Beyond Raccoon City: Unearthing 'Resident Evil: Extinction'

This is part of the Resident Evil Collection, which has the first four films in the series, with extras for all, though not quite in equal amounts. It's off the third in the series. The four chapters come to 31 minutes total. It consists of clips of the picture(and the first two), interviews with cast and crew, and behind the scenes footage.

Alice Vision/Pre-Production is 7 minutes long. It goes into the approach for this entry when compared to the first two, making it distinct from the by-this-point common city zombie piece, the Mad Max look(in part since there were a lot of kids who hadn't watched those...unlike today), how prepared Mulcahy came into it, opting for daylight not nighttime and contrasting the desert with the high-tech Umbrella facility.

The Big Bang/Shooting RE:E (yes, spelled like that) is 14 minutes long. They talk about the ups and downs of the heat, the choice of director, making the lab similar to a bunker, having Anderson on set and using his experience with the games, Alice's knives. I learned that I like Linden Ashby much more than I like his Johnny Cage.

Bigger, Faster, Stronger/The Undead Evolve is 6 minutes long. The Super and Desert Undead(and briefly, the Tyrant) are explored extensively, especially their look.

Vegas Visual Effects/Miniatures is 5 minutes long. It touches upon achieving grand scale via this type of FX. Paul acknowledges his luck in making this many, and in such a short time. He does say "it's not like we've been making the same movie over and over again", so he still doesn't have complete self-awareness.

I recommend this to anyone who wants to know more about the flick. 7/10

4 making-of featurettes: Alice Vision/Pre-production; The Big Bang/Shooting Re:E; Bigger, Faster, Stronger/The Undead Evolve; Vegas Visual Effects/Miniatures Nothing new, but who WANTS something new? Simply a standard look behind-the-scenes into how they made the 3rd Resident Evil. "This is not a conventional zombie movie." How many times have I heard that before? Wish to learn more about the history of zombie films? Here's where. "Kids loved zombie movies." Inspiration from the post-apocalyptic movie. "When we did number two . . ." If you want to hear how he finished that sentence, you'll have to watch this short. How different is this Resident Evil from the others? Watching the old flicks with a 14-year-old. "We want a real director, not some video kid." Can horror happen in broad daylight? Shooting a flick in 135 degrees! They're just gonna tear down Las Vegas when they finish shooting the movie--that's so sad. (No, not to me.) "And it's all made of wood." "High-tech but soulless." "We had a lot of fun making the cars." "I've spent a month of my life playing the games." "I got to blow one of the zombies out the window. It was a blast." "We have two types of zombies in this movie." "The challenge of putting together 300 zombies in 145o desert heat is astounding." "Zombies with Jobs." The fear of being an actor running away from a full-speed stunt zombie. Fan of tentacle-handed zombie. Models vs. CGI. If this sounds like it'll be fun, it'll be fun. But don't expect to see anymore of Milla's nips. 'Sorry.