Resident Evil (2002)

Director:

Paul W.S. Anderson

Writer (WGA):

Paul W.S. Anderson (written by)

Release Date:

15 March 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

A secret experiment. A deadly virus. A fatal mistake.

Plot:

A special military unit fights a powerful, out-of-control supercomputer and hundreds of scientists who have mutated into flesh-eating creatures after a laboratory accident.

Plot Keywords:

Computer | Virus | Corporation | Military | Gas

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Milla Jovovich	...	Alice
Colin Salmon	...	James 'One' Shade
Michelle Rodriguez	...	Rain Ocampo
Eric Mabius	...	Matt Addison
James Purefoy	...	Spence Parks
Martin Crewes	...	Chad Kaplan
Ryan McCluskey	...	Mr. Grey
Oscar Pearce	...	Mr. Red
Indra Ové	...	Ms. Black
Anna Bolt	...	Dr. Green
Joseph May	...	Dr. Blue
Robert Tannion	...	Dr. Brown
Heike Makatsch	...	Dr. Lisa Addison
Jaymes Butler	...	Clarence the Security Guard
Stephen Billington	...	Mr. White
Fiona Glascott	...	Ms. Gold
Pasquale Aleardi	...	J.D. Salinas
Liz May Brice	...	Medic
Torsten Jerabek	...	Commando #1
Marc Logan-Black	...	Commando #2
Michaela Dicker	...	Red Queen
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Barry Best	...	Zombie (uncredited)
Jeremy Bolt	...	Zombie (uncredited)
Jamie Harding	...	Mail Boy (uncredited)
Jason Isaacs	...	Dr. William Birkin / Narrator (uncredited)
Giovanna Spuria	...	Nurse Adina Scott (uncredited)

Directed by
Paul W.S. Anderson

Writing credits (WGA)
Paul W.S. Anderson		(written by)

Produced by
Paul W.S. Anderson	....	producer
Jeremy Bolt	....	producer
Albert Botha	....	line producer: Toronto Unit
Bernd Eichinger	....	producer
Mike Gabrawy	....	associate producer
Samuel Hadida	....	producer
Victor Hadida	....	executive producer
Daniel S. Kletzky	....	executive producer (as Daniel Kletzky)
Robert Kulzer	....	executive producer
Yoshiki Okamoto	....	executive producer
Chris Symes	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Marco Beltrami
Marilyn Manson

Cinematography by
David Johnson

Film Editing by
Alexander Berner

Casting by
Robyn Ray
Suzanne Smith

Production Design by
Richard Bridgland

Art Direction by
Jörg Baumgarten
Tony Reading		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Penny Crawford
Sabine Schaaf		(assistant set decorator)

Costume Design by
Richard Bridgland

Makeup Department
Tanja Drewitz	....	hair stylist
Tanja Drewitz	....	makeup artist
Richard Glass	....	contact lens optician
Barrie Gower	....	prosthetic artist
Almut Gramer	....	assistant makeup artist
Duncan Jarman	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Paula Leupold	....	assistant makeup artist
Björn Rehbein	....	hair stylist: Milla Jovovich
Björn Rehbein	....	makeup artist: Milla Jovovich
Friderike Roessler	....	hair stylist (as Friderike Rössler)
Friderike Roessler	....	makeup artist (as Friderike Rössler)
Valeska Schitthelm	....	hair stylist
Valeska Schitthelm	....	makeup artist
Katrin Schneider	....	assistant makeup artist
Jemma Scott-Knox-Gore	....	contact lens technician
Christina Smith	....	makeup artist
Matthew Smith	....	undead Doberman makeup/prosthetics/puppeteer
Carolin Spill	....	makeup artist: second unit (as Caroline Spill)
Saskia Sudau	....	assistant makeup artist
Hasso von Hugo	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Esther Fischer	....	unit manager
Marian Goepel	....	unit manager: second unit
Muriel Gérard	....	production manager: model unit (as Muriel Gerard)
Christine Jahn	....	post-production supervisor
Heiko Schmidt	....	unit manager
Alexej Stoljarow	....	unit manager: second unit
Silvia Tollmann	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jan Sebastian Ballhaus	....	first assistant director
Simon Emanuel	....	key second assistant director
Paul Goldsmith	....	third assistant director
Sherard Jayasuriya	....	first assistant director: second unit
Till Martinsen	....	second assistant director: second unit
Bharat Nalluri	....	second unit director
Torsten Neubauer	....	third assistant director
Michal Page	....	assistant director
Tonja Schürmann	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Martin Asbury	....	storyboard artist
Ravi Bansal	....	concept illustrator
Brent Boates	....	production illustrator
Dean Clegg	....	junior draftsman
Anete Conrad	....	assistant art director
Philip Elton	....	draughtsman
Stephen Forrest-Smith	....	storyboard artist
Tobias Frank	....	construction supervisor
Dario Friso	....	swing gang
Peter Grundy	....	art director: Toronto
Ingeborg Heinemann	....	art department coordinator
Danny Hunter	....	property master
Jon Hunter	....	graphic artist
Philipp Hübner	....	carpenter
Philipp Hübner	....	lead man
Colin Jackman	....	sculptor
Astrid Kühberger	....	art department manager
Arlene Lott	....	graphics designer
Colin Mutch	....	stand-by prop
Alan Payne	....	art director: second unit (as Alan Stephen Payne)
Joao Gonzaga Silveira	....	swing gang
Seth Turner	....	swing gang
Johannes Wild	....	property master: Germany
Ulf Sturhann	....	construction coordinator (uncredited)

