Resident Evil: The Final Chapter

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Alice (played again by Milla Jovovich) is betrayed by Albert Wesker (Shawn Roberts) in Washington D.C. If you have seen all of these movies, and could actually follow the plot of the entire film series, I salute you. Personally, as much as I enjoy this series on a guilty pleasure status, I really can’t follow the series' plot anymore. For one thing, in the last movie, Alice is given a mission by Albert Wesker to go stop the Red Queen (a program that went all Agent Smith or something like that). The Red Queen even tells a brainwashed Jill Valentine to kill Alice. In this one, the Red Queen wants to stop Umbrella instead of control it. They even backtrack on plot points set up in previous movies. For example, Resident Evil: Apocalypse set up that Jared Harris created the virus that wiped out humanity, and based the Red Queen off of his daughter. In this one, Lord Friend Zone from Game of Thrones is the guy who ran Umbrella and based the Red Queen off of his friend’s daughter. The two of tem created the virus that wiped people out. The daughter also has some disease that causes her to age rapidly. By this point, the franchise’s story is as clear as the X-Men franchise. I want to talk about the action sequences in this movie. Normally, Paul W.S. Anderson’s action sequences are clear, crisp, and well shot. Here, they look more like an Olivier Megaton film. I can’t tell what the hell is happening here. There doesn’t really feel like much of a plot structure. It’s just kind of Alice gets knocked out and wakes up in a place. She gets knocked out. The scene ends. She wakes up. The next scene begins. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. All right, let’s talk about positives. The cast is decent enough. They clearly care about their performances to an extent. I also appreciate that they smart Alice up a little bit again, especially after the complete idiot she was in the previous movie. While I did enjoy aspects of Resident Evil: The Final Chapter on something of a guilty pleasure level, I still don’t know if I can recommend this movie because it is big, loud, stupid trash.

3 / 10