A complaint with little weight, but the outdated ccgi didn't help, though there are also practical effects at play. "Resident Evil" is a decent horror movie that could've been a great one. Having said all this, psychological dread is not something this film possesses. "Resident Evil" is the most atmospheric of the franchise, and I believe a role in that plays the sets - all underground, having a little long-term claustrophobic effect, as well as color grading, it's all red, white, black, silver, more red. Though I haven't yet re-watched the sequels, I doubt anything is going to change the fact that this is the most horror part of the franchise, the one that feels to justify the genre the most, because it's not only blowing zombie brains on rock music waves that makes horror. The story uses same old blueprint tropes, and ends in seemingly the only way it every could've, apocalyptically more hopeless and setting up a sequel. Acting is good throughout the film, and besides the main attractions, dames Milla and Michelle, props from me to Martin Crewes portraying the poor team's tech guy Kaplan. A horror survival story, made less routine with over-stylized action sequences, maddening editing, injection of humor by the good cast of characters, and the ever-beautiful femme fatale Milla Jovovich, for the most part in just a couple layers of clothes, of course. In the essence, "Resident Evil" is a familiar story with some cheese and plenty of cliché characters, but it is happily aware of that. She is none other than Alice, as she'll reaffirm that to us for the rest of the franchise. A special military unit gets sent in, on the way picking Milla Jovovich with a pretty bad memory lass. A yet unknown figure sabotages the operation and releases the virus, causing a rogue AI to shut off the hive and trap everyone inside. Very quickly we get introduced to world's largest commercial entity, the Umbrella Corporation, their huge secret lab dubbed "The Hive", laying under Raccoon City, and the genetic experiments they carry on down there, as well as the T-virus. As the unforgettable Marilyn Manson's theme instrumental sets in, I'm cozy and ready. Can't say I was a big fan of the films back then, but let's see the perception now. Having played a couple parts a little, I'm not well-versed in the gaming lore of "Resident Evil", so I won't talk much about those angles. One day I sat and thought it could be nice re-watching some of the horror franchises real proper like, and all six "Resident Evil" installments happen to be somewhere far back in the viewing history.
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