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Monday, January 28, 2008

Resident Evil: Extinction (2007, USA)

I love zombie movies, and though they're solidly b-movie grade, and not terribly good b-movies at that, I thoroughly enjoy the Resident Evil franchise. It's got a badass (but sexy!) heroine, zombie dogs, some fun fight scenes, and a dumb relentlessness. The third film is wise to remove the action from Raccoon City to the desert outside Las Vegas - the daylight horror is a welcome change, and allows for certain very cool setpieces, such as the murder of undead crows. All three Resident Evil movies feature strong secondary female characters - this time in the form of Ali Landry as Claire, a somewhat motherly figure who is attempting to transport a convoy of the living to safety (I am starting to really enjoy the somewhat wacky feminism of the franchise). Oded Fehr is back as Carlos, but the only really important male figure in the film is Dr. Isaacs (Iain Glen), the evil Umbrella Corporation scientist who is experimenting with an army of cloned Alices in an attempt to find a way to control - rather than outright "cure" - the T-virus. Despite word that this is the last film in a trilogy, the end of Extinction leaves the door open for yet another sequel, one that would no doubt continue to indulge my love of zombie-fu.

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'm looking forward to seeing this (it's on my library queue) because there are so few "wide open spaces" zombie movies. I really want to see Grapes of Death for this reason.

7:42 AM

 
Blogger molly m. said...

French zombies? I am so there!

1:38 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

And apparently most French zombie plotlines involve wine - go figure!

3:53 PM

 

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