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==Plot==
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After the contamination of The Hive in the previous film, the [[Umbrella Corporation]] unwisely sends in a research team to reopen the complex and investigate the incident, since no one survived except Alice and [[Matt Addison]], both of whom were imprisoned and experimented on. When the team reprograms and opens the sealed blast doors, they are slaughtered by the massive crowd of T-virus infected zombies.


With the zombies released, they reach Raccoon City, spreading the infection among the general population. Two days after the infection has spread to the surface, Umbrella, now worried about a possible worldwide contamination, quarantines [[Raccoon City]] and establishes a security perimeter around it, also evacuating all important Umbrella personnel. However, a girl named [[Angela Ashford]] ([[Sophie Vavasseur]]), daughter of the Level 6 Umbrella researcher and T-virus creator [[Dr. Charles Ashford]] ([[Jared Harris]]), goes missing after an Umbrella security car transporting her out of Raccoon City suffers a traffic accident.
After the events of [[Resident_Evil|the previous film]], the [[Umbrella Corporation]] sends a new team in to re-open The Hive and determine what happened. When the team opens the sealed blast doors, they are slaughtered by the massive crowd of T-virus infected zombies. The zombies are released, and the infection quickly spreads through Raccoon City. Two days later the [[Umbrella Corporation]] quarantines Raccoon City and establishes a security perimeter around it, evacuating all important Umbrella personnel. A girl named [[Angela Ashford]], daughter of the Level 6 Umbrella researcher and T-virus creator [[Dr. Charles Ashford]], goes missing after an Umbrella security car transporting her out of the city has an accident.


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Alice awakens in the deserted Raccoon City hospital, arms herself with a shotgun from a police car, and wanders the city looking for supplies. Umbrella begins evacuating civilians at the Raven's Gate Bridge, the only exit out of the town. Disgraced police officer [[Jill Valentine]] confers with Sergeant Payton Wells, her old partner, after hearing about the infection. The T-virus infects a man having a heart attack, turning him into a zombie that bites Sgt. Payton at the city gates. Umbrella's head of the Raccoon City contamination operation, Major Timothy Cain, seals the exit to the city and orders his soldiers to fire into the crowd and scare them back into the city.
Alice awakens in the deserted Raccoon City hospital attached to wiring, and after unstrapping herself, she manages to exit her room. Finding no one in the hospital, she wanders outside only to find the city a ghost town, overrun by zombies. She arms herself with a shotgun from a police car and wanders the city looking for supplies. She is constantly disturbed by visions of a man, who was revealed to be experimenting on her; she now has superhuman agility and strength.


In another part of Raccoon City, [[Carlos Olivera]] and other Umbrella soldiers link up with the Special Tactics And Rescue Squad (S.T.A.R.S.) units to defend against an onslaught of zombies. Their positions are overrun, causing Carlos and his team to retreat. Carlos' friend and fellow soldier Yuri, who has been bitten, turns into a zombie that bites and infects Carlos before being killed. Jill, Payton, and news reporter Terri Morales lock themselves in a church, but the church is overrun and they must be saved by a heavily armed Alice. Umbrella also dispatches their [[Nemesis (Resident Evil)|Nemesis Program]] for testing against the S.T.A.R.S. team, who are all killed except for civilian L.J. Dr. Ashford hacks into the city's [[CCTV]] system and uses it to contact Alice and the other survivors, offering to arrange their evacuation from the city in exchange for their help safely retrieving his daughter. Dr. Ashford explains that Umbrella intends to cleanse Raccoon City in the morning by dropping a low-yield nuclear bomb on it.
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While Umbrella is evacuating civilians at the Raven's Gate Bridge, the only exit out of the town, disgraced police officer [[Jill Valentine]] ([[Sienna Guillory]]), confers with Sergeant Payton Wells ([[Razaaq Adoti]]), her old ally, after hearing about the infection being true. However, the T-virus infects a man having a heart attack, turning him into a zombie that bites Payton at the city gates. Umbrella's supervisor and the head of the Raccoon City contamination operation, Major Timothy Cain ([[Thomas Kretschmann]]), worried that the T-virus has reached the gates, seals the exit and orders his soldiers to fire over the crowd's heads, scaring them back into the city.


