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Name: Resident Evil
Director: Paul W. S. Anderson
Genre: action, horror, science-fiction
Released: 2002
Duration: 1 h 40 min
Rating: 6.6

Resident Evil has an iRankMovies score of 51.9/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Resident Evil (2002)

A secret experiment. A deadly virus. A fatal mistake.

Release:2002

Runtime:1h 40m

Country:Canada

Director:Paul W. S. Anderson

Language:English

Genre

ActionHorrorScience Fiction

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Keywords

Biological WeaponQuarantineAmnesia Undercover dystopia MutantHologramFlashback

iRank52

Resident Evil rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.6/10· 310K votes

Rotten Tomatoes36%

Metacritic35%

TMDb6.659/10· 7K votes

With 36% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.6/10 on IMDb and 35/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.

About Resident Evil

When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain the outbreak.

Cast of Resident Evil

Milla Jovovich
as Alice
Michelle Rodriguez
as Rain
Eric Mabius
as Matt
James Purefoy
as Spence
Martin Crewes
as Kaplan
Colin Salmon
as One
Pasquale Aleardi
as J.D.
Heike Makatsch
as Lisa
Ryan McCluskey
as Mr. Grey
Oscar Pearce
as Mr. Red
Indra Ové
as Ms. Black
Anna Bolt
as Dr. Green

Resident Evil facts

Budget: $33M
Box office: $103M
Collection: Resident Evil Collection

Our take on Resident Evil

Paul W. S. Anderson's 2002 film launches a long-running franchise from the popular video games. When a virus leaks from a top-secret underground facility, it turns the researchers trapped inside into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hellhounds, prompting the government to send an elite military task force to contain the outbreak. This action-horror sci-fi favors kinetic set pieces, corridor tension and creature threats over deep character study. It suits viewers who want a fast, stylized survival ride with jolts of horror rather than slow dread. If you enjoy sleek genre action built around a resourceful heroine fighting her way out of a sealed nightmare, this delivers.

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