Review by Bob Ignizio
Sometimes even a dumb movie can
tap into the spirit of the times. And when it comes to dumb movies, few have
been dumber than those in the RESIDENT
EVIL series. Don't get me wrong; I've enjoyed most of them, but they've
hardly been works of cinematic art. That said, both the games they are based on
and the films themselves have, from the get-go, had an anti-corporate,
anti-establishment subtext. And maybe it's just the swirl of current events
coloring my perceptions, but it seems as if RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER really plays that angle up.
How so? Well, one could very
easily sum up the plot as, "nasty women Alice (series star Milla Jovovich)
and Claire (Ali Larter) battle an evil patriarchy represented by the
(literally) twin forces of religious extremism and corporate greed, both played
by Iain Glen, and their armies of mindless zombie hordes. There's also an older
woman with ties to Alice who once represented a great hope for humanity as a
child, but later in life sold out to corporate interests.
Reading too much into it? Maybe.
But I paid my money to be entertained, and I find that interpretation very
entertaining at this moment in time.
