Resident Evil 2 - Apocalypse [2004] - DVD (Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Oded Fehr, Thomas Kretschmann, Jared Harris - Dir: Alexander Witt)

2002's popular video-game-derived hit Resident Evil didn't inspire confidence in a sequel, but Resident Evil: Apocalypse defies odds and surpasses expectations. It's a bigger, better, action-packed zombie thriller, and this time Milla Jovovich (as the first film's no-nonsense heroine) is joined by more characters from the popular Capcom video games, including Jill Valentine (played by British hottie Sienna Guillory) and Carlos Olivera (Oded Fehr, from 1999's The Mummy). They're armed and ready for a high-caliber encounter with devil dogs, mutant "Lickers," lurching zombies, and the leather-clad monster known only as Nemesis, unleashed by the nefarious Umbrella Corporation responsible for creating the cannibalistic undead horde. Having gained valuable experience as a respected second-unit director on high-profile films like Gladiator and The Bourne Identity, director Alexander Witt elevates this junky material to the level of slick, schlocky entertainment. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews of Resident Evil 2 - Apocalypse [2004]

Langdon Ulder
England
8th October 2008

Good film but flawed
Apocalypse is a good film but it has enormous plot holes, e.g. When the girl is in the car crash, how does she survive?! and how does she get back to her school, while avoiding the zombies and how does anyone survive in the helicopter at the end?! But if you can overlook these plot holes, Apocalypse is a fairly decent zombie film.

martin thomas
england
6th June 2008

the worst of the resident evil films
the worst of the three this is as bad as it gets,i dont know know what more i can say other than that

celticshedevil
Ireland
25th February 2008

A great sequel
The sequel to Resident Evil is pretty much what you'd expect. After being captured by the Umbrella Corporation at the end of the first film, almost-sole-survivor Alice (Milla Jovovich) wakes up in an abandoned laboratory in Raccoon City to find that the zombie-inducing `t-virus' has infected Raccoon City. Half the city is already infected and Umbrella Corporation has sealed off the city limits and is planning to "sanitize" the area.

Hooking up with a rag-tag group of survivors, Alice makes a deal with a rogue Umbrella scientist who promises to get them out of the city if they rescue his missing daughter who's lost in the city. But as you may imagine Umbrella has its own plans for Alice and seven-foot armour-clad mutant called Nemesis who's using the infected city as a training ground. Cue much shooting, fighting and explosions.

I really enjoyed Resident Evil: Apocalypse as a thriller with action, suspense and a bit of gore thrown in to keep up with the genre. Mila Jovovich is brilliant as Alice and with the addition of Sienna Guillory as Valentine and Oded Fehr as Carlos Olivera you've got all the ingredients for a shoot-em-up action thriller with a twist. As with the first movie the cliffhanger ending leaves the door wide open for the next installment in the series.

SRW
uk
19th October 2007

GREAT SEQUEL
Resident Evil was great, but this sequel is equal/better. Rarely can you say this about a sequel, but i thoroughly enjoyed it. The story is fast paced and there's more action than you can shake a stick at.

The story links well with the end of the original and when the third film is released, i reckon we'll have a great trilogy on our hands.

heartagram
UK
1st October 2007

resident evil 2
visuals:7
story:9
fun to watch:7
overall:8

hell comes alive when the undead reach the surface (not as good as the 1st)