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Movie ID: 1180
RT slug: resident_evil
RT URL: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/resident_evil
Release year: 2002
Runtime: 100 mins
Wide release date: 2002-03-15
Limited release date: —
Festival premiere date: —
Streaming release date: 2012-04-16
Tomatometer final: 35%
Audience score final: 67%
Genres: Action, Horror
Directors: Paul W.S. Anderson
Writers: Alan B. McElroy
Producers: Bernd Eichinger, Jeremy Bolt, Paul W.S. Anderson, Samuel Hadida
MPAA rating: R
Executive Producers: —
Created: 2026-08-19 20:52:15
Updated: 2026-08-19 20:52:15
Based on the popular video game, Milla Jovovich and Michelle Rodriguez star as the leaders of a commando team who must break into "the hive," a vast underground genetics laboratory operated by the powerful Umbrella Corporation. There, a deadly virus has been unleashed, killing the lab's personnel and resurrecting them as the evil Undead. The team has just three hours to shut down the lab's supercomputer and close the facility before the virus threatens to overrun the Earth.
Like other video game adapations, Resident Evil is loud, violent, formulaic, and cheesy.
Canonical reviews: 131
Canonical fresh: 46
Canonical rotten: 85
Canonical calculated Tomatometer: 35%
Latest snapshot UTC: 2026-08-19 18:13:45
Snapshot Tomatometer: 35%
Snapshot review count: 131
Snapshot fresh count: 46
Snapshot rotten count: 85
Source note: Imported from manual review paste batch #2880 (full_snapshot)
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| 1 | Milla Jovovich | Alice |
| 2 | Michelle Rodriguez | Rain |
| 3 | Eric Mabius | Matt |
| 4 | Ryan McCluskey | Mr. Grey |
| 5 | Oscar Pearce | Mr. Red |
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| ID | Critic | Outlet | Fresh? | Score | RT Time Raw | Approx Published UTC | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 245293 | Brian Bisesi | Horror Movie Club Podcast | Rotten | 2/5 | 2026-08-05T15:43:18.000Z | 2026-08-05 15:43:18 | Much like a video game, Resident Evil shuffles its characters from room to room as the plot unfolds before them. This approach fails when translated to film and leaves little to drive the plot forward or propel character arcs in any meaningful way. |
| 245294 | Noah Berlatsky | Everything is Horrible (Substack) | Rotten | — | 2026-04-11T13:24:39.000Z | 2026-04-11 13:24:39 | There is a certain blunt honesty in the film’s remorseless self-consumption, as it blankly chews up its own soul, leaving its dead eyes reflecting the impressive vacuousness of bland corporate anti corporate default. |
| 245295 | Sharai Bohannon | A Nightmare On Fierce Street Podcast | Rotten | 1.5/5 | 2025-05-23T11:57:26.000Z | 2025-05-23 11:57:26 | This movie doesn’t understand why the games work. You can’t just put zombies in a place with an Umbrella logo and act like you ate. It also has too many bodies on screen to give us tension. It feels like a Lady Gaga escape room. |
| 245296 | Brian Eggert | Deep Focus Review | Fresh | 2.5/4 | 2024-03-08T04:14:40.000Z | 2024-03-08 04:14:40 | If you can manage to shut off your brain, you might allow yourself to get caught up in its claustrophobic action, which has sufficient production value to keep your mind off of the ludicrous storyline. |
| 245297 | James Croot | The Post NZ | Rotten | 2/5 | 2022-04-04T20:21:43.000Z | 2022-04-04 20:21:43 | Zombie movies of course allow for a certain degree of poor acting – and that certainly is the case here. |
