Ahhh memories

26/6/09

Resident Evil: Apocolypse - First off, just want to say that Im a massive fan boy of Resident Evil games, in particular the PS1 games. They havent aged that well, but damn at the time there was nothing more fun than killing crappy looking zombies while standing still and lacking any sort of mobility resembling natural human movements. For this reason, I was wary going into this movie, especially as the first blew so hard (in my opinion... just be glad I didnt have this blog when I watched it or I would have bitched so damn hard). The reason for this was mostly due to the fact that it had pretty much nothing to do with the games which made it a totally standard zombie movie using the name to get a few extra viewers. The only real links with the game in the first movie was the inclusion of Unbrella as the evil pharmacutical company responsible for the virus and the cameo of the William Birkin character at the end. The second movie did NOT get off to a good start when i realised that this character had been cut out and replaced with another character again totally unrelated to the game franchise. Sigh. Thankfully, the film only got better from this point onwards. Jill Valentine and Carlos Olivera were both lead characters, which brought back waves of nostalgia instantly. Im still not sure about the Alice character, but as long as shes got back up like this, Im happy! Also, Nemesis is just awesome. "S.T.A.R.S...." Scary stuff! Wasnt too sure about his character change, but I guess it worked in the context of the film. I perfered him as the emotionless badass in the games though. All in all, it was a good action movie, with the added bonus of having lots of characters and references from the games. I have another major gripe with it though: They had quite a S.T.A.R.S-heavy story line, but Albert Wesker is missing... The movie could have been much better if he was incorperated in some way. But still, highly entertaining! 7/10