Harold Goldstein
The third installment of Resident Evil has finally come and in all honesty, it’s not all it’s cracked up to be.
The successful video game franchise deals with one thing only: Survival Horror. In every sense, this genre has propelled the series to its current stature in the film industry.
In this third tale, the T-virus has spread throughout the seven
continents annihilating nearly all sentient life and turning the world into an eternal wasteland.
Traveling through a desert, the heroine, Alice, walks a lonely path as she tries to survive on her own without wanting to deal with other people.
On the other hand, a group of survivors travel by bus to search for a land not densely populated with mutated zombies while surviving members of the Umbrella Corporation attempt to contain the virus. As you may be able to tell, the story is somewhat all over the place.
The film ends with little closure, and little sense of accomplishment for the hero, as if nothing really happened and the filmmakers thought that you would be happy with it.
Not to mention, a subtle hint of another poorly done installment coming to finish the series doesn’t bring much hope for Resident Evil fans.
Overall, the soundtrack was terrible. It was merely regurgitation of old horror movie music with a more electronic feel.
Extinction’s effects are average at best. There was nothing special. The Survival Horror genre is supposed to make you jump out of your seat, not make you feel tired of watching monsters getting smashed, slashed and shot to death.
All in all, “Resident Evil: Extinction” might’ve been decent as a standalone film, but it is certainly not representative of the successful and well-done video game franchise.
Overall Rating: D