Alice and the others head for Angela's school, but they are ambushed by Nemesis along the way and Payton is killed by Jill after succumbing to his bite wound and turning. Alice engages the Nemesis but is wounded and forced to retreat. Jill and Terri make it to the school, picking up a stranded L.J. along the way. Inside the school, Terri is killed but Jill finds Angela and rescues her with help from Carlos and Nicholai. Alice re-joins them and Angela reveals she was deliberately infected with the T-virus to treat a genetic disease. She also reveals that Alice has been massively infected as well, but her body has bonded with it and she is enhanced rather than turning. Alice uses Angela's anti-virus to treat Carlos and the group sets out to escape the city. Dr. Ashford gives Alice the location of the extraction point at City Hall where a helicopter waits. The group makes it to the rendezvous point but are again ambushed, this time by Umbrella forces. Cain requires a final test for Nemesis and orders Alice to fight him or Cain will kill all of the survivors. He reinforces his threat by shooting and killing Dr. Ashford. Alice battles Nemesis and finally impales him on a steel beam, but she refuses to kill him after realizing that he is Matt Addison.
Elsewhere, [[Carlos Olivera]] ([[Oded Fehr]]) and other Umbrella soldiers link up with Special Tactics And Rescue Squad (S.T.A.R.S.) units to defend against an onslaught of zombies. Their positions are overrun, causing Carlos and his team to retreat with a bitten Yuri (Stefen Hayes), who turns into a zombie and infects Carlos before being killed. Jill, Payton, and news reporter Terri Morales ([[Sandrine Holt]]) lock themselves in a church, where a panicked man is also hiding. Inspecting the church, Jill finds a priest who has been feeding other people to his zombified sister. They soon find the church is full of Lickers. The priest and the panicked man are killed, but Jill, Payton, and Terri are saved at the last minute by the heavily armed Alice.


Cain orders Nemesis to return to the helicopter so they can leave, but Nemesis turns on Cain and attacks the Umbrella troops. Nemesis is finally killed protecting Alice from an explosion, and the rest of the survivors seize the helicopter. They throw Cain from the helicopter to the ground to be eaten by zombies including the now-turned Dr. Ashford. The survivors escape in the chopper as the nuclear bomb detonates over the City Hall, catching the chopper in the blast wave and forcing it to crash. Alice sacrifices herself to save Angela during the crash and is impaled on a metal pole, killing her.
In the meantime, Umbrella dispatches their [[Nemesis (Resident Evil)|Nemesis Program]] to fight the zombies in order to test him. When Nemesis encounters a surviving citizen, L.J. ([[Mike Epps]]), and members of S.T.A.R.S., the latter open fire on Nemesis. Nemesis guns the team down but spares L.J.'s life when he drops his weapons. Meanwhile, Dr. Ashford has refused extraction, since Angela is missing, and soon discovers she is hiding in her school. He hacks into the city's [[CCTV]] system, uses it to contact Alice and the other survivors, and offers to arrange their evacuation in exchange for their rescuing Angela. Alice, seeing no other escape, accepts the offer. Payton, Terri, and Jill initially refuse, intending to hide until backup arrives, but Alice explains her choice - as the contamination cannot be controlled, a nuclear bomb will be dropped on Raccoon City, completely destroying it, with a cover story of a meltdown of the local nuclear power plant.


Some time after the explosion Umbrella employees locate the helicopter crash site and rescue the survivors. Through TV footage we see that the explosion was covered-up by Umbrella and explained as an explosion at the nuclear plant. The survivor's stories of the infection and what really happen in Raccoon City are passed off as a hoax and discredited. Alice wakes up in an Umbrella research facility and escapes with help from Carlos, Jill, L.J., and Angela. They are allowed to leave by Dr. isaacs, who tells Alice that "Project Alice" has been activated. The Umbrella logo flashes over Alice's pupils before the survivors drive off.
Seeing no choice, the others join Alice in heading for the school. However, Nemesis appears and shoots Payton dead. Alice separates and assaults him, but she is overwhelmed and forced into retreat. Jill and Terri make it to the school, and they pick up L.J. on the way. Inside the school, they find Carlos and Nicholai ([[Zack Ward]]), acting on the same offer. After encounters with [[List of Resident Evil creatures#Cerberus or Zombie Dog|zombie dogs]] and infected children who kill Nicholai and Terri, Alice saves the group again, and they find Angela. Angela reveals she was injected with the T-virus; she was ill with a genetic disease and forced to walk on crutches. Dr. Ashford created the T-virus to allow her to walk, and he created the anti-virus because of the T-virus' potential for mutations, but the virus was then impounded and weaponized by Umbrella. Alice uses Terri's video camera to record her story and injects Carlos with the anti-virus carried by Angela, to keep her infection in check.