| 245298 | Grant Watson | Fiction Machine | Fresh | 7/10 | 2021-04-26T02:30:22.000Z | 2021-04-26 02:30:22 | Here is the truth of it: film critics, generally speaking, are rather too hard on poor Paul W.S. Anderson. At his best, he is a marvellous purveyor of slickly engineered B-grade entertainment. |
| 245299 | Mike Massie | Gone With The Twins | Rotten | 3/10 | 2020-11-09T06:20:48.000Z | 2020-11-09 06:20:48 | The first zombie doesn't make an appearance until 40 minutes in. |
| 245300 | Kathi Maio | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | Rotten | — | 2020-02-28T20:51:52.000Z | 2020-02-28 20:51:52 | ...video game-inspired action schlock. |
| 245301 | David Hogan | hoganreviews.co.uk | Fresh | 3/5 | 2019-10-27T10:20:14.000Z | 2019-10-27 10:20:14 | Resident Evil isn't bad. It's firmly "okay", it's a cheesy survival horror story with cliché characters that knows it's a cheesy survival horror story with cliché characters. |
| 245302 | Sergio López Aguirre | Cine Premiere | Fresh | 2.5/5 | 2019-05-03T00:10:15.000Z | 2019-05-03 00:10:15 | It is not a disappointing turnout for a video game film, but one does see how it could have been better. [Full Review in Spanish] |
| 245303 | Sergi Sánchez | Fotogramas | Fresh | 3/5 | 2019-05-03T00:00:26.000Z | 2019-05-03 00:00:26 | Resident Evil is what it wants to be. [Full Review in Spanish] |
| 245304 | Sloan Freer | Radio Times | Fresh | 3/5 | 2019-04-30T21:47:30.000Z | 2019-04-30 21:47:30 | A single-minded tale of genetic research facility workers accidentally turned into ravenous zombies, it's a relentless throat-grabber. |
| 245305 | Sebastian Zavala Kahn | Más Gamers | Fresh | 2/4 | 2016-12-05T17:54:02.000Z | 2016-12-05 17:54:02 | A merely acceptable adaptation that feels more like a supernatural thriller with a couple of references to the game, involuntarily funny dialogue, and decent performances, than a terrifying production. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 245306 | Steve Newton | earofnewt.com | Rotten | 2/5 | 2014-02-08T00:04:27.000Z | 2014-02-08 00:04:27 | This routine video-game spinoff borrows heavily from James Cameron action flicks and George Romero zombie epics but doesn't do much else. |
| 245307 | Jeffrey Lyles | Lyles' Movie Files | Fresh | 7/10 | 2012-09-11T22:53:16.000Z | 2012-09-11 22:53:16 | This adaptation captures the spirit of the video games and with its fun, anything can happen mindset and tons of over the top violence, 'Resident Evil' proves there may be a future for video game movies yet. |
| 245308 | Nell Minow | Common Sense Media | Rotten | 2/5 | 2010-12-28T11:22:55.000Z | 2010-12-28 11:22:55 | An ultra-gory video game-to-movie disappointment. |
| 245309 | Josh Larsen | LarsenOnFilm | Rotten | 2/4 | 2010-09-09T13:25:46.000Z | 2010-09-09 13:25:46 | The overblown action and cheapo effects become as relentless as the undead. |
| 245310 | Felix Vasquez Jr. | Cinema Crazed | Rotten | — | 2009-04-29T03:16:18.000Z | 2009-04-29 03:16:18 | A Z grade bit of fodder for the pre-teen sector... |
| 245311 | Scott Foundas | Variety | Rotten | — | 2009-03-31T03:15:55.000Z | 2009-03-31 03:15:55 | Despite a promising setup, pic never really goes anywhere, instead immersing viewers in a kinetic onslaught of flesh (namely, that of Milla Jovovich) and flesh-eaters (most of the rest of the cast). |
| 245312 | Mark Halverson | Sacramento News & Review | Fresh | 3/5 | 2008-08-07T03:17:04.000Z | 2008-08-07 03:17:04 | This video-game-to-celluloid adaptation has a clammy, nightmarish glaze and tightly coiled sense of tension. |
| 245313 | Rob Humanick | Projection Booth | Rotten | C | 2007-10-11T17:54:29.000Z | 2007-10-11 17:54:29 | Entertainment in dire need of its own self-assurance. |
