timjohnson-98205 As a huge fan of RE -- after watching the first movie -- though not perfect , it is a great movie , i was looking forward to RE2 , in the hopes of seeing all the unique , original ideas , characters and creepy spooky horror elements that made the game scary ( Nemesis in particular ) hoping they would do the game justice , how wrong i was . RE Apocalypse is in my top 10 of worst movies ever made. First; Paul Anderson's screenplay is ridiculous , it is full of stupid , laughable ,embarassing , ilogical and poorly thought out ideas ever conceived to film , with some of the worst continuity errors i have seen in a movie , in both storytelling and logic , that is totally unforgivable , especially a RE fan. This movie is nothing like RE , i don't care that they tuck it in another direction , but you have to stay within the world of the games or the movie will fail as this one did. Another reason it failed was due to Alexander Witt-less' direction. This is the worst directed movie i have ever seen , due to all elements of directing. Alex should stay in second-unit because he doesn't have the skill , talent and vision to helm and sustain an entire movie to him self. Errors in this movie include; Jill Valentine walks into the police station with only one gun and in the next shot another gun pops out of nowhere. Kain is standing next to a man with a bald head and next shot a man with dark hair.( same man ) sniper shoots undead in their heads but when Nemesis shows the sniper doesn't , when in reality there would be no more nemesis. It takes Umbrella 13 hours to build an entire wall around Raccoon city , when in reality it would take months to build and we're supposed to believe it tuck a few hours. How do you write and direct a movie without noticing these things just gos to show why this movie failed. Alex directs this movie with fast cutting and a 100 shots of one punch thrown an inch forward then another 100 of another inch , and when your about to see the impact he cuts out the shot and 2 minutes of the fight is missing , and also he has the camera rammed right infront of what he is shooting and thats the way the movie is from start to finish , and when the movie is over the viewer is left thinking to them selves 'Did i just not see that?' and that is not how to direct a movie because people go to movies to experience them. But the thing that was most damaging to the movie was the constant ripping off ideas of other superior movie ;Escape from new york , Aliens , John Carpenter movies,The Terminator , so blaintly ,that the essence of RE is totally destroyed.The Nemesis in the game is a terrifying fracked-up Jason Vorheeves type character ,in the movie he was the Terminator , and any true fan of RE would never disrespect the franchise in anyway , so i can understand why people think Paul WS is not a true fan of RE but for me its a case of showing how bad a writer Paul is.This movie is not RE , it doesn't deserve its title.Arter so much thought and effort was put into this movie just for it to bomb , critically ,popularity , financially and for the fans make RE2 an embarrassment in the history of film. I give it 3/10 , 1 star for the audio commentary of Mila vovovich(forgive my spelling) and oded Fehr , 2'nd for the actress of Jill Valentine.

willcundallreview Milla Jovovich is back in a style, well a style that is exactly the same as before, in poor style. We now see Zombies roaming the streets of Raccoon City and they're just hell bent on getting some of that human flesh, the zombies consist of a mix of normal or stereotypical zombies, and then some really quick really weird and really stupidly created CGI zombies that we saw in the first movie, but now we see them just a little more. The series I felt could have taken itself into new territory, cast away its first instalment and really gone for it with a promising new plot and a big city to play with. My previous point is not met and we see yet again a poor movie, not one that is near to being hateable, but dislikeable nevertheless.The plot plays out like a video game (oh wait the whole film is based on a video game) and really goes all out on the violence but also rather disappointingly the crazy stunts too. One such stunt that I felt was superbly unneeded was a motorbike crashing through a church window; it was just a pointless bit of thriller filler and had nothing to add to the already dull prospect of an adventure with these characters. And what about those characters? ,well what can be said really other than Jovovich is not bad but far from great, she plays the role in a kind of mediocre way in which she can seem like she is really going to do some OK acting but then scuppers the chance. Sienna Guillory as Jill Valentine is again a failed prospect, one thing I hated about her character was the way she is portrayed as this hard cop who is skillful with a gun and yet we see no evidence really, poor yet again. The rest of the cast don't offer much, and the fleeting glimpses of OK actors like Iain Glen are too short to make any acting alright. A lot of the mistakes of the film also lie in the controls of director Alexander Witt whose hand is one that is well hardly one at all, he never fully takes the reigns and the whole flow of the movie can at times lose its rhythm. The writing from Paul W.S Anderson is nothing to help either here; the director of the first movie fails to create a story that is fun or exciting, only yet again that word, poor. The whole technical aspect side of this is also not the best, I mean the productions look isn't all bad and at least it looks the part but it doesn't help too much. The camera work is shoddy and the strange sort of shaky look they give the zombies is horrible and it only creates a sense of motion sickness not horror.So really in conclusion I can only say this is horror not done so well but to be fair it isn't completely just bad. The movie has it's high leg kicks, seemingly impossible jumps and of course gun shots galore and that is all fine and will probably please those who like that kind of thing. The problem I have is the lazy directing and writing and the basic plot which to me is unforgivable and should have been addressed and not just thrown out onto the screen before properly having a look. So anyway before I go off subject about recommending I think many can enjoy this but many won't, depends if you're won over easily or enjoy zombie horror that much.

