Resident Evil: Afterlife

irish_stevo815

The Resident Evil movie franchise never really got the credit it deserves. Personally I think the last 3 movies (RE, RE Apocalypse & RE Extinction) were great movies which really progressed from each movie. I love how they take ideas from the games and make them work - especially the Nemises in RE Apocalypse.

The New movie, Resident Evil Afterlife is due to come out in September (in 3D) and the first pics have been released online. We can see both Alice (Milla Jovovich) and Claire Redfield (Ali Larter) are back to their best and hottest. Prison Breaks Wentworth Millar joins the cast as Chris Redfield, which is a cool new addition to the franchise.
In one of the pics, we see Albert Wesker in the background with his trademark sunglasses flying through the air. In the reflection of the glasses we get a glimpse of Chris Redfield and some other female character (which looks like Jorja Fox of CSI fame???)

There's also a cool pic of a character called The Executioner from the game Resident Evil 5.

Here's a link to Empire where you can see the pics: http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=27475

I am looking forward to this movie very much as it looks great. I think in the meantime I'll be rooting out my Boxset of the first 3 RE movies

niallon

Did not expect to see The Executioner here, he was a great character in an otherwise s**t game! Glad to see Milla Jovovich has returned to her old fashioned hotness too, they screwed around with her too much in the last one and she looked...well..almost like a normal woman!

jaykhunter

I don't think the movies are great but I enjoyed them all. I'm a huge RESI fan. I liked RE3 the least out of the 3; they could've used a bigger budget as their CGI was a bit ropey sometimes. But the story made sense and did progress things. I didn't really like the sand setting personally. I love Jill Valentine in 2 and she's not dead so was very disappointed she wasn't in 3. Cool to see Chris. Wesker was a bit meh in 3 for me; maybe it's just the actor.

RE5 was a lot of fun co-op. I hear the single player version was much less fun. I played it couch-co-op and had a great time.

But back on topic; I dunno they're doing the post-op 3D and not "Cameron" 3D so I think i'll 2D it. The executioner looks like he should be in Silent Hill

Stills look great; i'll catch it in the movies

BlitzKrieg

resident evil movies are all rubbish paul w.s anderson films (directed 1 produced 2)...the first one looked good but had an awful script and didnt even use the franchise it was based on much (over half of the film's cast is killed in one single scene using a set piece that wasnt even from the games.) But it just got worse after that, apocalypse just outright looked goofy and was incredible cheesy. Extinction wasnt nearly as stupid looking but it was for the most part forgetable with no stand out scenes.

jaykhunter

BlitzKrieg wrote: »

resident evil movies are all rubbish paul w.s anderson films (directed 1 produced 2)...the first one looked good but had an awful script and didnt even use the franchise it was based on much (over half of the film's cast is killed in one single scene using a set piece that wasnt even from the games.) But it just got worse after that, apocalypse just outright looked goofy and was incredible cheesy. Extinction wasnt nearly as stupid looking but it was for the most part forgetable with no stand out scenes.

See you at the premiere!

Bubs101

I think the second one is a quality movie and the first one is hilarious because it has half the cast of Dream Team

krudler

Awful, awful movies, how you can spectacularly fcuk up a franchise as much as Paul Anderson did has got to be admirable in a wierd way I guess,there was (at the time of the first release) 4 games he could have taken the backstory from, and he did but changed so much of it it was unregonisable as the RE franchise. There wasnt a single scary moment in the the entire trilogy and it was catered to the stereotype that gamers just want to see explosions and boobs

pixelburp

Hmm I dunno; I have to say, as movies that were badly scripted, badly acted with worse dialogue, and generally piles of b-grade cheese, then it seems to me that the 3 films adapted the games perfectly.

The games themselves may be classics of their genre (survival horror, and even then the game mechanics have aged badly), but I don't think people can seriously suggest they were compelling examples of game-as-fiction.

unreggd

I like the films, mainly cos im mad about Resi, and love Milla

But they're atrocious! I hate this opinion that "the gamers have the games, the film should be different"

Bullsh;t

The games were very plot-driven

The 2nd one is the best, as it's the most loyal to the games, but still missed out on loads of opps

Like, one of the main objects in the games is the Zippo lighter. They had Jill smokin more than once, and throwin the match into the gas. Anyone with common sense would have thrown the zippo in here. I know thats a small thing, but as a gamer who goes to see live-action films, it's all them little references you look out for

And again in the 3rd one. Love Ali Larter, and Claire, but hated the way she was portrayed

Its only in the new film she's dressed like her

There was a promo newspaper with the 2nd film, that

killed off Leon

And Anderson is a hypocrite. He always says he was a huge fan, but he said in BTS videos, he played the games for a year before he started to suss them out

Romero's script, even though it was well cheesy, was wayy better

senordingdong

I hated the first movie because it deviated so much from the source material, but the second really redeemed it in that regard.

