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deadly virus has been unleashed on the population.
Alice returns as a Christ-figure to save the innocent from the Apocalypse. |
(2004) Film Review |
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| CREDITS |
| Directed
by Alexander Witt
Screenplay
by Paul W.S. Anderson
Cast
(in credits order)
Milla Jovovich .... Alice
Sienna Guillory .... Jill Valentine
Oded Fehr .... Carlos Olivera
Thomas Kretschmann .... Major Cain
Sophie Vavasseur .... Angie Ashford
Razaaq Adoti .... Peyton Wells
Jared Harris .... Dr. Ashford
Mike Epps .... L.J.
Sandrine Holt .... Terri Morales
Matthew G. Taylor .... Nemesis
Zack Ward .... Nicholai Sokolov
Iain Glen .... Dr. Isaacs
Dave Nichols .... Captain Henderson
Stefan Hayes .... Yuri Loginova
Geoffrey Pounsett .... Mackenzie
Shaun Austin-Olsen .... Priest
Geny Walters .... Mrs. Priest
Megan Fahlenbock .... Marla Maples
Produced
by
Paul W.S. Anderson .... producer
Jeremy Bolt .... producer
Don Carmody .... producer
Bernd Eichinger .... executive producer
Samuel Hadida .... executive producer
Victor Hadida .... executive producer
Daniel S. Kletzky .... associate producer
Hiroyuki Kobayashi .... associate producer
Robert Kulzer .... executive producer
Original Music by
Elia Cmiral (additional music)
Jeff Danna (original music)
HIM (also music and songs)
Cinematography by Derek Rogers and Christian Sebaldt
Film Editing by Eddie Hamilton
MPAA: Rated R for non-stop
violence, language and some nudity.
For rating reasons, go to FILMRATINGS.COM,
and MPAA.ORG.
Parents, please refer to PARENTALGUIDE.ORG
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| TRAILERS
AND CLIPS |
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Photos |
| CD |
Resident
Evil: Apocalypse
Various Artists - Soundtrack - 2004
1. Slipknot - Vermilion
2. The Used - Just A Little
3. The Cure - Us or Them
4. ,Lacuna Coil - Swamped
5. A Perfect Circle - The Outsider (Renholder Mix) (unreleased mix)
6. Killswitch Engage - The End Of Heartache
7. Rammstein - Mein Teil (unreleased)
8. DevilDriver - Digging Up The Corpses (unreleased)
9. Cradle Of Filth - Nymphetamine (unreleased, will be on forthcoming
album in stores 9/28)
10. CKY - Escape From Hellview
11. Deftones - The Chauffeur
12. H.I.M. - Join Me In Death
13. Demon Hunter - My Heartstrings Come Undone
14. Thrice - Under A Killing Moon
15. 36 Crazyfists - Bloodwork
16. Cold - End The World (acoustic) (unreleased)
17. Rob Zombie - Girl On Fire (Resident Renholder Mix) (unreleased
mix)
18. Massive Attack - Future Proof
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| BOOK |
Apocalypse
(Resident Evil)
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
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| SYNOPSIS
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| A
deadly virus has been unleashed on the population of Raccoon City.
Resident Evil: Apocalypse is a terrifying adventure in survival horror.
Milla
Jovovich (5th Element, Dummy) returns as Alice, one of only two
survivors of the contained biochemical disaster in the first Resident
Evil, the $100 million hit that serves as a prologue to the all-out
action and horror of Resident Evil: Apocalypse.
The
film begins where the first film left off, with Alice in the heart
of the ravaged and deadly Raccoon City. She has been subjected to
biogenetic experimentation by the vast Umbrella Corporation and
become genetically altered, with super-human strengths, senses and
dexterity. These skills, and more, will be needed if anyone is to
remain alive.
Alice
is joined by Jill Valentine (Sienna Guillory – Time Machine,
Helen of Troy), a recently demoted member of Umbrella Corp’s
elite Special Tactics and Rescue Services (S.T.A.R.S.), Terri Morales
(Sandrine Holt – Once a Thief, Happy Hour), Carlos Oliviera
(Oded Fehr – The Mummy, Presidio Med), L.J. (Mike Epps –
Next Friday, All About the Benjamins), and Nicholai (Zack Ward –
Titus, Almost Famous) who must survive and escape what is quickly
becoming a City of the Dead. To reach their goal, they will need
to battle their way through the relentless onslaught of the ravenous
undead, as well as Umbrella forces and terrifying bioengineered
weapons, the most deadly of which is the colossal, heavily armed
assassin, Nemesis.
Also
featured in Resident Evil: Apocalypse are Thomas Kretschmann (U-571,
24, The Pianist), Jared Harris (I Shot Andy Warhol, Mr. Deeds) and
Sophie Vavasseur (Evelyn).
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VISUAL REVIEW
BY DAVID BRUCE
Host of HollywoodJesus.com |
 THE
FILM IS ABOUT REGENERATION
The Umbrella Corporation is dedicated to helping people look younger.
