Resident Evil [Blu-ray] (2002)

Actors: Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Eric Mabius, James Purefoy, Martin Crewes
Directors: Paul W.S. Anderson
Writers: Paul W.S. Anderson
Producers: Albert Botha, Bernd Eichinger, Chris Symes, Daniel S. Kletzky, Jeremy Bolt
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: English, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese
Region: All Regions
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number of discs: 1
Rating: R
Studio: Sony Pictures
Run Time: 100 minutes
ASIN: B000XJ5TOK

Marilyn Manson worked on the soundtrack, so it's no surprise that Resident Evil is best enjoyed by headbangers, goth guys, and PlayStation junkies. Like the interactive game it's based on, this horror hybrid pits a small band of SWAT-like commandos (including Milla Jovovich and Girlfight's Michelle Rodriguez) against a ravenous hoard of zombies, resulting in a gorefest that only sociopaths could love. The tenacious heroes are trapped inside the Hive--an underground complex where an evil corporation conducts illegal research with a deadly virus--and the zombies (reanimated corpses of sacrificed employees) are fodder for endless rounds of gunfire. It's utter nonsense (not unlike director Paul W.S. Anderson's previous Event Horizon), so your best defense is to wallow in it or avoid this trash altogether. A few cool sequences are borrowed from better films (that slice-and-dice laser is cribbed from the 1998 Canadian shocker Cube), but if you're in the mood for heavy-metal carnage, this movie's for you. --Jeff Shannon

Product Description
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 12/31/2007 Run time: 100 minutes Rating: R