Resident Evil - Extinction (Widescreen Special Edition)

Once again this is one of those cases where I wasn't a big fan of this films predecessors, however, of all the Resident Evil movies, I'd have to say Extinction is the best. In my opinion all three films are too action filled to really be called horror films and it feels more like a movie adapted from a comic book rather than a video game (which in my opinion is the greatest line of video games you can buy) and in Extinction it strays away from the game completely, but this is justified in the directors commentary.

The T-virus escapes Raccoon City and over-runs the world, effecting animal and plant life along with nearly all humans, leaving the planet barren of anything but dry dirt and sand. Traveling through these deserted wastelands in search of food, water and ammo is a mobile unit consisting of about thirty to forty people and headed up by Clair Redfield (Ali Larter), Carlos (Oded Fehr), and the returning, funny guy from Nemesis...L.J., played by Mike Epps. Alice (Milla Jovovich) fallows the unit of travelers but never gets too close, fearing she may endanger them as a result of the umbrella corporations experiments on her, as well as her growing telepathic powers. Most of the film is done in daylight to oppose the ever cliche' of all horror films taking place at night. The objective for all the characters in this movie, just to stay alive and make it to a safe place.

The special effects in this movie are really impressive. The zombie crows as well as the infected humans look AMAZING! Alices' roll is a little over the top and down right cheesy at times but the film is still worth watching. Another huge production horror film that was meant for the masses and delivered exactly what was expected as far as entertainment.

Extra Features:
It was strange but I actually liked the film more before I watched it with the commentary on. Although they explain a lot about all three films, they also point out all of their mistakes, and now every time I watch it, that's all I see. It's not too insightful as the film itself doesn't have much insight but it's still a good feature if you really wanna know a bit about why they made all three films the way they did.

Deleted Scenes
It was odd because I remembered seeing almost all the deleted scenes in the film. There are a couple that involve experimenting with the zombies that weren't in the final cut but they are short and not really much to look at.

Unearthing Extinction: The making of
This is probably the coolest special feature, although it's not great, it was neat to see how they did the explosions and create the miniature Las Vegas. Plus, it shows how they made those AMAZING zombies.

Resident Evil: Degeneration
This is the preview for the C.G. Resident Evil film, it's about 30seconds long and doesn't show that much as far as whether or not that movie will rock...you're better off looking it up online.

Beth Puttkammer

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