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There are 96 dead Alice clones filling up the trench at the start of the film.
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The production still of Alice (Milla Jovovich) holding two Kukri knives is a visual reference to Resident Evil: Apocalypse's Poster.
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The idea for the two Kukri knives were from Milla Jovovich's fight trainer from Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Ron Balicki.
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The film was originally intended to be filmed in the Australian Outback but was changed to Mexico.
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The accompanying music for the first theatrical trailer is The Crystal Method's "I Know It's You". Milla Jovovich provides the vocals/wailing for the song, which was released three years earlier.
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Prints were shipped to some theaters under the fake title "Raccoon City" - which is the name of the city featured in many of the video games.
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In the Tokyo scene the sign next to 'Tokyo Metro' reads 'Zatoichi Square' an obvious nod to the fictional Japanese film and television character.
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WILHELM SCREAM: The man who is using the flamethrower when he gets knocked off the top of the truck by the infected ravens.
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The film was not screened for critics, most likely due to the overwhelmingly-negative reviews from critics for the first two films.
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For the crow attack scene, only two crows were used for the entire sequence. The rest of the crows were entered with special effects.
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There's a sneak preview of the next Resident Evil movie Baiohazâdo: Dijenerêshon in the bonus material of the DVD.
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This is the first Resident Evil movie not to be released onto the VHS format, all the other movies were.
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Claire Redfield's role in the movie is different than in the games. She leads a convoy of survivors across the dead desert, but in the games, she on a mission to find her lost brother Chris Redfield.
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The crows sitting on power lines and attacking in large numbers pays homage to Alfred Hitchcock's movie The Birds.
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The Blu-Ray release was the first Blu-ray movie that offered the 'picture in picture' feature.
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Both director Russell Mulcahy and second unit director Douglas Aarniokoski have directed films in the 'Highlander' series. Mulcahy directing Highlander and Highlander II: The Quickening, while Aarniokoski directed the fourth installment Highlander: Endgame.
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Raccoon City is clearly Detroit, Michigan from the graphic about 6-7 minutes into the film. The Detroit river and Belle Isle are clearly discernible, as is the half moon shaped industrial park to the North (towards the left in the film).
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Sienna Guillory was offered the chance to reprise her role as Jill Valentine from Resident Evil: Apocalypse, but had to turn it down due to scheduling conflicts with Eragon and the character was then written out of this sequel.
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The possibility of a third film in the franchise was first discussed when Resident Evil: Apocalypse opened at number 1 on the US box office, earning more than $23 million in its opening weekend.
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The film's working title was Resident Evil: Afterlife, a title later granted to the fourth film in the franchise.
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Director Russell Mulcahy's chief insistence with this film - and its big point of difference over its predecessors - was that it be shot not at night but in blazing sunshine.
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Temperatures would often be excess of 130 degrees on the Mexican locations. Various members of the crew frequently would have to be treated for dehydration.
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Ali Larter was cast largely on the strength of her performance in the first two Final Destination movies.
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A conscious decision was made early on to make this the bloodiest of the Resident Evil films.
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Charlie Clouser was a last minute addition to the crew when the film's original composer unexpectedly dropped out.
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Naturally a major influence on this variant of the Resident Evil franchise was Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior.
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Spoilers
Detroit is not Raccoon City. Right around the Crow attack scene there is a reference to Alice escaping from the Detroit facility. The Umbrella Corporation has facilities in every major city.
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