Dr. Ashford gives Alice the location of the extraction point at City Hall, where the helicopter waits. The group makes it to the rendezvous but is cornered by Major Cain, who has caught wind of Dr. Ashford's intentions and is holding him prisoner. All but Alice are restrained, and seconds later Nemesis appears; the helicopter is actually Nemesis' extraction before the bomb detonation. Cain commands Alice to fight Nemesis. Alice refuses, but when Cain shoots Dr. Ashford dead in cold-blood and threatens the others, she relents and fights Nemesis, impaling him on a pole. Defeating Nemesis, she realizes he is Matt Addison, her friend and one of the survivors in The Hive. As he was infected by a Licker and started to mutate, he was placed in the program and experimented on.

Her stand and refusing to kill him rekindles a trace of Matt's former humanity; he and Alice join forces and attack the Umbrella forces. Meanwhile, Carlos and Jill cut themselves free from their bonds and join the fight. Nemesis is killed, protecting Alice from an exploding helicopter. Cain, having been knocked out in an attempt to flee during the fight, is thrown out of the helicopter by Alice and is left to be devoured by a horde of encroaching zombies, including Dr. Ashford. As the survivors escape in the remaining chopper, the nuclear missile detonates over the City Hall. The helicopter is caught in the blast wave and crashes. As the helicopter falls, a metal pole comes loose and is flung towards Angela. Alice moves in front of Angela and is impaled, saving her but mortally wounding herself.

Some hours after the explosion, Umbrella employees locate the helicopter's crash site, deep in the Arklay Mountains. There, they find Alice's body, badly burned; the others are nowhere to be found. The media later shows that Terri's footage has been shown to the press, but despite Carlos and Jill's best efforts, Umbrella promotes a fake story about a nuclear power plant explosion near the city with ease. The infection is characterized as a hoax, and the media announces that Jill and Carlos are wanted by the police for questioning.

Three weeks later, in Umbrella's research facility in [[Detroit]], Alice awakens. Led by Umbrella scientist Dr. Alexander Isaacs ([[Iain Glen]]), the doctors begin questioning her. Soon, she recalls events from Raccoon City and before. She realizes that the man who appeared in her visions is Dr. Isaacs. She attacks him, fights her way out of the facility, and makes her way outside, only to be surrounded by more Umbrella guards holding her at gunpoint. Suddenly, Jill, Carlos, Angela, and L.J. arrive, disguised as Umbrella employees. Carlos shows the guards an order placing her in his custody. Dr. Isaacs is shown allowing them to leave, and then saying that "Project Alice" is activated. A close-up of Alice's eye shows a flashing Umbrella logo, revealing she is under their control. The scene then pulls away from the car she is in and into orbit, where an Umbrella satellite is seen.


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Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlexander Witt
Written byPaul W. S. Anderson
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyChristian Sebaldt
Derek Rogers
Edited byEddie Hamilton
Music byJeff Danna
Production
companies
Distributed byContantin Film
Screen Gems
Release date
  • September 10, 2004 (2004-09-10)
Running time
94 minutes
Countries
LanguageEnglish
Budget$45 million[3]
Box office$129.3 million[3]

Resident Evil: Apocalypse is a 2004 science fiction action horror film directed by Alexander Witt and written by Paul W. S. Anderson. It is the second installment in the Resident Evil film series, which is based on the Capcom survival horror video game series Resident Evil.

Borrowing elements from the video games Resident Evil 2, 3: Nemesis, and Code: Veronica, Resident Evil: Apocalypse follows heroine Alice, who has escaped the underground Umbrella facility and must band with other survivors including Jill Valentine and escape Raccoon City alive.

The film opened to theaters on September 10, 2004. On a budget of $40 million, the film grossed $51 million domestically and $129 million worldwide, surpassing the box office gross of the previous installment. Resident Evil: Apocalypse received mostly negative reviews from critics, who praised the action sequences but criticized the plot. The film was released to DVD on December 28, 2004.

