Diversi anni fa il dottor Markus sperimentò un nuovo farmaco, denominato T- Virus, per curare sua figlia Alicia da una grave malattia che provoca un invecchiamento precoce dell’organismo. Ma il farmaco ha l’unica grande controindicazione di infettare le persone rendendole bestie aggressive e cannibali e, una volta finite nelle mani sbagliate del Dottor Isaacs, diventa un’arma con cui la Umbrella Corporation tenta di annientare l’intera umanità. Ad anni di distanza e dopo aver superato mille peripezie, Alice ha la grande occasione di porre fine a tutto ciò grazie all’aiuto della Regina rossa, il computer di sicurezza dell’azienda, che le suggerisce di recarsi a Raccoon City per recuperare l’antidoto per il T- Virus che si sparge per via aerea. Ha così inizio l’ultima e scoppiettante lotta tra le forze del bene e quelle del male per salvare il mondo….non senza furenti scontri e, soprattutto, tanti colpi di scena e ritorni dal passato.
Per tutti coloro cresciuti a cavallo tra gli anni Novanta e Duemila il videogame della Capcom “Resident Evil” è stato sinonimo di pomeriggi passati chiusi in camera ad ammazzare zombie e mostri di ogni tipo tra una merenda e un’altra. Immaginate, dunque, il grande entusiasmo che nel 2002 accompagnò l’uscita del primo capitolo di una saga che in realtà fin dagli arbori, con l’allontanamento di George Romero dal progetto e altre beghe produttive, non sembrava nascere sotto una buona stella. Con il passare dei capitoli, infatti, l’entusiasmo iniziale ha lasciato il posto alla delusione poiché, eccezion fatta per l’ottimo terzo episodio diretto da Russell Mulcahy, tutti i sequel successivi si sono rivelati prodotti mediocri in cui l’horror veniva sacrificato sull’altare di una vena action di bassa lena e mal realizzata.
Non sfugge a questa china negativa neanche “Resident Evil : The Final Chapter “, sesto – e si spera ultimo – capitolo diretto da Paul W. S Anderson, colui che aveva iniziato la serie e ne ha scritto le sceneggiature. Ciò che ne viene fuori è un film mediocre, confusionario e senza una logica ben precisa se si pensa che è stata un’impresa ardua finanche riportare la trama di cui sopra.
Dal punto di vista della scrittura i difetti sono ormai quelli acclarati e cioè una sceneggiatura lacunosa che presenta colpi di scena forzati e personaggi che tornano dal passato senza una motivazione precisa e una caratterizzazione dei personaggi pari allo zero. Le cose non migliorano neanche se si guarda al lato del puro e semplice intrattenimento con il grande handicap rappresentato dal fatto che, come riscontrato anche nei capitoli precedenti, l’horror scompare completamente, con gli zombie quasi del tutto assenti e sostituiti da mostri volanti più tendenti ai dragoni tipici dei fantasy, e le numerose scene d’azione sono girate non nel migliore dei modi. Un esempio lampante, in tal senso, è la lunga, forse troppo, sequenza in cui Alice e i suoi compagni si difendono dal Dr. Isaacs e il suo esercito scaraventando loro contro colate di fuoco nella quale, tuttavia, non si capisce moltissimo e lo svolgersi degli eventi può essere solo immaginato.
Insomma, questo “Resident Evil: Final Chapter” è una barca che fa acqua da tutte le parti e dal naufragio non si salvano neanche i mono espressivi interpreti tra cui una Milla Jovovich il cui personaggio è tanto abile nell’ammazzare mostri di ogni tipo quanto piatto, Iain Glen nei panni del Dottor Isaacs e altri attori come Ali Larter, Shawn Roberts e Eoin Macken.
La saga di Resident Evil, in conclusione, saluta i suoi fan con un episodio finale mal riuscito, impalpabile e persino inconcludente poiché, come vedrete, il finale lascia inspiegabili porte aperte ad un ulteriore e inutile sequel.
RESIDENT EVIL : THE FINAL CHAPTER
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
dicembre 23, 2016
L’umanità è in ginocchio dopo che Alice è stata tradita da Wesker a Washington D.C. Unica sopravvissuta di quello che doveva essere l’ultimo conflitto tra uomini e zombie, Alice deve tornare dove l’incubo è cominciato: a Raccoon City, dove la Umbrella Corporation sta radunando le sue forze per l’ultima guerra contro i sopravvissuti all’apocalisse. In una corsa contro il tempo Alice si riunirà ai vecchi amici e ad un alleato improbabile per un’ultima battaglia piena d’azione contro le orde di non morti e nuovi mostri mutanti. Tra la perdita delle sue abilità sovrumane e l’imminente attacco della Umbrella, questa sarà l’avventura più ardua per Alice, destinata a combattere per salvare l’umanità sull’orlo dell’oblio.
