Resident Evil: Afterlife

Have you ever wondered what The Matrix would be like if Neo had to fight zombies?

Resident Evil: Afterlife is the 4th in a long line of Resident Evil movies which are based on the Resident Evil video games.

The basic premise is this: evil company makes zombies which kill everyone except for the people who were smart enough to grab a shotgun.

The Resident Evil movies follow Alice, the first person to grab a shotgun.

You really do need to see the first 3 movies in order for the 4th to make complete sense. I can't talk a lot about the plot as the plot is dependent on you seeing the last 3 movies, but what I can tell you is that the protagonist, Alice, is looking for Arcadia, a place that promises food, shelter, and a complete lack of zombies, when she stumbles on a few survivors and together they have to fight for their lives.

Afterlife is what happens when you put The Matrix and a spoonful of Dawn of the Dead in an oven and set it to 350. The gunfights, the slow motion bullets, the actions scenes that pause as the camera pans around; the main villain even wears nothing but suits and sunglasses while he does a voice that is somewhere in between Agent Smith and Val Kilmer. All if it feels like The Matrix but without the ambiance and the vacant look in Keanu's eyes.

The acting isn't terribly impressive -- for the longest time I thought Ali Larter was just another one of Milla Jovovich's clones. It's a zombie movie, so I wasn't expecting "Hamlet," but still, ya should be able to tell that two different people are TWO FUCKING DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

That being said the movie is very entertaining. I mean, where else will you ever see a well-muscled black man keep a WW2 fighter plane from crashing off the roof of a prison by going all Air Jordan to grab the tail? Or a really hot girl sling two double-barreled shotguns like bartenders sling drinks? Or a giant hammer/axe fuck up a bathroom?

Seeing it in 3D is the way to go, as it was totally shot to titillate an audience (i.e. SHIT FLIES AT YO FACE MAN) and really brings all those monster-popping-out-of-the-dark-closet style scenes to a new level.

Don't expect much, but do expect a good time.