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Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Aspect Ratio 1.33:1, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.40:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Featurette, Commentary, Bonus Trailers, Deleted Scenes, Outtakes, English, French Subtitled, 2 Discs
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.
Editor's Note
The lovely Milla Jovovitch is back with a vengeance as amnesiac, genetically-altered zombie ass-kicker, Alice, in this sequel to the 2002 hit film, which is based on the video game. This time around the sinister Umbrella Corporation sends a team of investigators into their destroyed underground lab (the ground-zero of carnage in the previous film) and unwittingly unleash the still-staggering zombies and monsters out into the population of Raccoon City. Soon Umbrella has evacuated all of their own key employees and has shut everyone else inside to be devoured. A mastermind chemist's daughter gets left behind in the confusion, and she is the one ticket out for Alice and a handful of dwindling survivors, including the equally hot, skimpily dressed, and almost-as-tough lady cop, Jill Valentine (Sienna Guillory). There's some nifty motorcycle riding, plenty of bullets and splattering blood, and even a new monster--the hulking, heavily-armored, seriously ugly Nemesis. Comic actor Mike Epps is great as a pimped-out hustler who handles the whole dead-coming-back-to-life thing with cool nonchalance. In some ways, this nonstop creep show is even an improvement over the original, with a pervasive mood of nihilistic corporate dehumanization adding extra concern about the future of civilization to the mix of shooting, dying, punching, and munching.
| Features | Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Widescreen Presentation | | Full Screen Presentation | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 | | Game Babes: Featurette on the emergence of female action stars in film | | Symphony of Evil: Featurette on the special effects used in the film | | Poster Gallery: A collection of winning submissions created by the finalists of the online poster design contest Poster | | Game Over: Resident Evil Reanimated | | A six-part making-of Resident Evil: Apocalypse | | Corporate Malfeasance: Featurette on the real world similarities to the Umbrella Corporation | | Bonus Trailers | | 20 Deleted Scenes | | Cast Outtakes | | Filmmaker Commentary with Director Alexander Witt, Producer Jeremy Bolt & Executive Producer Robert Kulzer | | Cast Commentary with Milla Jovovich, Oded Fehr & Sienna Guillory | | Writer & Producer Commentary with Writer/Producer Paul W.S. Anderson & Producer Jeremy Bolt |
| Entertainment Reviews
 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse - DVD Review By: Annette Cardwell - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 8/24/2007 8:31 PM | |
Anyone who’s a fan of the Resident Evil series of video games can't help but get a little twinge of excitement seeing the trailer for this second RE film, even if you thought the first Resident Evil was atrocious. Why? This flick has some of your favorite game characters: Jill Valentine (Sienna Guillory) and the horrific Nemesis monster. Dude!But while I'll admit that I felt that twinge (since I am an old fan of the games), I can't say that this equally lame sequel does anything to prolong that twinge into real enjoyment. Resident Evil: Apocalypse rots – as badly as its zombie costars. It has a few cheap violent thrills, but none of the true suspense or chills that you'll crave....read the full review |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Columbia Tri-Star |
| Release Date: 5/26/2009 |
| Running Time: 94 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2004 | | Catalog ID: 03795 | | UPC: 00043396037953 | | Number of Discs: 2 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Video: Color |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"Mr. Anderson's screenplay provides a steady series of inventive action situations....It is, of course, all in the timing, and Mr. Witt's is extremely good. He knows just when to lay in a lull and just when to puncture it with a shock effect..." 09/10/2004 p.E16Los Angeles Times
"Witt injects the film with plenty of razzle-dazzle on the visual side..." 09/10/2004 p.E4 Sight and Sound
"[The film] does deliver solid action/horror/superheroic scenes: the Hitchcock-on-steroids mutant crow attack is outstanding..." 11/01/2007 p.71 |
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