| 245314 | Derek Adams | Time Out | Rotten | — | 2006-06-24T04:24:39.000Z | 2006-06-24 04:24:39 | Hats off, however, to the production team for the set designs and one very imaginative death-by-laser sequence. The rest is a derivative, tedious mess. |
| 245315 | Dragan Antulov | Draxblog Movie Reviews | Rotten | 5/10 | 2005-07-13T14:30:48.000Z | 2005-07-13 14:30:48 | here are times when RESIDENT EVIL looks unfinished or below its potential |
| 245316 | Margaret A. McGurk | Cincinnati Enquirer | Rotten | 0/4 | 2004-12-18T22:16:17.000Z | 2004-12-18 22:16:17 | So bad it can't even steal effectively from good movies that came before. |
| 245317 | Carrie Rickey | Philadelphia Inquirer | Rotten | 1/4 | 2004-09-10T14:30:36.000Z | 2004-09-10 14:30:36 | — |
| 245318 | Greg Maki | Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) | Fresh | 2.5/4 | 2004-01-07T14:51:21.000Z | 2004-01-07 14:51:21 | ... The Night of the Living Dead for the 21st century. |
| 245319 | Shirley Klass | Fantastica Daily | Fresh | 3/4 | 2003-09-17T09:29:13.000Z | 2003-09-17 09:29:13 | In the category of zombie movies, this is top shelf. |
| 245320 | Susan Tavernetti | Palo Alto Weekly | Rotten | 1/4 | 2003-05-20T17:01:42.000Z | 2003-05-20 17:01:42 | — |
| 245321 | Harry Guerin | RTÉ (Ireland) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2003-04-08T06:01:50.000Z | 2003-04-08 06:01:50 | Don't expect Aliens but don't resign yourself to Ghosts of Mars either. |
| 245322 | Andrea Chase | Killer Movie Reviews | Rotten | 1/5 | 2003-04-05T12:49:12.000Z | 2003-04-05 12:49:12 | Barbequed Doggie Zombies. If your heart just skipped a beat and you find yourself atingle with anticipation, then I wish you good luck and Godspeed and there's no need for you to read further |
| 245323 | William Thomas | Empire Magazine | Rotten | 2/5 | 2003-03-30T08:01:16.000Z | 2003-03-30 08:01:16 | Game fans will be disappointed. Zombie fans will be disappointed. Paul Anderson's fan will be disappointed. |
| 245324 | Brian Mckay | eFilmCritic.com | Fresh | 4/5 | 2003-03-19T18:29:05.000Z | 2003-03-19 18:29:05 | The only real "cerebral" activity that should take place in a zombie movie is the consumption of brains by the heretofore mentioned zombies themselves. |
| 245325 | John R. McEwen | Film Quips Online | Rotten | 1.5/5 | 2003-02-08T08:02:17.000Z | 2003-02-08 08:02:17 | ...The latest proof that trying to adapt a film from a video game is a bad idea. |
| 245326 | David Grove | Film Threat | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2002-12-08T08:02:59.000Z | 2002-12-08 08:02:59 | I'll bet the video game is a lot more fun than the film. |
| 245327 | Matthew Turner | ViewLondon | Rotten | 2/5 | 2002-10-30T08:02:25.000Z | 2002-10-30 08:02:25 | Disappointing horror flick, with only the Zombie Dogs and Jovovich's skimpy zombie-busting attire to recommend it. |
| 245328 | Karina Montgomery | Cinerina | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2002-10-02T22:07:19.000Z | 2002-10-02 22:07:19 | It was fun and I got what I wanted ? that seems to happen less and less these days in the cinema, we should take all we can get. |
| 245329 | Eric D. Snider | EricDSnider.com | Rotten | D | 2002-09-18T08:01:52.000Z | 2002-09-18 08:01:52 | It is based on a video game, and as such, it exists merely to go from one life-or-death scenario to the next. |
| 245330 | Jeremiah Kipp | Southside Callbox | Rotten | — | 2002-09-10T08:39:57.000Z | 2002-09-10 08:39:57 | Don't reach for the remote control. It's not going to help you navigate Resident Evil, the latest video game making its awkward transition to the screen. |
