It all ends with threes. Well, not quite.
Resident Evil: Extinction takes charge of the franchise from the previous two installations, chronicling the journey of Alice to save the world from badass Umbrella Corporation and a never ending onslaught of zombies.
As with the series of games and two movies that preceded it, RE:E follows the tried but true formula of the Resident Evil franchise: a protagonist (Alice) encounters a team of sidekicks, then join forces to trash zombie asses, until most of them gets killed, which at that point they will be confronted by the main monster, usually courtesy of Umbrella Corp. At the very brink of climatic defeat, our protagonists sums up their strength, and defeats our monster albeit clumsily sometimes. Story would’ve end there, but wait, somewhere somehow the executives of Umbrella (or Sony Pictures, or Capcom) pops out and decides to twist the story into a new direction. In this way, the corporation sustains the evolution, advancement, and multiplication of the T-Virus, plus the determination of our protagonists.
As too with the prior two cinema installations, RE:E is a easy to comprehend, smack it in your face zombie kick ass flick. Alice updates you on the beginning regarding the state of the planet (which Christ the Savior is nowhere yet to be seen, but every day is Judgment Day). Apart from the neat continuation from the ending of the last movie and a glimpse of a future sequel in the making, probably would be called Resident Evil: Multiplication, the rest of the story was as dull as the monotonous Nevada desert setting. You’ll get your usual dose of impromptu scares, gun and blade action, blood, and more blood. Oh, PETA wouldn’t be pleased yet: the franchise have so far tortured dogs, lizards, and this time they fried the entire population of crows from the Las Vegas area (digitally).
Those of us who watched RE:E probably knew there would inevitably be a fourth movie, but let me tell you why you don’t need to spend your money for the next RE installment. In Hollywood moviemaking formula, the good guys would surely win over the bad. This theory holds true for most movies targeting a worldwide audience. As such, be it the next RE or the next one after, rest assured that zombies’ heads will always end with a bullet hole or under a truck and the world would be saved someday. But true franchises never die, like McDonalds; they grow, multiply, and conquer the world. After all, apart from the one or two offbeat menus, every new branch offers the same great taste of Big Mac isn’t it?
No-fark!
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