Like with many sequels it´s not a better movie, it´s just more of the same without beeing better. At times too much parallels with the first. Altogether still entertaining. You don´t watch this for the story.
It's a little bit less focused than the first one but still fun movie to watch
The Resident Evil franchise is terrible, but the first 2 were good (for someone who played the game's). Don't expect Oscar performances here.
7/10
Well that was a thrill ride and it definitely upt the Ante from number one.
Now don't get me wrong,
I really enjoy number one and it's a great start to the franchise and close to the original game, more than any other movie entries in the series. But I much prefer this one, the scope, the scale, better interactions and much more interesting as we expand the going-on's from number one.
Alice is my favourite especially now she's got her superpowers, she's just so damn cool and sexy with it. Jill's Awesome as well, loving her and the humour and jokes landed perfectly. This is just a much more larger realisation of what this franchise wants to become,
Which is not live in the shadow of the iconic games. It's definitely laid the groundwork now to do it's own thing and build it's own Saga without anything
Needed to prop it up.
And i'm definitely all in for more of that.
"LET'S GO"
I’ve got to admit that Apocalypse is probably the one I think of the least and is the most forgettable. There’s a few reasons for that, but it’s not to say the entire thing is bad or anything. In fact, there’s a few things that I consider really good in comparison to the first film.
First, lets start with some of the best things in this movie. First of all, Mila Jovovich has finally embraced her character as Alice. In the first movie, she was more or less a Jason Bourne-type character who was unraveling a mystery about herself, the Umbrella Corporation, and all that. In this film, you find out more about who she is and what she can do, which is apparently a lot. She’s basically a superhero with all of these different abilities that are kind of crazy, and throughout this film, you realize that we’re not even a fraction of the way closer to understanding her full potential. She still has all these mysteries to unlock and abilities to uncover. If nothing else, that’s one thing you’ll have a hard time ignoring in this movie, that the series as a whole is definitely going to be about Alice and what she can do. So, anytime she’s on screen, this movie shines. She kicks butt, and I’m going to get a little premonition here and say it only gets better for Alice from here on out.
Next, I definitely appreciated the bigger playground. There was something that worked for the Hive in the first movie, too, since such a small area can give the viewer a feeling of claustrophobia while watching. That being said, when you take things outside and expand the area where things could potentially go wrong, then...if they do it right, stakes will be raised, and I would say they were mostly raised here. I’d even say as a general rule, I appreciated how this film introduced a few video game characters, including Jill Valentine, which is a major player in the video game series. She’s essentially the Alice of the video games, which as a general rule, is pretty cool that she got to be in this movie.
That being said...it went a little too hard a little too fast and immediately got convoluted. There’s too much happening all at once, and they should have just stuck to one story. That is, get the girl, escape the city. But because they wanted to introduce even more characters, like Nemesis, like Carlos, like the token black guy with a sense of humor, the film got unnecessarily confusing. All of these things on their own were fine. I liked Jill, I liked L.J., I liked Carlos and Nemesis, but they shouldn’t have all been in the same movie. They really shouldn’t have. And yeah, I like Jill, but having her in the movie kind of diluted Alice’s role. Sometimes, I feel like this is a good Resident Evil movie with Alice in the lead, and with certain scenes, I felt like Jill was the primary focus, and that kind of flip flopping annoyed me. Again, I get it, she’s a video game character, she even acts like a video game character in this movie, but there was just too much all at once.
Another problem this film had was purely technical, and that was the edits. Whenever you have high-action-oriented films like this, you need to have fairly decent editing where the audience can always tell what’s physically happening on screen, and you can’t really tell what’s happening with much of the hand-to-hand combat stuff. There’s unfortunately really close-up shots of the fighting with unbelievably quick edits, I’m sure to set-in-stone the high-octane atmosphere the film already had, but by doing that, like audience legitimately cannot see anything. Not a darn thing. They get the gist of what’s happening, but that’s not enough. I feel like later films in the series got a better handle on these action scenes, though.
Anyways, that’s about it. Let’s talk about the final score for a second. From a technical, unbiased perspective, I’ll just say this...the movie was fair. It definitely had an upgrade in certain visuals, especially with makeup and CGI, which helped it out a little. It had a better eye for costume design as well as kicking the action up. The voice of the film was a little sillier than the first movie, but I actually appreciated that a bit more, as the franchise seems to be coming more into its own, something later films will really showcase. But at the same time, it was convoluted. It was messy, there were too many characters, and when they did that, they couldn’t individually have their own stories to tell. They were diverse, but they still somewhat blended in together because they didn’t individually have enough screen time. So that unbiased score is 64%. My biased score is a little bit higher at 72% because in general, I think it’s a decent movie that has its moments, but definitely not my go-to film in the franchise. Averaging the two scores together, we come to the final rating of 68%, 68 out of 100 possible stars, or a D letter grade.