| 245331 | Jeremy Heilman | MovieMartyr.com | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2002-09-04T20:40:45.000Z | 2002-09-04 20:40:45 | It works well enough, since the thrills pop up frequently, and the dispatching of the cast is as often imaginative as it is gory. |
| 245332 | Urban Cinefile Critics | Urban Cinefile | Rotten | — | 2002-08-17T08:01:55.000Z | 2002-08-17 08:01:55 | Yawn-inducing, badly scripted B-grade nonsense that isn't particularly scary and certainly isn't original. |
| 245333 | Betty Jo Tucker | ReelTalk Movie Reviews | Rotten | — | 2002-08-02T08:01:59.000Z | 2002-08-02 08:01:59 | I probably should stay away from any movie with a video game as its source. |
| 245334 | Ian Mantgani | UK Critic | Rotten | 0.5/4 | 2002-07-24T14:49:41.000Z | 2002-07-24 14:49:41 | So lifeless, pointless and dank that it manages the amazing feat of making the undead seem boring. |
| 245335 | Robert K. Elder | Chicago Tribune | Fresh | 2.5/4 | 2002-07-20T08:01:39.000Z | 2002-07-20 08:01:39 | On its own terms, Resident Evil updates the zombie genre with an anti-corporate message while still scaring its audience and providing heart-pounding action. |
| 245336 | Film4 Staff | Film4 | Fresh | — | 2002-07-14T08:01:39.000Z | 2002-07-14 08:01:39 | As a slickly-produced piece of trash -- and, more importantly, as an adaptation of a videogame -- it holds its own. |
| 245337 | Jeffrey Chen | ReelTalk Movie Reviews | Rotten | 5/10 | 2002-07-12T08:01:51.000Z | 2002-07-12 08:01:51 | Certainly not a good movie, but it wasn't horrible either. |
| 245338 | James O'Ehley | Sci-Fi Movie Page | Fresh | — | 2002-07-10T05:56:04.000Z | 2002-07-10 05:56:04 | It's nothing we hadn't seen before, but the pace is fast and there are some great action set pieces. Did I mention it has zombie Rottweilers too? |
| 245339 | Neil Smith | BBC.com | Fresh | 3/5 | 2002-06-24T08:01:42.000Z | 2002-06-24 08:01:42 | Anderson ... has enough sense not to let the pace flag for a second, filling the screen with ravenous flesh-eaters, explosions and special effects. |
| 245340 | Luis Martínez | Cinenganos | Fresh | 8/10 | 2002-06-22T20:00:26.000Z | 2002-06-22 20:00:26 | Resident Evil es un videogame llevado a la pantalla y que pese a lo que digan, es la adaptacin ms fiel que se haya realizado en este rubro. |
| 245341 | Gerry Shamray | Your Movies (cleveland.com) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2002-06-20T21:39:58.000Z | 2002-06-20 21:39:58 | Resident Evil is a rabid zombie thriller that splatters on the screen with gruesome joy. Intense, loud and fast-paced, this is the best video game-turned-movie ever. |
| 245342 | Garth Franklin | Dark Horizons | Rotten | 2/5 | 2002-06-13T08:01:36.000Z | 2002-06-13 08:01:36 | One of the better shoot 'em up games in computing history comes to the big screen in a way that is not only near unrecognisable, but also one of the most disappointing adaptations of a game ever. |
| 245343 | Jonathan R. Perry | Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) | Rotten | 1/4 | 2002-06-10T18:52:30.000Z | 2002-06-10 18:52:30 | A dumb, mean-spirited movie based on a dumb, mean-spirited video game. |
| 245344 | Rich Cline | Shadows on the Wall | Rotten | 1/5 | 2002-05-02T08:01:22.000Z | 2002-05-02 08:01:22 | Loud, grisly, action-packed and profoundly un-scary. |
| 245345 | Mark Dujsik | Mark Reviews Movies | Rotten | 1/4 | 2002-04-24T08:01:25.000Z | 2002-04-24 08:01:25 | A zombie movie in every sense of the word--mindless, lifeless, meandering, loud, painful, obnoxious. |
| 245346 | Eugene Novikov | Film Blather | Fresh | B | 2002-04-23T19:22:36.000Z | 2002-04-23 19:22:36 | An exciting, frivolous ride through a vision of the future that may be bleaker than anything in Brazil. |
