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[Horse Detective]

These aren't even fun for me in a stupid way.

I hate Alice as a character. Knowing this is all the franchise will amount to with films makes me crave death.

 

[Count Dookkake]

Would be neat if we could see Alice develop some at-will mutation ability.

 

[Jane Mansfield]

The series is retarded and unnecessary, and I blame it for converting the video game series from survival horror to a full-blown CoD action series.

 

[T.O.P]

Aging like a fine wine.

My one and only straight crush

She's still incredibly stunning

 

[SuperStiltzkin]

The series is retarded and unnecessary, and I blame it for converting the video game series from survival horror to a full-blown CoD action series.

You should blame CoD for that. And the incredible success of RE4 itself transformed the series and very obviously and drastically shifted the direction of the series. But RE7 seems to be correcting that.

Aren't these movies wildly popular in Japan? Especially with females cause they like Alice being a female action protagonist? Think I remember reading that somewhere.

 

[brandonh83]

The series is retarded and unnecessary, and I blame it for converting the video game series from survival horror to a full-blown CoD action series.

Nah. I mean, perhaps there's a slight influence? But the first movie came out just two years before RE4, which had been in active development and turned out to be a great game.

 

[strafer]

Looks amazing, right brandon?

 

[takriel]

"My name is Alice." No shit, been hearing that for the past 12 years woman.

 

[derFeef]

Well, I just ordered 1-5 despite never seeing them and knowing they are probably not that good... I like Mila, and zombies, and action. Even if bad

 

[Replicant]

Utterly TRASHY. I'm so in.

FOR COMPLETE GLOBAL SATURATION!

 

[Count Dookkake]

Well, I just ordered 1-5 despite never seeing them and knowing they are probably not that good... I like Mila, and zombies, and action. Even if bad

You are in for a treat.

 

[Tom Nook]

Is Claire Redfield the only VG character in this? I checked IMBD and don't see Ada, Leon, or Jill listed.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Is Claire Redfield the only VG character in this? I checked IMBD and don't see Ada, Leon, or Jill listed.

Spoiler

Leon, Ada and Jill die immediately in the opening scene,
When Alice finds Claire she is told Chris is dead

For some fucking reason.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Well, I just ordered 1-5 despite never seeing them and knowing they are probably not that good... I like Mila, and zombies, and action. Even if bad

I went to Walmart and picked up the collection last night. I've watched Resident Evil 1, 2, and 3 by this point and I'm going to squeeze the last two in tonight. You'll probably like these if you're a Milla fan and want some silly action.

I can't remember much from the last two other than the silly cosplay fights at the end, but Resident Evil: Apocalypse has to be the worst. It's just awful in every way. Story, characters and the editing of the fights is just low tier.

Resident Evil: Extinction shits the bed in the last few minutes but it's still my favorite so far. They got this Mad Max thing going on that I digged. It's a little more subdued compared to the other films also. It lets character moments just breath.

 

[Sojgat]

Spoiler

Leon, Ada and Jill die immediately in the opening scene,
When Alice finds Claire she is told Chris is dead

For some fucking reason.

"Fuck what we promised at the end of the last movie, here's the exact same thing again but not as good."

 

[MiamiWesker]

Didn't Wesker take over the world in the last one? Good, I hope he wins.

 

[Count Dookkake]

Yeah, 2 is the definite low-point of the series. When I first saw it in the theater, I was thrown by Alice's incredible boost in powers. It really took me out of the film. That said, upon further viewings, and seeing how the series continues with that plot, much of my distaste abated.

 

[MiamiWesker]

Bah they are going to make jorah the villain, he's dead! Stupid movie, Wesker is the bad guy.

 

[Sanctuary]

It looks like a mash-up of all the other movies.

Also, I could barely tell what was happening with how dark scenes are and them flashing in and out.

Yep. I also don't care how many Resident Evil films there have been. Milla will always be this to me:

 

[Bishop89]

Still havent seen the last one, but the fact that they are returning to raccoon city / the hive makes me want to watch this.

The first RE movie is legit fun and the only one i actually love watching

 

[strafer]

Spoiler

Leon, Ada and Jill die immediately in the opening scene,
When Alice finds Claire she is told Chris is dead

For some fucking reason.