The third was an improvment in terms of general movie making but still wasn't great.

I can't say that Afterlife is looking like it's up to much but how and ever...low expectations can be your best friend some times.

irish_stevo815

Bubs101 wrote: »

I think the second one is a quality movie and the first one is hilarious because it has half the cast of Dream Team

Ha ha ha...Luis Amor Rodriguez...he shagged Linda Block

The first movie didnt look as Effects driven as the other 2 probably becasue it had a low budget. But you can clearly see there was more money pumped into the sequels as they looked a hell of a lot better and weren't confined to the underground lair of the mansion. They were bigger sets with better effects.

Greyfox

As RE is my all time favourite game I was gutted that the film didn't follow the excellent plot of the game, mainly because ever since playing RE I was always saying this would make a great film. The fact that RE is "survival horror" the film should at least be an actual horror film rather then been an action film, also a licker was pretty much the final boss? Overall though considering how bad some game to films have been it was a half-decent film, Alice has been a good character.

Considering how unforgettable Nemises is in Resi 3 I was dissapointed with Nemises in the second film, generally I thought 2 and 3 were a bit weaker then the first but ok films, and afterlife will probably be the same, I didn't regret watching any of them, it's just such a pity they didn't take more things from the amazing games!

Nervous Wreck

The best Resi movie that's been made was "Degeneration", the CG one. It was all about Leon etc and, although it did get a liiiiiittle deep in it's own mythos, I reckon most people could prob still enjoy it.

I liked the Mila J ones but only because they had zombies. I like zombies.

BlitzKrieg

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

The best Resi movie that's been made was "Degeneration", the CG one. It was all about Leon etc and, although it did get a liiiiiittle deep in it's own mythos, I reckon most people could prob still enjoy it.

Oh god no, degeneration is pretty damn awful aswell, though in its defence I did only see it dubbed, but the line delivery was cringeworthy and the story was pretty pants.

niallon

It's clear that there's a lot of proper Resi fans here and I for one am not going to step up to the defence of Anderson (although just try and tell me that Death Race wasn't the dogs bollix!) but I think it should be noted that the first Resident Evil film did something no other live action video game film had done (with the exception of Anderson's Mortal Kombat)

What was that I hear you ask? It made a **** load of cash! Budget of $33,000,000 and a return of over $100,000,000. Now I for one despise when my favourite novels get butchered in their cinematic representations but I think it's hard to deny here that Anderson did it right, he clearly appealed to a much much larer demographic.

BlitzKrieg

niallon wrote: »

It's clear that there's a lot of proper Resi fans here and I for one am not going to step up to the defence of Anderson (although just try and tell me that Death Race wasn't the dogs bollix!) but I think it should be noted that the first Resident Evil film did something no other live action video game film had done (with the exception of Anderson's Mortal Kombat)

What was that I hear you ask? It made a **** load of cash! Budget of $33,000,000 and a return of over $100,000,000. Now I for one despise when my favourite novels get butchered in their cinematic representations but I think it's hard to deny here that Anderson did it right, he clearly appealed to a much much larer demographic.

I think Simon Wrest might want to talk to you about a little film called Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (also ****)

Tomb Raider debuted at number one with $48.2 million, giving Paramount its second-best debut and the fourth-highest debut of 2001. It beat the opening record for a film featuring a female protagonist ($40.1 million for Charlie's Angels), and is the most successful video game adaptation to date, grossing $300,000,000 worldwide.

I'll give Anderson credit where its due...the studios f*cking love him cause he comes in on budget, on time and if told to make it pg13....He'll make it f*cking pg13 (case in point AVP) thats where his skill lies.

As a filmmaker though, he's unimagitive, boring by the numbers workhorse who lacks the ability to give any of his film's a semblance of atmosphere beyond what he scraps off other films.

the only possible exception is his early film Event Horizon, which is one of two of his films that isnt pg13 and he's alllowed to go abit wild (his other film is his first, shopping) and actually do something interesting

and even then that only tags up as an interesting film rather then anything substantially good.


