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Rating: 7.5 stars

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Resident Evil (2002)

Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson

Science Fiction | Horror | Thriller

Most recently watched by sensoria, zombiefreak, ashe5k, DaNiedabaya, eduardovictory, seanCduregger, scottfinn, themarc

Overview

When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain the outbreak.

Rated R | Length 100 minutes

Actors

Milla Jovovich | Michelle Rodriguez | Eric Mabius | James Purefoy | Martin Crewes | Colin Salmon | Pasquale Aleardi | Heike Makatsch | Ryan McCluskey | Indra Ové | Oscar Pearce | Anna Bolt | Joseph May | Robert Tannion | Jaymes Butler | Stephen Billington | Fiona Glascott | Liz May Brice | Torsten Jerabek | Marc Logan-Black | Michaela Dicker | Jason Isaacs

Viewing History (seen 5 times)

Viewing Notes

Holds up surprisingly well esp. for a video game adaptation. That aside (I hadn’t played the game when I originally saw this 13 years ago) the intrigue of Umbrella Corp and Raccoon City with the bursts of action make this one of the more worthy game-to-film conversions. Sure the CG is dodgy by today’s standards but doesn’t detract from the story, character development or the thrills. Even with the action setpieces this still feels so quaint compared to the subsequent installments. Glad PWSA stayed with that original ending.

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