Resident Evil (film series)
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Resident Evil is a film series
loosely based upon the Capcom
video games of the same name. Constantin Film
bought rights to the first film in January 1997 with Alan B. McElroy
and George A. Romero
as potential writers. In 2001, Sony acquired distribution rights to the film and hired Paul W.S. Anderson as writer and director for Resident Evil
(2002). He continued on as writer and producer for Resident Evil: Apocalypse
(2004) and Resident Evil: Extinction
(2007), and returned as director for a fourth installment, Resident Evil: Afterlife
(2010), which was released in 3D
. He will reprise his role as director and writer for the upcoming fifth installment, Resident Evil: Retribution
, set to be released in 2012.
The Umbrella Corporation acts as the main antagonist in the series, a company responsible for the zombie apocalypse
as a result of the creation of the T-Virus. The films follow franchise protagonist Alice
, portrayed by Milla Jovovich
, who was once a security operative working for Umbrella. She is granted super-human abilities after being tested on by Umbrella. Through her battle with the corporation, she eventually meets with the main antagonist, Chairman Albert Wesker
(Shawn Roberts
). A number of video game characters also make an appearance in the films, including Jill Valentine
(Sienna Guillory
), Carlos Olivera (Oded Fehr
), Claire Redfield
(Ali Larter
), Chris Redfield
(Wentworth Miller
) and Leon S. Kennedy
(Johann Urb
).
Despite a negative reaction from critics, the films series has been praised by movie-goers and fans alike , and the franchise has collectively brought in US$
673 million worldwide on a $183 million budget.
acquired the rights to the Resident Evil franchise with Alan B. McElroy
writing the script. By 2001, Columbia TriStar was in final negotiations to acquire North American distribution rights to Resident Evil and budgeted the movie at $40 million.
George A. Romero
was hired by Sony
and Capcom
to direct and write Resident Evil. However, his script was later disapproved and he was ultimately dropped from the movie. Capcom producer Yoshiki Okamoto
explained to the editors of Electronic Gaming Monthly that "Romero's script wasn't good, so Romero was fired".
Hired by Sony, Paul W.S. Anderson wrote a screenplay, which was ultimately favored over Romero's. In late 2000, Anderson was announced as director and writer, and Resident Evil re-entered pre-production stages. Anderson stated the film would not include any tie-ins with the video game series as "under-performing movie tie-ins are too common and Resident Evil, of all games, deserved a good celluloid representation". Milla Jovovich
was cast as protagonist Alice
in 2001, a character she plays for a further three films.
A second film
began production in 2003
after the first was a success. Anderson was confirmed to write the script but not confirmed to return as a director. As with the previous installment, Constantin provided financing for the film.
In November 2005, Screen Gems
gained the rights for the third film
in the franchise, which was then named Resident Evil: Afterlife. It was announced Anderson would again return as a writer. Filming took place in Mexico
and the movie was released September 21, 2007 as Resident Evil: Extinction.
Before the third installment had been released, Constantin prepared to release a fourth film in the franchise. Originally set in Japan
, the film was soon confirmed to be released to theatres late 2010. Resident Evil: Afterlife
was filmed in 3D
with the Fusion Camera System
developed by James Cameron
and Vince Pace for their 2009 film Avatar. The film had a $60 million budget, the biggest budget in the Resident Evil franchise.
Alice
(Milla Jovovich
) was once a security operative working for the Corporation until her memory was wiped. She is led underground, along with prisoner Matt Addison (Eric Mabius
), into The Hive by a team of Umbrella Corporation commandos, among them is Rain Ocampo (Michelle Rodriguez
). Whilst the team are searching for survivors, they turn the power off, unknowingly releasing the re-animated corpses of Umbrella's workers. When confronting the Red Queen, Alice discovers that the T-Virus spreads through a bite or scratch and that a blow to the head will permanently shut down the attacker.
As the team attempts to escape The Hive, an Umbrella test subject called the Licker escapes and it pursues the team. When they reach the train that leads them to the surface, the Licker attacks and scratches Matt before Alice can kill it. When they reach the surface, Matt is taken away by Umbrella workers and he eventually transforms into Nemesis
. In the conclusion, Alice wakes from a coma to a ravaged Raccoon City after a T-Virus outbreak.
) seals all exits to and from Raccoon City. Among the people trapped in The city are Jill Valentine
(Sienna Guillory
) and her partner Peyton Wells (Razaaq Adoti
). After Alice awakens from her coma, she rescues Jill and Peyton from a group of Lickers who escaped The Hive. They are then contacted by Dr. Charles Ashford (Jared Harris
) who claims to know of an evacuation point in the city in exchange for the rescue of his daughter Angela Ashford (Sophie Vavasseur
), who is trapped in Raccoon City Elementary School. The group also learns Umbrella plans to incinerate Raccoon City to get rid of the T-Virus.
On their way to rescue Angela, Nemesis attacks the team after it is commanded by Cain to kill all STARS members. After Angela's rescue, they then make their way to the evacuation helicopter with Carlos Olivera (Oded Fehr
), who has been dropped into Raccoon City and abandoned by Umbrella. After Alice's confrontation with Cain and Nemesis, which leaves the latter two dead, the team flies away from Raccoon City as it is being sanitized by a nuclear bomb. The helicopter, however, crashes in the Arklay Mountains.
A wounded Alice is taken to the Detroit Umbrella research station where she is healed by Dr. Sam Isaacs (Iain Glen
). After her display of extraordinary powers, she is driven away by Jill and Carlos. As the Umbrella logo flashes in Alice's eyes, Isaacs's computer states "Project Alice Activated".
(Ali Larter
) leads a convoy of survivors across the Nevada desert, including Raccoon City survivors Carlos Olivera and L.J. Wayne (Mike Epps
) along with K-Mart (Spencer Locke
), Nurse Betty (Ashanti) and Mikey (Chris Egan). A secluded Alice roams the country for survivors, after failing to find any living people, she comes into contact with Claire's convoy after she rescues them from mutated crows.
The convoy, along with Alice, heads to Las Vegas
to gather supplies so they can reach Alaska
in an effort to get to a place called Arcadia, thought to be a safe haven and free of the T-Virus. Whilst there, they are attacked by super zombies who kill most of the convoy. After being bitten earlier, L.J. transforms into a zombie and infects Carlos. Isaacs himself is bitten by a super zombie and injects himself with large doses of the Anti-Virus which transforms him into a Tyrant
. Claire and K-Mart leave for Alaska in an Umbrella chopper, whilst Carlos sacrifices himself in an explosion to aid their escape. Alice confronts Isaacs, in Tyrant form, in the underground Umbrella station. After his defeat, Alice looks on with a clone of herself into a room full of pods as thousands of clones awaken.
(Shawn Roberts
) leads to Alice's clones being killed in an explosion while Alice herself escapes.
