| | Character name: | "Alice"
| | Appears in: | Resident Evil Series (Film)
- Resident Evil
- RE: Apocalypse
- RE: Extinction
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2003 Nominated for Best Actress for Resident Evil (2002) - Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films
2008 Won the Best Actress in a Science Fiction Movie or TV Show for her portrayal of Alice in Resident Evil: Extinction. - Spike TV Scream Awards
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| Character back story:
Alice is a fictional character and the primary heroine of the Resident Evil film series, based on the Resident Evil video game series. Though she does not appear in the games, she does eventually interact with a number of characters from the games including Jill Valentine, Carlos Oliveira, Claire Redfield and Nemesis. Alice plays a principal role in each films, the storylines all somewhat revolving around her and the struggle with the Umbrella Corporation (the company she used to work for). In Resident Evil, she is displayed as suffering from amnesia. In Resident Evil: Apocalypse, her character is portrayed as tough and rugged, as she is more familiar with the situation surrounding her. She also plays a similar role in Resident Evil: Extinction. Apart from the films, she appears in the film's novelizations where her background is explained, however, the novels are not considered canon.
Alice is portrayed by Milla Jovovich in all three films and is also known as Alice Abernathy and Janus Prospero. The Umbrella corporation, however, has been known to refer to her as Project Alice or Program Alice.
At first, Alice was a security operative working in a underground research facility known as "The Hive". The facility is run by a mega corporation called Umbrella, and Alice is in charge of guarding a secret entry into the facility with spouse Spencer Parks.
After an outbreak of the T-Virus, Alice is taken into the facility with a rescue team, however the virus takes the toll of each member, and Alice eventually escapes with companion Matt Addison but both are captured, taken away, and experimented upon by Dr. Isaacs.
In the 2004 horror film Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Alice is one of few survivors after the T-Virus breaks out onto the streets of Raccoon City from the underground facility. She is released by Umbrella as a test subject to match the power of Umbrella's new experiment Nemesis.
In Resident Evil: Extinction the T-Virus has infected the planet and Alice was left on her own trying to keep her friends out of danger from Umbrella. Later Alice teams up with a convoy of survivors where she tries to help them find a safe place from the infection.
| | Age: | 31
| | Occupation: | Ex-secuirty operative for Umbrella
| | Personality type: | Mysterious
She is primarily portrayed in Apocalypse and Extinction as a "a supremely efficient killing machine" and bio-weapon, while in the first film, she is shown first recognizing her abilities as a highly trained, but human security operative. | | Signature look: | Resident Evil
- Red Dress with high Boots
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Tatered Hodge-podge military clothes
Resident Evil: Extinction
The walking, talking, Kukhri knife wielding, bio-weapon and supreme being
| | Resides: | Racoon City | Character connections:
Spence Parks - Former Husband; fake marriage used for cover at the Hive
Carlos Olivera - A member of the U.B.C.S. Delta Platoon, Company A, and is in charge of handling heavy weapons, along with other duties such as local procurement, rear security and arms maintenance.
In Resident Evil: Apocalypse he met Alice in the school while they were conducting a search and resue for Angela Ashford.
On Resident Evil: Extinction, the two cross paths once again after Alice left them years ago when they "rescued" her in one of Umbrellas Facilities in Racoon City.
| | Character Quotes & Catchphrases: |
"My name is Alice and I remember everything."
"Theres a cure!"
"My name is Alice. I worked for the Umbrella Corporation, the largest and most powerful commercial entity in the world. I was head of security at a secret high-tech facility, The Hive, a giant underground laboratory developing experimental viral weaponry. But there was an incident. The virus escaped and everybody died. Trouble was... they didn't stay dead."
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Inspiration for character:
| Alice was an original character created for the film, although writer Paul W.S. Anderson noted that Alice was based from the ideals of the strong women archetypes in the Resident Evil games. Anderson initially toyed with the idea of the film being an allegory to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, but the idea was not followed through. Despite that, the movie contains various references to the work. That included the concept of Alice's name.
| Although the name Alice was given as the character's name previous to Resident Evil's release, her name is not said during any parts of the film; it is however, listed in the credits. R esident Evil: Apocalypse is the first instance of the use of Alice as the character's name. In Apocalypse, for a brief moment in the film, a document is shown having Alice's name as Janus Prospero.
According to the Apocalypse and Resident Evil: Extinction websites, and a promotional document released by Screen Gems called The Raccoon City Times, Alice is a nickname and Janus Prospero is the character's real name; this is never further explored or mentioned in any of the films. In the novel, her name is revealed to be Alice Abernathy, and like Prospero, it was never explored in any of the films. |
In Resident Evil Alice is shown as an "ass-kicking amnesiac" and since then she has been an "iconic figure and is closely associated with the series", becoming far more skilled and rugged since her first appearance. She is primarily portrayed in Apocalypse and Extinction as a "a supremely efficient killing machine" and bio-weapon, while in the first film, she is shown first recognizing her abilities as a highly trained, but human security operative.
Alice's superhuman abilities, as well as the use of various styles of martial arts and gun play have made her an almost super hero style of character.
Some have criticized the character of Alice, believing her to be a Mary Sue because she is an original character, supposedly portrayed as Anderson's concept of what "bad ass", "all powerful", and "totally awesome" are. The argument of IGN writer Scott Collura, is that Alice "completely devoid of depth" and the concept of a Mary Sue, "pretty much describes Alice to a 'T'". |
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| | Fun facts/trivia: |
- The twin kukhri knives Alice uses in Resident Evil: Extinction are a visual reference to Resident Evil: Apocalypse in which she uses two batons to fight Umbrella guards. The image was used on many promotional images and the film posters. The kukhri knife props have an aluminum blade with wood handles, and measure approximately 19.5 inches. She also uses many different varieties of automated weapons, such as machine guns, pistols and the iconic zombie-slayer, the shotgun.
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