Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)

Alice fights alongside a resistance movement to regain her freedom from an Umbrella Corporation testing facility.

Director:

Paul W.S. Anderson

Writer:

Paul W.S. Anderson

Stars:

Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Michelle Rodriguez

2 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Milla Jovovich	...	Alice
Sienna Guillory	...	Jill Valentine
Michelle Rodriguez	...	Rain
Aryana Engineer	...	Becky
Bingbing Li	...	Ada Wong
Boris Kodjoe	...	Luther West
Johann Urb	...	Leon S. Kennedy
Robin Kasyanov	...	Sergei
Kevin Durand	...	Barry Burton
Ofilio Portillo	...	Tony
Oded Fehr	...	Todd / Carlos
Colin Salmon	...	One
Shawn Roberts	...	Albert Wesker
Toshio Oki	...	Japanese Policeman
Takato Yamashita	...	Japanese Businessman

Storyline

Alice awakes at home with her daughter Becky and her husband. But soon she realizes that she is actually in an Umbrella Corporation's underground facility. Out of the blue, the computer security system shuts-down and Alice flees to the central control room of the facility. She meets Ada Wong, who works with Albert Wesker, and she learns that a five-man team has been sent by Wesker to rescue them. However, the Red Queen sends Jill Valentine and Rain to hunt them down.

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Plot Keywords:

zombie | timebomb | umbrella | corporation | rescue | 

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Taglines:

Who can you trust, what do you believe, when evil goes global.

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Genres:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sequences of strong violence throughout

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

Germany Canada USA France UK

Language:

English American Sign Language

Release Date:

14 September 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Resident Evil 5

Filming Locations:

Klienburg, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$65,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$21,052,227, 16 September 2012

Gross USA:

$42,345,531

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$240,159,255

Company Credits

Production Co:

Constantin Film International, Davis Films/Impact Pictures (RE5), Capcom Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital Datasat Dolby Atmos Dolby Surround 7.1 IMAX 6-Track Sonics-DDP (IMAX version)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The only movie in the series thus far not to contain any flashback scenes.

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Goofs

The number of bullets vs their effectiveness seems to vary from scene to scene. Some protagonists can be stopped by a relatively low number of rounds; others require dozens or hundreds of impacts, including those from high caliber rounds which should create extensive tissue trauma. However it is commonly known that zombies don't die from gunshot wounds. They die by wrecking the brain. And then earlier in the series it became clear already even that doesn't always work.

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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 called the Hive, a giant underground laboratory developing experimental, viral weaponry. There was an incident. A virus escaped. A lot of people died. The trouble was, they didn't stay dead. The computer that controlled the Hive was a state-of-the-art artificial intelligence: the Red Queen. The Red Queen ...
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Crazy Credits

In the opening credits sequence, those who are portraying characters from the video-game series, have their roles listed alongside their names. Everyone else (i.e. Milla Jovovich and co.) simply have their names listed.

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Alternate Versions

Also shown in a 3D version.

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Connections

References Anastasia (1997)

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Soundtracks

Hexes
Written by Bassnectar and Chino Moreno
Performed by Bassnectar feat. Chino Moreno
Vocals engineered by Steve Olmon at Southpaw Studios
Mastered by Seth Drake @ Amorphous Music Studios
©Amorphous Music 2012

User Reviews

Resident Evil: No One Has to Reload EVER

All I can say is, "Stop." Just please stop. No more. Alice, shut up. We know your name is Alice. Enough. We're 5 movies in now and it hasn't gone anywhere and it's not going anywhere. It's not even enough eye candy for fans of the games. I blame myself for being a glutton for punishment I guess; I've seen all the Resident Evil movies so far so I guess I'm in for the long haul. An overlong-haul. The fact that I'm a huge fan of the games unfortunately doesn't help when passing judgment on the movies. Retribution is, in my opinion, the worst one to date. The story is just, for lack of a more sophisticated word, DUMB. *Spoilers to follow*An underground facility that uses clones to recreate outbreaks? Sounds like a huge waste of time and resources to me. And the reasoning behind having said facility? To show China what the outbreak would look like in the United States. To show Japan what the outbreak would look like in Russia. Really? You mean you couldn't just put a zombie in a room with 4 people and show them what happens? Or at least a computer simulation? Much more cost effective. Having a big dumb facility just makes for having a lot of big dumb plot holes and questions. With all of those clones running around down there, you mean to tell me you can't just repopulate the human race? How do you keep having enough clothes to clothe them all? Who cleans up the bloody messes after each simulation? Why does Wesker have a change of heart all of a sudden for the human race and wants Alice to help save it? Wasn't he hell-bent on trying to kill everyone in the last movie Resident Evil: I'm Lost? Why does Umbrella have a supply of leather costumes for Alice? Why doesn't anyone have to reload ever? Leon's not using the Chicago Typewriter and I don't see anyone shooting any BSAA emblems, so according to all reasoning ever, guns need to be reloaded occasionally. Why didn't Alice just F'n recognize the ridiculously OBVIOUS glowing "bad-guy" looking scarab on Jill's chest? HEY! That must be her source of evil! WHERE IS CHRIS AND CLAIRE REDFIELD? Whose bright idea was it to have a deaf clone?! THE LIST GOES ON AND ON!!!!!! Call this movie Resident Evil: Plot Holes. Although we love seeing our favorite characters and subtle nods towards the games, we don't appreciate them being utterly stupid. Please do it right otherwise you're doing us a disservice. Throwing in new characters doesn't do them justice. I'm really glad you included Leon so he could have such a stimulating conversation with Alice. "I'm not letting you pass," "Let me pass," "Ok." And THAT WAS BARRY?! Seriously? Oh good, you gave him a Colt Python, so he's automatically Barry. Ada was at least legit; everything about her was right, if nothing else in the movie. Here they mentioned Las Plagas. According to this movie, Las Plagas are steroids you can inject into your Michelle Rodriguez to make her do X-Ray punches to people's hearts a-la the new Mortal Kombat. I'd much rather see her turn into a "head sprouter" than seeing her juiced up on 'roids. We've seen Girl Fight already. You know what, I'd rather just not see her at all, because she is in no way important. Oh, and hi Luther, I'm glad you survived the last movie and mysteriously teamed up with Leon. It's so important that you survived because you're such an integral part in this one...oh no… now you're dead. Great job. Everything about this movie is just stupid. I didn't see it in 3D thank God, but I'm sure that sucked too. It's time to just scrap the franchise. Matter of fact, it was time to scrap it 3 movies ago. Just make a REAL Resident Evil movie for the love of everything holy. Going in, you know the movie is bad, so I got what I deserved, but my God, I didn't think the franchise could actually get any worse. The bright side? This movie hit rock bottom so the next one couldn't possibly any worse…or could it?