Review #129: Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
This review was originally written in October 2021. October 2021 Horror Movie Review #15- Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) Normally, I would try not to compare a movie to the game it was based on- I would try to just judge it on its own merits, provided the film itself was trying to be judged as such. When the first movie came out, I understood that it wasn't trying to recreate the exact plot and characters of the game: it was instead trying to create a new story that involved a lot of the same elements as the game, that evoked the experience of the game without actually BEING the game. (Whether it accomplished this is up for debate.) The most noteworthy part being that the movie did not involve any of the main characters- no Chris Redfield, no Jill Valentine, not even an Albert Wesker to be seen. Instead we had Milla Jovovich's Alice character (who I swear never said her actual name in the movie; maybe I just always missed it but both today and when I watched this movie back i...