Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016)

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016)

4/10

Starring

Milla Jovovich

Ali Larter

Shawn Roberts

Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson

Are you ready for a headache? How about vertigo-inducing crappy editing, disturbingly annoying CGI effects, and out-of-this-world (but not in a good way) martial arts choreography? Let’s not forget a screenplay that’ll make you want to tear your eyes out. If you’re down for all that, then Resident Evil: The Final Chapter is for you.

Here’s a movie that adds nothing to the already annoying Resident Evil franchise, which was ruined after the producers—husband-and-wife duo Paul W.S. Anderson and Milla Jovovich—decided to keep churning out sequels.

Paul W.S. Anderson continues as writer, producer, and, in this movie, director of this useless series, starring his wife Milla Jovovich as the lead character, Alice.

This sixth installment in the Resident Evil film series, like its predecessors, has been financially successful at the box office. But let’s be honest: these movies are made for fans and no one else. This one is meant to be the end of the saga, even though the fifth movie, Resident Evil: Retribution (2012), hinted at the same thing. Given the financial returns, though, I doubt this is truly the end. Even after watching this, I still think they could make another.

The movie features one of the crappiest reunions ever, and everything in between that isn’t leading to a battle is a total bore.

I won’t lie—the movie does have its exciting moments and some interesting revelations about what’s happened and what’s needed to stop the Umbrella Corporation from destroying the world. But none of that mattered much when I already felt like I was wasting my money watching it.

So, what’s this supposed final installment about? Alice continues her quest to take down Umbrella Inc. Along the way, she encounters the Red Queen, who claims her directives have been compromised and offers to help Alice bring down Umbrella.

At first, Alice doesn’t trust the Red Queen, but with no other viable options, she reluctantly follows her instructions.

On her way to the hive, Alice is captured by Dr. Alexander Isaacs, whom she supposedly killed earlier. Isaacs throws her out to be eaten by zombies while they head to destroy a human settlement.

Alice escapes, reaches the settlement before them, and meets Jill. The two decide to work together and follow the Red Queen’s instructions to take down Umbrella Inc. and save the world.

What a bad movie, I should have saved myself the pain.