Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)

While still out to destroy the evil Umbrella Corporation, Alice joins a group of survivors who want to relocate to the mysterious but supposedly unharmed safe haven known only as Arcadia.

Director:

Paul W.S. Anderson

Writer:

Paul W.S. Anderson

Stars:

Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Kim Coates

1 win & 8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Milla Jovovich	...	Alice
Ali Larter	...	Claire Redfield
Kim Coates	...	Bennett
Shawn Roberts	...	Albert Wesker
Sergio Peris-Mencheta	...	Angel Ortiz
Spencer Locke	...	K-Mart
Boris Kodjoe	...	Luther West
Wentworth Miller	...	Chris Redfield
Sienna Guillory	...	Jill Valentine
Kacey Barnfield	...	Crystal
Norman Yeung	...	Kim Yong
Fulvio Cecere	...	Wendell
Ray Olubowale	...	Axeman
Christopher Kano	...	Sniper #1
Tatsuya Goke	...	Sniper #2

Storyline

In a world ravaged by a virus infection, turning its victims into the Undead, Alice (Jovovich), continues on her journey to find survivors and lead them to safety. Her deadly battle with the Umbrella Corporation reaches new heights, but Alice gets some unexpected help from an old friend. A new lead that promises a safe haven from the Undead takes them to Los Angeles, but when they arrive the city is overrun by thousands of Undead - and Alice and her comrades are about to step into a deadly trap.

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Plot Keywords:

survivor | undead | umbrella | corporation | virus | 

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Taglines:

She's back...And she's bringing a few of her friends.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sequences of strong violence and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [Japan]

Country:

Germany France USA Canada

Language:

English Japanese Spanish

Release Date:

10 September 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Resident Evil 4

Filming Locations:

Cinespace Film Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$60,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£1,690,655 (UK) (10 September 2010)

Gross:

$60,128,566 (USA) (29 October 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Constantin Film Produktion, Davis-Films, Impact Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ali Larter missed seven episodes of her TV series Heroes in order to appear in the film.

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Goofs

At the beginning of the movie when Alice lands in Alaska, she walks over to the beach, places her camera on a log, and sits down in front of it. Initially, the camera is angled at a lower position and could not possibly be recording her face. As she continues with her filmed monologue, the camera changes angles and is positioned toward her upper body as it should have been to begin with.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Alice: [narrating] My name is Alice. I worked for the Umbrella Corporation in a secret laboratory developing experimental viral weaponry. There was an incident. A virus escaped. Everybody died. Trouble was, they didn't stay dead. This was the start of an apocalypse that would sweep the entire world. The men responsible for this disaster took refuge underground and continued to experiment with the deadly T-Virus. They felt secure in their high-tech fortress. But they were wrong.

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Crazy Credits

SPOILER WARNING: After about a 1 minute or so of end credits there comes a surprise scene with Jill Valentine, even though Sienna Guillory receives screen credit before the scene appears.

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Connections

Spoofed in Forget About It: Resident Evil (in general) (2011)

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Soundtracks

"The Catalyst"
Written by Chester Bennington, Rob Bourdon (as Robert Bourdon), Brad Delson,
Joseph Hahn, Mike Shinoda and Phoenix Farrell (as Dave Farrell)
Performed by Linkin Park
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

User Reviews

Am I not getting something?

In a series that deals with viral mutations, it's pretty fitting that the fourth Resident Evil, a film that found its roots in the sort of humble zombie/ mad scientist territory, is practically mutated beyond recognition. And when is mutation ever really a good thing? After a devastating zombie plague hits humanity, rogue survivor/ superhuman Alice (Milla Jovovich) roams the globe seeking those responsible: the evil Umbrella corporation. This time, the search takes her to LA, where she finds other survivors holed up in a prison, and a mysterious safe-haven called Arcadia.

Told like a story translated into French, Japanese, back to English, and finally into GGAAAAKEEERFLLLAAARGH, Afterlife is a bloody patchwork of action movie clichés, clunky dialog, and more slow motion than you can shake a clock at. There's also a villain so villainous he wears dark glasses inside. INSIDE.

The whole thing plays out like a video recording of a theme park ride, and if we were to defend Afterlife at all, it would be that its 3D appeal does make it sort of like a ride, so much so that watching it in any other dimension is a weirdly unfocused experience that falls (get ready for it) flat. Slow-mo rubble sails unimpressively across the screen. Slow-mo bullets sort of come toward you. Oh, and did we mention the slow mo? But all these hilarious jokes aside, it's a shoddy, lazy and repetitive film that treats the audience like we don't have brains, but are just hungry for them.