Another excellent film that stays true to the spirit of the first video game Resident Evil, Resident Evil specifically 2. The only problem is the "creative license" in this movie still are not a problem for fans of classic games Resident Evil, but in subsequent deliveries began to be growing.
Otra excelente película que se mantiene fiel al espíritu de los primeros videojuegos de Resident Evil, específicamente Resident Evil 2. El unico problema son las "licencias creativas", que en esta pelicula todavia no son un problema para los fans de los juegos clasicos de Resident Evil, pero que en las posteriores entregas empezara a ser cada vez mayor.
This was just okay. In comparison I enjoyed the first one a lil more. Some of the actions scenes are good but a lot of the writing choices brings it down. Also it felt like the Mike Epps character was in a different movie entirely. I’m only watching these because I wanted to see the newest one, Welcome to Racoon City. And if these first two are any indication of the franchise, I have a long way to go.
The worst part i think bad story bad acting bad choices...
My least favourite out of them all, cheesy springs to mind, especially the female police woman. What on earth was she wearing and her acting was just over the top...more cheese :(
Much like the first one…but different. The "fight" scene between Alice (Milla Jovovich) and Nemesis (Matthew G. Taylor) could have been an outstanding scene but (IMO) was filmed so poorly that it was extremely anticlimatic. It was next to impossible to discern anything that was happening, so there you go: the biggest scene in the movie was probably the lousiest. Apart from that (and, of course, the introduction of Nemesis) there really wasn't that much difference between this one and the original Resident Evil film. This just felt (to me) like more backstory to whatever's coming in the next movie...or the one after that…or the one after that…or the one after that…(in the voice of Lord Farquaad in Shrek ) "and so on and so forth."
I'm hoping the franchise gets better, i.e. a deeper storyline starts to develop. I'd hate to watch the original Resident Evil with ten different titles.
That Resident Evil: Apocalypse is a step down from the first one is beyond any question, but is it as bad as people say it is? Not really...
Yes...it's more cartoonish and over-the-top than the first one, and most of the "scary movie" elements are gone, but the action sequences are engaging, and the performances from most of the actors are good enough for what this is. The story, as in the first one, is not especially clever. It does a good enough job to drive the action, but that's about it.
What makes Apocalypse worse than its predecessor, is that it tries too hard to be something it's not. They tried to make it bigger and grander but only ended up making it a generic action movie instead.
So...what does that make Resident Evil: Apocalypse?
A rather plain action flic, with some interesting elements for the fans of the franchise, but not enough to make it rise much above average.
...and yes...the creepy dogs are still around.
As usual, a let-down sequel. The story just wasn't there for me.
Exciting and action-packed, Resident Evil: Apocalypse is a non-stop thrill ride. Picking up where the last film left off, the story follows the outbreak of the T-virus in Raccoon City and Alice’s attempt to lead a group of survivors out to safety. Milla Jovovich returns and gives another solid performance, and is joined by Sienna Guillory and Oded Fehr, who both bring a lot of energy to the film. There are a few storytelling issues, as both the opening and the ending of the film are rushed, but the action is solid; delivering high-energy fights and shootouts. While Resident Evil: Apocalypse has some problems, overall it’s a fun and entertaining action/horror film that expands the series.
While the original RE wasn't great, I quiet enjoyed it. Unfortunately, that is not true for this sequel, which was very silly! The ending makes up for the really bad beginning and the mediocre middle part, but I would still suggest to skip this flick...
2 Girl 2 Gun
Oopse wrong franchise... Twice the badass ladies wielding guns, twice the CGI zombie tongue.
Mike Epps plays GTA in the apocalypse including zombie strippers so there's that...
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I enjoyed first movie. It was action, horror, near future, "be aware of big companies" message movie.
But second one is stupid. Middle part is really bad. When they are all shooting zombies and Nemesis in... where? In torso! But why? By that time they should know that you need to target heads. And I am still thinking if final fight between Nemesis & Alice should be some kind of gaming joke or it's just bad writing. Also that ending. Like how the hell are two most wanted criminals not recognized by Umbrella security when they collect Alice from stairs...
Overall. It's poor action movie. And really bad sequel.
You can't take survival horror genre and turned it into full action horror flick, plus it's a bad one with crappy writing, repeated jumpscares and plot holes like dead rising from their graves, what a joke
Nemesis is cool and it has a good ending but for the most part this is bad.
I liked this more than the first one.
At the time the already long buried dead came out of their graves, i turned it off. What a stupid movie. Part 1 was already just watchable but now i've had enough. Six parts, what a waste of money.
Shout by WesleyBlockedParent2012-10-22T09:40:24Z
Awesome sauce... Im just a sucker for these adaptions..