Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)

Alice awakes in Raccoon City, only to find it has become infested with zombies and monsters. With the help of Jill Valentine and Carlos Olivera, Alice must find a way out of the city before it is destroyed by a nuclear missile.

Director:

Alexander Witt

Writer:

Paul W.S. Anderson

Stars:

Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Oded Fehr

2 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Milla Jovovich	...	Alice
Sienna Guillory	...	Jill Valentine
Oded Fehr	...	Carlos Olivera
Thomas Kretschmann	...	Major Tom Cain
Sophie Vavasseur	...	Angie Ashford
Razaaq Adoti	...	Sgt. Peyton Wells (as Raz Adoti)
Jared Harris	...	Dr. Ashford
Mike Epps	...	L.J.
Sandrine Holt	...	Terri Morales
Matthew G. Taylor	...	Nemesis
Zack Ward	...	Nicholai Ginovaeff
Iain Glen	...	Dr. Isaacs
Dave Nichols	...	Captain Henderson
Stefen Hayes	...	Yuri Loginova
Geoffrey Pounsett	...	Mackenzie

Storyline

Alice awakens from a terrible sleep to find her worst fears realized--the bloodthirsty Undead, which she and the now-annihilated squad of elite military fought to destroy, have been unleashed on the city that surrounds the secret facility of the Umbrella Corporation. Discovering she was an Umbrella experiment, Alice has been bio-genetically enhanced with new strengths, senses and dexterity--and she will need them. In the heart of the ravaged Raccoon City, a small group of uninfected people, including Jill Valentine, a recently demoted member of Umbrella Corp's elite Special Tactics and Rescue Services team, and S.T.A.R.S team leader Carlos Oliveira, fight for their lives against swarms of Undead and the deadlier and faster Lickers. Running out of luck and resources, the group is rescued by Alice, and they begin to wage an exhilarating battle to survive and escape before the Umbrella Corporation erases its experiment from the face of the earth. Their only hope lies somewhere within ...

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Plot Keywords:

city | undead | escape | corporation | monster | 

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Taglines:

I'm good, but I'm not that good

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Genres:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for non-stop violence, language and some nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Metropolitan Filmexport [France] Sony [United Kingdom]

Country:

Germany France UK Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 September 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

Resident Evil 2

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Box Office

Budget:

$45,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$201,703 (South Africa) (14 January 2005)

Gross:

$286,026 (South Africa) (21 January 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Constantin Film Ltd., Impact Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min 98 min (extended)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The dogs were not computer-generated. Make-up was applied to them.

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Goofs

When Alice is walking into the "surplus" store, she is wearing the white lab coat that she took from the hospital. However, when she gets into the store, walks by the gun case and takes a gun out, she is very clearly wearing what appears to be blue jeans, lighter colored blue jeans that you can see, though you never see her face, just her hand pulling the gun out of the case. Yet in the next shot, she is taking a camisole off the clothing rack and then you see her lab coat fall to the floor, and then in the next frame, she is on the floor spasming and she is wearing what appears to be black jeans. The order of her "getting dressed" is reversed.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Alice: My name is Alice. I worked for the Umbrella Corporation, the largest and most powerful commercial entity in the world. I was head of security at a secret high-tech facility, The Hive, a giant underground laboratory developing experimental viral weaponry. But there was an incident. The virus escaped and everybody died. Trouble was... they didn't stay dead.

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Crazy Credits

Just before the scrolling credits start there is an announcement that "this has been a product by the umbrella corporation."

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Connections

References Jurassic Park (1993)

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Soundtracks

"No Way Out"
Performed by Elia's Lonely Friends Band
Written by Elia Cmiral
Produced by Elia Cmiral
Published by Constantin Music Verlags GmbH, Munich (BMI)

User Reviews

Two babes with big guns killing zombies

*SPOILER ALERT* *SPOILER ALERT*

Lethal megababe Alice, (Milla Jovovich), is back. The Hive gets reopened for some reason. The zombies take advantage of the human's blunder and pour out into Racoon City. Alice and another hot chick decide to bring the war to the zombies. The rest of the movie is one long fight scene with zombie dogs, slobbering creatures and a big monster with a rocket launcher all wanting to waste the killer babe squad.

While "Resident Evil 2" is light on plot, it is heavy on kills, explosions and various other forms of mayhem. I definitely felt I got my money's worth. There are really only two differences between this movie and the original "Resident Evil". One, this movie introduces a new monster, the Nemesis. It's a big monster with bad teeth wearing an overcoat and wielding a rocket launcher. The other difference is that they added another hot woman to the zombie killing mix. Alice needed some babe backup. Overall, I was pleased with this one. It's worth a look.