Resident evil the film was marketed to succeed. It had one of the hottest leading ladies at the time signed on, Marlyn Manson did the f*cking sound trackand its based off one of the most popular franchises of the playstation era.

It would have been pretty spectacular for them to mess up the film in the box office.

Again my opinion of the film is it looks great, some nice visual elements from the series, but its plotting is atrocious, its filming too stylish for its content, the script is painful and the set pieces are lacklustre for the most part and the one *big* one is so far from what resident evil is about that it raises eyebrows and it cuts up (literally) the body count so bloody quickly that the film is left dragging its feet for the next 60 minutes trying to stretch out the deaths of the remaining few.

niallon

BlitzKrieg wrote: »

I think Simon Wrest might want to talk to you about a little film called Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (also ****)

Ah yes, forgot about that mess! Same goes for it though, may not have been a good adaptation, may not have even been GOOD at all, but it made a s**t load of money. What Anderson's "midas touch" succeeds in doing however is lasting, the Resi sequels being unique against the Tomb Raider series in how they all three have made a s**tload of money!

Funny as well that Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life also was directed by Jan De Bont, a director with a lot more experience and even a few good action films under his belt! Anderson just seems to have the style that the current majority audience of these type of films want to see.

Again, not defending him exactly, just pointing out the facts!

senordingdong

niallon wrote: »

I think it's hard to deny here that Anderson did it right, he clearly appealed to a much much larer demographic.

I'd like to think that the huge Resi fanbase had something more to do with the films financial success.

Looks like entertaining crap which seems perfectly suited to a lazy Friday night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQIwVXPrw4M

BlitzKrieg

looks amazingly rubbish, even more so then the third one...I see they took no time in whoring out to Avatar's success by name dropping cameron in the trailer...

I'll avoid it like the plague.

Ridley

It's not set in Japan? *head meets desk*

Kersmash

Movies werent great but I really enjoyed them. They were fun, easy to watch. Looking forward to this.

Milla

Zero-Cool

HAHAHA @ that trailer!!

Its like they got so wrapped up making this 'girl power' action flick, they forgot it was called resident evil and they said "woops, mmmmm....okay put in the executioner from resi 5, that will keep the fans happy"

F*ucking Tripe man, wouldn't support these directors/producers who take a big merchandise name and ad it to their own sh*itty film to make some money.

Such a wasted opportunity! I only saw half of the first movie (so excited as resi 1 is one of my fave games off all time!) and it brought so much disapointment, I couldn't bring myself to even try watch the rest. Then I see a trailer of the 2nd movie showing some woman (i don't think it was Jill????) giving nemesis a f*ckin roundhouse kick???????

Maybe the films might have been better if I wasn't such a big Resi (game) fan?

L31mr0d

Looks awesome... I personally enjoyed the first 3 films, and the CG version. Being a fan of the game series I like that they've just given nods to it, rather than completely tried to stay canon (couldn't of worked)

Liked the first, did not really like the second, and then loved the third. I also hope that this film tries to divide by zero and use the RE5 mechanic of somehow being able to carry your armor vest inside a pocket of your armor vest (head explodes)

Now if only they could of got Noboru Iguchi on board to direct it it would of been perfect.

Zero-Cool

Its really weird that I love the games and I love zombie movies but something is just puttin me off. Mila jojojovich maybe.

Maybe I will acquire the trilogy and just give em a go. God really wanna play the games now!

senordingdong

Not liking the look of that trailer.

It seems they have just taken some liked elements from Resi 5 and threw them in there to gloss over the **** plot.
Also, as of late, 3d seems to be a way of drawing big crowds to average films.

Not looking forward to this now.

unreggd

That looks fxckin woeful!

Someone said earlier in the thread that the first one lacked great effects because of the budget. Well I'm glad for it! The sets, were a lot more realistic [scenes like Alice makin the jump, kickin the dog in the head etc]

This is gna be non-stop, "slow-mo alice throws somethin 3D at the audience" crap

I really hope this is the last one

Then in 10 years, someone makes REAL Resi Films

Look at the Harry Potter series! Imagine if the films revolved around a random new guy called Jim, makin the trio supporting roles, and completely changing the storyline

These "resi" films are the equivalent of basing Hogwarts in a Fás centre

Duggy747

What absolute tosh! Pure stylistic bullshìt. I guess they think we forgot about Trinity jumping out the window scene in Matrix Reloaded, too!

Films like this are whats going to kill 3D again.

Magic Eight Ball

irish_stevo815 wrote: »

The Resident Evil movie franchise never really got the credit it deserves.

