Resident Evil - Extinction

Quote: The first game in Capcom’s blockbuster survivalhorror series designed with a realtime 3D polygonal engine, Resident Evil 4 is freed from the camera limitations and static backgrounds of past titles. Players guide Leon S. Kennedy, the lead protagonist in Resident Evil 2, in an adventure taking them deep within the Umbrella Corporation. The result is a battle for survival as players confront mutated biological experiments, zombies, and other creatures of suspicious origin. Leon comes equipped with a revolver but will still be able to find various other weapons along the way. Environments include rainsoaked alleyways, decrepit sewers, and castlelike structures Hardware Requirements: * ... Read Full Story

AUSTIN, Texas – “ Resident Evil: Extinction ,” which opens on Friday and to the dismay of many critics didn’t screen across the U.S., is yet another cineplex excursion that’s beneath contempt. Milla Jovovich in “Resident Evil: Extinction”. Photo courtesy of IMDb Directed by Russell Mulhaney , who is best known for the serviceably charming pulp translation of “ The Shadow ,” the franchise is injected with a promising Mad Max riff by writer and producer Paul W.S. Anderson – yet does nothing with it. At best, I’ve always thought of Anderson (who directed the first film and wrote the second) as a poor ... Read Full Story

|WAIYOW| WARNING: DANGER! DANGER! WILL ROBINSON! THERE MAY BE SOME MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD. 1. Evil corporations stockpile red dresses and black boots for their cloning experiments. 2. Leaders of evil corporations wear sunglasses all the time, even in underground meeting rooms where there’s no sunlight. 3. Clone corpses don’t rot even after they’ve being thrown out into the desert heat for ages. 4. Finding gas is more important than finding water or food. 5. When one crow appears , there are thousands more just behind it. 6. There’s no reason to check someone for zombie bites after he’s been attacked by zombies. 7. There’s ... Read Full Story

JoBlo’s horror section Arrow in the Head has received some updates on the production of Resident Evil 4 . “Paul Anderson wrote the screenplay but he is not coming back to direct. The screenplay is more akin to RE2 in terms of style, but with better dialogue. The overall tone is also very dark. There’s enough hand to hand fights in the script for them to bring in a martial arts choreographer. Patrick Tatopoulos (Resident Evil: Extinction , Underworld Series ) will be in charge of the creature effects and they will have a new Special FX supervisor (in terms of the the practical ... Read Full Story

This is third in the series of films based in the popular resident evil Video Game franchise, and it does seem to appeal to it’s core audience. A trendy(ish) cast lead by a scantily clad Milla Jovovitch kill lots of un-dead, in a variety of interesting ways. The plot is the same as every Vampire, Werewolf, and Zombie flick it shamefully copies, with the same turns and plot holes that have long since appeared, and should have been steared around. The action is mainly set in and around the Nevada desert and this reviewer will admit there is some wonderful cinematography work, which conjours ... Read Full Story