Please tell me this is not true.

 

[Monocle]

My one and only straight crush

She's still incredibly stunning

Eva Green tho.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Please tell me this is not true.

Its what the leak said.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Please tell me this is not true.

I believe it.

Spoiler

It fits the pattern of what they've done in the other films. Shock ending, reset button gets hit at the beginning of the next one.

 

[SilentRob]

Does someone plan on opening a review thread? I would but I know I wont have the time or energy to keep up with reviews and edit the OP. Embargo is over and I would love to go into detail on why this is one of the worst movies I have ever seen and not in an entertaining way.

 

[eternalcircle]

Does someone plan on opening a review thread? I would but I know I wont have the time or energy to keep up with reviews and edit the OP. Embargo is over and I would love to go into detail on why this is one of the worst movies I have ever seen and not in an entertaining way.

Judging by the other movies and the reviews they got, I feel like all of the reviews for this one are going to be unfavorable. Critics hate video game movies and these movies aren't particularly good in any way.

I also think it's gotten to the point where critics are so fed up with having to review the franchise that they give each passing one a worse score, even if it was better than the last one (which admittedly isn't saying much).

 

[SilentRob]

Judging by the other movies and the reviews they got, I feel like all of the reviews for this one are going to be unfavorable. Critics hate video game movies and these movies aren't particularly good in any way.

Every other Resident Evil movie is in a completely different league compared to this. This is unwatchable. Literally. The action scenes are shot in such a way (Taken 3 is calm and slow compared to this) that you can't see anything and my eyes started to water watching it in 3D.

Having watched the previous movies actually made this one more confusing because it just absolutely DOES.NOT.CARE what happened or didn't happen. The beginning of this movie has absolutely no connection to how Redemption ended. It is absolutely insane.There is no story here. There are no characters. No fun action scenes. No fun dialogues. Just a slow, unwatchable, grey-brown slog. It's infuriatingly boring if you ever were a fan of one of the previous movies and should never have been allowed into cinemas. I've seen direct to dvd c-movies better shot than this.

Again: I like the Resident Evil movies. This is so, so, so much worse.

 

[eternalcircle]

Every other Resident Evil movie is in a completely different league compared to this. This is unwatchable. Literally. The action scenes are shot in such a way (Taken 3 is calm and slow compared to this) that you can't see anything and my eyes started to water watching it in 3D.

Again: I like the Resident Evil movies. This is so, so, so much worse.

Really?! Fuck... I have an advance ticket to see this on Wednesday. Now I'm really bummed, lol. So I should set my expectations super low? Like lower than they already have been?

 

[metsallica]

Every other Resident Evil movie is in a completely different league compared to this. This is unwatchable. Literally. The action scenes are shot in such a way (Taken 3 is calm and slow compared to this) that you can't see anything and my eyes started to water watching it in 3D.

Having watched the previous movies actually made this one more confusing because it just absolutely DOES.NOT.CARE what happened or didn't happen. The beginning of this movie has absolutely no connection to how Redemption ended. It is absolutely insane.There is no story here. There are no characters. No fun action scenes. No fun dialogues. Just a slow, unwatchable, grey-brown slog. It's infuriatingly boring if you ever were a fan of one of the previous movies and should never have been allowed into cinemas. I've seen direct to dvd c-movies better shot than this.

Again: I like the Resident Evil movies. This is so, so, so much worse.

So you're saying it's better than Assassin's Creed.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Every other Resident Evil movie is in a completely different league compared to this. This is unwatchable. Literally. The action scenes are shot in such a way (Taken 3 is calm and slow compared to this) that you can't see anything and my eyes started to water watching it in 3D.

Having watched the previous movies actually made this one more confusing because it just absolutely DOES.NOT.CARE what happened or didn't happen. The beginning of this movie has absolutely no connection to how Redemption ended. It is absolutely insane.There is no story here. There are no characters. No fun action scenes. No fun dialogues. Just a slow, unwatchable, grey-brown slog. It's infuriatingly boring if you ever were a fan of one of the previous movies and should never have been allowed into cinemas. I've seen direct to dvd c-movies better shot than this.

