Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Roy Hart If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

anselmdaniel This review contains spoilers.Resident Evil is a movie based on the video game of the same name. The movie is directed by Paul W.S. Anderson and stars Milla Jovovich as Alice. The movie ias about a research structure called The Hive under a remote mansion close to Racoon city. The Hive is researching the T-Virus, a virus that alters its host to create zombies.Resident Evil is first and foremost not meant to be a classic movie. The movie relies too much on the video game's setting and it does not even have characters from the video game in this movie. The movie has its own cast that the movie relies on with its own story. This can be a good thing if the movie's plot can build upon the video game's plot, but the movie does not. This movie's plot is an excuse to have bio-weapons, zombies, and a paramilitary group fighting the zombies.The action is tame in today's standards but it is still fun to watch. There are some fun and creative sequences in this movie such as the laser hall sequence. I loved watching this trap and the stunts that were required from the actor. The zombies were threatening at first, but soon became background props for the characters to overcome.The sets in this movie are well designed. I liked the atmosphere the sets created. The Hive felt creepy and nefarious across the entire run-time. This setting of an underground laboratory definitely helped the movie stay on the horror genre.The acting in this movie is not good. This is not a reason to be watching these kinds of movies and the actors and actresses do an acceptable job that it is not too distracting.Overall, I would recommend Resident Evil. The movie has its flaws but it is still a fun movie to watch.

rlindsay-88363 Mila jovavich running around for an hour looking for a plot. If you have no idea about the game then give it a miss, nothing will make sense. It's just people running around the levels of a game being chased by zombies for some reason

Richie-67-485852 I remember the first time I caught this it was by accident (?) The opening sequence where they explain an underground facility intrigued me so I stayed with it. It pulled me right in. The story is rather unique and they pull it off in a credible way. Who doesn't like a secret underground city type facility, run by a computer that has had a breakdown of some sort being investigated by an elite squad of Marine types? It just captures you as the story unravels quite nicely. It had some nice scares and twists and just when you think you are out it pulls you back in more than once I might add. Its just a well executed movie. While I prefer no nudity in the movies, this was understandable as the story presents it. It does distract but for Hollywood that means $$$. This went on to launch a series of movies so need for me to go on and on. Give a look-see and find out what this is all about. BTW...I like to eat while watching. However, Zombie films don't stimulate the appetite and this had plenty of thrill-action keeping you occupied. Do have a tasty drink and perhaps some sunflower seeds on standby. Enjoy

jtindahouse I was never really into video games growing up, and I'm still not today. So a series like 'Resident Evil' just completely passed over my radar. With the 'Final Chapter' coming out shortly though I decided to go back and review the series to see what I think of it. Going back 14 years when it comes to a CGI heavy film can be a dodgy thing to do. Admittedly, there is a noticeable difference compared to the quality being produced today, but it's certainly not distractingly bad. I quite like films that are set in a confined space with the characters having to either work their way to the centre, or find a way out. This is one of those films and most aspects of it are done fairly well. The one element (that happened to be probably the biggest of them all sadly) that didn't work was the zombies. Zombies are simply not scary, not visually impressive and not entertaining. They're still better than vampires, but they are not a strong thing to have as a heavy component of your film. Having never played the game I can't confirm how close this is in terms of being true to it. I suspect though that it's pretty close. A lot of scenes feel like they're straight from a game and you can even imagine yourself having to pass the level that the characters are currently on. Milla Jovovich plays the lead role well, but I hope in the sequels she evolves a lot. At times in this one she felt like just another member of the squad, and certainly not the main character. People to this day say are still waiting for a great video game adaption to come out. 'Resident Evil' is a solid film, but it's certainly far from being great.