
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
The evil continues...
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Resident Evil: Apocalypse rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
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
as Alice

Sienna Guillory
as Jill Valentine

Oded Fehr
as Carlos Olivera

Thomas Kretschmann
as Major Cain

Sophie Vavasseur
as Angie Ashford

Razaaq Adoti
as Sgt. Peyton Wells

Jared Harris
as Dr. Ashford

Mike Epps
as L.J.

Sandrine Holt
as Terri Morales

Matthew G. Taylor
as Nemesis

Zack Ward
as Nicholai Ginovaef

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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