After months of a failed search for survivors, Alice lands on a beach to find a crazed Claire under the influence of an Umbrella device attached to her chest and with her memory wiped. Claire and Alice travel to Los Angeles
where they stumble upon a prison surrounded by zombies. Among the survivors in the prison is Luther West (Boris Kodjoe
) and Chris Redfield
(Wentworth Miller
), Claire's brother. Arcadia is revealed by the survivors to be a tanker off the coast which has been picking up survivors. During an attempted escape, Alice, Claire and Chris are the only ones to emerge and they then reach the tanker only to find it abandoned. As they search the inner depths, Claire begins to remember Umbrella workers attacking her group of survivors and kidnapping them to the tanker. The ship is revealed to be an Umbrella research facility which has lured survivors to conduct experiments on them. Among the imprisoned is K-Mart. The three then meet Wesker, who has been granted super-human abilities due to the T-Virus in his system. After a victorious battle, Alice transmits a message to survivors calling them to the tanker.
In the conclusion, Luther emerges from the sewer drain alive and a fleet of Umbrella Corporation choppers prepares to lead an assault on the survivors, being dictated by Jill Valentine (Sienna Guillory
), who has been missing since the events of Resident Evil: Apocalypse.
, Ontario
from mid-October to December 23, 2011, marking the third time the franchise will film in Toronto. Paul W. S. Anderson
returned as writer and director, Glen McPherson serves as director of photography and Kevin Phipps as production designer
. Jovovich suggested that the Las Plagas parasite taken from the fourth video game
will play a part in the film.
Jovovich was confirmed, as well as Guillory, who will be reprising her role as Jill Valentine. Boris Kodjoe
returned as Luther. Colin Salmon
who played One and Michelle Rodriguez
who played Rain Ocampo in the first film returned. Oded Fehr
who portrayed Carlos Olivera in the second and third film returned for the film. Johann Urb
is cast as Leon S. Kennedy
and Kevin Durand
is confirmed to appear in the film as Barry Burton. The character Ada Wong
will be played by Li Bingbing
. Ali Larter
(Claire Redfield), Wentworth Miller
(Chris Redfield) and Spencer Locke
(K-Mart) will not appear in the film and their absence will be explained by their characters being captured by Umbrella.
films which are tied to the original game series, the first of which uses the original setting of Raccoon City, but none of the original characters are present. Degeneration is Capcom's first full-length feature film taking place between the events of Resident Evil 4
and Resident Evil 5
, and follows Leon S. Kennedy
and Claire Redfield
. A sequel, titled Resident Evil: Damnation
, is currently in development.
opened domestically on March 15, 2002 to the #2 spot at the box office. The movie took $17,707,106 from 2,528 theatres averaging $7,004 per theatre. By the end of its theatrical run, Resident Evil had made $40,119,709 domestically and $102,441,078 world-wide on a $33 million budget. Critically, the film suffered with a 34% "rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes
. There were positive reviews however with The Chicago Tribune declaring it "one of the few video game movies to truly re-create the gaming experience" and The Austin Chronicle calling it "an absolute wreck. But what an ambitiously mind-blowing wreck it is, bursting with dazzlingly sordid cinematography".
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
debuted at #1 in its opening weekend (September 10–12, 2004) with $23,036,273. Averaging $7,014 at 3,284 theatres, the movie had an increased budget of $45 million and made $129,394,835 world-wide. Similar to the first installment, Apocalypse was not well-received by critics. A BBC
review noted, "A zombie movie as dead-eyed and soulless as its walking dead villains."
Not all reviews were negative, The Seattle Times
marked it an improvement from the original, saying the film "makes up for the wretched mess that was 2002's "Resident Evil"".
The third film, Resident Evil: Extinction
followed the success of the second film opening at #1 during September 21–23, 2007. The film became the highest grossing movie in the franchise with $147,717,833 world-wide, $97,069,154 of it coming from international territories. As with the first two installments, Extinction was negatively received by critics with a 22% "rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Empire
deemed it "Better than the silly second instalment and boasting an effectively creepy empty world setting, it’s nevertheless scuppered by a lack of coherence." The Hollywood Reporter
also gave a positive review of the film, "Fast-paced and filled with brisk action sequences -- the film should reasonably satisfy the devotees."
Film series
A film series is a collection of related films in succession. Their relationship is not fixed, but generally share a common diegetic world. Sometimes the work is conceived as a multiple-film work, for example the Three Colours series, but in most cases the success of the original film inspires...
loosely based upon the Capcom
Capcom
is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its...
video games of the same name. Constantin Film
Constantin Film
- History :Constantin Film Distribution GmbH was founded by Waldfried Barthel and Preben Philipsen on April 1, 1950 in Frankfurt, Germany. On December 21, 1964, the name of the company was changed to Constantin Film GmbH....
bought rights to the first film in January 1997 with Alan B. McElroy
Alan B. McElroy
Alan B. McElroy is an American writer, film director and producer.McElroy was born in Cleveland, Ohio and is a graduate of Miami University with a degree in Psychology.He is the creator of Wrong Turn.- External links :...
and George A. Romero
George A. Romero
George Andrew Romero is a Canadian-American film director, screenwriter and editor, best known for his gruesome and satirical horror films about a hypothetical zombie apocalypse. He is nicknamed "Godfather of all Zombies." -Life and career:...
as potential writers. In 2001, Sony acquired distribution rights to the film and hired Paul W.S. Anderson as writer and director for Resident Evil
Resident Evil (film)
Resident Evil is a British-German 2002 horror film written and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. The film stars Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Eric Mabius, and James Purefoy...
(2002). He continued on as writer and producer for Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Resident Evil: Apocalypse is a Canadian-British 2004 science fiction action horror film directed by Alexander Witt, from a screenplay written by producer Paul W.S. Anderson...
(2004) and Resident Evil: Extinction
Resident Evil: Extinction
Resident Evil: Extinction is a Canadian-British 2007 science fiction action horror film also categorized as a doomsday and zombie film, and is the third installment in the Resident Evil film series, which is based on the Capcom survival horror series Resident Evil...
(2007), and returned as director for a fourth installment, Resident Evil: Afterlife
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Resident Evil: Afterlife is a 2010 Canadian-German 3D science-fiction horror action film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. It stars Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Kim Coates, Shawn Roberts, Spencer Locke, Boris Kodjoe, and Wentworth Miller. The film marks Anderson's second time to direct in...
(2010), which was released in 3D
3-D film
A 3-D film or S3D film is a motion picture that enhances the illusion of depth perception...
. He will reprise his role as director and writer for the upcoming fifth installment, Resident Evil: Retribution
Resident Evil: Retribution
Resident Evil: Retribution is an upcoming 2012 3D science-fiction action horror film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. It is the fifth installment in the Resident Evil film series, which is based on the Capcom survival horror series Resident Evil.The film has many returning actors and...
, set to be released in 2012.
The Umbrella Corporation acts as the main antagonist in the series, a company responsible for the zombie apocalypse
Zombie apocalypse
A zombie apocalypse is a particular scenario of apocalyptic literature that customarily has a science fiction/horror rationale. In a zombie apocalypse, a widespread rise of zombies hostile to human life engages in a general assault on civilization....
as a result of the creation of the T-Virus. The films follow franchise protagonist Alice
Alice (Resident Evil)
Alice is a fictional character and the primary heroine of the Resident Evil film series, which is loosely based on the video game series of the same name. Though she is not a character in the game series, she does eventually interact with a number of characters from the games, including Jill...