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ColinJ
5
/10
Some cool ideas but Anderson brings a new level of visual incoherence to the action scenes that is confounding and irritating rather than thrilling. It's as if he hasn't watched a single action movie in the last decade.
Not to mention so many stupid jump scares I had to wonder if he was trying to get a job with Blumhouse.
Still, Milla Jovovitch retains a steely charisma that remains compelling, but deserves far better material. Hopefully with this being the 'final' film she will be free to go and find it.
Hydro Philic
7
/10
I was scared by "previews" which said the editing was too chaotic. My experience is mixed. In the first 1/3 of the film, there is a ridiculous number of cuts in the action scenes (didn't like it), but afterwards this wasn't a problem. So yeah, chaotic filming at the start, but much more enjoyable/conventional for the middle and end.
(P.S. There is at least one VERY scary scene in the first 1/3... despite the chaotic cinematography!)
This film TRIED to tie up all the loose end of the franchise, but it didn't do very well. At least we get to see Claire Redfield again... she looks hot as always, but we don't see her much, and she doesn't have anything to say about K-Mart or her brother, Chis Redfield!
The biggest disappointment for me was the lame death of the "big bad" ... that is, Wesker. I won't spoil his demise here, but let's just say it was Dues Ex Machina... (for those without a Latin background, it means an ass-pull by the writers!)
I guess Wesker was too awesome to defeat in a fair fight! Anyway, the final battle of Alice was against SPOILIER Dr. Isaacs! Actually the final battle was against Dr. Isaacs and his clone!!
I have mixed opions about this film... it tried, and in some sense succeeded in giving a finality to the movie franchise. But it also failed in many ways. The 3D was pretty crappy compared to the last two films ( I just learned they filmed this one in 2D and then up-converted it to 3D in post-production... unlike RE 4 and RE 5 which were REALLY filmed in 3D... so yeah, the human eye [at least my eye] can spot the difference between real art and AFTER-THE-FACT-POST-PRODUCTION cinematography).
Also, they completely skipped what happened in Washington DC (the end of the previous film). There is one line in the movie which referenced this... basically "Wesker betrayed Alice and didn't REALLY give her back full power of the T-Virus". As a fan, I found this lame 1-liner very dissatisfying for the series finale! :(
So now you may think I am an RE hater, but that isn't the full truth. I felt this film was literally too dark, and the 3D was merely acceptable (not fantastic like prior films), but it did give a conclusion and explored upon things like clones of Alice...
I guess the only/biggest fault is the plot in the final scene... an air-borne virus, which will literally take years to work (according the movie itself!) manages to kill hundreds of thousands of zombies IN AN INSTANT... at the movie's climax... this is too convenient/stupid to be believed by anyone... even an RE Fan like me. I'm sorry, but can you say EPIC FAIL?
== EPILOGUE == This film tries, and in a few cases succeeds, to tie up the Resident Evil franchise. But the fake-3D FAILS compared to the real-3D of the prior two films. The horror factor REALLY IS much better than the last 3 or 4 films... but is it enough???
Per Gunnar Jonsson
6
/10
I would say that my expectations for this movie was pretty much spot on. I expected a visual action feast with a fair amount of gore in it and that is pretty much what I got. Things like a well developed script and stuff like that, well obviously the producer thought asking for such things would be nitpicking.
It currently holds a 5.6 rating at IMDb and 60% user score on TMDb which is fairly well deserved. Of course there are always reviewers giving it single star ratings and saying it is the worst film ever. That is just bullshit. These people have obviously never seen a really bad movie.
Milla Jovovich is again playing the hot zombie killing chick from the previous movies and although she tragically lost her superior T-virus strength in one of the previous installments her capacity for dealing death and mayhem as well as absorbing hits still borders on being super hero stuff. Unrealistic but fun to watch.
Despite my comments on the script earlier there is actually one with a paper thin thread intended just to bring the story from point A to B with a maximum of violence and special effects in between. I do think the tanks that they had cooked up looked cool although they were just visual candy a’la Mad Max. I mean come one, a tank with ventilation shafts all over the place so all you had to do was pour some gazoline over it and light a match? Stupid to say the least.