Sound Department
James Andrews	....	adr recordist
Stefan Busch	....	supervising sound editor
Frank Casaretto	....	sound editor
Russell Farmarco	....	adr studio: USA
Joo Fürst	....	foley artist
Lisa Geffcken-Reinhard	....	foley supervisor (as Lisa Geffken)
Peter Gleaves	....	adr mixer
Frank Gorgas	....	second boom operator
Matt Grimes	....	adr editor (as Matt Grime)
Noemi Hampel	....	foley editor
Andreas Hemberger	....	mixing assistant
Nigel Holland	....	supervising sound editor
John Jackson	....	adr studio: USA
Warren Kleiman	....	adr studio: USA
Michael Kranz	....	re-recording mixer
Nico Krebs	....	sound editor
Kevin Manthei	....	sound designer: electronic sounds
Leon Minas	....	adr recordist
Mathis Nitschke	....	Kyma sound editor
Jörn Poetzl	....	foley artist (as Joern Poetzl)
Marco Raab	....	sound designer
Benjamin A. Rosenkind	....	mixing assistant (as Benjamin Rosenkind)
Buck Sanders	....	sound designer: electronic sounds
Fabian Schmidt	....	dialogue supervisor
Bjorn Ole Schroeder	....	adr supervisor (as Bjoern O. Schroeder)
Philipp Sellier	....	foley mixer
Matthew Skelding	....	adr recordist
Dennis Smith	....	sound designer: electronic sounds
Barnaby Smyth	....	adr recordist
Martin Steyer	....	re-recording mixer
Andrew Stirk	....	adr recordist
Graeme Stoten	....	adr recordist
Richard Todman	....	additional adr editor
Alois Unger	....	boom operator
Roland Winke	....	sound mixer
Norbert Zich	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby

Special Effects by
Barry Best	....	mold maker
Herbert Blank	....	special effects senior technician
Karl-Heinz Bochnig	....	second unit special effects supervisor
Chris Clarke	....	animatronics technical supervisor
Pauline Fowler	....	prosthetic/animatronic effects supervisor
Dan Frye	....	special effects technician
Martin Gaskell	....	creature puppeteer
Martin Gaskell	....	prostethic & animatronic effects supervisor
Martin Gaskell	....	special effects makeup
Markus Geiger	....	special effects foreman (as Marcus Geiger)
Wolfgang Higler	....	special effects senior technician
Chris 'Flimsy' Howes	....	model unit director
Mike Kavanagh	....	special effects key: Toronto
Sylvio Lienert	....	special effects assistant
Graham Longhurst	....	special effects creature supervisor
Volker Lorig	....	second unit special effects technician
Gerd Nefzer	....	special effects coordinator (as Gerd Feuchter)
Gerd Nefzer	....	special effects supervisor (as Gerd Feuchter)
Benjamin Palmer	....	creature crew: prosthetic dogs
Bernd Rautenberg	....	floor supervisor
Marcus Schmidt	....	special effects technician
Jens Schmiedel	....	special effects senior technician
Christoph von Lengerke	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Phil Bignell	....	3D visual effects: AMX
Sean Broughton	....	digital effects artist
Andy Burrow	....	digital lab: Framestore CFC
Fiona Chilton	....	digital visual effects producer: Framestore CFC
Ivan Cornell	....	systems support: Framestore CFC
Andy Crawford	....	2D visual effects: AMX
Neil Damman	....	model maker
Simone Day	....	visual effects coordinator: AMX
Tabitha Dean	....	visual effects editorial: Framestore CFC
Tom Debenham	....	senior compositing artist: Framestore CFC
Michael Deming	....	digital film bureau
Michael Deming	....	digital lab: Framestore CFC
Paul Elman	....	visual effects editor
Mitch Enzmann	....	motion control operator
Ian Fellows	....	senior compositing artist: Framestore CFC
Ian Frost	....	research and development: Framestore CFC
James Furlong	....	animator: Framestore CFC
Adam Glasman	....	digital lab colourist: Framestore CFC
Sally Goldberg	....	creature animation supervisor: Framestore CFC
Verity Grantham	....	digital visual effects line producer: Framestore CFC
Darrel Griffin	....	data support: Framestore CFC
Muriel Gérard	....	visual effects coordinator (as Muriel Gerard)
Andy Hague	....	visual effects editorial: Framestore CFC
John Hardwick	....	compositing artist: Framestore CFC
Annick Harmel-Tourneur	....	technical animator: Framestore CFC
Guy Hauldren	....	Soho-Cyberscan: Framestore CFC
Mark Hodgkins	....	senior animator: Framestore CFC
Julian Hodgson	....	research and development: Framestore CFC
Jan Hogevold	....	digital lab producer: Framestore CFC
Vlad Holst	....	animator: Framestore CFC
Adam Inglis	....	digital lab: Framestore CFC
Simon Jenkinson	....	2D visual effects: AMX
Matt Kasmir	....	compositing artist: Framestore CFC
Sergei Koudriautsev	....	digital paint artist: Framestore CFC
Chris Lawrence	....	systems support: Framestore CFC
Jean-Pierre Leclercq	....	Flame artist: opening title animation
Jörg Lehnert	....	motion control assistant
Penny Leyton	....	senior animator: Framestore CFC
Nick Lloyd	....	digital texture artist: Framestore CFC (as Nicholas James Lloyd)
Roz Lowrie	....	visual effects editorial: Framestore CFC
Adam Lucas	....	technical animator: Framestore CFC
Alasdair MacCuish	....	digital lab supervisor: Framestore CFC
Virgil Manning	....	senior animator: Framestore CFC
Scott Marriott	....	compositing artist: Framestore CFC
Peter McDonald	....	animator: Framestore CFC
Joel Meire	....	digital artist: CFC
Mark Nelmes	....	digital visual effects supervisor: Framestore CFC
Mark Nettleton	....	senior compositing artist: Framestore CFC
Nic Nicholas	....	animator: Framestore CFC
Dylan Owen	....	data support: Framestore CFC (as Dylan Wyn Owen)
Dominic Parker	....	effects animation supervisor: Framestore CFC
Steve Parsons	....	digital lab operator
Tom Partridge	....	visual effects editorial: Framestore CFC
Alex Payman	....	digital visual effects supervisor: Framestore CFC
Simon Payne	....	animator: Framestore CFC
Rachael Penfold	....	head of production: Framestore CFC
Jonti Picking	....	3D visual effects: AMX
Andy Robinson	....	2D visual effects: AMX
Chad Rogers	....	data support: Framestore CFC (as Chad Barrington Rogers)
Alasdair Scott	....	motion graphics
Alasdair Scott	....	visual effects supervisor: AMX
John Sharp	....	senior compositing artist: Framestore CFC
Dominic Sidoli	....	visual effects line producer: Framestore CFC
Jennifer Simonds	....	digital lab: Framestore CFC
Jon Stanley	....	systems support: Framestore CFC
Maria Stroka	....	digital lab operator
Maria Stroka	....	digital lab: Framestore CFC (as Maria Stroka-Robinson)
Dusan Strugar	....	senior animator: Framestore CFC
Nick Tanner	....	Flame artist: opening title animation
Steve Tizzard	....	compositing artist: Framestore CFC
Martin Tlaskal	....	grading software developer: Framestore CFC
Sean Varney	....	Soho-Cyberscan: Framestore CFC
Victor Wade	....	digital paint artist: Framestore CFC
Rachel Ward	....	senior animator: Framestore CFC
Corrina Wilson	....	digital paint artist: Framestore CFC
Margit Wiltschko	....	visual effects film conform editor
Christine Wong	....	digital paint artist: Framestore CFC
Richard Yuricich	....	visual effects producer
Richard Yuricich	....	visual effects supervisor
Steffen Zeugner	....	motion control assistant
Oliver James	....	research and development (uncredited)
Brendan Lonergan	....	practical model maker (uncredited)
Martin Zwanzger	....	opticals (uncredited)

