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Critics Hate Resident Evil: Afterlife
Who says video game movies can't be successful? Paul W.S. Anderson’s Resident Evil movies have been making bank since day one. The fourth film in the series (yes, there have already been four of them) opens in theaters today. To no surprise whatsoever, critics hate it.
Kim Newman of Empire gave the film two stars (out of five), stating “Anderson has a knack for uber-ridiculous, ultra slo-mo action scenes, which jolt some life into the picture, but an assembled-from-leftovers plot and dreadful speech bubble dialogue sink any involvement you might have with these drab, if buff remnants of humanity.”
Phil Contrino of Box Office Magazine also gave the film two stars, but both sound like they are attributed to the films visuals. “Unfortunately, the great 3D visuals are not backed up by a great story,” says Contrino. “Afterlife is a post-apocalyptic zombie flick featuring zombies that aren't very terrifying and doom-and-gloom vibes that lack any real edge.”
So far, out of 14 reviews tracked on Rotten Tomatoes, Resident Evil: Afterlife is sitting at a hilariously low seven percent (out of 100). Only Alex Zane of Sun Online seems to like the film, but his positive words only net a three out of five rating.
And if you thought this might be it for the series, Alex reassures us of another sequel with his half-hearted praise. “Stupid, over the top but a lot of fun and, once again, ending with the promise of yet another sequel.”
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