Plot

After the events of the previous film, the Umbrella Corporation sends a new team in to re-open The Hive and determine what happened. When the team opens the sealed blast doors, they are slaughtered by the massive crowd of T-virus infected zombies. The zombies are released, and the infection quickly spreads through Raccoon City. Two days later the Umbrella Corporation quarantines Raccoon City and establishes a security perimeter around it, evacuating all important Umbrella personnel. A girl named Angela Ashford, daughter of the Level 6 Umbrella researcher and T-virus creator Dr. Charles Ashford, goes missing after an Umbrella security car transporting her out of the city has an accident.

Alice awakens in the deserted Raccoon City hospital, arms herself with a shotgun from a police car, and wanders the city looking for supplies. Umbrella begins evacuating civilians at the Raven's Gate Bridge, the only exit out of the town. Disgraced police officer Jill Valentine confers with Sergeant Payton Wells, her old partner, after hearing about the infection. The T-virus infects a man having a heart attack, turning him into a zombie that bites Sgt. Payton at the city gates. Umbrella's head of the Raccoon City contamination operation, Major Timothy Cain, seals the exit to the city and orders his soldiers to fire into the crowd and scare them back into the city.

In another part of Raccoon City, Carlos Olivera and other Umbrella soldiers link up with the Special Tactics And Rescue Squad (S.T.A.R.S.) units to defend against an onslaught of zombies. Their positions are overrun, causing Carlos and his team to retreat. Carlos' friend and fellow soldier Yuri, who has been bitten, turns into a zombie that bites and infects Carlos before being killed. Jill, Payton, and news reporter Terri Morales lock themselves in a church, but the church is overrun and they must be saved by a heavily armed Alice. Umbrella also dispatches their Nemesis Program for testing against the S.T.A.R.S. team, who are all killed except for civilian L.J. Dr. Ashford hacks into the city's CCTV system and uses it to contact Alice and the other survivors, offering to arrange their evacuation from the city in exchange for their help safely retrieving his daughter. Dr. Ashford explains that Umbrella intends to cleanse Raccoon City in the morning by dropping a low-yield nuclear bomb on it.

Alice and the others head for Angela's school, but they are ambushed by Nemesis along the way and Payton is killed by Jill after succumbing to his bite wound and turning. Alice engages the Nemesis but is wounded and forced to retreat. Jill and Terri make it to the school, picking up a stranded L.J. along the way. Inside the school, Terri is killed but Jill finds Angela and rescues her with help from Carlos and Nicholai. Alice re-joins them and Angela reveals she was deliberately infected with the T-virus to treat a genetic disease. She also reveals that Alice has been massively infected as well, but her body has bonded with it and she is enhanced rather than turning. Alice uses Angela's anti-virus to treat Carlos and the group sets out to escape the city. Dr. Ashford gives Alice the location of the extraction point at City Hall where a helicopter waits. The group makes it to the rendezvous point but are again ambushed, this time by Umbrella forces. Cain requires a final test for Nemesis and orders Alice to fight him or Cain will kill all of the survivors. He reinforces his threat by shooting and killing Dr. Ashford. Alice battles Nemesis and finally impales him on a steel beam, but she refuses to kill him after realizing that he is Matt Addison.

Cain orders Nemesis to return to the helicopter so they can leave, but Nemesis turns on Cain and attacks the Umbrella troops. Nemesis is finally killed protecting Alice from an explosion, and the rest of the survivors seize the helicopter. They throw Cain from the helicopter to the ground to be eaten by zombies including the now-turned Dr. Ashford. The survivors escape in the chopper as the nuclear bomb detonates over the City Hall, catching the chopper in the blast wave and forcing it to crash. Alice sacrifices herself to save Angela during the crash and is impaled on a metal pole, killing her.

Some time after the explosion Umbrella employees locate the helicopter crash site and rescue the survivors. Through TV footage we see that the explosion was covered-up by Umbrella and explained as an explosion at the nuclear plant. The survivor's stories of the infection and what really happen in Raccoon City are passed off as a hoax and discredited. Alice wakes up in an Umbrella research facility and escapes with help from Carlos, Jill, L.J., and Angela. They are allowed to leave by Dr. isaacs, who tells Alice that "Project Alice" has been activated. The Umbrella logo flashes over Alice's pupils before the survivors drive off.

