Product Description
Resident Evil (2002)(#ad)
Resident Evil (2002) is the first in a series of action horror movies that feature zombies. This is a movie that was released as part of a series of video games, which also feature zombies. These video game series are about the "T virus", this is a virus that turns its victims into mindless man-eaters.
And it spreads through a bite. The fame of the video game has spawned CGI, animated and live action adaptations. The 2002 Resident Evil film was the first live action film of the Resident Evil series. This was a film that was directed by Paul Anderson. And Anderson went onto direct several other sequels to this film as well.
Background of the film
This is a horror film that stars Milla Jovovich. And Jovovich herself was made famous as starring Alice in all of the films. She is a major character who has starred in all of the live action Resident evil films. Milla Jovovich is actually married to the director, Paul Anderson.
Starring alongside Jovovich is another famous female action star, Michelle Rodriguez. This was also one of the first starring roles that Michelle Rodriguez was in. And her role as the spunky and tough security officer of Umbrella has catapulted her to fame.
Is it available online?
You can easily stream this film on many websites such as Amazon Video Prime. You could also find Resident Evil, and the subsequent sequels in the horror genre section of Netflix as well.
What happens in the film?
In a large pharmaceutical underground of business multinational Umbrella Corporation, a virus is intentionally released. The building is then quarantined and then the scientists working there are murdered.
In a sumptuous mansion, a young woman named Alice wakes up in a bathroom without any memory. Alice meets a man named Matt, a city policeman, and they are captured by an elite commando who invades the mansion.
The soldiers James One, Rain Ocampo, Chad Kaplan, JD Salidas, the doctor and two other soldiers are trying to find the true reason for this quarantine.
That's when they force Alice, who is a former squad member of Umbrella Corporation, and Matt, to board a train under the mansion leading them to the HIVE.
In the train, the group discovers another man who like Alice, has no memory. This is another squad member and Alice companion named Spencer Parks.
One of them explains to the three people found that for some unknown reason, the computer controlling the Hive, who is the red queen, has become murderous. The team's mission is to turn off the computer and understand what happened.
Alice and Spencer, both agents, lost memory after the Red Queen spread a neuro-toxic gas into the mansion.
The group separates, Rain, JD and Matt remain in a room containing containers, while Alice, One, Kaplan, Spencer, Olga go into the room leading to the control box of the Red Queen.
One, Olga and the other two soldiers enter but the security system is activated and the door is locked. Olga is decapitated, the two soldiers pierced and One is cut into pieces.
Kaplan disables the Red Queen who, in the form of a hologram, warns him. The latter survived, destroyed the computer and left the group. They soon discover that the most formidable enemy is not the security system of the HIVE, but all the people who are turned into a zombie.
Alice then crosses Spencer contaminated earlier by the virus, becomes a giant zombie. Alice manages to defeat Zombie Spencer, while Rain and Kaplan are injected the antivirus.
The train track has got a lot of licker zombies on the train: this one kills Kaplan and Alice immobilizes it. Meanwhile, Rain turns into a zombie and Matt kills her. The scene then ends when the licker zombies are crushed by the train.
In the mansion, Matt, who was scratched by the licker zombies, convulses, Alice prepares to take care of him, but at the same time, Umbrella scientists arrive and capture them.
The story of the first part ends with Alice waking up in a hospital room in Racoon City, where the video games of the Resident Evil saga begin. This film was a sort of prequel as to what caused the outbreak in the Resident Evil video game series.
However, the next few films in the series definitely diverge from the storyline of the film. Alice then leaves the hospital and walks the streets of Racoon City with a rifle in her hand.
Highlights of the film:
One of the best scenes in the film was when Alice had to avoid death by lasers. She had to be very acrobatic and it was very intense to watch. It was a nail-biting moment seeing Alice jump and weave through all of the lasers, and she managed to get through it unscathed!
The fight scene with the giant zombie was also pretty cool to watch. The whole action sequence was choreographed very brilliantly. The various camera angles that were used for the scene also made it amazing to watch.
A lot of the action sequences of the film were shot this way, and it made the action part of this horror movie really something to watch out for.
The scariest and most thrilling part to watch in the film was on the train with the lickers. This was a hugely entertaining part of the movie, in part because of the fast-paced nature of the scenes. Plus, the licker zombies were really scary to watch as well.
Final Verdict:
If you are a massive zombie and resident evil fan, then this is a film that you have got to stream on Netflix. Or if you do not have an account with that streaming service, you could always try out Amazon Video Prime. There are a lot of action sequences that are really fun to watch.
Plus the horror elements of Resident Evil were pretty scary as well. This is an action film that will leave you on the edge of your seat, and at the same time makes you scared as well!