There were a few other things was more designed for looks than realism. For instance a certain ventilation fan that were used to drag out some of the events. Who the f… designs a ventilation fan with a dozen or so rings of blades? It is a ventilation fan for Christ sake, not a jet engine turbine. Oh, yes of course, stupid me, otherwise they would not have to spend so much time crawling through it.
I did like the various mutated zombies as well by the way. The flying thing at the beginning and the end was quite cool. Some people seems to have had an issue with the fast, sometimes very fast, clipping of scenes. I have to say that it did not disturb me that much. Not that it added much either though.
Speaking of the end. Well, I guess it was okay. The end itself was not too surprising. It was dragged down by the stupid nonsense with Dr. Isaacs though. The only time an exploding grenade resulted in anything less than a semi-atomic eruption of flames was of course when the director had decided that he needed the bad guy for a few more scenes. Lazy and stupid script writing.
On the whole I enjoyed the movie as much as I expected to. It was an okay movie. Good for a evening fix of zombie splattering and Milla Jovovich (okay so what, I am a male of traditional sexual orientation you know). It could have been a lot better but it was not really horrendously bad either.
Reno
4
/10
Time to bring down the remaining of Umb Corp.
The series never meant to be story based. Well, at the first it was fine, but then it turned out be more a video game style than the normal commercial films. So if you are going to watch it, your expectation from it should be the action-adventures. Of course, nothing happens without a reason, that's where the story was born. This is the sixth film in the series and they are saying it is the final, but have to wait and see in a couple of years, whether another film will be made or they are going for television as hinted out.
The main character is long dead, that's what they say to us every time. And then a new sequel with the same character and their explanation is, clone. That's seems okay, but that being a regular thing is what annoying. This film is enjoyable, like I say, watching a game played by someone sitting next to us. But not the best of the series or the year, nor its kind. Just to enjoy the action sequences. All the top, knowing about Olivia Jackson made me almost to cry. She's the real hero, hats off.
As I said, the film was not necessary if you go by the story. It was just another mission, a fight to bring down the last remaining Umbrella Corp and possibly to reveal more secrets about it and everything so far happened. I always wondered how this franchise survived this long. Yeah, every time a decent box office pushed the filmmakers and actors to go for another one. The film's main ingredient, graphics were acceptable, and performances too. So, it is only for the selected audience, but you can ignore it if you are not that interested in it.
4/10
JPV852
5
/10
Liked it a tad better than the first time, however still a bit convoluted conclusion and the biggest knock is they completely ignored any potential left from Retribution, that being the zombie siege on the White House with our heroes (and villain) taking one last stand. Instead, Jill Valentine is killed off-screen (I guess) as was Alice's "daughter" and instead we get a Dr. Isaac being a religious fanatic (well Dr. Isaac's clone of course) and a band of misfit characters (including Ruby Rose before she became famous I think), plus the return of Claire (Ali Larter) after being MIA in the last film.
There were some elements that weren't too bad, and the fight and stuntwork was alright, but as with the previous FIVE movies, nothing terribly memorable. And they leave it open-ended because, of course. Have to think any future installments will end up on whichever streaming service Sony makes a deal with... 2.5/5
Andre Gonzales
6
/10
For the final chapter, Alice has escaped to racoon city. Now the umbrella company is going to try to take down the last safe haven they have.
RalphRahal
5
/10
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016) finally delivers a proper conclusion to the franchise, packing in all the plot threads that were scattered throughout the previous movies. The story is actually there this time, and while it feels rushed and crammed into a single film, it at least attempts to tie everything together. The pacing is relentless, barely giving time to breathe, which works in some areas but also makes it feel like Anderson had no choice but to dump all the remaining plot into this last installment. At least the climax feels satisfying, providing closure in a way that previous films never managed to do.
The directing leans into chaotic action, but the editing is out of control. The number of cuts per second is absurd, making some sequences impossible to follow. While the cinematography has moments that could have been great, the rapid-fire editing ruins a lot of it, turning what should be intense action into a dizzying mess. Character changes happen, some expected, some odd, but they mostly serve the story. Ruby Rose is a fun addition, even if her role is small, and Milla, as always, keeps the momentum going with her energy and commitment.
The script is functional, prioritizing action over depth, and the dialogue does just enough to move things forward. The soundtrack is fitting, blending industrial and electronic beats to match the high-speed pacing. Overall, The Final Chapter is flawed but delivers what it set out to do—end the franchise with a bang. If you can get past the chaotic editing, it is a wild ride with plenty of action and just enough closure to make it feel like a proper send-off.
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