Resident Evil - Apocalypse (Special Edition) |  | Actors: Milla Jovovich, Shaun Austin-Olsen, Mike Epps, Megan Fahlenbock, Oded Fehr
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  361 reviews
Sales Rank: 5290
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 94 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 03795
ISBN: 0767834739
UPC: 043396037953
EAN: 9780767834735
ASIN: 0767834739
Theatrical Release Date: September 10, 2004
Release Date: December 28, 2004
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Product Description
AFTER ESCAPING FROM THE RACCOON CITY MEDICAL FACILITY, ALICESEARCHES FOR HOW TO CONTAIN THE T-VIRUS WHILE TRYING TO FIND AWAY TO ESCAPE THE RUINED CITY. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN, A WOMAN NAMED JILL TRIES TO ESCAPE WILLE BATTLING ZOMBIES & MATT, NOW TRASFORMED INTO A MONSTER CALLED 'THE NEMESIS'.
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2002's popular video-game-derived hit Resident Evil didn't inspire confidence in a sequel, but Resident Evil: Apocalypse defies odds and surpasses expectations. It's a bigger, better, action-packed zombie thriller, and this time Milla Jovovich (as the first film's no-nonsense heroine) is joined by more characters from the popular Capcom video games, including Jill Valentine (played by British hottie Sienna Guillory) and Carlos Olivera (Oded Fehr, from 1999's The Mummy). They're armed and ready for a high-caliber encounter with devil dogs, mutant "Lickers," lurching zombies, and the leather-clad monster known only as Nemesis, unleashed by the nefarious Umbrella Corporation responsible for creating the cannibalistic undead horde. Having gained valuable experience as a respected second-unit director on high-profile films like Gladiator and The Bourne Identity, director Alexander Witt elevates this junky material to the level of slick, schlocky entertainment. --Jeff Shannon
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 Not the best out of the 3 series, but OK. February 6, 2010
I. Zhou (Phoenix, AZ)
It's good with enough action, but I think they went a little overboard with the superpowers. But the additional cast who portray good guys does give it more fun to watch.
 You Go Miljo! January 31, 2010
RBLAZE (BEDFORD,PA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
WOW! I'm get'n to be a big fan of the Resident Evil Resident Evil - Apocalypse (Special Edition) Series. So far they havent disappointed me. Entertainment in this DVD is worth it. I would want Alice on my side! Go Miljo!
Dare I Say... A Knockout? January 22, 2010
Media Lover
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
One word, NEMESIS! "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" takes the viewer straight to the world of the "Resident Evil" video games... and it's a TON of fun. Picking up exactly where the first film left off, "Apocalypse" once again puts the viewer in to the extremely competent shoes of our protagonist/heroine: Alice. This time, Alice is a genetically engineered killing machine who makes it her lot in life to kill as many zombies as possible using motorcycles, automatic weapons and even her own fists. From the start, the film takes off at a break-neck pace and simply doesn't let up through it's concise 94 minutes. Many character are added throughout the film (some great, some... not) but if there's one thing this film IS, it's vintage "Resident Evil."
Better Than the First One! January 13, 2010
A.P. Fuchs / Canister X
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
4.5 out of 5
The Umbrella Corporation needs to know what happened at the Hive and why it was sealed up afterward, so a team is sent down there to open it. Unfortunately, when they do, they unleash an army of the undead and the T-virus is unleashed on the world.
Alice (Milla Jovovich) wanders the streets of Raccoon City, now under quarantine, blasting the heads off of anything dead that moves. Soon she saves Valentine (Sienna Guillory) and crew and the group is quickly contacted by Dr. Ashford (Jared Harris) whose daughter, Angie (Sophie Vavasseur), is still in the city. Umbrella Corporation scanners show her at the school she attends. The deal: if they save his daughter, he'll guide them out of the city and past the perimeter Umbrella has put up to keep the T-virus in. They have to do this before sunrise otherwise they won't make it out before Umbrella nukes the entire city, erasing any trace that the T-virus existed and reanimated the dead.
Oh, and the Nemesis Project is online, and it's on the hunt.
Usually sequels fail after the first, or if they succeed, it's only by a small margin. Well, Resident Evil: Apocalypse is even better than its predecessor and brings another haul of thrills and chills along with it. In this one the post-apocalyptic feel hangs thick on the air. Raccoon City is in ruins. Cars are overturned and on fire. Bodies and blood litter the streets. Guns are going off in the distance.
And zombies are everywhere. Good and gruesome zombies. (I particularly liked the ones featured in the cemetery; the level of rot and decay on those things was exquisite.)
In Resident Evil style, dark things lurk in the shadows and the suspense and tension built in this movie is awesome. I jumped I don't know how many times. Even the parts where you go, "Okay, something's going to pop out . . . NOW!" make you jump. Very cool.
The fight between Nemesis and Alice was cool along with her other wheelings and dealings with the undead. Her super solider-esque, Matrix-like fighting techniques was a treat to watch.
That scene in the school with all those zombie kids? Truly creepy. Adult zombies got nothing on these little terrors.
The movie serves as a nice in-betweener for the first and third. The epic scale of storytelling is terrific, and this is one zombie saga I'm eager to see go on, especially when part four (Resident Evil: Afterlife) comes out in 2011.
Recommended.
A.P. Fuchs
Canister X
It is what it is October 6, 2009
The Mandrew (The Dub-V)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
It wasnt a perfect movie, but I cant understand the relentless bashing of it either. I thought it followed the plotlines (and characters/monsters) of the game a lot closer than the first (which I think was a good thing). Maybe I'm just an unashamed fan of the VG, but I thought this was the better effort of the series. It is what it is...a fairly cinematographic, fast paced popcorn movie.
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