Stunts
René Bellmann	....	stunts
Katja Bernet	....	stunts
Jürgen Blumenthal	....	stunts
Michael Bornhütter	....	stunts
Mike Braun	....	stunts
Volkhard Buff	....	stunt coordinator (as Volkhart Buff)
Jaymes Butler	....	fight coordinator
Silke Böttcher	....	stunts
Hartmut Dengis	....	stunts
Georg Ebinal	....	stunts
Jörg Ellmer	....	stunts
Wanja Götz	....	stunts
Ralph Günthler	....	stunts
Jana Herrmann	....	stunts
Ralf Häger	....	stunts (as Ralf Haeger)
Christian Kaus	....	stunts
Heiko Kiesow	....	stunts
Stefan Langel	....	stunts
Rudyard Moncayo	....	stunts
Mike Möller	....	stunts
Jason Oettle	....	stunts
Piet Paes	....	stunts
Siegfried Polap	....	stunts (as Sigi Polap)
Katja Richter	....	stunts (as Katja Keya Richter)
Jochen Römer	....	stunts (as Jacko Römer)
Babette Schimanek	....	stunts
Katrin Schrake	....	stunts
Jürgen Sücker	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Christian Almesberger	....	focus puller
Isabelle Arnold	....	focus puller: second unit
Edgar Auell	....	gaffer
Dieter Bähr	....	key grip
Tom Debenham	....	director of photography: effects unit
Matthias Ganghofer	....	focus puller: second unit
James Gardner	....	director of photography: second unit
Sue Gibson	....	director of photography: second unit
Andreas Gockel	....	additional focus puller
Stefan Grandinetti	....	clapper loader: second unit
Bernie Grill	....	pre-lighting gaffer
Jan Hartmann	....	additional focus puller
Rafael Jeneral	....	video operator
David Johnson	....	camera operator
Patrick Kloz	....	video operator
Rolf Konow	....	still photographer
Udo Kowalczyk	....	best boy
Glenn König	....	grip
Timm Lange	....	clapper loader
Bobby Logan	....	camera operator: "a" camera, model unit
Simon Margetts	....	vfx director of photography
Harald Mellwig	....	additional assistant camera
Harald Mellwig	....	clapper loader: second unit
Sandra Merseburger	....	clapper loader: second unit
Jörg Mertink	....	key grip: second unit
Roger Moore	....	grip
Nadine Neuneier	....	camera loader
Nicole Nullmeyer	....	second assistant camera
Sergio Petre	....	key grip
Adam Quinn	....	first assistant camera: Toronto
Udo Ravenstein	....	camera operator: second unit (as Udo 'Jay' Ravenstein)
David Reppen	....	electrician: Toronto
Christian Scheibe	....	grip
Axel Scholz	....	gaffer: second unit
Uwe Stark	....	gaffer
Leah Striker	....	additional focus puller
Winfried Sulzbach	....	additional focus puller
Heiko Wentorp	....	focus puller
Jörg Widmer	....	Steadicam operator
Jörg Widmer	....	camera operator

Animation Department
Simon Payne	....	animator

Casting Department
Louis Elman	....	adr voice casting
Wendy Gigler	....	casting assistant
Iris Müller	....	extras casting
Natasha Ockrent	....	casting assistant
Robyn Ray	....	casting: USA
Suzanne Smith	....	casting: UK