I stopped reading..

Awe-inspiring awfulness! Such a pity, that franchise had so much potential.

irish_stevo815 wrote: »

Here's a link to Empire..

Empire? Seriously? Double fail. :pac:

irish_stevo815

Trevor Coulahan wrote: »

I stopped reading..

Awe-inspiring awfulness! Such a pity, that franchise had so much potential.



Empire? Seriously? Double fail. :pac:

Hold on a sec man, that's only my opinion and you have yours which is fair enough. Plus I gave the link to the Empire site because it's where i saw the info first.

No need knock me. :mad:

Magic Eight Ball

irish_stevo815 wrote: »

Hold on a sec man, that's only my opinion and you have yours which is fair enough. Plus I gave the link to the Empire site because it's where i saw the info first.

No need knock me. :mad:

Only taking the mick mate

irish_stevo815

Trevor Coulahan wrote: »

Only taking the mick mate

No probs lad!

JP Liz V1

http://blogs.coventrytelegraph.net/thegeekfiles/2010/06/new-trailer-synopsis-and-image.html

There is some new pictures and a new trailer

Galvasean

At least Wesker lost some goddamn weight.... and why is he throwing his sunglasses? Too much Balde 2?

johnny_ultimate

I had the displeasure of seeing this trailer yesterday. I haven't watched any of the films since the first, which was awful. My major problem with the franchise - going by the first and the trailer and reviews I've read for subsequent films - is how totally unlike the games the films are. Now, I got a surprise seeing Wesker and some of the enemies from Resi 4 + 5 in the trailer (dude with the hammer!) but tonally these films seem almost entirely removed from the franchise they are based on. Even the newer, more action orientated games tend to be tense, claustrophobic action compared to the balls out Hollywood nonsense suggested by the trailer here.

A few fan references and token plot points aren't enough. It's a real shame that they don't remain more loyal to the games. The games are cheesy nonsense too, but also frightening and tense. A Resident Evil film should reflect this.

This is just me ranting as a gamer and film fan, and it doesn't matter, because it will make a shedload of money anyway. I just don't like seeing franchises getting pissed on by people who don't understand the appeal of the material they're dealing with.

Cantona's Collars

Some new movie posters

fluke

^^^ That last poster is strange - apart from being a bad Photoshop job she's looking towards the viewer (like a horse being castrated) while her guns are aimed elsewhere in no particular direction (are zombies falling towards her?). Last but not least she's falling from a building... seeing as it's a 3D movie would it not serve more of a purpose to have her hurtling towards the viewer?

Mr. K

Galvasean wrote: »

At least Wesker lost some goddamn weight.... and why is he throwing his sunglasses? Too much Balde 2?

He did it in RE5, that's one of the "token game references". I'm a massive RE fan, but Anderson's movies are pretty woeful. He really didn't need to change so much, the game's plots would have been better.

The effects for Wesker's

powers

look really tacky, the games did a much better job. And Wentworth "Whispering" Miller as Chris? Not the best choice.

That being said, I'll still go and see it. I'll have my arms folded and a surly look on my face...but I'll still be supporting these damn movies, paving the way for more.

krudler

Cant stand this franchise, utterly awful stuff. The games are brilliant, but the movies are just horrendously bad, how you could make such a fcukup of a franchise with the amount of backstory RE has is beyond me.

pixelburp

If I see this - it will be in 2D. I'm not paying extra money to have stuff fly at my face for 2 hours. If I want that, I'll go to a theme park. Even in the trailer there's about a half-dozen times a special effect flies towards the screen, gimme a break. :rolleyes:

constitutionus

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

I had the displeasure of seeing this trailer yesterday. I haven't watched any of the films since the first, which was awful. My major problem with the franchise - going by the first and the trailer and reviews I've read for subsequent films - is how totally unlike the games the films are. Now, I got a surprise seeing Wesker and some of the enemies from Resi 4 + 5 in the trailer (dude with the hammer!) but tonally these films seem almost entirely removed from the franchise they are based on. Even the newer, more action orientated games tend to be tense, claustrophobic action compared to the balls out Hollywood nonsense suggested by the trailer here.

A few fan references and token plot points aren't enough. It's a real shame that they don't remain more loyal to the games. The games are cheesy nonsense too, but also frightening and tense. A Resident Evil film should reflect this.