, portrayed by Milla Jovovich
Milla Jovovich
Milla Jovovich December 17, 1975)is an American model, actress, musician, and fashion designer. Over her career, she has appeared in a number of science fiction and action-themed films, for which music channel VH1 has referred to her as the "reigning queen of kick-butt".Milla Jovovich began...
, who was once a security operative working for Umbrella. She is granted super-human abilities after being tested on by Umbrella. Through her battle with the corporation, she eventually meets with the main antagonist, Chairman Albert Wesker
Albert Wesker
is a character in the Resident Evil franchise. Although portrayed as a supporting character in the first game, he was later established as the primary antagonist of the series; he usually manipulated story events behind-the-scenes and had a role in more games than the other main characters...
(Shawn Roberts
Shawn Roberts
-Life and career:Roberts was born in Stratford, Ontario on April 2, 1984. He started with playing the wolf in a school play of "Little Red Riding Hood" award-winning screenwriter Robert Forsythe and his friend's father helped him get a role in Emily of New Moon...
). A number of video game characters also make an appearance in the films, including Jill Valentine
Jill Valentine
is a fictional character in the Resident Evil survival horror series by Capcom.Jill is one of the two protagonists of the original Resident Evil game, where she was introduced as a member of the Raccoon Police Department's Special Tactics And Rescue Service , trapped in a secret research complex of...
(Sienna Guillory
Sienna Guillory
Sienna Tiggy Guillory is an English actress, and former model. She is known for playing the title role in the TV miniseries, Helen of Troy, her portrayal of Jill Valentine in the science fiction action horror film Resident Evil: Apocalypse, and as elf princess Arya Dröttningu in fantasy-adventure...
), Carlos Olivera (Oded Fehr
Oded Fehr
Oded Fehr is an Israeli film and television actor now based in the United States. He is known for his appearance as Ardeth Bay in the 1999 remake of The Mummy and its sequel The Mummy Returns, as well as Carlos Olivera in Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Resident Evil: Extinction and Resident Evil:...
), Claire Redfield
Claire Redfield
is a player character appearing in the Resident Evil series of survival horror video games.Claire is the younger sister of Chris Redfield, the protagonist of the first Resident Evil game...
(Ali Larter
Ali Larter
Alison Elizabeth "Ali" Larter is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for playing the dual roles of Niki Sanders and Jessica Sanders on the NBC science fiction drama Heroes as well as her guest roles on several television shows in the 1990s.Larter's screen debut came in the 1999 film...
), Chris Redfield
Chris Redfield
is a fictional character from Capcom's Resident Evil series.Chris is one of the two main protagonists in the first Resident Evil game, the other being Jill Valentine. Redfield returned as a playable character in Resident Evil Code: Veronica, where he must search for, and ultimately rescue, his...
(Wentworth Miller
Wentworth Miller
Wentworth Earl Miller III is an English-born American actor; model and screenwriter who rose to stardom following his role as Michael Scofield in the Fox Network television series Prison Break.-Early life:...
) and Leon S. Kennedy
Leon S. Kennedy
is a player character appearing in the Resident Evil series of survival horror video games. Leon is a protagonist in Resident Evil 2 and the main protagonist of Resident Evil 4. During the events of RE2, Leon is a new police officer who arrives in Raccoon City late for his first day on the job,...
(Johann Urb
Johann Urb
Johann Urb is an Estonian-American actor and former model.-Biography:Johann was born in Tallinn as a son of a musician Tarmo Urb. At the age of ten Johann moved to live in Finland with his mother and her new Finnish husband. Mostly they stayed in Tampere. When Johann turned 17, he moved to the ...
).
Despite a negative reaction from critics, the films series has been praised by movie-goers and fans alike , and the franchise has collectively brought in US$
United States dollar
The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
673 million worldwide on a $183 million budget.
Development
In January 1997, Constantin FilmConstantin Film
- History :Constantin Film Distribution GmbH was founded by Waldfried Barthel and Preben Philipsen on April 1, 1950 in Frankfurt, Germany. On December 21, 1964, the name of the company was changed to Constantin Film GmbH....
acquired the rights to the Resident Evil franchise with Alan B. McElroy
Alan B. McElroy
Alan B. McElroy is an American writer, film director and producer.McElroy was born in Cleveland, Ohio and is a graduate of Miami University with a degree in Psychology.He is the creator of Wrong Turn.- External links :...
writing the script. By 2001, Columbia TriStar was in final negotiations to acquire North American distribution rights to Resident Evil and budgeted the movie at $40 million.
George A. Romero
George A. Romero
George Andrew Romero is a Canadian-American film director, screenwriter and editor, best known for his gruesome and satirical horror films about a hypothetical zombie apocalypse. He is nicknamed "Godfather of all Zombies." -Life and career:...
was hired by Sony
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. is the television and film production/distribution unit of Japanese multinational technology and media conglomerate Sony...
and Capcom
Capcom
is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its...
to direct and write Resident Evil. However, his script was later disapproved and he was ultimately dropped from the movie. Capcom producer Yoshiki Okamoto
Yoshiki Okamoto
Yoshiki Okamoto , sometimes credited as Kihaji Okamoto, is a video game designer credited with producing many popular titles for Konami, including Gyruss and Time Pilot, and Capcom, including Final Fight and Street Fighter II...
explained to the editors of Electronic Gaming Monthly that "Romero's script wasn't good, so Romero was fired".
Hired by Sony, Paul W.S. Anderson wrote a screenplay, which was ultimately favored over Romero's. In late 2000, Anderson was announced as director and writer, and Resident Evil re-entered pre-production stages. Anderson stated the film would not include any tie-ins with the video game series as "under-performing movie tie-ins are too common and Resident Evil, of all games, deserved a good celluloid representation". Milla Jovovich
Milla Jovovich
Milla Jovovich December 17, 1975)is an American model, actress, musician, and fashion designer. Over her career, she has appeared in a number of science fiction and action-themed films, for which music channel VH1 has referred to her as the "reigning queen of kick-butt".Milla Jovovich began...
was cast as protagonist Alice
Alice (Resident Evil)
Alice is a fictional character and the primary heroine of the Resident Evil film series, which is loosely based on the video game series of the same name. Though she is not a character in the game series, she does eventually interact with a number of characters from the games, including Jill...
in 2001, a character she plays for a further three films.
A second film
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Resident Evil: Apocalypse is a Canadian-British 2004 science fiction action horror film directed by Alexander Witt, from a screenplay written by producer Paul W.S. Anderson...
began production in 2003
2003 in film
The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...
after the first was a success. Anderson was confirmed to write the script but not confirmed to return as a director. As with the previous installment, Constantin provided financing for the film.