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Claudia Maria Braun	....	costume assistant
Elke Freitag	....	costume assistant
Sparka Lee Hall	....	costume assistant
Astrid Lafos	....	costume assistant
Anette Tirler	....	costume assistant
Esther Walz	....	additional costume designer
Mortimer Warlimont	....	special costumes

Editorial Department
Sonja Baeger	....	second assistant editor
Marco Pav D'Auria	....	editing supporter
Patricia Ferbeck	....	negative cutter
Andreas Lautil	....	color timer
Isabel Prochnow	....	post-production coordinator
Franziska Schmidt-Kärner	....	first assistant editor
Renate Siegl	....	negative cutter
Sandra Stier	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Liz Gallacher	....	music supervisor
Junkie XL	....	composer: additional music
Kevin Manthei	....	composer: additional music
Georg Naschke	....	music consultant (as George Naschke)
Buck Sanders	....	musical sound designer
Dennis Smith	....	composer: additional music

Transportation Department
Susen Jarmuske	....	driver
Thomas Lauterkorn	....	production driver
Jan Luo	....	personal driver: Eric Mabius
Norbert Mentrop	....	production driver
Joe Müller-Koepke	....	production driver
Andreas Schumacher	....	personal driver: Milla Jovovich
William L. Tataryn	....	exclusive driver: Milla Jovovich
Martin Zillger	....	production driver

Other crew
David Bergendahl	....	assistant location manager
Kerstin Biermann	....	assistant production coordinator
John Charles	....	software manager: Sony DAC
Urvashi Chugani	....	assistant to producer
Sarah Crompton	....	assistant: Mr Anderson )
Sammi Davis	....	production coordinator: UK
Francois Frey	....	unit publicist: France
Thomas Friedl	....	head of distribution and marketing
Thomas Friedl	....	lead marketing
Karen Fulham	....	script supervisor: second unit (as Karen Lee Fulham)
Andy Garner	....	special makeup effects artist
Marion Gerhardt	....	location scout
Roland Gerhardt	....	location scout
Frank Guhn	....	paramedic
Scott Harper	....	location manager
Chris 'Flimsy' Howes	....	unit supervisor: model unit (as Chris Howes)
Falco Ink	....	unit publicist
Torsten Jerabek	....	assistant to fight coordinator
Ernestine Kahn	....	dialogue coach
John Kurlander	....	technical supervisor: Marco Beltrami
Sebastian Leister	....	car captain
Dianne Mapp-Cheek	....	chief accountant
Marsha Metz	....	business and legal affairs
Chris Paton	....	unit publicist
Thorsten Peil	....	assistant to unit managers
Helga Ploiner	....	production accountant (as Helga Patry-Ploiner)
Christine Rothe	....	production executive
Caroline Sax	....	script supervisor
Marco Schenke	....	crowd marshall
Anna Schmigalla	....	assistant accountant
Lena Schmigalla	....	accounting assistant
Markus Schreiter	....	location manager
Dorothee Specht	....	production coordinator
Diane Staniforth	....	art finisher
Warnar Van Eeden	....	choreographer
Warnar Van Eeden	....	movement coach
Elizabeth Wang-Lee	....	production executive: CFD
Mirjam Weber	....	production assistant
Judith Windsor	....	adr dialogue coach
Kris Wood	....	playback coordinator
Kris Wood	....	playback supervisor
Gernot Zeglien	....	location scout
Nicola zu Stolberg	....	unit publicist: Germany
Michael J. Harker	....	completion bond representative (uncredited)
Robin Shou	....	trainer: Milla Jovovich (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Constantin Film Produktion
• Davis-Films
• Impact Pictures
• New Legacy

