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For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDbs Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Resident Evil: Apocalypse can be found here.
Resident Evil: Apocalypse is based on a screenplay by English film director, Paul W.S. Anderson, who based his story on a survival horror video game series, created by Japanese video game designer Shinji Mikami and released in 1996 as Biohazard in Japan and Resident Evil in English-speaking countries. Resident Evil: Apocalypse is the second in a series of three movies, the other two being (1) Resident Evil (2002) and (3) Resident Evil: Extinction (2007).
Yes. Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) by Keith R.A. DeCandido is a novelization of the movie. DeCandido has also written novelizations of the other two movies: Resident Evil (2004), and Resident Evil: Extinction (2007). There are also a number of novelizations of the videogame series, but these are unrelated to the movies.
"Program: Alice" is the code name used by Umbrella's scientists to turn Alice (Milla Jovovich) into a super bio-weapon at the end of the film. Alice has already been genetically modified with enhanced strength and abilities at the end of Resident Evil, the first film, but she now has additional mental powers, i.e. telekinesis.
Dr. Ashford (Jared Harris) created the T-virus to help his daughter Angie (Sophie Vavasseur) walk again. Unfortunately, this beneficial virus created to cure dysfunctions and anomalies in the living human body has disastrous effects on dead ones.
There are two methods of transmission...by inhalation of the airborne form and by being bitten by a T-virus reanimated zombie.
This occurrence is explained in the first film where the Red Queen (Michaela Dicker) reveals that the T-virus goes from the transition process of liquid to gas in a matter of hours. The virus was vented out through the ground after Umbrella reopened (The Hive was located under Raccoon City).
Rain (Michelle Rodriguez) was bitten more than four times (on the arms, hands, and neck.) so the virus spread much faster through her system. Olivera (Oded Fehr) was only bitten once on the arm.
The song is titled "Not Listening" by Papa Roach.
Nemesis was a mutation of Matt Addison (Eric Mabius) from the first film. As Nemesis, he is genetically altered and conditioned as part of "Project: Nemesis" to obey the Umbrella Corporation's commands. He is more cyborg than robot, as he has living tissue as part of his biological structure. Yet, he still has some sort of computerized interface, as shown during his attack on the S.T.A.R.S. team as well as during other scenes.
No explanation is given in the films, but there is no reason to believe that they are from the same breed of Licker. In the first film, the Red Queen keeps the identity of the Licker a secret until she explains it as "one of The Hive's early experiments." It's possible that the Lickers in Apocalypse were a later variety or were given a different variant of the T-Virus.
There were some newspaper clippings in Jill Valentine (Sienna Guillory)'s apartment that said "S.T.A.R.S. operative Jill Valentine and others are on temporary suspension after mission in the Arklay Mountains", which implies that the Mansion Incident in the first game did happen in the movie universe but was not shown. This would explain how Jill knew so much about the zombies and the T-Virus. Also mentioned in the articles is Jill's "Partner" Leon Kennedy, the rookie officer from Resident Evil 2 (whose events take place during Resident Evil 3, on which the movie is loosely based.) No mention is made of Chris Redfield or any of the other survivors. So the events took place, but the way they happened are dratically changed
In the movies, the Lickers are not blind since it shows things through the Lickers' vision, although their "vision" could have been radar sense, like Daredevil. In the video games, the Lickers ARE without eyes (their exposed brains hover where the eyes would be), and they rely on their sense of hearing to attack.
No, Alice did not die and that was not a clone. When Alice died, Umbrella injected her with more of the T-Virus, bringing her back to life with telekinetic powers. They say that she was the actual Alice and, in Resident Evil: Extinction they confirm that Alice is the original Alice and that they did not start the clones until Extinction.
Just in case you're a big fan of this flick and you can't get enough take the German DVD into consideration because this release features an extended version of the movie which runs approximately 4 minutes longer than the R-Rated theatrical release. Most of the new scenes feature some story extensions or jokes that help to improve the movie a bit because this extended version is more laid-back than the stiff and well-known action-orgy of the theatrical version. A detailed comparison between both versions can be found here.
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