In a world ravaged by a virus infection, turning its victims into the Undead, Alice (Jovovich), continues on her journey to find survivors and lead them to safety. Her deadly battle with the Umbrella Corporation reaches new heights, but Alice gets some unexpected help from an old friend. A new lead that promises a safe haven from the Undead takes them to Los Angeles, but when they arrive the city is overrun by thousands of Undead – and Alice and her comrades are about to step into a deadly trap. –IMDb
Anderson was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Educated at Newlands Preparatory School, Gosforth and later at Newcastle’s Royal Grammar School, Anderson went on to graduate from the University of Warwick as the youngest student to achieve a BA in Film & Literature. He made his debut as the writer-director of Shopping, which starred Sean Pertwee, Jude Law and Sadie Frost as thieves who smashed cars into storefronts. When released in the United Kingdom it was banned in some cinemas, and only gained a release in the United States as an edited, direct to video release.
After this, he directed the successful 1995 video game adaptation Mortal Kombat. While prior video game movies, like Street Fighter and Super Mario Bros., had been all-out disasters, Mortal Kombat was well received by fans, and some critics. He declined to direct the sequel, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, which was not well received by critics or fans. Anderson was asked to direct a third movie, Mortal Kombat… read more
Probably not so good an idea watching this after RETRIBUTION. While I could see the transition to the last film of the series, it still was quite offensively diving in experiments with music, camera angles, and wrapping it in boring group dynamics.
Even more than Anderson's attention to the play of bodies in space, what really shines through is his devotion to his leading lady. Of course Anderson is married to Jovovich, so there should be little surprise at this, but no director working today films an actress with as much obvious care and affection. In their own perverse way, Anderson's Resident Evil films are a series of visceral love letters to his wife.
One of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. No other movie has stolen from other movies like this one.
Scene where two clones of Alice are falling down and shooting, stolen from first Matrix when Trinity… read review