Cast

Main article: List of Resident Evil film characters
  • Milla Jovovich as Alice, an-ex Umbrella security officer turned rogue fighter, who has been captured by Umbrella scientist after escaping the Hive with others. Since the incident, she has experimented upon and bonded with the T-virus on cellular level, granted her with superhuman ability. She also swears vengeance against Umbrella, and became the humanity's last hope for survival of human race.
  • Sienna Guillory as Jill Valentine, a former S.T.A.R.S member and a police officer of Raccoon City.
  • Oded Fehr as Carlos Olivera, an Umbrella soldier turned into rogue agent after they were left to die from their evacuation to Raccoon City.
  • Thomas Kretschmann as Major Timothy Cain, the head of Umbrella's contamination operation.
  • Sophie Vavasseur as Angela "Angie" Ashford, daughter of Level 6 Umbrella researcher who has discovered hiding in Raccoon City Junior School.
  • Jared Harris as Dr. Charles Ashford, an Umbrella Level 6 researcher.
  • Mike Epps as Lloyd Jefferson "L.J." Wade, a surviving citizen of Raccoon City.
  • Iain Glen as Dr. Alexander Isaacs, the head of Project Alice in Umbrella medical research facility in Detroit.
  • Matthew G. Taylor as Nemesis
  • Raz Adoti as Sgt. Peyton Wells, Jill's former ally and S.T.A.R.S team member who is later killed by an Umbrella bio-weapon.
  • Sandrine Holt as Terri Morales, former Raccoon City news weather and survivor of T-virus infection.
  • Zack Ward as Nicholai Ginovaef, a U.B.C.S soldier turned rogue agent during the escape from their battle.
  • Stefen Hayes as Yuri Loginova, an elite U.B.C.S soldier turned rogue agent alongside Nicholai & Carlos. He turns into a zombie after a battle against zombies with the S.T.A.R.S operative.
  • Dave Nichols as Captain Henderson
  • Geoffrey Pounsett as Angus Mackenzie
  • Megan Fahlenbock as Marla Mapes
  • Chris Benson as Lance Halloran

Eric Mabius appears as the character of Matt Addison in stock footage from the previous film. Evanescence guitarist Ben Moody has a cameo as a zombie.

Production

Pre-production

Resident Evil: Apocalypse was first discussed by Milla Jovovich and Paul W. S. Anderson while promoting Resident Evil (2002). Anderson stated that he began writing the screenplay for the second film after completing the first. He revealed an idea to have Jill Valentine meeting up with Alice,[4] however this idea was scrapped as he wanted two separate stories occurring at the same time.[5] Anderson mentioned the film would go ahead if the first film was a success and promised that "the sequel will be even better", stating that "there is more of the story to be told."[6] The sequel was officially greenlit by Sony in mid-2002,[7] however Anderson chose not to direct but rather stay on as the film's producer and writer due to commitments to Alien vs. Predator (2004).[8]

Alexander Witt was hired by Sony to direct the sequel.[9] Milla Jovovich confirmed her character would return in the sequel if the first film was successful,[4] and when the film was greenlit, Jovovich officially signed on.[10] In March 2002, Eric Mabius (who played Matt Addison in the first film), confirmed the story would revolve around his character becoming Nemesis. He also revealed he would portray the character and study his movements whilst playing Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, however before production began he pulled out[7] and Matthew G. Taylor was cast as Nemesis.[8] It was reported that Gina Philips would appear as Claire Redfield and Natasha Henstridge as Jill Valentine, however both actresses left before production began.[8][11] Sienna Guillory was cast to portray Jill Valentine and Oded Fehr was cast as Carlos Olivera,[12] while Claire Redfield's role was scrapped after Emily Bergl dropped the role.[13] The role was later offered to Ali Larter in the film's sequel Extinction (2007). Jason Isaacs was originally intended to return and portray Dr. William Birkin,[14] however passed on the role and the character's name was changed to Dr. Isaacs, with Iain Glen being cast in the role.[8]

Jack Noseworthy was originally rumored to portray Brad Vickers, however, this was later revealed as a rumor.[15] Two weeks before production began, Jared Harris was cast as a new character called Dr. Ashford who developed and produced the T-virus.[16]

