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Title: Resident Evil:AfterLife
Post by: WingedSerpent on September 12, 2010, 04:00:43 PM
Just got back from seeing this.

What we have here is  fairly mediocre action movie with some horror elements to its stroyline.  Like the games themselves, the George Romero-esque nightmare has been surplanted by superpowers and comic-book stlye doomsday weopons. 

When we last saw the heroine Alice (Mila Joveasomethinghardtospell) she had incredilbe powers and an army of clones at her side.  Well this is all taken care of in the first 15-20 minutes of the movie.  What follows is a cookie cutter zombie flick with the occasional nods to the game thrown in.  Memorable creatures like the Executiioner Maijjn appear without any explanation of what is going on. and where they come from.

Also we have another case of bad 3D effects.  It didn't seem to work in the beginning of the film and once I got used to it, it really didn't seem special.

It sounds like I hated the movie. But I also didn't think it was as bad as some of the other reviews of it I've seen.  But I suggest waiting for the DVD release, or home movie channels.  Or if your going to see it in theaters-matinee in 2D.

This movie will hold a certain memory for me though.  When I saw it, I was the only person in the theater.  This happened once before with Pathfinder.  That made the film a little more fun for me.


Title: Re: Resident Evil:AfterLife
Post by: Jack on September 12, 2010, 04:15:17 PM
I was wondering what this one would be like.  I thought the first one was great, second one was putrid, third one was good, and...looks like the 4th one continued the pattern  :bouncegiggle:


Title: Re: Resident Evil:AfterLife
Post by: 10,000 Volt Ghost on September 13, 2010, 03:57:01 PM
Going to see this soon. I didn't really care for the 1st one. Really liked the 2nd one. 3rd was kinda meh.

I'm not expecting the movies to follow the storyline exactly. Moreso to use similar themes or characters and adapt them to the big screen.


Title: Re: Resident Evil:AfterLife
Post by: InformationGeek on September 13, 2010, 06:01:02 PM
My parents saw (they're better now recently) it together and said it was alright.  My dad said I would probably like it because it was based on a video game.  Of course, knowing about this movie, I know this more of a movie based on a video game in theory.  We familiar characters, enemies, virus, and titles, but yet everything else is much more different than Resident Evil 4/5.  Haven't seen the movie, but this is what I could gather from hearing about the movie.


Title: Re: Resident Evil:AfterLife
Post by: Joe the Destroyer on September 13, 2010, 09:30:13 PM
I liked the first, thought the second was so bad it was good, and absolutely hated the third.  I decided after watching that piece of plot vomit that I would not watch any further sequels.  After hearing about this one, I decided ultimately that I would skip it. 

No thank you, sir.  I liked RE when it was cops vs. zombies and not this kung fu muushu zombie bulls**t.


Title: Re: Resident Evil:AfterLife
Post by: SkullBat308 on September 13, 2010, 10:46:24 PM
I liked the first, thought the second was so bad it was good, and absolutely hated the third.  I decided after watching that piece of plot vomit that I would not watch any further sequels.  After hearing about this one, I decided ultimately that I would skip it. 

No thank you, sir.  I liked RE when it was cops vs. zombies and not this kung fu muushu zombie bulls**t.

My thoughts exactly.  :cheers:

I am not going to pay 15 bucks for this  :thumbdown:


Title: Re: Resident Evil:AfterLife
Post by: 10,000 Volt Ghost on September 14, 2010, 08:02:01 AM
You guys would probrably like Resident Evil: Degeneration. It's all CG, stars Leon and Claire. Takes places after RE4 and kind of leads up a little to RE5. Still has Zombies as the main dead guys.


Title: Re: Resident Evil:AfterLife
Post by: SkullBat308 on September 14, 2010, 03:50:03 PM
You guys would probrably like Resident Evil: Degeneration. It's all CG, stars Leon and Claire. Takes places after RE4 and kind of leads up a little to RE5. Still has Zombies as the main dead guys.

Yeah, I saw it, it was quite good  :cheers:


Title: Re: Resident Evil:AfterLife
Post by: Joe the Destroyer on September 15, 2010, 06:41:54 AM
 :bluesad:

Still haven't seen Degeneration, but I want to.


