Alice (Resident Evil)

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Alice is a fictional character of the Resident Evil movies. Alice is also known as, Janus Prospero, Alice Parks, and Alice Abernathy. Alice is portrayed by Milla Jovovich.

Background

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Alice in Resident Evil

Alice is an Umbrella security covert operative placed at the mansion to protect the Hive's emergency entrance. Alice is married to Spence Parks, however, their marriage is revealed to be a fake, in order to cover the operation's secrecy.

In the 2002 film Resident Evil, Alice suffers from amnesia which was caused by a nerve gas released in the mansion after a viral outbreak at the Hive. Little by little, throughout the film, she recovers her memory; however, One fills her in on her true identity when they reach the Hive. One informs Alice's memory loss was caused when a nerve gas was released into the house by its primary defenses which were activated by the Red Queen.

Through the film, Alice has flashbacks as her memory returns, she meets certain milestones within the Hive's laboratories, and when she first meets with Spence (who is also suffering the same side effects as her). Though working for Umbrella, it's revealed she was willing to expose Umbrella's experiments and bring the company down. After full restoration of her memories, she tells Matt that she was his sister’s contact within the Hive, who was trying to smuggle out a sample of the T-Virus.

Alice had access to security codes, surveillance plans, the works. Her plans were later foiled by Spence Parks who had his own personal agenda to retrieve the T-Virus and sell it on the open market. After the outbreak in the underground lab, Alice and Matt Addison were the only survivors of the incident, upon arrival back at the mansion both were seized by Umbrella scientists and taken into quarantine at Raccoon City Hospital.

Apocalypse

In the 2004 film Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Alice discovers that she has been genetically altered by exposure to the T-Virus, and has no memory as to what happened to her. During the viral outbreak in Raccoon City, Alice is released by Major Cain to combat their latest bio-weapon Nemesis. After exiting the hospital, Alice becomes aware that the T-Virus had escaped the Hive and is now spread into the civil population of Raccoon City.

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Alice is transformed by the T-Virus during the Raccoon City incident in Resident Evil: Apocalypse.

After wandering around the city, Alice begins receiving flashbacks that reveal during her quarantine session she was injected with a strain of the T-Virus. After learning of her new abilities, Alice senses several survivors Jill Valentine, Peyton Wells, and Terri Morales are in trouble with a heavy presence of the T-Virus surrounding their location.

Alice's abilities have made her aware of other organisms infected with the T-Virus. After saving the survivors, Jill Valentine demands an explanation on how Alice knew they were inside the church. Alice explains her knowledge regarding the events leading into the outbreak at Raccoon City. After receiving a phone call from Dr. Ashford the survivors make a deal to rescue his daughter Angela Ashford in exchange for a safe route out of the city.

When told to meet at City Hall, Major Cain intervens Dr. Ashford's plan and orders the immediate activation of their Nemesis program. When Alice is encountered by Major Cain, he explains that Alice was unique and adaptated the changes from the T-Virus quite well; unlike Nemesis, Alice's merged human characteristics and superhuman strength into one and creating a new bioweapon. After ordered to fight Nemesis, Alice refused and was condemed to be killed.

Death

When Major Timothy Cain orders Nemesis to begin firing at Alice, He recognizes Alice and fires at Umbrella's agents. A nuclear strike is ordered by Major Cain onto the city giving efficient time for staff to evacuate. Alice is impaled by a loose pole when protecting Angela Ashford, whilst fleeing in a helicopter. She is retrieved, alone, although her body has been moved out of the helicopter (possibly by the scientist, or out of respect by the survivors) by scientists, lead by Dr. Isaacs, 3 hours later in the Arklay Mountains.

Rebirth

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Alice is revived after her death by Umbrella in Resident Evil: Apocalypse.

3 weeks after the outbreak in Raccoon City, Alice wakes up in a underwater tank with no memory of the outbreak. It is revealed that Dr. Sam Isaacs reanimated Alice with a new strain of the T-Virus giving her telekinetic abilities. When asked about her name or any indication of the incident, Alice's memory is reduced to that of a 3 year old child. After a minute her memory returns and she responds, "My name is Alice. And I remember everything,". She escapes out of the facility revealing her new powers. When exiting the facility, Alice is confronted by Jill Valentine and Carlos Oliveira. During their departure, Dr. Isaacs orders the security guards to let them go. As they depart Dr. Isaacs orders the activation of Program Alice.

Extinction

After escaping the Raccoon City incident, Alice follows a group of people from the Nevada desert to Alaska that are on a pursuit against The Umbrella Corporation. The group is lead by Claire Redfield and Alice joins the group with only one thing in mind; Revenge. Template:Endspoiler

Stats

Alias	Janus Prospero
Age	24
Rank	Covert Operative
Sex	Female
Hair	Blonde/Brown
Height	5 ft 8 in
Skin	White
Eyes	Blue
Previous Experience	Special Reconnaissance
Expertise	Surveillance, Hand to Hand Combat
Enemies	Umbrella Corporation, Nemesis

Parallels with the games

In Resident Evil (film) Alice fits the standard Jill Valentine archetype, as the heroine trapped in a nightmarish situation with only her wits and her gun.
In Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Alice's role switches to that of the Albert Wesker archetype, as the T-Virus has given her superhuman abilities such as strength, speed, and agility. By the end, however, she has become more akin to Alexia Ashford.