Phil Hubbs Jill Valentine and three other people are holed up in an abandoned church trying to escape the ever growing army of zombies within Raccoon City (one of the stupidest names for a city ever!). They are in a battle against a group of Lickers and almost out of ammo, things look bleak.Suddenly a bright shines through the huge stained glass window...Alice blows through the glass mounted on top of a motorbike. She lands perfectly, informs the survivors to take cover and proceeds to blow away all the Lickers one by one in an eye shattering display of slow motion action enough to give any fanboy a hard on. At this exact moment the franchise dies, this is where the Resi Evil film franchise loses the gritty grown up 'Aliens' clone formula of the first film and enters the realm of hyper martial arts and lots and lots of slow motion action.The character of Alice has been experimented on since the last film, apparently, which now gives her superhuman strength, speed and agility. This in turn takes the character and the film into the world of 'The Matrix' and absurd action set pieces.Don't get me wrong the film isn't entirely bad, the atmosphere and visuals of the film are decent whilst the abandoned Raccoon City is created very well. You do get a great sense of dread from the deserted city, it feels dangerous and eerie with a really nice dark tone. The film is still pretty adult I must say, there is plenty of blood, some gore and quite a few jump in your seat moments. The general survival concept is along the same lines as the first film with a small band of people trying to escape the City, its a solid idea which works. The problem is the inclusion of Alice who drags the film down utterly with her over the top macho invincibility.The inclusion of Nemesis was of course required by all Resi fans and he is faithfully created, amazingly, although a bit rubbery. Not being a fanboy myself I just don't get why the Umbrella Corp would release this huge monster simply to kill the remaining S.T.A.R.S. members. Was this some kind of field test? and the fact they planned to nuke the City wouldn't that somewhat negate their precious creation? On top of that they make Alice fight this big guy for no real reason other than to have an exciting finale fight in the film...oh and something about seeing who is stronger, err why??? All that work just to have him fight Alice?!The problem as said before is quite simply the character of Alice and the fact we have to follow her around from one superhero sequence to the next. On top of that you have the pathetic alpha female rivalry between Jill and Alice (and both actresses) as both compete for sexiest zombie killer. Jill wins purely down to her ridiculously skimpy outfit which is obviously in there just for the teen male audience. Because of course most special unit cops wear tight hot pants and a tight vest when in terror situations...wait this is a serious film?Its a brave attempt which literately just keeps its head above the waves and manages to be a reasonable film. Shame about all the slow motion crap but this is what happens when Jovovich is in a film. The film is basically let down by stupid action sequences which vomit on your suspension of disbelief, had these bits been more sensible or relatively realistic then the film could have been pretty solid.5/10

Adrian Val Olonan After watching the first DVD in my collection box, I excitedly hopped in for the sequel "Resident Evil" Apocalypse". The outbreak worsens as the T-virus invades Raccoon City. New characters enter. New enemies come in. And a greater battle against Umbrella Corporation ensues.The bioweapon "Nemesis" is probably the main attraction of the film. He doesn't look disgusting but threatening. Action sequence is grander than the first film. The church scene, the rooftop, and the final fight are well-choreographed. However, it fell short on horror, which is one of the three main genres of the video game franchise that serves as the source material.The film shows how more evil Umbrella can get, and this is scary for the real world. The plot twist is unexpected, and confusing. It's obvious that there's a need for a second sequel. I'm giving the film 8 of 10. Again, I'm looking for sci-fi, action, and horror, but it fell short on the horror genre. However, this is an action-packed film.