Title: Re: Resident Evil:AfterLife
Post by: InformationGeek on September 15, 2010, 11:53:47 AM
:bluesad:

Still haven't seen Degeneration, but I want to.

Better hurry up!  I heard there is a sequel in the works!


Title: Re: Resident Evil:AfterLife
Post by: Chainsawmidget on September 15, 2010, 01:06:37 PM
How's the animation in Degeneration. 


 ...


That rhymed!   :bouncegiggle:


Title: Re: Resident Evil:AfterLife
Post by: ArmyOfMachines25 on September 15, 2010, 10:16:22 PM
i just saw this a couple days ago...and i hated it it was just stupid and it felt to me like they were trying way to hard make it bigger and more over the top then the last one, you can tell that by the unnecesary slo motion and the rediculously over the top action sene we get in the first ten to fifteen minutes. it was a real forgettable movie for me and in my opinion it was the worst movie in the film series, and what the hell was with that cheap set up for another movie at the end? also how in the F*CK! did the black dood live, im not trying to be racist im just saying it doesnt seem possible to me , anyone mind explaining?


Title: Re: Resident Evil:AfterLife
Post by: Mean Machine on September 16, 2010, 12:56:14 AM
 I liked the general premise of a corporation bringing disaster and suffering to a lot of people, and a group of self appointed avengers going into their corporate stronghold to administer some high caliber justice.

The movie was awful, but the idea of some people finally deciding to make corporate leaders pay for the evil they do was one I loved.


Title: Re: Resident Evil:AfterLife
Post by: wickednick on September 18, 2010, 06:48:33 AM
I really didn't like the first one, could never make it through the second, and didn't care about seeing the third or forth movies. My problem with the Resident Evil movies is that they lack character, story telling and cool monsters. The movies spend to much time trying to be like the Matrix and not enough like the dark and creepy suspenseful video games. And the awesome monsters from the games have always been the most memorable part of the series, in the movies the monsters are in short supply and never get as frightening and as bizarre as the games do. The first movie had a couple of zombie dogs and one Licker, thats hardly what I call the crazy monster fest that the video game was and in the second movie the Nemesis was a joke and wasn't any where as near frightening as the video games unstoppable super mutant.

I really wish somebody competent had made these movies and not some complete jagoff like Anderson.


Title: Re: Resident Evil:AfterLife
Post by: Jim H on September 18, 2010, 08:34:38 PM
You guys would probrably like Resident Evil: Degeneration. It's all CG, stars Leon and Claire. Takes places after RE4 and kind of leads up a little to RE5. Still has Zombies as the main dead guys.

Yeah, I saw it, it was quite good  :cheers:

Really?  I thought it was pretty bad.  In particular, terrible action sequences (which, really, there is no excuse for in a semi-high budget CG project - Code Veronica, RE4 and I presume RE5 have good action in their cut scenes, and I doubt they had the same amount of money put in them), so-so voice acting, a storyline as bad as the live action movies, and none of the gore of the games.  Very disappointing. 

I'm waiting on this new one to drop to $5 at my local theatre.  I heard what happens in the opening half hour, and it kind of annoyed me, so whatever.


Title: Re: Resident Evil:AfterLife
Post by: SkullBat308 on September 19, 2010, 12:28:12 PM
You guys would probrably like Resident Evil: Degeneration. It's all CG, stars Leon and Claire. Takes places after RE4 and kind of leads up a little to RE5. Still has Zombies as the main dead guys.

Yeah, I saw it, it was quite good  :cheers:

Really?  I thought it was pretty bad.  In particular, terrible action sequences (which, really, there is no excuse for in a semi-high budget CG project - Code Veronica, RE4 and I presume RE5 have good action in their cut scenes, and I doubt they had the same amount of money put in them), so-so voice acting, a storyline as bad as the live action movies, and none of the gore of the games.  Very disappointing. 

I'm waiting on this new one to drop to $5 at my local theatre.  I heard what happens in the opening half hour, and it kind of annoyed me, so whatever.

 :bouncegiggle: I'm pretty lenient when it comes to zombie action, it just was more like the games than the Anderson flicks, which I don't even consider zombie movies. There was actually zombies in Degeneration and characters from the games.  :teddyr:


Title: Re: Resident Evil:AfterLife
Post by: Jim H on September 19, 2010, 01:35:49 PM
Well, part 4 has Chris and Claire Redfield as main characters, and Wesker as the lead villain.  It's funny, they're pretty far off but aside from Silent Hill they still have the most in common with the game of any live action game adaptation I know of.