In November 2005, Screen Gems
Screen Gems
Screen Gems is an American movie production company and subsidiary company of Sony Pictures Entertainment's Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group that has served several different purposes for its parent companies over the decades since its incorporation....
gained the rights for the third film
Resident Evil: Extinction
Resident Evil: Extinction is a Canadian-British 2007 science fiction action horror film also categorized as a doomsday and zombie film, and is the third installment in the Resident Evil film series, which is based on the Capcom survival horror series Resident Evil...
in the franchise, which was then named Resident Evil: Afterlife. It was announced Anderson would again return as a writer. Filming took place in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
and the movie was released September 21, 2007 as Resident Evil: Extinction.
Before the third installment had been released, Constantin prepared to release a fourth film in the franchise. Originally set in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, the film was soon confirmed to be released to theatres late 2010. Resident Evil: Afterlife
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Resident Evil: Afterlife is a 2010 Canadian-German 3D science-fiction horror action film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. It stars Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Kim Coates, Shawn Roberts, Spencer Locke, Boris Kodjoe, and Wentworth Miller. The film marks Anderson's second time to direct in...
was filmed in 3D
3-D film
A 3-D film or S3D film is a motion picture that enhances the illusion of depth perception...
with the Fusion Camera System
Fusion Camera System
Fusion Camera System is a Digital movie camera system developed by James Cameron and Vince Pace. It was developed as a way to shoot features in stereoscopic 3-D. The Fusion Camera System made first use of Sony HDC-F950 and later of Sony HDC-1500 HD cameras when it became available. The cameras are...
developed by James Cameron
James Cameron
James Francis Cameron is a Canadian-American film director, film producer, screenwriter, editor, environmentalist and inventor...
and Vince Pace for their 2009 film Avatar. The film had a $60 million budget, the biggest budget in the Resident Evil franchise.
Resident Evil (2002)
The Umbrella Corporation operates a top-secret genetic research facility named The Hive. Located beneath Raccoon City, The Hive has been sealed by The Red Queen due to possible viral infection by the T-Virus.Alice
Alice (Resident Evil)
Alice is a fictional character and the primary heroine of the Resident Evil film series, which is loosely based on the video game series of the same name. Though she is not a character in the game series, she does eventually interact with a number of characters from the games, including Jill...
(Milla Jovovich
Milla Jovovich
Milla Jovovich December 17, 1975)is an American model, actress, musician, and fashion designer. Over her career, she has appeared in a number of science fiction and action-themed films, for which music channel VH1 has referred to her as the "reigning queen of kick-butt".Milla Jovovich began...
) was once a security operative working for the Corporation until her memory was wiped. She is led underground, along with prisoner Matt Addison (Eric Mabius
Eric Mabius
Eric Harry Timothy Mabius is an American actor known for his work as Daniel Meade on the ABC television series Ugly Betty. He also worked on the Showtime series The L Word and in the films Resident Evil and Cruel Intentions....
), into The Hive by a team of Umbrella Corporation commandos, among them is Rain Ocampo (Michelle Rodriguez
Michelle Rodriguez
Mayte Michelle Rodríguez , known professionally as Michelle Rodriguez, is an American actress. Following on from her breakthrough role in 2000's Girlfight, she is best known for playing tough-girl roles and starring in Hollywood blockbusters such as The Fast and the Furious, Resident Evil,...
). Whilst the team are searching for survivors, they turn the power off, unknowingly releasing the re-animated corpses of Umbrella's workers. When confronting the Red Queen, Alice discovers that the T-Virus spreads through a bite or scratch and that a blow to the head will permanently shut down the attacker.
As the team attempts to escape The Hive, an Umbrella test subject called the Licker escapes and it pursues the team. When they reach the train that leads them to the surface, the Licker attacks and scratches Matt before Alice can kill it. When they reach the surface, Matt is taken away by Umbrella workers and he eventually transforms into Nemesis
Nemesis (Resident Evil)
Nemesis, also called the Pursuer or , is a fictional character in Capcom's Resident Evil franchise. It first appears in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, before later emerging in other titles and cameo roles. It is also featured on various merchandise and in the 2004 film Resident Evil: Apocalypse...
. In the conclusion, Alice wakes from a coma to a ravaged Raccoon City after a T-Virus outbreak.
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
The viral outbreak reaches the surface and in an effort to contain the infection, Major Timothy Cain (Thomas KretschmannThomas Kretschmann
Thomas Kretschmann is a German actor best known for playing Leutnant Hans Von Witzland in the 1993 film Stalingrad, Hauptmann Wilm Hosenfeld in The Pianist, Hermann Fegelein in Der Untergang, and Captain Englehorn in the 2005 remake of King Kong.-Early life:Kretschmann was born in Dessau, former...
) seals all exits to and from Raccoon City. Among the people trapped in The city are Jill Valentine
Jill Valentine
is a fictional character in the Resident Evil survival horror series by Capcom.Jill is one of the two protagonists of the original Resident Evil game, where she was introduced as a member of the Raccoon Police Department's Special Tactics And Rescue Service , trapped in a secret research complex of...
(Sienna Guillory
Sienna Guillory
Sienna Tiggy Guillory is an English actress, and former model. She is known for playing the title role in the TV miniseries, Helen of Troy, her portrayal of Jill Valentine in the science fiction action horror film Resident Evil: Apocalypse, and as elf princess Arya Dröttningu in fantasy-adventure...
) and her partner Peyton Wells (Razaaq Adoti
Razaaq Adoti
Razaaq Adoti is a British actor, producer and screenwriter.-Early life:Adoti was born in Forest Gate, London of Nigerian descent . He landed his first professional screen role on the British television show, Press Gang, playing a police officer...
). After Alice awakens from her coma, she rescues Jill and Peyton from a group of Lickers who escaped The Hive. They are then contacted by Dr. Charles Ashford (Jared Harris
Jared Harris
Jared Francis Harris is a British character actor, well known for playing the obnoxious Mac McGrath in the Adam Sandler film Mr. Deeds, and for his portrayal of Lane Pryce on the AMC series Mad Men.- Personal life :...
) who claims to know of an evacuation point in the city in exchange for the rescue of his daughter Angela Ashford (Sophie Vavasseur
Sophie Vavasseur
Sophie Vavasseur is an Irish actress best known for her award-nominated role as Evelyn Doyle in the American-German-British-Irish film Evelyn.- Career :...
), who is trapped in Raccoon City Elementary School. The group also learns Umbrella plans to incinerate Raccoon City to get rid of the T-Virus.
On their way to rescue Angela, Nemesis attacks the team after it is commanded by Cain to kill all STARS members. After Angela's rescue, they then make their way to the evacuation helicopter with Carlos Olivera (Oded Fehr
Oded Fehr
Oded Fehr is an Israeli film and television actor now based in the United States. He is known for his appearance as Ardeth Bay in the 1999 remake of The Mummy and its sequel The Mummy Returns, as well as Carlos Olivera in Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Resident Evil: Extinction and Resident Evil:...
), who has been dropped into Raccoon City and abandoned by Umbrella. After Alice's confrontation with Cain and Nemesis, which leaves the latter two dead, the team flies away from Raccoon City as it is being sanitized by a nuclear bomb. The helicopter, however, crashes in the Arklay Mountains.
