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Resident Evil (2002) -- A special military unit fights a powerful, out-of-control supercomputer and hundreds of scientists who have mutated into flesh-eating creatures after a laboratory accident.
Resident Evil (2002) -- A special military unit fights a powerful, out-of-control supercomputer and hundreds of scientists who have mutated into flesh-eating creatures after a laboratory accident.
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Overview

User Rating:
6.3/10   60,608 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Paul W.S. Anderson (written by)
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Release Date:
15 March 2002 (USA) more
Tagline:
A secret experiment. A deadly virus. A fatal mistake. more
Plot:
A special military unit fights a powerful, out-of-control supercomputer and hundreds of scientists who have mutated into flesh-eating creatures after a laboratory accident. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
4 nominations more
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(755 articles)
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 (From The Guardian - Film News. 28 November 2009, 4:07 PM, PST)

'Resident Evil: Afterlife' Behind-the-Scenes Videos
 (From FEARnet. 27 November 2009, 7:34 AM, PST)

User Comments:
"I've been a bad, bad girl" more (1086 total)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Resident Evil (France) (Germany)
Resident Evil the Movie (USA) (working title)
Resident Evil: Ground Zero (USA) (working title)
El huésped maldito (Argentina) (video title) (Colombia) [es]
Ölümcül deney (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
A kaptár (Hungary) [hu]
Biohazard (Japan: English title) [en]
Resident Evil (Spain) [es]
Resident Evil (Croatia) [hr]
Resident Evil (Greece) [el]
Resident Evil - Genesis (Switzerland: German title) (Pay-TV title) [de]
Resident Evil - O Hóspede Maldito (Brazil) [pt]
Resident evil - Domena zla (Poland) (Pay-TV title) [pl]
Resident evil - El huésped maldito (Venezuela) [es]
Resident evil: Experiment fatal (Romania) [ro]
Resident evil: Les créatures maléfiques (Canada: French title) [fr]
Resident evil: Les esprits maléfiques (Canada: French title) (TV title) [fr]
Unbeatable Evil (Russia) (bootleg title) [ru]
Underground of the Living Dead (Italy) [it]
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong sci-fi/horror violence, language and sexuality/nudity.
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100 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
To help him achieve the underground look of the film, set designer Richard Bridgland visited nuclear bunkers in the UK and in Europe. more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Alice shoots the dogs in the kennel, the gunshots are silenced but there is no silencer on the gun. more
Quotes:
Alice: I'm not sure I want to remember what went on down here.
James "One" Shade: I don't blame you.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse (2007) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Wall of Death more

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Did Red Queen kill everyone in the Hive and the T-Virus turned them into zombies or did Red Queen knock them out with the gas and the T-Virus turned them into zombies?
Why don't the zombies eat other zombies?
How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?
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23 out of 36 people found the following comment useful.
"I've been a bad, bad girl", 7 September 2007
7/10
Author: Kristine (kristinedrama14@msn.com) from Chicago, Illinois

Recently I saw the theatrical trailer for Resident Evil: Extinction and it occurred to me, I have never seen the first two Resident Evil films, and I always wanted to see them. So I rented the first two Resident Evil films and watched them last night. I had a lot of fun watching Resident Evil, it was very high action and kept my heart racing on what would happen next. This is a great movie based on a video game, this is the kind of movie that we need if we are talking about basing it on a video game. I haven't seen a good one since Mortal Kombat. The action and effects were so awesome not to mention that there are some very awesome scares in here. Very cool make up for the zombies; and the story was excellent.

A virus breaks out in a lab called the Hive where everyone is held in captivity and dies. All of a sudden we see a woman passed out in a shower, she has no idea who she is, she meets two other men who have no idea who they are, but they are taken by soldiers who take them underground to the Hive. There the three learn that they are fighters for this out break and that also they might be part of what happened. The main thing is that they control the Hive, but that gets more difficult when the virus has turned the people it killed into the living dead, zombies. The woman, Alice, turns into the leader and must find out why this happened and also how they can get out alive without contaminating the world.

Resident Evil was an awesome movie to watch and I would highly recommend this movie for anyone who loves action movies. If you loved Mortal Kombat I'm sure you'll love Resident Evil. There are so many great scenes, but my favorite was when Alice saw the evil dogs and they chased her throughout the lab, it was really scary but so awesome to watch. Well, you'll just have to see what I mean. Milla Jovovich was just a perfect choice for Alice, she is such a cool character and now I'm really looking forward to seeing Extinction.

7/10

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