Again: I like the Resident Evil movies. This is so, so, so much worse.

Are the spoilers up the page true?
It honestly makes the difference in me paying to see this or not.

 

[eternalcircle]

So you're saying it's better than Assassin's Creed.

I actually had a free ticket to AC and tried to see it this weekend, but they've already yanked it out of all the theaters around me. Kind of telling of how bad it must be, lol. Definitely not going to be the big franchise they thought it would be.

 

[SilentRob]

Are the spoilers up the page true?
It honestly makes the difference in me paying to see this or not.

Yes. But they still make you expect too much because

Spoiler

these characters from Redemption don't actually die in the opening scene, they are just never seen or talked about. They are just gone.

Really?! Fuck... I have an advance ticket to see this on Wednesday. Now I'm really bummed, lol. So I should set my expectations super low? Like lower than they already have been?

I'll just quote this review because it's on the money:

The previous film, Resident Evil: Retribution ended with Alice having her superpowers restored and allying with former enemy and video game villain Albert Wesker (Shawn Roberts). Wesker needing Alice's aid to combat The Red Queen, an Umbrella Artificial Intelligence and primary antagonist from the first movie, who now wants to eliminate humanity for some reason.

As is now standard for the series, the set up from the previous movie is tossed out immediately as Alice awakes in a devastated White House having been betrayed by Wesker. Approached by the Red Queen, she's informed that she only has 48 hours to save the 4,472 people left alive on the planet, that number not including the numerous Umbrella employees Alice will dispatch along her way.

...

What follows is a mess of unclear action, scenery chewing, unmemorable characters and maddening plotting as Alice heads back to Raccoon City and The Hive from the first film, in search of a cure for the T-virus and an end to Umbrella once and for all.

The biggest criticism to that can be leveled at Resident Evil The Final Chapter is one that Umbrella executives might very well level at Alice herself; one of wasted potential. As the final chapter (it isn't really, more on this later) Anderson had the opportunity to take characters and monsters from the various films and games and remix them into a greatest hits package for fans. Instead, he decided to tell a very generic, post-apocalyptic tale. Some of the iconic Zombie dogs turn up at one point, but they don't do much and the sequence is not a patch on the Alice vs. zombie dogs sequence from the first film from fifteen years ago.

...

The whole film seems like a step backwards with nothing coming even partially close to the pacing, tension, action and most importantly clarity of that scene or any of the other fun standouts from the series.

Something resembling a Licker appears later in the film but the camera is so close to the action and edited so quickly, that it's impossible to make out the creature in any detail, and the action becomes hard to follow.

 

[SilentRob]

DP

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Jesus.

 

[eternalcircle]

Wooooowwwwwwwwww. I guess I should've known from how they handled

Spoiler

Angela and Jill, post Apocalypse.

it feels like every time a new movie comes out, it's missing a movie and a half in between. Each one might as well be a separate universe/new movie.


Dropped storylines is the only way the movies stay true to the games, it seems.

 

[zeemumu]

Yes. But they still make you expect too much because

Spoiler

these characters from Redemption don't actually die in the opening scene, they are just never seen or talked about. They are just gone.

I'll just quote this review because it's on the money:

first film from fifteen years ago.

15 years...damn...

 

[Cardon]

Damn, shame to hear the movie is a mess. Always enjoyed the RE flicks as dumb B-movies that provide a cool visual or two, but it seems like The Final Chapter is just a dud. Like how can you mess up an interesting combo of Alice working with Wesker? Would've been a nice change of pace compared to Alice and random no-name scrubs working together yet again until they each bite the dust.

 

[SilentRob]

Jesus.

Remember how Wesker explicitly said that the rest of humanity is right here, in Washington, protected by him?

Spoiler

Now the whole plot of the movie is that Alice has 48 hours before the last human settelemts around the world are destroyed. Why 48 hours? Why is it ok ONE SECOND before the countdown ends but one second after everything has gone to shit? I dunno."

Remember how Wesker gave Alice her super powers back at the end of Redemption?

Spoiler

Yeah, those are gone.

 

[zeemumu]

Remember how Wesker explicitly said that the rest of humanity is right here, in Washington, protected by him?

