Resident Evil

Horror, Action

Milla Jovovich	Alice
James Purefoy	Spence Parks
Indra Ové
Colin Salmon	One
Eric Mabius	Matt Addison
Anna Bolt	Dr. Green
Martin Crewes	Chad Kaplan
Ryan McCluskey	Mr. Grey
Oscar Pearce	Mr. Red
Michelle Rodriguez	Rain Ocampo
Joseph May	Dr. Blue

Director	Paul W.S. Anderson
Producer	Paul W.S. Anderson; Paul Anderson
Writer	Paul W.S. Anderson
Cinematography	David Johnson
Musician	Marco Beltrami; Marilyn Manson

Marilyn Manson worked on the soundtrack, so it's no surprise that Resident Evil is best enjoyed by headbangers, goth guys, and PlayStation junkies. Like the interactive game it's based on, this horror hybrid pits a small band of SWAT-like commandos (including Milla Jovovich and Girlfight's Michelle Rodriguez) against a ravenous hoard of zombies, resulting in a gorefest that only sociopaths could love. The tenacious heroes are trapped inside the Hive--an underground complex where an evil corporation conducts illegal research with a deadly virus--and the zombies (reanimated corpses of sacrificed employees) are fodder for endless rounds of gunfire. It's utter nonsense (not unlike director Paul W.S. Anderson's previous Event Horizon), so your best defense is to wallow in it or avoid this trash altogether. A few cool sequences are borrowed from better films (that slice-and-dice laser is cribbed from the 1998 Canadian shocker Cube), but if you're in the mood for heavy-metal carnage, this movie's for you. --Jeff Shannon