Title: Re: Resident Evil:AfterLife
Post by: Neville on September 20, 2010, 01:48:42 PM
I really think "Afterlife" is a notch superior to the "Extinction". "Extinction" was funny, but that was because Russell Mulcahy gave it a cheap, cheasy look. I want to think he did that on purpose.

"Afterlife" is a return to the roots, so to speak. It's more spectacular and more slick, but it's also more predictable and cold. I watched it in 3D and I can't complain. Milla move a few times close to you, and during the fights many things are thrown at the audience. I for one I can't and I won't complain, because I found "Afterlife" delivered exactly what it promised. I could have done with more horror and less slo-mo, but I was entertained.

Not that I couldn't think of a better version of the film while I was watching. One that didn't dismiss the whole "Let's go to Japan with my army of clones and kick some corporate ass" too quickly, one with more gore and Milla showing her breasts again. But that's what sequels are for, to give you the same thing again, just with less feeling. 


Title: Re: Resident Evil:AfterLife
Post by: 10,000 Volt Ghost on October 09, 2010, 09:33:22 AM
Finally saw Resident Evil: Afterlife. Left a real bad taste in my mouth. The only parts I liked in it were when Wesker was going around being awesome. They pretty much re-filmed the wesker vs. Chris/Jill fight from Resident Evil 5. The scene with the Executioneer pounding on the gate was pathetic. He might as well have been mumbling "Please sir, I'd like to come in now."


edit: Claire/Jill mix up


Title: Re: Resident Evil:AfterLife
Post by: Crystal Pepsi Lite on October 20, 2010, 11:46:13 AM
I'll pick it up.  I have enjoyed all the RE movies, even though the 3rd one was only so-so.  I really like Ali Larter.


Title: Re: Resident Evil:AfterLife
Post by: Chainsawmidget on May 16, 2011, 11:58:35 PM
I finally got around to seeing this one, and let me say before hand that I enjoyed the others.

This one just feel flat though.  At first I had high hopes for it, when they said they'd taken away what had made her special before.  I expected to see her struggle more with having to deal with the zombies, but no, she was still able to pull of repeated maneuvers and moves that all required exact split second timing, and she wasn't the only one.  I think I would have really enjoyed it more if some of those special tricks of hers hadn't worked and she got slammered around or wasn't able to save some of the people she set out to.  She just felt far to invincible here AFTER they specifically took away the things that had made her invincible before. 

Also, I agree that the more outlanding super zombie stuff came out of nowhere and just didn't seem to fit.  If characters had better commented on it and they had specifically showed Umbrella working to genetically engineer super zombies to hunt people down, it might have made sense, but the way it was presented it just didn't. 


Title: Re: Resident Evil:AfterLife
Post by: crackers on May 17, 2011, 05:14:49 AM
I liked it and I thought the others were o.k too. Of course some of all of them is really stupid, but I enjoyed that.


Title: Re: Resident Evil:AfterLife
Post by: akiratubo on May 17, 2011, 11:04:17 AM
The first one wasn't very good, the second one was so bad it made me angry.  Haven't, not will I ever, see any more.


Title: Re: Resident Evil:AfterLife
Post by: Archivist on May 18, 2011, 06:07:14 AM
I remember not liking the first, but enjoying the sequels more.

While I enjoyed the 3D version of this movie, what with all the standard 'stuff coming at you' shots, what kind of bugged me about the in-universe consistency was this: I could understand how the superpowered Milla's in the beginning were capable of awesomely acrobatic physical feats, but after she lost her abilities, how did she (and Ali Larter) manage to pull of more, similarly acrobatic stuff later?  The Matrix-y stuff is really getting old now, too, and look much too derivative.

My favourite part of the movie was the young British girl.  The 'swimming champion' with her own built-in flotation devices.   :wink:


Title: Re: Resident Evil:AfterLife
Post by: 66Crush on July 02, 2011, 10:08:59 PM
Kacey Barnfield. Hell Yeah, she's a great flotation device!