Spoiler

Now the whole plot of the movie is that Alice has 48 hours before the last human settelemts around the world are destroyed. Why 48 hours? Why is it ok ONE SECOND before the countdown ends but one second after everything has gone to shit? I dunno."

Remember how Wesker gave Alice her super powers back at the end of Redemption?

Spoiler

Yeah, those are gone.

Remember when the entire planet was a Mad Max desert and that scene of the infection in Tokyo was supposed to be in real life because the camera zoomed out to show the globe then revealed that

Spoiler

not only is the planet not a desert but that Tokyo scene took place in a simulation.

Continuity matters very little between each of these films.

Not-Sherry from Apocalypse? Gone

Clone army from Extinction? Killed in the first 10 minutes

Survivors on the boat from Afterlife? Pretty much never seen again if they weren't killed outright

The only one that played it straight was the first film.

 

[Cardon]

Remember how Wesker explicitly said that the rest of humanity is right here, in Washington, protected by him?

Spoiler

Now the whole plot of the movie is that Alice has 48 hours before the last human settelemts around the world are destroyed. Why 48 hours? Why is it ok ONE SECOND before the countdown ends but one second after everything has gone to shit? I dunno."

Remember how Wesker gave Alice her super powers back at the end of Redemption?

Spoiler

Yeah, those are gone.

Good grief. Those spoilers sound terrible. I wonder if the open ending of the film is a way out so to speak since Constantin wanted to do an RE TV series. Though there haven't been any details about that concept since it was first revealed a year or so ago unless I missed out on something.

 

[strafer]

does the movie feel rushed?

 

[jond76]

Don't care, still watching it.

 

[Count Dookkake]

It's a good thing I haven't agreed with the reviews on any Paul Anderson movie.

 

[SilentRob]

Remember when the entire planet was a Mad Max desert and that scene of the infection in Tokyo was supposed to be in real life because the camera zoomed out to show the globe then revealed that

Spoiler

not only is the planet not a desert but that Tokyo scene took place in a simulation.

Continuity matters very little between each of these films.

Not-Sherry from Apocalypse? Gone

Clone army from Extinction? Killed in the first 10 minutes

Survivors on the boat from Afterlife? Pretty much never seen again if they weren't killed outright

The only one that played it straight was the first film.

All of these are fun, but they also weren't straight-up cliffhangers. Like, yes, the plot is awful, makes no sense. But Redemption very specifically set up Final Chapter as that Last Stand of Humanity in Washington with Ada, Wesker, Alice, Leon und Jill. And then the very first scene of the next movie ignores all of that. I'm guessing that Cliffhanger in Redemption is a big reason some were looking forward to Final Chapter. It was for me! That shit looked awesome! That's the difference, imo.

does the movie feel rushed?

The fight scenes do. Everything else is way too slow and dull. It's a 85-minute movie blown up to 105 minutes.

 

[Daffy Duck]

Good god it looks awful.

Hopefully we get a decent film when this is rebooted in 5-10 years time.

 

[Extra Sauce]

I watched Retribution last night and was shocked at how much I enjoyed it. Dumb? Sure, but gleefully so (the disregard for physics is as charming as ever) and surprisingly imaginative. The reverse opening, outbreak simulations and (dare I say clever) use of clone characters are examples that come to mind.

I'll have to rewatch the series. I don't remember the previous entries being as fun (except maybe Apocalypse but my memory of that is hazy) but perhaps I'll find a new appreciation for them. In any case, the refreshing nature of a post-apocalyptic slash zombie movie that trades the usual bleakness and seriousness with silliness and glamour probably plays into the appeal of the franchise.

That last shot was a fantastic setup for a "pull out all the stops" final movie so I am bummed to hear that they have apparently not followed through.

 

[kevin1025]

So if this is maybe not the Final Chapter... movie #8 will be The New Book?!

 

[Lagamorph]

I refuse to accept that this will be anything other than glorious fun.

 

[strafer]

This though, I can't believe they tried to replicate the RE5 fight scene.

And they didn't even try to do a good job.

 

[T.O.P]

Do i put up the OT tomorrow (french release anyway)? or do i have to wait for the US release?