Story development

In March 2002, it was revealed that the film borrowed plot elements from Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, as the film's subtitle was revealed as Resident Evil: Nemesis.[7] It was also revealed that the film included new characters from the video game series, such as Jill Valentine, Claire Redfield, Carlos Olivera, Dr. William Birkin and Nemesis.[5][11][17] In April 2003, it was confirmed that the story began minutes after the end of the first film, where Alice is a survivor amongst the ruins of Raccoon City.[18]

The film borrowed numerous elements from the game series, including re-enactments of certain scenes, such as Alice running through a building with an Umbrella helicopter firing at her, up to the point where she drops her gun, falls, re-grabs it and fires, which is reminiscent of the introductory cutscene of Resident Evil Code: Veronica.[8] Another scene where Raccoon City is overrun by zombies and the police and Umbrella mercenaries are fighting back is reminiscent of the introduction of Resident Evil 3: Nemesis.[8] Other scenes involve the launching a missile to destroy Raccoon City and the attack at the graveyard.[8]

The film references Resident Evil, with the crash site of the helicopter being located in the Arklay Forest near the Arklay Mountains, where the Resident Evil series began.[8] Other similarities include Jill's moves from the first game.[8] The recording of Terri's death is similar to Kenneth's death.[8] A white goddess statue can be seen in the church, with artwork of goddesses having a large role in the puzzles of the Resident Evil series.[8] Whilst walking on the Arklay Overpass, Jill speculates that there is no way out, and that Ashford may just be watching them on the cameras, as if the whole thing were some sort of sick game. The games use a fixed camera perspective, which in most of the earlier games resembles a mounted camera's perspective.[8] Another similarity includes a scene where Jill finds a gun under a pew, mirroring the game when the player finds ammunition or weapons in certain areas.[8]

The film references Resident Evil 2 when Alice visits the gun shop which is similar to Kendo's Gun Shop.[8] Angela Ashford's character is based on Sherry Birkin, as they are both children, dressed in school uniforms, and in need of rescue. Both of their fathers are also researchers working for Umbrella.[8] The Ashford name comes from the founders of Umbrella revealed in Resident Evil Code: Veronica. The film also references Resident Evil 3: Nemesis with Jill wearing the same outfit. Nemesis is a character taken directly from the game, and the "STARS" are mentioned on numerous occasions.[8]

Production

Actors portraying zombies were trained at a zombie "boot camp" where they were coached to act as "zen" zombies and "liquid" zombies. Anderson and other crew members intended to make the zombies move faster but decided that it would be breaking a fundamental element of the games.[8] The design for Nemesis was to include an actor in a suit (Matthew G. Taylor) with only special effects applied to certain parts of the character's body, such as the eye.[8] The Lickers were fully computer-generated, though the use of physical puppets was originally considered.[8] To avert issues faced during production, the CGI work of the Lickers began early.[8] The film was filmed on location in Canada, with the film entering pre-production stages in mid-2003. Principal photography was slated to originally begin in July 2003,[18] before being bumped up to August 6, 2003.[10]

The film was shot in Ontario, Canada, with Toronto and its surrounding suburbs being a stand-in for Raccoon City.[19] It was originally feared that production would be shut down due to the 2003 SARS outbreak in Toronto.[20]

Marketing and release

The film was planned for an October 31, 2003 release,[21] although was pushed back to September 10, 2004 due to the 2003 SARS outbreak.[22] In late 2003, a teaser trailer was released titled Regenerate[23] and was directed by Marcus Nispel. The preview was noted for being reminiscent of the Olay product Regenerist advertisements and can be viewed in RealMedia[24] and Windows Media formats.[25] In May 2004 it was revealed the trailer would actually be part of the film.[26] Milla Jovovich's official website later released promotional images that showed Alice in several scenes from the film.[27]

The theatrical trailer was released on Yahoo! Movies on July 7, 2004[28] and prior to the film's release, two albums for Resident Evil: Apocalypse were released. The first was the soundtrack which was released August 31, 2004 and featured music from the film.[29] The second was the film's score, which was released in late 2004 and was composed by Jeff Danna[30] and performed by the London Philharmonia Orchestra. A day before the film's release, numerous props from the film were auctioned on the website Premiere Props.[31] The film opened at number one in North America on September 10, 2004 and received an estimated $23.7 million on its opening weekend[32] and $129,394,835 worldwide.[3]

A novelization written by Keith R. A. DeCandido was published by Pocket Star on August 31, 2004. The novel is 288 pages long.[citation needed] DeCandido also wrote the novelizations for the first and third films.

