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Resident Evil

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  • 1h 40m
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6.6/10
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Milla Jovovich and Michelle Rodriguez in Resident Evil (2002)
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A special military unit fights a powerful, out-of-control supercomputer and hundreds of scientists who have mutated into flesh-eating creatures after a laboratory accident.A special military unit fights a powerful, out-of-control supercomputer and hundreds of scientists who have mutated into flesh-eating creatures after a laboratory accident.A special military unit fights a powerful, out-of-control supercomputer and hundreds of scientists who have mutated into flesh-eating creatures after a laboratory accident.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
275K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,157
245
    • Paul W.S. Anderson
    • Paul W.S. Anderson
  • Stars
    • Milla Jovovich
    • Michelle Rodriguez
    • Ryan McCluskey
    • Paul W.S. Anderson
    • Paul W.S. Anderson
  • Stars
    • Milla Jovovich
    • Michelle Rodriguez
    • Ryan McCluskey
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 1.2KUser reviews
    • 229Critic reviews
    • 33Metascore
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    Milla Jovovich, Eric Mabius, and Michelle Rodriguez in Resident Evil (2002)
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    Milla Jovovich, Martin Crewes, and James Purefoy in Resident Evil (2002)
    Milla Jovovich and Michelle Rodriguez in Resident Evil (2002)
    Milla Jovovich in Resident Evil (2002)
    Milla Jovovich, Martin Crewes, Eric Mabius, James Purefoy, and Michelle Rodriguez in Resident Evil (2002)
    Milla Jovovich in Resident Evil (2002)
    Milla Jovovich and Martin Crewes in Resident Evil (2002)
    Milla Jovovich in Resident Evil (2002)
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    Alisa Reyes at an event for Resident Evil (2002)

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    Milla Jovovich
    Milla Jovovich
    • Alice
    Michelle Rodriguez
    Michelle Rodriguez
    • Rain
    Ryan McCluskey
    Ryan McCluskey
    • Mr. Grey
    Oscar Pearce
    • Mr. Red
    Indra Ové
    Indra Ové
    • Ms. Black
    Anna Bolt
    Anna Bolt
    • Dr. Green
    Joseph May
    Joseph May
    • Dr. Blue
    Robert Tannion
    • Dr. Brown
    Heike Makatsch
    Heike Makatsch
    • Lisa
    Jaymes Butler
    Jaymes Butler
    • Clarence
    Stephen Billington
    Stephen Billington
    • Mr. White
    Fiona Glascott
    Fiona Glascott
    • Ms. Gold
    Eric Mabius
    Eric Mabius
    • Matt
    Colin Salmon
    Colin Salmon
    • One
    Martin Crewes
    Martin Crewes
    • Kaplan
    Pasquale Aleardi
    Pasquale Aleardi
    • J.D.
    Liz May Brice
    Liz May Brice
    • Medic
    Torsten Jerabek
    • Commando 1
      • Paul W.S. Anderson
      • Paul W.S. Anderson
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    • Trivia
      The makeup department and crew had a hard time dealing with the dogs, who kept licking the zombie makeup, blood and meat off of themselves.
    • Goofs
      (at around 58 mins) The Red Queen tells the survivors that the human body remains active even during death, producing new cells such as hair and nails. This is a common misconception, as the skin of a dead body gradually pulls away from hair and nails as the body dehydrates, giving the appearance of the hair and nails growing. No new cells can be produced by a dead organism. Furthermore, neither hair nor nails are made up of cells; they are made primarily of a protein called keratin from dead epidermal cells.
    • Quotes

      [Matt and Spence are helping Rain]

      Rain: When I get outta here... think I'm gonna get laid.

      Matt: Yeah, you might want to clean up a little bit first.

    • Crazy credits
      Near the end of the credits, we hear a line of dialogue from Michelle Rodriguez: "When we get out of here, I think I'm gonna get laid."
    • Alternate versions
      The version that airs on U.S. television is edited for time. Completely removed from the film is the scene with Milla fighting the dogs.
    • Connections
      Edited into Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
    • Soundtracks
      Existence
      Written by Bill Leeb and Christopher Peterson

      By kind permission of Nettwerk Music Publishing

      © by Edition Sub Terranean/Hanseatic Musikverlag GmbH

      By kind permission of Warner/Chappell Music Ltd.

      Performed by Front Line Assembly (as Frontline Assembly)

      Courtesy of Metropolis Records

      [the very beginning of the song plays briefly when Alice and the infected dog face each other for the first time and both stand sill waiting for the other one to make the first move]

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    7/10
    Finally, a video game adaption done right
    This movie means business. Quick disaster with a mystery to it, jarring deaths, naked Milla, all in the first few minutes. It keeps up the pace throughout. In terms of critical comments, yes, you don't really care about the characters, but so what? How often do you really care about the monster fodder in horror films? And true, it wasn't a literal working of the movie, it didn't take place in a mansion and it didn't involve exploring lots of rooms and solving puzzles. That's because it's a movie. A literal translation of Resident Evil would probably be really dull. Games and movies are very different mediums. I don't think some people here understand that. One guy said he thought the movie rocked but after repeated viewings he thought it sucked, and that's a video game player attitude - movies don't have to have good replay value, it's okay to enjoy them once. I only enjoyed Star Wars once, but I don't think it sucked, it just didn't have a lot of depth. Not every movie has to be Citizen Kane.

    It was an engaging story, moved like lightning and had some excellent scares.
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    • cherold
    • Oct 8, 2003

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    • Technical question: anyone able to identify the various weapons used?
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 15, 2002 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • Germany
      • Official Facebook
      • Sony Pictures (United States)
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Reichstag subway tunnel, Berlin, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Constantin Film
      • New Legacy
      • Davis-Films
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    • 1 hour 40 minutes
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