A wounded Alice is taken to the Detroit Umbrella research station where she is healed by Dr. Sam Isaacs (Iain Glen
Iain Glen
Iain Glen is a Scottish film and stage actor.Iain Glen was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and trained at RADA where he won the Bancroft Gold Medal. He was married to Susannah Harker from 1993 to 2004; they have one son, Finlay...
). After her display of extraordinary powers, she is driven away by Jill and Carlos. As the Umbrella logo flashes in Alice's eyes, Isaacs's computer states "Project Alice Activated".
Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
The world has been consumed by the T-Virus and Umbrella develops clones of Alice in hopes of finding one who displays Alice's powers. Elsewhere, Claire RedfieldClaire Redfield
is a player character appearing in the Resident Evil series of survival horror video games.Claire is the younger sister of Chris Redfield, the protagonist of the first Resident Evil game...
(Ali Larter
Ali Larter
Alison Elizabeth "Ali" Larter is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for playing the dual roles of Niki Sanders and Jessica Sanders on the NBC science fiction drama Heroes as well as her guest roles on several television shows in the 1990s.Larter's screen debut came in the 1999 film...
) leads a convoy of survivors across the Nevada desert, including Raccoon City survivors Carlos Olivera and L.J. Wayne (Mike Epps
Mike Epps
Michael Elliot "Mike" Epps is an American stand-up comedian, actor, film producer, writer, singer, and rapper. He is best known for playing Day-Day Jones in Next Friday and the sequel-to-the-sequel, Friday After Next, and also starring alongside Ice Cube in All About the Benjamins...
) along with K-Mart (Spencer Locke
Spencer Locke
Spencer Locke is an American actress who has had various appearances as "Kylie" on ABC's Cougar Town.-Life and career:...
), Nurse Betty (Ashanti) and Mikey (Chris Egan). A secluded Alice roams the country for survivors, after failing to find any living people, she comes into contact with Claire's convoy after she rescues them from mutated crows.
The convoy, along with Alice, heads to Las Vegas
Las Vegas metropolitan area
The Las Vegas Valley is the heart of the Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada, and is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a ...
to gather supplies so they can reach Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
in an effort to get to a place called Arcadia, thought to be a safe haven and free of the T-Virus. Whilst there, they are attacked by super zombies who kill most of the convoy. After being bitten earlier, L.J. transforms into a zombie and infects Carlos. Isaacs himself is bitten by a super zombie and injects himself with large doses of the Anti-Virus which transforms him into a Tyrant
Tyrant (Resident Evil)
The Tyrant is the code name of a series of boss characters in the Resident Evil video game series. Tyrants, biologically engineered supersoldiers created and used by the sinister Umbrella Corporation, make appearances as boss characters in most of Resident Evil games and the desire to create an...
. Claire and K-Mart leave for Alaska in an Umbrella chopper, whilst Carlos sacrifices himself in an explosion to aid their escape. Alice confronts Isaacs, in Tyrant form, in the underground Umbrella station. After his defeat, Alice looks on with a clone of herself into a room full of pods as thousands of clones awaken.
Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
Japan is revealed to be the source of the global outbreak of the T-Virus. After Alice and her clones attack the Tokyo Umbrella Station, a confrontation with Albert WeskerAlbert Wesker
is a character in the Resident Evil franchise. Although portrayed as a supporting character in the first game, he was later established as the primary antagonist of the series; he usually manipulated story events behind-the-scenes and had a role in more games than the other main characters...
(Shawn Roberts
Shawn Roberts
-Life and career:Roberts was born in Stratford, Ontario on April 2, 1984. He started with playing the wolf in a school play of "Little Red Riding Hood" award-winning screenwriter Robert Forsythe and his friend's father helped him get a role in Emily of New Moon...
) leads to Alice's clones being killed in an explosion while Alice herself escapes.
After months of a failed search for survivors, Alice lands on a beach to find a crazed Claire under the influence of an Umbrella device attached to her chest and with her memory wiped. Claire and Alice travel to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
where they stumble upon a prison surrounded by zombies. Among the survivors in the prison is Luther West (Boris Kodjoe
Boris Kodjoe
Boris Frederic Cecil Tay-Natey Ofuatey-Kodjoe , better known as Boris Kodjoe, is an Austrian-born German actor and former fashion model who works primarily in the United States...
) and Chris Redfield
Chris Redfield
is a fictional character from Capcom's Resident Evil series.Chris is one of the two main protagonists in the first Resident Evil game, the other being Jill Valentine. Redfield returned as a playable character in Resident Evil Code: Veronica, where he must search for, and ultimately rescue, his...
(Wentworth Miller
Wentworth Miller
Wentworth Earl Miller III is an English-born American actor; model and screenwriter who rose to stardom following his role as Michael Scofield in the Fox Network television series Prison Break.-Early life:...
), Claire's brother. Arcadia is revealed by the survivors to be a tanker off the coast which has been picking up survivors. During an attempted escape, Alice, Claire and Chris are the only ones to emerge and they then reach the tanker only to find it abandoned. As they search the inner depths, Claire begins to remember Umbrella workers attacking her group of survivors and kidnapping them to the tanker. The ship is revealed to be an Umbrella research facility which has lured survivors to conduct experiments on them. Among the imprisoned is K-Mart. The three then meet Wesker, who has been granted super-human abilities due to the T-Virus in his system. After a victorious battle, Alice transmits a message to survivors calling them to the tanker.
In the conclusion, Luther emerges from the sewer drain alive and a fleet of Umbrella Corporation choppers prepares to lead an assault on the survivors, being dictated by Jill Valentine (Sienna Guillory
Sienna Guillory
Sienna Tiggy Guillory is an English actress, and former model. She is known for playing the title role in the TV miniseries, Helen of Troy, her portrayal of Jill Valentine in the science fiction action horror film Resident Evil: Apocalypse, and as elf princess Arya Dröttningu in fantasy-adventure...
), who has been missing since the events of Resident Evil: Apocalypse.
Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
A fifth film in the franchise was confirmed, entitled Resident Evil: Retribution, and is scheduled for release on September 14, 2012. Filming will take place in TorontoToronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
from mid-October to December 23, 2011, marking the third time the franchise will film in Toronto. Paul W. S. Anderson
Paul W. S. Anderson
Paul William Scott Anderson , also known as Paul W. S. Anderson or Paul Anderson, is an English film director who regularly works in science fiction movies and video game adaptations.-Life and career:...
returned as writer and director, Glen McPherson serves as director of photography and Kevin Phipps as production designer
Production designer
In film and television, a production designer is the person responsible for the overall look of a filmed event such as films, TV programs, music videos or adverts. Production designers have one of the key creative roles in the creation of motion pictures and television. Working directly with the...
. Jovovich suggested that the Las Plagas parasite taken from the fourth video game
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil 4, known in Japan as , is a survival horror third-person shooter video game developed by Capcom Production Studio 4 and published by multiple publishers, including Capcom, Ubisoft, Nintendo Australia, Red Ant Enterprises and THQ Asia Pacific...
will play a part in the film.