| 245347 | David Cornelius | eFilmCritic.com | Rotten | 1/5 | 2002-04-16T08:01:17.000Z | 2002-04-16 08:01:17 | [There's] nothing scary here except for some awful acting and lame special effects. |
| 245348 | Tor Thorsen | Reel.com | Fresh | 2.5/4 | 2002-04-13T08:01:05.000Z | 2002-04-13 08:01:05 | Resident Evil is a pastiche of clichés. But they're good clichés, borrowed from classics like 2001, Dawn of the Dead, and Alien, and recombined into a predictable-but-entertaining B-movie. |
| 245349 | Kevin A. Ranson | MovieCrypt.com | Fresh | 3/4 | 2002-04-12T08:16:02.000Z | 2002-04-12 08:16:02 | ... the current culmination of everything (Paul Anderson's) done to date... the results are pure cinematic fun. |
| 245350 | Michael Dequina | TheMovieReport.com | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2002-04-09T14:04:48.000Z | 2002-04-09 14:04:48 | The inherent limitations of using a video game as the source material movie are once again made all too clear in this schlocky horror/action hybrid. |
| 245351 | Daniel Eagan | Film Journal International | Rotten | — | 2002-03-26T08:01:26.000Z | 2002-03-26 08:01:26 | A by-the-numbers effort that won't do much to enhance the franchise. |
| 245352 | Carlo Cavagna | AboutFilm.com | Rotten | C- | 2002-03-24T11:43:07.000Z | 2002-03-24 11:43:07 | The film fails not because of Anderson's shortcomings as a director, though, but because of superficial writing. Sure, it's based on a videogame. That doesn't mean that the film also has to rely on a skeletal backstory and predictable character arcs. |
| 245353 | Tom Meek | Boston Phoenix | Fresh | — | 2002-03-24T08:01:24.000Z | 2002-03-24 08:01:24 | The film's modest and campy success hangs on the magnificent screen presence of Milla Jovovich, an angelic warrior clad in a red dinner dress and black combat boots, with piercing blue eyes. |
| 245354 | Edward Johnson-Ott | NUVO Newsweekly | Rotten | 1/5 | 2002-03-23T12:13:27.000Z | 2002-03-23 12:13:27 | The credits list the film as being "written and directed" by Paul W.S. Anderson. "Programmed by" would be a more accurate credit. |
| 245355 | Frank Ochieng | Movie Eye | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2002-03-23T08:01:16.000Z | 2002-03-23 08:01:16 | Just think that you could have sacrificed ten quarters to play Resident Evil the video game instead of coughing up ten bucks to witness the monotonous Resident Evil the movie. |
| 245356 | Shay Casey | Daily-Reviews | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2002-03-22T08:01:20.000Z | 2002-03-22 08:01:20 | I firmly believe that a good video game movie is going to show up soon. I also believe that Resident Evil is not it. |
| 245357 | Bryant Frazer | Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus | Rotten | C+ | 2002-03-20T08:01:28.000Z | 2002-03-20 08:01:28 | One thing's for sure-if George Romero had directed this movie, it wouldn't have taken the protagonists a full hour to determine that in order to kill a zombie you must shoot it in the head. |
| 245358 | Richard Roeper | Ebert & Roeper | Rotten | — | 2002-03-19T12:37:17.000Z | 2002-03-19 12:37:17 | It's completely pointless. |
| 245360 | Susan Stark | Detroit News | Rotten | 1/4 | 2002-03-19T08:01:11.000Z | 2002-03-19 08:01:11 | — |
| 245359 | James Kendrick | Q Network Film Desk | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2002-03-19T08:01:11.000Z | 2002-03-19 08:01:11 | essentially a futuristic Night of the Living Dead without the social commentary, pacing, or interesting characters |