Unfortunately their experiments have gone awry. Instead of being the
source of renewal and life, they have become the originators of a
deadly virus that threatens to wipe out the human race. The virus
regenerates people into the walking dead -- literally! The basis of
the story reminds me of the Adam and Eve story, in which the couple
wanted to live forever and ate of the forbidden fruit which brought
death to the human culture. |
 NEWLY
BORN -NEWLY REGENERATED
The story opens with Alice emerging from a scientific laboratory table,
as if she were being reborn on a delivery table -- except there is
no mother. You might say she is virgin born. This is a scene very
reminiscent of Alien Resurrection,
in which Ripley is born anew at the beginning of that film. Here,
Alice, like Ripley, is newborn naked. She wears only a swaddling cloth
(towel) –- as Jesus did in his birth. There are many similarities
to the Christ story in Resident Evil: Apocalypse. In fact, the Alice
character is so closely related that she is what is known as a Christ-figure.
Alice is born to be a savior! |
 In
Alien 3, Ripley died. In Alien
Resurrection, 200 years later she is resurrected from
her DNA. She is virgin born in a science lab in a tube. She is born
again, a clone of her former self. Resurrected in a new body that
is capable of miraculous feats due to her new blood. Resident Evil
2 has a very similar starting point point |
| ALICE
IS LIKE LEELOO in
Fifth Element |
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Being
a Christ-figure is not new to Milla Jovovich. In Fifth
Element she played Leeloo –- and the parallels
between Christ and Leeloo were many. I was amazed by the similarities.
In fact in Fifth Element
she came "wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger"
just as she does in Resident Evil 2. |
 "ON
A MISSION FROM GOD" -Blues Bros.
We are introduced to the main characters in a church. They have
taken on the holy task of saving those they can before the end comes.
Our heroes are tracking down demonic creatures in this sacred building.
“These
are real people in an unreal situation,” actor Oded Fehr (Carlos
Olivera) says. “They’re surrounded by the most vicious
and unfeeling enemies, and in some ways it’s their humanity
that keeps them alive.”
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 ALICE
THE AVENGING ANGEL.
There is a huge –- and I mean huge -- stained glass church window
of Michael the archangel holding the scales of justice in his hands.
The window is the centerpiece of the church. Suddenly Alice comes
crashing through on her motorcycle. The connection between angel Michael
and savior Alice could not be more obvious. In the Bible book of Revelation,
Michael is the warring angel who defeats Satan in the end-time Apocalypse. |
 THIS
IS ALICE AND "SHE REMEMBERS EVERYTHING."
She is literally the all-knowing presence that is taking on the forces
of darkness and death. She is the bringer of life and justice.
“Alice
has survived the hideous experience in the Hive and emerged as a
much more decisive character,” explains Jovovich. “She
also has become an experiment of the Umbrella Corporation, a guinea
pig in a sense, infected with the T-Virus. She doesn’t know
what the consequences will be. All she knows is that through this
experiment, Umbrella has unwittingly given her a weapon that she
can use to take them on, and she is going to use it.” |
 MEET
THE BEAST
As in the book of Revelation, there is a beast, sent by the destructive
forces of evil. Alice must defeat him. Can you guess who will win?
I cannot say because that will be spoiling the film. But, like duh,
you know, don't you? |
 THE
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
This is what our heroes are fighting to prevent. When people are
infected by the virus, they turn into the walking dead. In the highly
original film Night of the Living Dead (1968),
writer/director George A. Romero gave us a vision of what it means
to be spiritually dead that has had an unequaled cultural impact.
His film has been remade several times, and its influence shows
up even in films like this. In the Bible, to be disconnected from
God is to be living but dead at the same time. The only hope, according
to the Bible, is regeneration. But, wait isn't that the point of
this film?
TWO RECENT FILMS PATTERED AFTER ROMERO'S
CLASSIC:
|
 DAWN
OF THE DEAD (2004)
DVD
release October 5, 2004.
Review by Mike Furches: "We see the important gatherings of the
group taking place at a coffee shop called Hallowed Ground. It resembles,
in some ways, what our churches can become. When a certain character
and his loved one find reason to stay away from the Hallowed Ground,
those individuals become isolated, ...all is not safe at the Crossroads..."
|
 28
DAYS LATER (2003)
Review by Mike Furches and David Bruce:Cycle courier
Jim awakes from a coma in the deserted intensive care unit of a London
hospital. Mystified, he wanders the wards and corridors in search
of others and eventually heads into the city streets, calling out
for help. As the shadows lengthen Jim seeks shelter in a church only
to find dead bodies piled in heaps on the chapel floor. |
 AS
YOU MIGHT GUESS
In order to be a "true" Christ-figure, Alice must have
a death and resurrection scene. And she does. She dies at the hands
of the enemy, but is soon regenerated. The symbolism of birth (rebirth)
through water is used here (e.g., baptism, embryonic birth waters)
She emerges to finally conquer the deadly virus that threatens humanity.
Oops, was that a spoiler? Naw, you knew the end from the beginning,
didn't you?
Oh,
my gosh, we are saved! Or, are we? Wait, what were those last words
spoken in the film? Hmm, we have been set up for Resident
Evil 3. |
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