Jovovich was confirmed, as well as Guillory, who will be reprising her role as Jill Valentine. Boris Kodjoe
Boris Kodjoe
Boris Frederic Cecil Tay-Natey Ofuatey-Kodjoe , better known as Boris Kodjoe, is an Austrian-born German actor and former fashion model who works primarily in the United States...
returned as Luther. Colin Salmon
Colin Salmon
Colin Salmon is a British actor best known for playing the character Charles Robinson in three James Bond films.-Personal life:...
who played One and Michelle Rodriguez
Michelle Rodriguez
Mayte Michelle Rodríguez , known professionally as Michelle Rodriguez, is an American actress. Following on from her breakthrough role in 2000's Girlfight, she is best known for playing tough-girl roles and starring in Hollywood blockbusters such as The Fast and the Furious, Resident Evil,...
who played Rain Ocampo in the first film returned. Oded Fehr
Oded Fehr
Oded Fehr is an Israeli film and television actor now based in the United States. He is known for his appearance as Ardeth Bay in the 1999 remake of The Mummy and its sequel The Mummy Returns, as well as Carlos Olivera in Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Resident Evil: Extinction and Resident Evil:...
who portrayed Carlos Olivera in the second and third film returned for the film. Johann Urb
Johann Urb
Johann Urb is an Estonian-American actor and former model.-Biography:Johann was born in Tallinn as a son of a musician Tarmo Urb. At the age of ten Johann moved to live in Finland with his mother and her new Finnish husband. Mostly they stayed in Tampere. When Johann turned 17, he moved to the ...
is cast as Leon S. Kennedy
Leon S. Kennedy
is a player character appearing in the Resident Evil series of survival horror video games. Leon is a protagonist in Resident Evil 2 and the main protagonist of Resident Evil 4. During the events of RE2, Leon is a new police officer who arrives in Raccoon City late for his first day on the job,...
and Kevin Durand
Kevin Durand
Kevin Serge Durand is a Canadian actor known for his roles as Joshua in Dark Angel, Martin Keamy in Lost, Fred J. Dukes in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the Archangel Gabriel in Legion, and Little John in Robin Hood....
is confirmed to appear in the film as Barry Burton. The character Ada Wong
Ada Wong
is a game character in the Resident Evil series. The film version of Ada appears in Resident Evil: Retribution, where she is played by Li Bingbing.-Creation and development:...
will be played by Li Bingbing
Li Bingbing
Li Bingbing is a Chinese actress and singer.-Life and career:Li had no intention of becoming an actress initially and enrolled specifically in a high school for prospective school teachers...
. Ali Larter
Ali Larter
Alison Elizabeth "Ali" Larter is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for playing the dual roles of Niki Sanders and Jessica Sanders on the NBC science fiction drama Heroes as well as her guest roles on several television shows in the 1990s.Larter's screen debut came in the 1999 film...
(Claire Redfield), Wentworth Miller
Wentworth Miller
Wentworth Earl Miller III is an English-born American actor; model and screenwriter who rose to stardom following his role as Michael Scofield in the Fox Network television series Prison Break.-Early life:...
(Chris Redfield) and Spencer Locke
Spencer Locke
Spencer Locke is an American actress who has had various appearances as "Kylie" on ABC's Cougar Town.-Life and career:...
(K-Mart) will not appear in the film and their absence will be explained by their characters being captured by Umbrella.
Capcom film series
Aside from the English produced live-action film series, Capcom have also produced two CGIComputer-generated imagery
Computer-generated imagery is the application of the field of computer graphics or, more specifically, 3D computer graphics to special effects in art, video games, films, television programs, commercials, simulators and simulation generally, and printed media...
films which are tied to the original game series, the first of which uses the original setting of Raccoon City, but none of the original characters are present. Degeneration is Capcom's first full-length feature film taking place between the events of Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil 4, known in Japan as , is a survival horror third-person shooter video game developed by Capcom Production Studio 4 and published by multiple publishers, including Capcom, Ubisoft, Nintendo Australia, Red Ant Enterprises and THQ Asia Pacific...
and Resident Evil 5
Resident Evil 5
Resident Evil 5, known in Japan as , is a survival horror third-person shooter video game developed and published by Capcom. The game is the seventh installment in the Resident Evil survival horror series, and was released on March 5, 2009 in Japan and on March 13, 2009 in North America and Europe...
, and follows Leon S. Kennedy
Leon S. Kennedy
is a player character appearing in the Resident Evil series of survival horror video games. Leon is a protagonist in Resident Evil 2 and the main protagonist of Resident Evil 4. During the events of RE2, Leon is a new police officer who arrives in Raccoon City late for his first day on the job,...
and Claire Redfield
Claire Redfield
is a player character appearing in the Resident Evil series of survival horror video games.Claire is the younger sister of Chris Redfield, the protagonist of the first Resident Evil game...
. A sequel, titled Resident Evil: Damnation
Resident Evil: Damnation
Resident Evil: Damnation, known as in Japan, is a feature-length computer-animated 3D film by Capcom and Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan. It is a sequel to Resident Evil: Degeneration, and is planned for a release in 2012. The film will be directed by Makoto Kamiya and produced by Hiroyuki...
, is currently in development.
