyond some prettier shots. This series needs rebooting ASAP. None of PWSA's shitty shitty characters and additions.
I Agree with #9. If any franchise is in need of rebooting, its Resident Evil. I honestly thought it was impossible to screw up a RE movie, but I was proven wrong (the 2nd one is the only good one because it actually has something to do with the games)
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