Distributors

• Buena Vista International Finland (2002) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Italia (2002) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Constantin Film (2002) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Filmcoopi Zürich (2002) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Independent Films (2002) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Pathé Distribution (2002) (UK) (theatrical)
• Screen Gems (2002) (USA) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2002) (USA) (theatrical)
• Spentzos Films (2002) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Amuse Pictures
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2002) (Finland) (DVD) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (Argentina)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• EDKO Film (2011) (Hong Kong) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Filmax (2002) (Spain) (all media)
• Impuls Home Entertainment (2003) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (Argentina) (VHS)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
• Nelonen (2007) (2008) (Finland) (TV)
• New Films International
• Sociedad General de Derechos Audiovisuales (SOGEDASA) (Spain)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) (2002) (USA) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Nordic (2010) (Finland) (DVD) (3-disc Resident Evil Trilogy)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Nordic (2011) (Finland) (DVD) (4-disc Resident Evil Quadrilogy)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Nordic (2013) (Finland) (DVD) (5-disc The Resident Evil Collection)
• Spentzos Film Home Video (2003) (Greece) (video)
• Universal Pictures Video (200?) (Netherlands) (video)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2003) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• AMX Studios Ltd. (screen graphics and 3-D maps)
• Animated Extras (prosthetic and animatronic effects)
• Animated Extras (special effects makeup)
• Berliner Spezialeffekte Atelier (special effects)
• Computer Film Company, The (CFC) (digital visual effects)
• Die Nefzers (special effects)
• MagicMove GmbH (motion control camera)
• Smoke and Mirrors (main title animation)

Other Companies

• Alvin Animal Rentals  dogs supplied by
• Bavaria Bild & Tonbearbeitung GmbH  sound re-recording
• Berliner Spezialeffekte Atelier  armoury
• Capcom Entertainment  based on the video game by
• CinePostproduction  sound post-production
• Cinegate  camera, grip and additional lighting equipment
• Digital Editors Audio  sound design
• Digital Editors Postproduktions GmbH  post-production
• Kemistry  titles
• Lichttechnik Vertriebs  lighting equipment
• Malde & Co.  auditor
• Peter Schön & Partner GbR  rigging company
• Roadrunner Records  soundtrack published by
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script services
• Smoke and Mirrors  titles
• Solid Sound  foley recording studio
• Stuntteam Steinmeier/Mohr  stunts
• Tout en Camion  catering
• Videosonics Cinema Sound  adr studio: UK

Also Known As:

"Biohazard" - Japan (English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sci-fi/horror violence, language and sexuality/nudity

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

UK | Germany | France | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Chile:14 | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-15 (re-rating) | Finland:K-18 (original rating) | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:15 | Japan:PG-12 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:18 | Peru:18 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:15 | USA:R | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Ontario) | Malaysia:18SG | Brazil:16 | Iceland:16 | Mexico:C | Portugal:M/16 | Italy:VM14

Filming Locations:

Krampnitz, Brandenburg, Germany

Company:

Constantin Film Produktion

Trivia:

After returning to the laser hallway they find the bodies have vanished. This is a direct reference to the games, in which the bodies will vanish if you leave and reenter an area. Kaplan's lines draw attention to this.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Kaplan says, "accessing schematics of the hive", you can see for a split second his mouth not moving to the dialogue.

Quotes:

Narrator:At the beginning of the 21st century, the Umbrella Corporation had become the largest commercial entity in the United States. Nine out of every ten homes contain its products. Its political and financial influence is felt everywhere. In public, it is the world's leading supplier of computer technology, medical products, and healthcare. Unknown, even to its own employees, its massive profits are generated by military technology, genetic experimentation and viral weaponry.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)

Soundtrack:

Wall of Death

Finally, a video game adaption done right

This movie means business. Quick disaster with a mystery to it, jarring deaths, naked Milla, all in the first few minutes. It keeps up the pace throughout. In terms of critical comments, yes, you don't really care about the characters, but so what? How often do you really care about the monster fodder in horror films? And true, it wasn't a literal working of the movie, it didn't take place in a mansion and it didn't involve exploring lots of rooms and solving puzzles. That's because it's a movie. A literal translation of Resident Evil would probably be really dull. Games and movies are very different mediums. I don't think some people here understand that. One guy said he thought the movie rocked but after repeated viewings he thought it sucked, and that's a video game player attitude - movies don't have to have good replay value, it's okay to enjoy them once. I only enjoyed Star Wars once, but I don't think it sucked, it just didn't have a lot of depth. Not every movie has to be Citizen Kane.

It was an engaging story, moved like lightning and had some excellent scares.