| 245361 | Joe Leydon | San Francisco Examiner | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2002-03-18T08:01:15.000Z | 2002-03-18 08:01:15 | I feel qualified to report that the game itself is more exciting and, just as important, much cheaper to sample. |
| 245366 | Michael W. Phillips, Jr. | Goatdog's Movies | Rotten | 0.5/5 | 2002-03-17T08:01:12.000Z | 2002-03-17 08:01:12 | I would say that chaos ensues, but it started the minute the opening credits started to roll, so 'ensuing' is not very helpful. Chaos reigns. |
| 245365 | Brian Orndorf | Modamag.com | Fresh | 8/10 | 2002-03-17T08:01:12.000Z | 2002-03-17 08:01:12 | Just a good old fashioned time at the cinema, but check your brain at the door. |
| 245364 | Marc Savlov | Austin Chronicle | Fresh | 2.5/5 | 2002-03-17T08:01:12.000Z | 2002-03-17 08:01:12 | Is this the future of horror or just some bizarre fluke? Don't ask me, I'm having too much fun to care. |
| 245363 | MaryAnn Johanson | Flick Filosopher | Rotten | — | 2002-03-17T08:01:12.000Z | 2002-03-17 08:01:12 | *Yawn.* Here's another ridley- scott- alien movie. |
| 245362 | Tim Cogshell | Boxoffice Magazine | Rotten | 2/5 | 2002-03-17T08:01:12.000Z | 2002-03-17 08:01:12 | Devolves into the derivative, leaning on badly-rendered CGI effects. |
| 245367 | David Keyes | Cinemaphile.org | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2002-03-16T16:17:23.000Z | 2002-03-16 16:17:23 | ...nothing more than an endless festival of blood and gore, masquerading under the guise of a gritty modern science fiction fable. |
| 245368 | Laura Clifford | Reeling Reviews | Fresh | B- | 2002-03-16T15:25:52.000Z | 2002-03-16 15:25:52 | a thoroughly unoriginal, but fast-paced and entertaining genre B-flick |
| 245369 | Mike Clark | USA Today | Rotten | 2/4 | 2002-03-16T08:01:12.000Z | 2002-03-16 08:01:12 | An already thin story boils down to surviving invaders seeking an existent anti-virus. If only there were one for this kind of movie. |
| 245370 | Annette Cardwell | Filmcritic.com | Rotten | 2/5 | 2002-03-15T22:02:20.000Z | 2002-03-15 22:02:20 | While the Resident Evil games may have set new standards for thrills, suspense, and gore for video games, the movie really only succeeds in the third of these. |
| 245371 | Sean P. Means | Salt Lake Tribune | Rotten | 1/4 | 2002-03-15T20:28:21.000Z | 2002-03-15 20:28:21 | Director Paul W.S. Anderson's cinematic style can be summed up in two words: 'ooh' and 'ick.' |
| 245372 | Dustin Putman | TheFilmFile.com | Rotten | 1/4 | 2002-03-15T19:50:27.000Z | 2002-03-15 19:50:27 | Dumbed-down, lowest-common-denominator filmmaker with...no scares to be had. |
| 245373 | Joe Baltake | Sacramento Bee | Rotten | 2/4 | 2002-03-15T12:51:46.000Z | 2002-03-15 12:51:46 | Its characters are thinner than cardboard—or even comic-book paper. |
| 245374 | Richard Harrington | Washington Post | Rotten | 1.5/5 | 2002-03-15T11:54:59.000Z | 2002-03-15 11:54:59 | It all looks and plays like a $40 million version of a game you're more likely to enjoy on a computer. |
| 245375 | Peter Howell | Toronto Star | Rotten | 1/4 | 2002-03-15T11:38:50.000Z | 2002-03-15 11:38:50 | A derivative collection of horror and sci-fi cliches. |
| 245376 | Tom Sander | South Florida Sun-Sentinel | Fresh | 2.5/4 | 2002-03-15T11:33:37.000Z | 2002-03-15 11:33:37 | It's spooky, suspenseful and jump-out-of-your-seat scary. |
| 245377 | Melanie McFarland | Seattle Times | Fresh | 3/4 | 2002-03-15T11:29:25.000Z | 2002-03-15 11:29:25 | The best video-game-based movie so far. |
| 245378 | Jim Judy | Screen It! | Rotten | 2.5/10 | 2002-03-15T11:26:34.000Z | 2002-03-15 11:26:34 | The only noticeable Resident Evil on display here is the lack of creativity in the minds of the filmmakers. |
