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RESIDENT EVIL : APOCALYPSE NOW

The much anticipated movie (by me at least) has hit our shores and yes this review is a tad late, but wat the heck. Of course the storyline is still similar, heros and heroines hunting down badass mofo zombies. It starts where Resident Evil 1 ended, whereby Alice came out of the hospital only to realise the virus she tried so hard to prevent from being exposed to the outside world had, of course, BEEN exposed to the outside (it gets a lil dizzy here trying to grasp wats happening). And so she soon finds out juz abt no one is around anymore. We then see how Umbrella Corp prevents the residents of Racoon City (wat a name for a city??) from getting out, in order to prevent further spreadation (a new word from my dict) of the virus. Part of the plot, a crucial member of the creator of the virus, Dr Ashford, his daughter was among those trapped and not being let out. And so he seeked the help of a bunch of renegades to help him out, and in return he'll guarantee that they'll be able to escape the city as the city is now 3/4 filled with zombies and the next step is to eradicate the city using some power power bomb and a media cover-up will be held, reason being some power station blew up and destroyed the whole city.

This renegade bunch consists of more familiar characters straight from the game. Jill Valentine (babelicious hubba hubba Sienna Guillory), Nikolai Solokov (Zack Ward, the geeky brudder of Titus), Carlos Olivera and Alice. All these characters, less Alice, are actual characters from Resident Evil 1, the game that started it all. RE : Apolo resembles more of the game, compared to part 1. Some scenes are similar to the game, which makes it good. The only drawback to the movie are the cheesy slow mo effects, especially when the zombies are attacking in hordes. They've got some sublime camera works, but the slo-mos spoiled it. And the zombies, believe you me, look more like disgruntled blue-collared workers than some blood sucking being. Should do more abt the make-up. And Nemesis looked excellent.

Personally, i wouldnt bet against a Third Resident Evul movie. Because now that the characters in part 1 of the game have been introduced, part 2 would be featured too no? Hoping to see Leon and Claire Redfield to make their appearance.