This is just me ranting as a gamer and film fan, and it doesn't matter, because it will make a shedload of money anyway. I just don't like seeing franchises getting pissed on by people who don't understand the appeal of the material they're dealing with.

yeah. like the tranformers film i dont think were ever going to get a version that reflects the cannon of fiction.

that said youd should check out the second one. it was actually pretty decent, the nemesis was done very well, and it had one of the best nuclear explosions ive seen in sci fi.

i wouldnt get your hopes up TOO high but its pretty much the best of the RE films.

on the thread.

ill be going this as it unoffensive fluff. dont know if ill check out the 3d though as im not really all that taken with it as a gimmick. still could be a laugh.

Cantona's Collars

The third film was an absolute disaster-the 1st two were bad but watchable.A real opportunity lost to create a classic series seeing as the source material was so good.As standalone action movies the first two were ok but stand them up against the games and they fail.
What's the bets we'll see a reboot of the series in about 10 years time.

evolutionqy7

any release date for Irish cinemas? its in uk on the 10th so i guess well be a few days behind? if not a month hopefully

Dohnny Jepp

I would have liked the resident evil films had they not of been resident evil films. . What I mean by this is that if they were just action zombie films that didnt use the resident evil tag then they would have been great. However, they do use the resident evil tag yet don't deliver on any aspects that are of importance to resident evil.

What I would love is for the franchise to be reset. Don't get me wrong, Milla is ****ing hot! but Chris/Jill/Claire/Leon should be the main charahcters. . . . not Alice.

They should take the key elemets from each game and build around that, it doesn't have to be exact but get the key elements right and everythin will fall into place.

Also in regards to afterlife, Baby jesus cried when he seen who they cast to play Chris. Its the most disgusted and disappointed i've been in a long time with casting.

evolutionqy7

agree

though im pissed of i wont see it for a while :S RE is out in dublin on the 10th where the rest of the country will get it a month after probably :S

jaykhunter

I thought throwing shades was Ada Wong's gimmick (resi 4)

as is people saying "long time no see" or "been a long time"

johnny_ultimate

The TV spots for this fill me with despair

With a mansion, a camera, a few dogs, a few windows, a secret lab and some bad actors I could make something that's more Resident Evil than this :pac:

irish_stevo815

Dohnny Jepp wrote: »

Also in regards to afterlife, Baby jesus cried when he seen who they cast to play Chris. Its the most disgusted and disappointed i've been in a long time with casting.

I have to agree with you there. When I heard that Wentworth Miller was gonna be in it, I automatically thought he would maybe be playing the role of Leon Kennedy, which we would have suited a lot lot more.

Harrocks

Extinction looks great and sounds great on blu ray best of the bunch so for brainless entertainment value.not a fan of 3d live action flicks hope it dont spoil Afterlife.res4 one of the best games ive played.

TerrorFirmer

In all fairness, you have to be realistic. Who cares about the games? An outrage of a question to some, but that's what the target demographic would generally think if asked about the source material. Anderson has said he's a big fan of the games, but has also said he rejected Romeros scrip and chose the final version because he believed a movie based strongly on the game wouldn't be of sufficient interest to a wider audience. Call him what or refer to the movie in any matter you like, but the bottom line is that all three movies were strong financial successes, so clearly, as far as all involved are concerned, somethings being done right.

Personally, there's a lot I would love to see different in the movies, and as much as the next gamer I was rather disappointed with the evolution of the movies, in every conceivable aspect, but as a final product, I actually enjoy them a lot and am really looking forward to Afterlife. Not too sold on the 3D though, would rather see it in 2D.

Dohnny Jepp

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

In all fairness, you have to be realistic. Who cares about the games? An outrage of a question to some, but that's what the target demographic would generally think if asked about the source material. Anderson has said he's a big fan of the games, but has also said he rejected Romeros scrip and chose the final version because he believed a movie based strongly on the game wouldn't be of sufficient interest to a wider audience. Call him what or refer to the movie in any matter you like, but the bottom line is that all three movies were strong financial successes, so clearly, as far as all involved are concerned, somethings being done right.

Personally, there's a lot I would love to see different in the movies, and as much as the next gamer I was rather disappointed with the evolution of the movies, in every conceivable aspect, but as a final product, I actually enjoy them a lot and am really looking forward to Afterlife. Not too sold on the 3D though, would rather see it in 2D.

In fairness, if they dont care about the games don't milk the name of it. Go make the movie he wants to make and have it rated on its own merits and not ride the resident evil wave.

I'd also argue that the financial success is largely attributed to teh brand of resident evil and nto the actual quality of movie.