“Resident Evil: Retribution” is the fifth instalment in the “Resident Evil” franchise and arguably the worst so far. The zombie series is becoming pretty stale at this point and very little is done to mix things up. In fact, this one recycles a lot from the previous entries.

In “Resident Evil: Retribution”, Milla Jovovich (“The Fifth Element”, “Resident Evil: Extinction”) once again returns as Alice as she must escape a huge complex created by the Umbrella corporation. She’ll encounter a ton of monsters and characters from the previous films as she treks through a series of different environments ranging from Moscow to Tokyo. It’s all too much like a videogame where each new area has a boss, you beat them and move to the next level.

Milla Jovovich delivers a few funny one-liners here and there and she is pretty good as she tears up endless amounts of zombies. However, it’s nothing you haven’t seen in the first four films in the franchise. Various characters such as Jill Valentine (Sienna Guillory “Eragon”) and Rain (Michelle Rodriguez “Avatar”) return but they’re nothing special. Some of the monsters such as the one with the big tongue from the original return but it seems a cheap way to avoid coming up with new creatures.

“Resident Evil: Retribution” arguably indicates a decline in the filmmakers’ enthusiasm for the series as rather do something different, this one seems to be all about reliving the older films. There’s not really anything new in this outing; it’s as if some feed the first four films into a machine and this is a randomised output. The story is all over the place and it isn’t worth trying to get your head round it. The action scenes are alright so maybe you’ll get a few thrills here and there but I think even big fans of the series will be disappointed by this one.