Product Details

• Actors: Milla Jovovich
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
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• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• DVD Release Date: September 4, 2007
• Run Time: 195 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (339 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000RXZL04
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #32,145 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Resident Evil / Resident Evil: Apocalypse" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

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

Product Description

Resident Evil: Something rotten is brewing beneath the industrial mecca known as Raccoon City. Unknown to its millions of residents, a huge underground bioengineering facility known as The Hive has accidentally unleashed the deadly and mutating T-virus, killing all of its employees. To contain the leak, the governing supercomputer, Red Queen, has sealed all entrances and exits. Now a team of highly-trained super commandos including Rain (Michelle Rodriguez - The Fast and the Furious, Girlfight), Alice (Milla Jovovich - The Fifth Element) and Matt (Eric Mabius - Cruel Intentions) must race to penetrate The Hive in order to isolate the T-virus before it overwhelms humanity. To do so, they must get past the Red Queen's deadly defenses, face the flesh-eating undead employees, fight killer mutant dogs and battle The Licker, a genetically mutated savage beast whose strength increases with each of its slain victims.

Resident Evil Apocalypse : After narrowly escaping the horrors of the underground Hive facility, Alice (Milla Jovovich) is quickly thrust back into a war raging above ground between the living and the Undead. As the city is locked down under quarantine, Alice joins a small band of elite soldiers, led by Valentine (Sienna Guillory, Love, Actually) and Carlos (Oded Fehr, The Mummy Returns), enlisted to rescue the missing daughter of Dr. Ashford, the creator of the mutating T-virus. It’s a heart-pounding race against time as the group faces off against hordes of blood- thirsty zombies, stealthy Lickers, mutant canines and the most sinister foe yet. Written and produced by the visionary director of Resident Evil, Paul W. S. Anderson (Alien Vs. Predator) and directed by Alexander Witt, Resident Evil Apocalypse is a superior sci-fi suspense sequel.

Customer Reviews

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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars IF Apocalypse is like this count me In, October 5, 2004

By	paul mason "dedarkone" (Barrie On) - See all my reviews

After eagerly awaiting for the sequel due to the open ending of RESIDENT EVIL, and being teased by realistic "ad" trailers I was ready to see Apocalypse.
This movie did not disappoint, in fact I may boldly state it is the best action/horror movie I have yet watched. Mila Jovanavich is again compelling to watch in the lead role as the sole survivor from the first movie. (Well technically she isn't the SOLE survivor, but don't want to provide more spoiler than neccessary to whet Amazonians appetite.
She had already been through hell surviving the HIVE, the awakens to discover the whole of Raccoon City fallen prey to the virus. Quickly she joins a small, determined group of humans who make a deal with an Umbrella scientist to be able to leave the quarantined city in return for rescuing his daughter.
The action in this movie is intense, yet being a Resident Evil movie there are some genuinely creepy scenes as well. Although APOCALYPSE is heavy on action and special effects there are characters here as well including Jill Valentine from the video game.
In fact I barely played Resident Evil so my memory was foggy, but friends confirmed that as the little I remembered led me to suspect this movie stayed really true to the game. One criticism I have heard is that it lacks the story that the first had, to which I reply hey it's a video game adaptation movie not Shakespeare. In other words this movie delivered exactly what I expected and much more, the fact that it was filmed obviously in Toronto, where I grew up was just that much more of a bonus.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Apocalypse? Perhaps not, but..., January 6, 2005

By	ProngZ (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Resident Evil - Apocalypse (Special Edition) (DVD)

As far as shlocky zombie films go the R.E. franchise is my favorite. I did perfer the first one.

As a "Torontoian" I have to say it was fun to watch if a bit hard to suspend disbelief I found that I had to keep telling myself "that's not Toronto City all It's Racoon City City Hall... or that's not the CN Tower in the background, pretend it's not there."

I think that dispite what the reviewer said the visuals were well done, I enjoyed the fact that "real" effects were used where it was not ablsoutly nessisary to use CGI ie. Milla Jovovich's (Alice) stunt double running down the side of city hall and Milla doing the last 60 feet herself, this was all done in real time and not on a blue/green screen nor CG.

If you expect Citizen Kane from this movie then perhaps you aught to rethink you choice in Genre. It's a *Bleeping* horror/action/sci-fi flick for goodnessakes not high art.

The DVD special features are fantastic also 3 comentaries, the one with Milla, Sienna, and Oded kept me chuckling Milla has a fantastic sense of humor. Outakes: funny. 20 deleted/exended scenes, and featurettes galore about everything you could want to know about the making of and behind the scenes of Resident Evil: Apocalypse.

Can't wait for Resident Evil 3: (Project: Alice(?))

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Action!, January 3, 2005

By	Michael A. Newman (New Hyde Park, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Resident Evil - Apocalypse (Special Edition) (DVD)

This is very similar to the George Romero Dawn of the Dead Movies with similar zombies trying to eat the living. This was caused by an experiment gown awry. The group of people in this one are in a cordoned off city looking for the daughter of the scientist who caused the mess.

The female action hero is excellent (reminicent of Gena Davis in The Long Kiss Goodnight) and the action is well choreographed.