Critical response

Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 21% based on 124 reviews.[33] The site's Critics Consensus reads, "Resident Evil: Apocalypse has lots of action, but not much in terms of plot or creativity." Metacritic gives the film a score of 35/100 based on 26 reviews.[34]

Leonard Maltin rated the film a "BOMB" in his book Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide, and called it a "Tiresome follow-up to Resident Evil that plays more like a remake." Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film a score of half a star out of four, saying: "The movie is an utterly meaningless waste of time. There was no reason to produce it, except to make money, and there is no reason to see it, except to spend money. It is a dead zone, a film without interest, wit, imagination or even entertaining violence and special effects. [...] Parents: If you encounter teenagers who say they liked this movie, do not let them date your children."[35]

Dave Kehr of The New York Times gave the film a positive review, saying: "Anderson's screenplay provides a steady series of inventive action situations, and the director, Alexander Witt, makes the most of them. His work is fast, funny, smart and highly satisfying in terms of visceral impact."[36] M. E. Russell of The Oregonian said: "The bad news? The movie is monumentally stupid. The good news? It's a fun kind of stupid."[37] Nathan Rabin of A.V. Club said that the film "takes too long to get going to qualify unequivocally as a good movie, but when Jovovich finally starts kicking zombified ass, it becomes good enough."[38]

Gregory Kirschling of Entertainment Weekly praised Jovovich but felt that "the rest of the cast is strictly straight-to-DVD."[39] Ben Kenigsberg of The Village Voice said the film is "not without its moments of elemental dread [but] also obviously padded, too long on action, and painfully short on irony. The satirical element still packs a minor jolt."[40] Carrie Rickey of The Philadelphia Inquirer said that "those who want something more substantial from a movie than a vid-game script with centerfold appeal will not find it in this noisy, bone-crushing survivalist flick."[41]

In 2009, Time listed the film on their list of top ten worst video game movies.[42] According to the DVD extras of Resident Evil: Extinction (2007), Paul W. S. Anderson, the director of the first film and writer of the series, was critical of director Alexander Witt's work.

Accolades

Awards
Award Category Recipient(s) Outcome
31st Saturn Awards Best Make-Up Paul Jones Nominated
Directors Guild of Canada Awards Best Sound Editing-Feature Film Kevin Banks, Stephen Barden, Joe Bracciale, Lee de Lang, Craig Henighan, Jill Purdy, Nathan Robitaille Nominated
25th Genie Awards Best Sound Editing Craig Henighan, Steve Baine, Stephen Barden, Tony Lewis, Jill Purdy, Nathan Robitaille Won
Golden Reel Award Paul W. S. Anderson, Jeremy Bolt, Don Carmody Won
Best Overall Sound Dean Humphreys, Todd Beckett, David Lee Nominated

Home media

The film was released on VHS and DVD in North America on December 28, 2004. Releases on UMD and Blu-ray Disc formats followed on April 19, 2005 and January 16, 2007, respectively. The film was released in Australia and New Zealand on March 16, 2005 and February 2005 in UK. The release included an audio commentary by the director Alexander Witt, producer Paul W. S. Anderson, and actress Milla Jovovich. The release included 20 deleted scenes with numerous outtakes and a featurette titled "Game Over: Resident Evil Reanimated". 6 other featurettes were included which covered behind the scenes of the film's production. The blooper reel included on the DVD edition is not included on the Blu-ray edition of the film.

Special "Resurrection Editions" of both Resident Evil (2002) and Resident Evil: Apocalypse were released in a two-disc set on September 4, 2007. An exclusive sneak peek scene for Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) was included, along with several other bonus features including "Diary of an Apocalypse" and "The Evolution of Resident Evil: Bridge to Extinction".[43][44]

In 2013, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released a two-disc set containing the first four films in the series. It was called The 4 Movie Resident Evil Collection.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Resident Evil Apocalypse (2004)". British Film Institute. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
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  36. ^ Review, Dave Kehr, The New York Times
  37. ^ Review by M. E. Russell, Portland Oregonian, September 2004
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  40. ^ Review, Ben Kenigsberg, Village Voice
  41. ^ Review [dead link‍], Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
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  44. ^ Deadly Bundle: Resident Evil Flicks Resurrected Archived 2007-12-16 at the Wayback Machine
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