Colin Salmon, Eric Mabius, James Purefoy
A special military unit fights a powerful, out-of-control supercomputer and hundreds of scientists who have mutated into flesh-eating creatures after a laboratory accident.
DVD Release Date: July 30, 2002
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Stats: 21,584 reviews
Flixster Reviews (21,584)
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September 25, 2009I'll admit that I'm a closet fan of the series, bur the first installment doesn't do as much for me as the later movies. My main complaint is that the best part of the franchise, Milla Jovovich (Alice), doesn't get going until the last quarter of the movie.
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September 24, 2009Considering it?s based on a video game, it?s not too bad. It?s actually one of the better Zombie films of late!
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July 18, 2009Not bad, good violence and gore, pretty scary in places and Milla is hot as usual. Thing is its not really like the game plot haha its kinda completely different, still its the best computer game adaptation for along while.
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November 17, 2009Ordinarily, I don't enjoy video game movies. They're usually hokey and lame. This one, in spite of some of the frantic plot thrusting, was really good. The creatures were super cool and it's nice to see a strong female heroine who kicks ass without being a novelty.
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November 13, 2009I love it soooo much!!,, if someone asked me which movies do I want to act in, no doubt, I'll choose Resident Evil !!
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November 13, 2009Huge fan of the games. Huge fan of Mila Jovavich, Gorgeous. But I really like the movie they did a good job.
Critic Reviews
March 15, 2002
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
March 15, 2002
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The movie is Dawn of the Dead crossed with John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars, with zombies not as ghoulish as the first and trains not as big as the second. full review
March 15, 2002
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Mildly grisly, assaultively noisy and tremendously boring. full review
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July 31, 2008this movie is really good and nice first is when you(this actress's) fighting is really extraordinary and i wanna watch it again!
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July 27, 2008u r all retarded bitches 4 thinkin resident evil is cool its totally gay so.....BITE ME
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January 26, 2008well besides being a video game the movie is great at its own special plot,
otherwise i played all resident evil games except resident evil zero and the newest of them...
wish that they made the storyling better... introducing wesker and jill valentine and all the main characters of the resident evil 1 ( the mansion ... wouldve been alot better... -
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November 23, 2007Im a very talkative person in movies and i get so into them..lol.. when Michelle Rodriguez(the 2nd main char) got bitten i was screemin NO!!! DONT DIE SHES GOING TO BE ONE OF THEM! and i was sad cause she KICKS A$$! and i have seen her in other main movies as well and i just love how everyone acted it does have blood gore...violance...and language but not bad for a 15yearold
loved the whole movie...if someone loves horror action drama movies this will fill your thirst for BLOOD!
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