| 245379 | Mick LaSalle | San Francisco Chronicle | Fresh | 3/4 | 2002-03-15T11:19:37.000Z | 2002-03-15 11:19:37 | The action in Resident Evil is like watching demons from the repressed unconscious break loose and attack the ego. |
| 245380 | Charles Savage | Miami Herald | Rotten | — | 2002-03-15T11:08:13.000Z | 2002-03-15 11:08:13 | Such a bad movie that its luckiest viewers will be seated next to one of those ignorant pinheads who talk throughout the show. |
| 245381 | Drew McAnulty | Jam! Movies | Fresh | 3/5 | 2002-03-15T11:02:07.000Z | 2002-03-15 11:02:07 | If anyone could do justice to the hugely popular Resident Evil series ... it's Anderson. |
| 245382 | Louis B. Hobson | Jam! Movies | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2002-03-15T11:00:21.000Z | 2002-03-15 11:00:21 | Movies based on video games are shallow, obvious and one-dimensional. |
| 245383 | Bruce Kirkland | Jam! Movies | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2002-03-15T10:59:00.000Z | 2002-03-15 10:59:00 | Delivers a knockout punch for teens and/or game fans but may repulse or bore everybody else. |
| 245384 | Bruce Westbrook | Houston Chronicle | Fresh | B | 2002-03-15T10:57:18.000Z | 2002-03-15 10:57:18 | A fresh hybrid of zombie horror, high-tech sci-fi and butt-kicking thrill ride. |
| 245385 | Rick Groen | Globe and Mail | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2002-03-15T10:55:10.000Z | 2002-03-15 10:55:10 | Began life as a computer game, then morphed into a movie -- a bad one, of course. |
| 245386 | Bob Strauss | Los Angeles Daily News | Rotten | 2/4 | 2002-03-15T10:48:29.000Z | 2002-03-15 10:48:29 | Never having played it, all I saw on screen were a lot of ideas stolen from Aliens, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Alice in Wonderland, The Matrix and George Romero's Living Dead movies. |
| 245387 | Bill Pearis | Citysearch | Rotten | 2/4 | 2002-03-15T10:45:14.000Z | 2002-03-15 10:45:14 | Fans of the game and the genre will be disappointed with the lack of gore ... and everyone else will find what plot there is confusing and boring. |
| 245388 | Roger Ebert | Chicago Sun-Times | Rotten | 1/4 | 2002-03-15T10:44:01.000Z | 2002-03-15 10:44:01 | The movie is Dawn of the Dead crossed with John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars, with zombies not as ghoulish as the first and trains not as big as the second. |
| 245389 | Loren King | Boston Globe | Rotten | 1/4 | 2002-03-15T10:37:34.000Z | 2002-03-15 10:37:34 | A video game cum movie that substitutes shrieking decibel levels for a coherent plot and any resemblance to originality. |
| 245391 | John Patterson | L.A. Weekly | Rotten | — | 2002-03-15T08:01:19.000Z | 2002-03-15 08:01:19 | The interchangeable males all resemble Freddie Prinze Jr., and Anderson's direction is no less anemic, making one yearn for an Escape/Quit button that, sadly, doesn't exist in this medium. |
| 245390 | Noah Davis | Hollywood.com | Fresh | 3/5 | 2002-03-15T08:01:19.000Z | 2002-03-15 08:01:19 | Finally, a sit-on-the-edge-of-your-seat thriller that, though slightly by the numbers, made you jump on more than one occasion. |
| 245395 | Cynthia Fuchs | PopMatters | Fresh | — | 2002-03-15T08:01:18.000Z | 2002-03-15 08:01:18 | What saves it ... and makes it one of the better video-game-based flicks, is that the film acknowledges upfront that the plot makes no sense, such that the lack of linearity is the point of emotional and moral departure for protagonist Alice. |
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