Product Description
Resident Evil - Apocalypse (2004)(#ad)
Resident Evil Apocalypse (2004) is the second film the live-action adaptations of the resident evil film franchise. It picks up where the previous Resident Evil film left off, with Alice waking up in a deserted hospital.
Alexander Witt was the writer instead of Paul Anderson. However, Anderson did stay on as a producer and writer. You can stream Resident Evil Apocalypse on Amazon Video Prime. And you definitely should watch this action horror movie, as it features some staples of the genre such as zombies, gore and a lot of guns and action!
How does it hold up as a sequel?
As a sequel to the previous Resident Evil movie, Apocalypse actually did very well. They upped the special effects so everything looked and seemed more real. There was also a lot more action and it made the film so much more fun to watch.
And best of all Resident Evil Apocalypse actually had a lot of scary moments, so as a horror film it did much better than the previous one. If you found the horror lacking the previous Resident Evil movie, then Apocalypse will not disappoint. The zombies are so much scarier, plus the action and fight scenes are on whole other level.
Film Synopsis
Under an old manor, is hidden the Hive, which is a secret laboratory of a large biological research company: Umbrella Corporation.
In the Hive, Umbrella scientists were experimenting with biological weapons, until a vial containing the T virus, deliberately overturned, contaminated all employees of the Hive, and soon most of it Of the inhabitants of Raccoon City.
Turning them into zombies with primary motor functions and subject to their primary needs, which is to attack and feed on humans.
Alice, an employee in the company's security department who had attempted to betray her, was captured and then taken to a hospital in Raccoon City. Just after seeing the last survivor of the mansion, Matt kidnapped before her eyes.
Waking up at an unknown time, she escapes from this seemingly deserted place to discover the horror of the T virus disaster. The whole city is a prey to the same evil that devoured the Hive.
The inhabitants 'zombify' one after the other, mutated and twisted creatures lurk in the city center of Raccoon, in search of potential victims.
Already, the authorities, urged by Umbrella, decide to close the bridges allowing no one to leave Raccoon city, thus trapping the rest of the population. This means that even if she wanted to Alice would not be able to leave.
For Alice, it's time to find out what's going on and what caused the outbreak in the first place. Alice will meet other survivors, as well as members of an elite unit, called STARS. Their goal will be to escape because the contamination is rapidly advancing, and there will soon be no survivors left.
Unfortunately, Umbrella ordered the closure of Raccoon, to prevent the virus from escaping from the city. The only solution left for Alice and her teammates are to find the daughter of an important member of Umbrella.
She disappeared when she was to be extracted and made safe as soon as the Hive contamination became known. In exchange for this research, this important member will allow them to escape from Raccoon, Umbrella intends to exterminate the whole city.
Alice will be helped by Jill Valentine, a member of the STARS, and by a commando group including Carlos Oliveira, sent on a suicide mission by Umbrella, and a few other elite soldiers. The task will be tough, especially as the computer responsible for this carnage does not stop there.
The Red Queen sent her latest genetically modified soldier, the Nemesis, an immense huge creature. This is actually Matt, the last survivor of the previous security team that Alice was on.
The Nemesis Zombie is actually equipped with a Gatling and a rocket launcher. The Nemesis will then be reprogrammed to have as main objective to kill all the STARS commandos, the only obstacle to Umbrella and the accomplishment of their experiment of spreading the virus.
How scary is the movie?
If you are looking for a scary movie to watch on Netflix, then this one is it. Since it is a zombie movie, you are probably expecting some level of horror. If you watch this film you would not be disappointed. There are a lot of jumps scares that are staples of the zombie film genre.
Resident Evil Apocalypse has got a lot of seemingly dead zombies that seem to reanimate and surprise their victims. You would be on the edge of your seat and bite your nails at how scary this film is.
There are also a lot of other scary elements such as hoe grotesque the zombie designs were. The special effects and zombie makeup also looked really realistic. So it made the whole movie seem real and thus scarier.
How action packed is it?
There is a lot of action sequences in the film. So this easily makes it one of the better action movies that you can watch on Netflix. You would love the action packed sequence that was the fight between the Nemesis Zombie and Alice. It was unbelievable how it turned out.
The rocket launcher and Gatling gun were weapons that Alice had to face and disable, but she managed to do it and kill the Nemesis zombie. This is an action movie that is going to make your heart race.
Conclusion:
This is a generally very good horror film. If you have got an Amazon Prime account, then you may want to stream it on Amazon Video prime. It ties in all of the great plotlines of the previous film and concludes them in this sequel. So you are left with very few questions.
And despite finishing all of the previous plot lines of the other two films, Resident Evil Apocalypse explores new story lines that are waiting to be explored. You have got to watch this film if you love zombies and Resident Evil in general.
