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Overview

User Rating:
6.3/10   60,169 votes
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Director:
Paul W.S. Anderson
Writer (WGA):
Paul W.S. Anderson (written by)
Contact:
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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
User Comments:
Finally, a video game adaption done right more (1086 total)

Cast

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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.
Runtime:
100 min
Country:
UK | Germany | France
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Even though they're everywhere, the word "zombie" is never spoken in this film. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The note writing to Alice by Spence is seen twice during the movie, however when he is seen writing the note the handwriting is completely different to the writing on the note seen at the beginning. more
Quotes:
[Rain and J.D. have just fought off a zombie]
J.D.: I shot her five times. How was she still standing?
Rain: Bitch isn't standing now.
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Movie Connections:
Edited into Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) more
Soundtrack:
Fist Fuck more

FAQ

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37 out of 62 people found the following comment useful.
Finally, a video game adaption done right, 8 October 2003
7/10
Author: Charles Herold (cherold) from United States

This movie means business. Quick disaster with a mystery to it, jarring deaths, naked Milla, all in the first few minutes. It keeps up the pace throughout. In terms of critical comments, yes, you don't really care about the characters, but so what? How often do you really care about the monster fodder in horror films? And true, it wasn't a literal working of the movie, it didn't take place in a mansion and it didn't involve exploring lots of rooms and solving puzzles. That's because it's a movie. A literal translation of Resident Evil would probably be really dull. Games and movies are very different mediums. I don't think some people here understand that. One guy said he thought the movie rocked but after repeated viewings he thought it sucked, and that's a video game player attitude - movies don't have to have good replay value, it's okay to enjoy them once. I only enjoyed Star Wars once, but I don't think it sucked, it just didn't have a lot of depth. Not every movie has to be Citizen Kane.

It was an engaging story, moved like lightning and had some excellent scares.

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