I had quite high hopes for this film after the tantalising cliff hanger of the last instalment, but this just didn't pan out how I hoped.
The story wasn't awful. It had some good elements, but it was pretty lazy in parts, and kind of obvious what was going to happen. It felt like they were going through the motions, just trying to wrap things up and cash out with a decent box office.
I was also disappointed with the action. The franchise has always been pretty up and down with its action, flipping between some pretty slick stuff and horribly shot set pieces. Unfortunately this fell into the latter category. This is such a shame because the stunt work actually looked quite decent in places. This was ruined by the constant cuts and horrible camera work. There were a couple of scenes where I genuinely had no idea what I was watching.
The effects were decent in areas, and we were treated to a pretty cool zombie set piece around the midway mark, but other than that it was pretty bland.
Not a great end to the franchise but it still managed to entertain me, so there is that.
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
2016
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
2016
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Plot summary
Picking up immediately after the events in Resident Evil: Retribution, Alice is the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity's final stand against the undead. Now, she must return to where the nightmare began - The Hive in Raccoon City, where the Umbrella Corporation is gathering its forces for a final strike against the only remaining survivors of the apocalypse.
Uploaded by: FREEMAN
June 15, 2023 at 08:23 AM
Director
Top cast
Tech specs
3D.BLU 720p.BLU 1080p.BLU 2160p.BLU.x265Movie Reviews
A disappointing final chapter...
The editing sucks
There is a place reserved in hell for the "editor" of this movie. I use the term "editor" in it's loosest meaning as the chap obviously has no idea of how to edit a movie.
The story, if there is one, is utterly demolished by one unrelated action scene after another with no one shot lasting more than a fraction of a second. It's utterly awful and impossible to stomach for more than a few minutes. I appreciate such short shots are often used to hide poor cgi or effects and can see some use for the technique but to make a whole film using this method is complete urine extraction. The result is a total pile of the proverbial and unwatchable in the extreme.
Go boil your head, or find some mind numbing repetitive task to do for 90 minutes or so rather than suffer this.
Alice's Figurative Finale...
So it's back to start and where it began, I'm not sure there was ever a cunning grand plan, for conjuring clones at behest, at their fancy, resurrecting, rebooting, digitised necromancy.
Raccoon City is where it's all at, it's where it all was and where it was begot, so down to The Hive is where everyone heads, trailed by thousands of diseased undead.
Cue more prequels, sequels and unequals.