It’s titled “The Final Chapter” but I doubt this will be the last entry in the tired “Resident Evil” franchise. The “Resident Evil” films exhausted their potential a few movies ago but they keep pumping them out. This is easily the worst instalment yet and I honestly did not care about what was happening at all.
Alice (Milla Jovovich “The Fifth Element”, “The Fourth Kind”) must return to where the zombie epidemic began as she returns to the underground facility in Raccoon City to find an antivirus that could save humanity from the threat of annihilation. During her mission, she will uncover the secrets of her past while the sinister Umbrella Corporation fights to the bitter end.
I have lost all interest in the Alice character. The revelations about her past feel like a desperate attempt to thrown in some twists. One of the most significant problems with the characters in the “Resident Evil” series is that many of them are clones so we don’t care what happens to them because they will always be back when the actors and actresses need to some more money. There are lots of zombies and other monsters for Alice and the other human survivors to battle their way through but it’s so repetitive by this point.
I have a soft spot for the first film but the filmmakers just want to keep repeating everything and throwing in ridiculous twists to continue making these movies. As long Milla Jovovich is willing to run around as she blasts her way through hordes of the undead, the “Resident Evil” films will continue. If you like these movies then maybe you will enjoy it (the always seems to be an audience for these films) and if you are bored of Jovovich, Kate Beckinsale is basically doing the same thing in the “Underworld” movies.