Movies # 45-48- Resident Evil Quadrilogy

This franchise is not perfect but I love Milla Jovovich who stars in these films as Alice and the fight scenes are perfectly done and amazing to watch. The first film begins with the outbreak of the T-virus in an underground facilty owned by the Umbrella Corporation called the Hive, the T-virus is released causing The Red Queen (the computer that controls the Hive)to kill every living thing in the facility to ensure the T-Virus doesn't reach the surface, but the T-Virus reanimates them, transforming the humans into ravenous zombies. We then get introduced to Alice (Jovovich) as she awakens on the floor of her shower with no memory of who she is, a team of commandos lead her underneath the house she was in, which turns out to be the entrance to the hive.It's revealed that Alice works for Umbrella as a security operative and the team was sent there to find out "why the Red Queen went homicidal". They turn the power off which releases the zombies that the Red Queen had trapped. The rest of the movie is the team trying to get out of the Hive alive, while making sure the virus is contained. Brilliant zombie film that's one of my favourites, Resident Evil is a cold looking, fast paced zombie film that would make Romero proud. The second film, Resident Evil:Apocalypse picks up where the first left off, the viral outbreak reaches the surface and in an effort to contain the infection, Major Timothy Cain seals all exits to and from Raccoon City. Alice and a group of survivors are contacted by Dr. Charles Ashford who claims to know of an evacuation point in the city in exchange for the rescue of his daughter Angela, who is trapped in the High School. The group then have to find Angela and make it to the evacuation point without any bites or scratches. Not as good as the first but a decent sequel that takes the franchise to a larger scale. The third film, Resident Evil:Extinction sees the world consumed by the T-Virus, Alice roams the country for survivors, when failing to find any living people she comes into contact with a convoy of survivors led by Claire Redfield. The convoy, along with Alice, heads to Las Vegas to gather supplies so they can reach Alaska in an effort to get to a place called Arcadia, thought to be a safe haven and free of the T-Virus. This is one of the best- if not the best- of the Resident Evil films, most of the scenes are during the day, moving away from the previous only at night film. The fight scenes are amazing in this one and the introduction of Alice's powers allows for great special effects.

The fourth film, Resdient Evil:Afterlife opens with Alice attacking the Tokyo Umbrella station where she escapes after it's blown up and goes after the head of the Umbrella Corporation Albert Wesker where he uses a serum to remove all of Alice's powers. 6 monts later Alice is headed to Alaska to meet the other survivors but only finds Claire, the two then travel to the ruins of Los Angeles where they find a group of survivors living in a prison surrounded by the infected. From one of the survivors Alice learns that Arcadia is not a town in Alaska but a ship travelling along the coast. The aim in this film is to get to the Arcadia and avoid the infected who have now mutated in to creatures WORSE than zombies. A great film visually and a pretty good script. Overall this franchise is one of my favourites, go see them if you haven't already.