Resident Evil: Apocalypse

Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)

The evil continues...

Release:2004
Runtime:1h 34m
Country:Canada
Director:Alexander Witt
Language:English

Genre

ActionHorrorScience Fiction
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Keywords

RescueMartial ArtsdystopiaMutantConspiracyEvil CorporationzombieBased On Video Game

Resident Evil: Apocalypse rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.1/10· 221K votes
Rotten Tomatoes18%
Metacritic36%
TMDb6.361/10· 5K votes

With 18% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.1/10 on IMDb and 36/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.

About Resident Evil: Apocalypse

As the city is locked down under quarantine, Alice finds out that the people that died from the previous incident at the Umbrella Corporation have turned into zombies. She then joins a small band of elite soldiers, who are enlisted to rescue the missing daughter of the creator of the mutating T-virus. Once lack of luck and resources happen, they begin to wage an exhilarating battle to survive and escape before the Umbrella Corporation erases its experiment from the face of the earth.

Cast of Resident Evil: Apocalypse

  • Milla Jovovich

    Milla Jovovich

    as Alice

  • Sienna Guillory

    Sienna Guillory

    as Jill Valentine

  • Oded Fehr

    Oded Fehr

    as Carlos Olivera

  • Thomas Kretschmann

    Thomas Kretschmann

    as Major Cain

  • Sophie Vavasseur

    Sophie Vavasseur

    as Angie Ashford

  • Razaaq Adoti

    Razaaq Adoti

    as Sgt. Peyton Wells

  • Jared Harris

    Jared Harris

    as Dr. Ashford

  • Mike Epps

    Mike Epps

    as L.J.

  • Sandrine Holt

    Sandrine Holt

    as Terri Morales

  • Matthew G. Taylor

    Matthew G. Taylor

    as Nemesis

  • Zack Ward

    Zack Ward

    as Nicholai Ginovaef

  • Iain Glen

    Iain Glen

    as Dr. Isaacs

Resident Evil: Apocalypse facts

Budget
$45M
Box office
$129.3M
Collection
Resident Evil Collection

Our take on Resident Evil: Apocalypse

This 2004 sequel, directed by Alexander Witt, pushes the video-game-inspired franchise out of the lab and into a city under quarantine. Alice learns that the dead from the earlier Umbrella Corporation disaster have risen as zombies, and joins a band of elite soldiers tasked with rescuing the missing daughter of the T-virus's creator. As resources and luck run thin, survival becomes a race to escape before Umbrella wipes out its own experiment. Blending action, horror and science fiction, it leans hard into propulsive set pieces over quiet dread. It suits fans of fast, franchise-driven monster action who want momentum and mayhem more than slow-burn atmosphere.

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

  • Video game adaptation captures franchise action sensibilities well
  • Martial arts choreography delivers exciting combat sequences
  • Dystopian atmosphere creates immersive post apocalyptic dread

What the audience disliked

  • Evil corporation plot feels derivative and predictable throughout
  • Character consistency suffers from weak writing and development
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