Cast and characters
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| Resident Evil Resident Evil (film) Resident Evil is a British-German 2002 horror film written and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. The film stars Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Eric Mabius, and James Purefoy... (2002) |
Resident Evil: Apocalypse Resident Evil: Apocalypse Resident Evil: Apocalypse is a Canadian-British 2004 science fiction action horror film directed by Alexander Witt, from a screenplay written by producer Paul W.S. Anderson... (2004) |
Resident Evil: Extinction Resident Evil: Extinction Resident Evil: Extinction is a Canadian-British 2007 science fiction action horror film also categorized as a doomsday and zombie film, and is the third installment in the Resident Evil film series, which is based on the Capcom survival horror series Resident Evil... (2007) |
Resident Evil: Afterlife Resident Evil: Afterlife Resident Evil: Afterlife is a 2010 Canadian-German 3D science-fiction horror action film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. It stars Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Kim Coates, Shawn Roberts, Spencer Locke, Boris Kodjoe, and Wentworth Miller. The film marks Anderson's second time to direct in... (2010) |
Resident Evil: Retribution Resident Evil: Retribution Resident Evil: Retribution is an upcoming 2012 3D science-fiction action horror film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. It is the fifth installment in the Resident Evil film series, which is based on the Capcom survival horror series Resident Evil.The film has many returning actors and... (2012) |
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| Alice Alice (Resident Evil) Alice is a fictional character and the primary heroine of the Resident Evil film series, which is loosely based on the video game series of the same name. Though she is not a character in the game series, she does eventually interact with a number of characters from the games, including Jill... |
Milla Jovovich Milla Jovovich Milla Jovovich December 17, 1975)is an American model, actress, musician, and fashion designer. Over her career, she has appeared in a number of science fiction and action-themed films, for which music channel VH1 has referred to her as the "reigning queen of kick-butt".Milla Jovovich began... |
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| Matt Addison/Nemesis Nemesis (Resident Evil) Nemesis, also called the Pursuer or , is a fictional character in Capcom's Resident Evil franchise. It first appears in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, before later emerging in other titles and cameo roles. It is also featured on various merchandise and in the 2004 film Resident Evil: Apocalypse... |
Eric Mabius Eric Mabius Eric Harry Timothy Mabius is an American actor known for his work as Daniel Meade on the ABC television series Ugly Betty. He also worked on the Showtime series The L Word and in the films Resident Evil and Cruel Intentions.... |
Matthew G. Taylor Matthew G. Taylor Matthew G. Taylor is a Canadian actor. He is most notably known for portraying Nemesis in Resident Evil: Apocalypse.Taylor spent his youth in Toronto, Canada. Before becoming an actor, he was a police officer for 5 years with the Ontario Provincial Police and personal trainer. He has also studied... |
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| Rain Ocampo | Michelle Rodriguez Michelle Rodriguez Mayte Michelle Rodríguez , known professionally as Michelle Rodriguez, is an American actress. Following on from her breakthrough role in 2000's Girlfight, she is best known for playing tough-girl roles and starring in Hollywood blockbusters such as The Fast and the Furious, Resident Evil,... |
Michelle Rodriguez Michelle Rodriguez Mayte Michelle Rodríguez , known professionally as Michelle Rodriguez, is an American actress. Following on from her breakthrough role in 2000's Girlfight, she is best known for playing tough-girl roles and starring in Hollywood blockbusters such as The Fast and the Furious, Resident Evil,... |
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| Spence Parks | James Purefoy James Purefoy James Brian Mark Purefoy is an English actor best known for portraying Mark Antony in the HBO series Rome.-Early life and work:... |
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| Chad Kaplan | Martin Crewes Martin Crewes -Early life:Crewes was born in London. He moved to Australia when he was 10 years of age, and attended the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, in Perth. Other notable graduates of WAAPA include Hugh Jackman, Lisa McCune and Frances O'Connor... |
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| James "One" Shade | Colin Salmon Colin Salmon Colin Salmon is a British actor best known for playing the character Charles Robinson in three James Bond films.-Personal life:... |
Colin Salmon Colin Salmon Colin Salmon is a British actor best known for playing the character Charles Robinson in three James Bond films.-Personal life:... |
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| Jill Valentine Jill Valentine is a fictional character in the Resident Evil survival horror series by Capcom.Jill is one of the two protagonists of the original Resident Evil game, where she was introduced as a member of the Raccoon Police Department's Special Tactics And Rescue Service , trapped in a secret research complex of... |
Sienna Guillory Sienna Guillory Sienna Tiggy Guillory is an English actress, and former model. She is known for playing the title role in the TV miniseries, Helen of Troy, her portrayal of Jill Valentine in the science fiction action horror film Resident Evil: Apocalypse, and as elf princess Arya Dröttningu in fantasy-adventure... |
Sienna Guillory Sienna Guillory Sienna Tiggy Guillory is an English actress, and former model. She is known for playing the title role in the TV miniseries, Helen of Troy, her portrayal of Jill Valentine in the science fiction action horror film Resident Evil: Apocalypse, and as elf princess Arya Dröttningu in fantasy-adventure... |
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| Carlos Olivera | Oded Fehr Oded Fehr Oded Fehr is an Israeli film and television actor now based in the United States. He is known for his appearance as Ardeth Bay in the 1999 remake of The Mummy and its sequel The Mummy Returns, as well as Carlos Olivera in Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Resident Evil: Extinction and Resident Evil:... |
Oded Fehr Oded Fehr Oded Fehr is an Israeli film and television actor now based in the United States. He is known for his appearance as Ardeth Bay in the 1999 remake of The Mummy and its sequel The Mummy Returns, as well as Carlos Olivera in Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Resident Evil: Extinction and Resident Evil:... |
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| Lloyd Jefferson (L.J.) Wayne | Mike Epps Mike Epps Michael Elliot "Mike" Epps is an American stand-up comedian, actor, film producer, writer, singer, and rapper. He is best known for playing Day-Day Jones in Next Friday and the sequel-to-the-sequel, Friday After Next, and also starring alongside Ice Cube in All About the Benjamins... |
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| Dr. Sam Isaacs | Iain Glen Iain Glen Iain Glen is a Scottish film and stage actor.Iain Glen was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and trained at RADA where he won the Bancroft Gold Medal. He was married to Susannah Harker from 1993 to 2004; they have one son, Finlay... |
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| Dr. Charles Ashford | Jared Harris Jared Harris Jared Francis Harris is a British character actor, well known for playing the obnoxious Mac McGrath in the Adam Sandler film Mr. Deeds, and for his portrayal of Lane Pryce on the AMC series Mad Men.- Personal life :... |
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| Angela Ashford | Sophie Vavasseur Sophie Vavasseur Sophie Vavasseur is an Irish actress best known for her award-nominated role as Evelyn Doyle in the American-German-British-Irish film Evelyn.- Career :... |
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| Terri Morales | Sandrine Holt Sandrine Holt Sandrine Holt is a British-born Eurasian Canadian model turned actress.-Early life:Holt was born Sandrine Ho in London, England to a Chinese father and a French mother. At age five, she and her family moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which has remained her hometown. Holt attended St... |
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| Peyton Wells | Razaaq Adoti Razaaq Adoti Razaaq Adoti is a British actor, producer and screenwriter.-Early life:Adoti was born in Forest Gate, London of Nigerian descent . He landed his first professional screen role on the British television show, Press Gang, playing a police officer... |
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| Major Timothy Cain | Thomas Kretschmann Thomas Kretschmann Thomas Kretschmann is a German actor best known for playing Leutnant Hans Von Witzland in the 1993 film Stalingrad, Hauptmann Wilm Hosenfeld in The Pianist, Hermann Fegelein in Der Untergang, and Captain Englehorn in the 2005 remake of King Kong.-Early life:Kretschmann was born in Dessau, former... |
