alice's adventure in zombieland

alice's classic outfit

ihayat tune: a perfect circle - the outsiders

i'm not really a resident evil fan. most zombie based movies and video games are pretty much the same, be it of the horror, comedy, apocalyptic, etc. genre; not much difference in terms of plot. but i am a Milla Jovovich fan ever since i watched the 5th element way back when i was a kid (that was also when i fell in love with bruce willis...as much as i love rosyam nor LOL).

ah the good old days ~

i simply thought that she was awesomest bad ass female actress ever. she just doesnt flinch when she kicks ass. :P so i paid 7rm's at GSC Tropicana City Mall to see Resident Evil: Afterlife for 2 reasons;

1. Milla Jovovich blasting zombie brains

2. A Perfect Circle's song was used in the trailer. it's one of my fave song by them.

i cant be bothered to see it in 3D

despite the bad critics ive been seeing people give this movie, i was sure it wont be as bad as the time i watched black sheep. also that french movie me and my friend sid walked out of. oh and also when i watched SKRIP TUJUH TUJUH JADAH JADAH with ejad si penakut hantu tapi cerita tu tak takut langsung sebab pengarah dia razak mohideen (i still cant believe i PAID to see a RM movie D8). BUT i must admit, resident evil movies have extremely predictable plots.

as usual it begins with alice doing something badass. and here's the rest of plot (plot may apply to the 5th movie):

• she flaunts her new outfit and hair.
• something in relation with the previous movie happens before or after she encounters umbrella.
• she fights an enemy from umbrella but with badass kickass scenes.
• something that changes the theme of the story happens.
• she and the enemy escapes in a big explosion. (she and enemy survives but goes separate ways)
• she somehow finds survivors who are surrounded by zombies but are 'strategically safe'.
• everyone makes her a leader
• they embark on their journey for whatever
• lots and lots of zombies attack. she kills the most number of zombies.
• 60% of the survivors die or turn into zombies and get into heart warming self sacrifice scenes
• probably one survivor is a traitor/ impostor
• one big somewhat intelligent zombie appears. they kill it but with more effort compared to conventional zombies.
• they encounter umbrella again
• more cool fight scenes. more zombies and zombie pets.
• with help of what's left of her friends, she wins the battle against the enemy.
• movie ends with the enemy not quite dead...cliffhanger for next movie.

i cant help but think to myself as i watch this movie several things such as:

• where/how does she get fuel to fly around the world?
• where does she get make-up and time to do smoky eyes?
• where did she get all those catsuits for her clones? did she clone the catsuits as well?
• where do the survivors find food that doesn't expire?
• does she sneak into an abandoned salon to give herself a new 'do for every new movie?
• if in this movie she's human again, how come she's still somewhat as strong as the time she wasn't? she only looked weak when she initially got the antivirus and got beat up by Albert Wesker. but then she survived a horrible plane crash (she didn't limp!!) and didnt break any bones when the xerxes-like zombie threw her to the wall. oh and her hand was perfectly fine after it got stabbed.
• there was a scene where alice was trying to get to the shower room and the zombies don't seem to attack. but they just stood there surrounding her while getting their brains blasted instead of doing fast zombie attacks on alice. she was quite open and vulnerable.
• Albert's character is very much like a zombified Agent Smith from the Matrix Trilogy. but with a very cheesy outfit.
• i do not get why Albert had to throw his shades at the Redfields. sivaji the boss ripoff much.

yeeeeaahh...i can see why there was a lot of bad criticism towards this movie. it wasnt a good movie. but it wasnt terrible. somewhat entertaining with the boris kodjoe eye candy in it. :P

boris ftw!

this movie gets 6/10!