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| Claire Redfield Claire Redfield is a player character appearing in the Resident Evil series of survival horror video games.Claire is the younger sister of Chris Redfield, the protagonist of the first Resident Evil game... |
Ali Larter Ali Larter Alison Elizabeth "Ali" Larter is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for playing the dual roles of Niki Sanders and Jessica Sanders on the NBC science fiction drama Heroes as well as her guest roles on several television shows in the 1990s.Larter's screen debut came in the 1999 film... |
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| K-Mart | Spencer Locke Spencer Locke Spencer Locke is an American actress who has had various appearances as "Kylie" on ABC's Cougar Town.-Life and career:... |
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| Albert Wesker Albert Wesker is a character in the Resident Evil franchise. Although portrayed as a supporting character in the first game, he was later established as the primary antagonist of the series; he usually manipulated story events behind-the-scenes and had a role in more games than the other main characters... |
Jason O'Mara Jason O'Mara Jason O'Mara is an Irish actor who starred in the American television network dramas In Justice and Life on Mars. He now appears in the Fox series Terra Nova.- Career :He performed with The Royal Shakespeare Company... |
Shawn Roberts Shawn Roberts -Life and career:Roberts was born in Stratford, Ontario on April 2, 1984. He started with playing the wolf in a school play of "Little Red Riding Hood" award-winning screenwriter Robert Forsythe and his friend's father helped him get a role in Emily of New Moon... |
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| Nurse Betty | Ashanti | ||||
| Chris Redfield Chris Redfield is a fictional character from Capcom's Resident Evil series.Chris is one of the two main protagonists in the first Resident Evil game, the other being Jill Valentine. Redfield returned as a playable character in Resident Evil Code: Veronica, where he must search for, and ultimately rescue, his... |
Wentworth Miller Wentworth Miller Wentworth Earl Miller III is an English-born American actor; model and screenwriter who rose to stardom following his role as Michael Scofield in the Fox Network television series Prison Break.-Early life:... |
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| Luther West | Boris Kodjoe Boris Kodjoe Boris Frederic Cecil Tay-Natey Ofuatey-Kodjoe , better known as Boris Kodjoe, is an Austrian-born German actor and former fashion model who works primarily in the United States... |
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| Leon Scott Kennedy | Johann Urb Johann Urb Johann Urb is an Estonian-American actor and former model.-Biography:Johann was born in Tallinn as a son of a musician Tarmo Urb. At the age of ten Johann moved to live in Finland with his mother and her new Finnish husband. Mostly they stayed in Tampere. When Johann turned 17, he moved to the ... |
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| Ada Wong Ada Wong is a game character in the Resident Evil series. The film version of Ada appears in Resident Evil: Retribution, where she is played by Li Bingbing.-Creation and development:... |
Li Bingbing Li Bingbing Li Bingbing is a Chinese actress and singer.-Life and career:Li had no intention of becoming an actress initially and enrolled specifically in a high school for prospective school teachers... |
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| Barry Burton | Kevin Durand Kevin Durand Kevin Serge Durand is a Canadian actor known for his roles as Joshua in Dark Angel, Martin Keamy in Lost, Fred J. Dukes in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the Archangel Gabriel in Legion, and Little John in Robin Hood.... |
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Reception
Resident EvilResident Evil (film)
Resident Evil is a British-German 2002 horror film written and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. The film stars Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Eric Mabius, and James Purefoy...
opened domestically on March 15, 2002 to the #2 spot at the box office. The movie took $17,707,106 from 2,528 theatres averaging $7,004 per theatre. By the end of its theatrical run, Resident Evil had made $40,119,709 domestically and $102,441,078 world-wide on a $33 million budget. Critically, the film suffered with a 34% "rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is a website devoted to reviews, information, and news of films—widely known as a film review aggregator. Its name derives from the cliché of audiences throwing tomatoes and other vegetables at a poor stage performance...
. There were positive reviews however with The Chicago Tribune declaring it "one of the few video game movies to truly re-create the gaming experience" and The Austin Chronicle calling it "an absolute wreck. But what an ambitiously mind-blowing wreck it is, bursting with dazzlingly sordid cinematography".
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Resident Evil: Apocalypse is a Canadian-British 2004 science fiction action horror film directed by Alexander Witt, from a screenplay written by producer Paul W.S. Anderson...
debuted at #1 in its opening weekend (September 10–12, 2004) with $23,036,273. Averaging $7,014 at 3,284 theatres, the movie had an increased budget of $45 million and made $129,394,835 world-wide. Similar to the first installment, Apocalypse was not well-received by critics. A BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
review noted, "A zombie movie as dead-eyed and soulless as its walking dead villains."
Not all reviews were negative, The Seattle Times
The Seattle Times
The Seattle Times is a newspaper serving Seattle, Washington, US. It is the largest daily newspaper in the state of Washington. It has been, since the demise in 2009 of the printed version of the rival Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle's only major daily print newspaper.-History:The Seattle Times...
marked it an improvement from the original, saying the film "makes up for the wretched mess that was 2002's "Resident Evil"".
The third film, Resident Evil: Extinction
Resident Evil: Extinction
Resident Evil: Extinction is a Canadian-British 2007 science fiction action horror film also categorized as a doomsday and zombie film, and is the third installment in the Resident Evil film series, which is based on the Capcom survival horror series Resident Evil...
followed the success of the second film opening at #1 during September 21–23, 2007. The film became the highest grossing movie in the franchise with $147,717,833 world-wide, $97,069,154 of it coming from international territories. As with the first two installments, Extinction was negatively received by critics with a 22% "rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Empire
Empire (magazine)
Empire is a British film magazine published monthly by Bauer Consumer Media. From the first issue in July 1989, the magazine was edited by Barry McIlheney and published by Emap. Bauer purchased Emap Consumer Media in early 2008...
deemed it "Better than the silly second instalment and boasting an effectively creepy empty world setting, it’s nevertheless scuppered by a lack of coherence." The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter
Formerly a daily trade magazine, The Hollywood Reporter re-launched in late 2010 as a unique hybrid publication serving the entertainment industry and a consumer audience...
also gave a positive review of the film, "Fast-paced and filled with brisk action sequences -- the film should reasonably satisfy the devotees."
Box office
| Film | Release date | Revenue | Budget | Reference | ||
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| United States | Foreign | Worldwide | ||||
| Resident Evil | March 15, 2002 | $40,119,709 | $62,321,369 | $102,441,078 | $33,000,000 | |
| Resident Evil: Apocalypse | September 10, 2004 | $51,201,453 | $78,193,382 | $129,394,835 | $45,000,000 | |
| Resident Evil: Extinction | September 21, 2007 | $50,648,679 | $97,069,154 | $147,717,833 | $45,000,000 | |
| Resident Evil: Afterlife | September 10, 2010 | $60,128,566 | $233,985,429 | $294,113,995 | $60,000,000 | |
| Total | $202,098,407 | $471,569,334 | $673,667,741 | $183,000,000 | ||
Critical reaction
| Film | Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes is a website devoted to reviews, information, and news of films—widely known as a film review aggregator. Its name derives from the cliché of audiences throwing tomatoes and other vegetables at a poor stage performance... |
Metacritic Metacritic Metacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,... |
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| Resident Evil | 34% (122 reviews) | 33 (24 reviews) |
| Resident Evil: Apocalypse | 20% (122 reviews) | 35 (26 reviews) |
| Resident Evil: Extinction | 22% (92 reviews) | 41 (12 reviews) |
| Resident Evil: Afterlife | 24% (89 reviews) | 37 (14 reviews) |
External links
- Resident Evil: Afterlife Official Website
- Resident Evil at Box Office MojoBox Office MojoBox Office Mojo is a website that tracks box office revenue in a systematic, algorithmic way. Brandon Gray started the site in 1999. In 2002, Gray partnered with Sean Saulsbury and they grew the site to nearly two million readers when, in July 2008, the company was purchased by Amazon.com through...