Resident Evil: Apocalypse

Theatrical Release Date: 2004 09 10 (USA)

UPC: 043396037953

Studio: Columbia TriStar

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Violence, Brief Nudity, Profanity]

Summary: One of the only survivors of a man-made plague joins forces with a team of private warriors in a bid to save what's left of the Earth in this sequel to Resident Evil, the big-screen adaptation of the popular video game. Picking up where the first film left off, Resident Evil: Apocalypse finds Alice (Milla Jovovich) still battling the living dead who are overtaking Raccoon City, inoculated with an anti-virus by the nefarious and all-powerful Umbrella Corporation (in addition to the virus itself). Alice encounters Jill Valentine (Sienna Guillory), a former member of Umbrella's internal defense team. Forming an alliance with mercenary-for-hire Carlos Oliviera (Oded Fehr) and his cohorts, this tiny band of survivors seeks out Dr. Charles Ashford (Jared Harris), Umbrella's top scientist and one of the only men with the know-how to find a solution to the zombie menace; however, they discover that Ashford's cooperation comes with a price -- the scientist's daughter, Angie (Sophie Vavasseur), is missing, and he'll help Alice and her partners only if Angie is returned to him safe and sound. Resident Evil: Apocalypse was the first solo directorial credit for Alexander Witt, who previously distinguished himself as a cinematographer and second-unit director. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Horror

Awards: Best Sound – Genie Awards Best Sound – Genie Awards Best Sound – Genie Awards Best Sound Editing – Genie Awards Best Sound Editing – Genie Awards Best Sound Editing – Genie Awards Best Sound Editing – Genie Awards Best Sound Editing – Genie Awards Best Sound Editing – Genie Awards

Features: ccFeature Disc: Filmmaker commentary with director Alexander Witt, producer Jeremy Bolt and executive producer Robert Kulzer
Cast commentary with Milla Jovovich, Oded Fehr, and Sienna Guillory
Writer & producer commentary with writer/producer Paul W.S. Anderson and producer Jeremy Bolt
Previews
Bonus disc: 20 deleted scenes
Cast outtakes
Game Over: Resident Evil Reanimated - a six-part making-of Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Corporate Malfeasance: featurette on the real world similarities to the Umbrella Corporation
Game Babes: featurette on the emergence of female action stars in film
Symphony of Evil: Featurette on the special effects used in the film
Poster gallery: a collection from the finalists of the online poster design contest

Resident Evil: Apocalypse

Format: DVD

Release Date: 12/28/2004

Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 2.40:1, 1.33:1 Pre-1954 Standard

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 94 Minutes

Sides: 2

Number of Discs: 2

Language(s) English

Subtitles: English

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 -- Feature Disc
1. Start
2. Girls With Guns
3. "Seal the Gates."
4. Someone Left Alive
5. No Sanctuary
6. Boxed In
7. A New Kind of Alice
8. Cemetery
9. Nemesis Program
10. Targets Acquired
11. The Deal of Their Lives
12. Alice vs. Nemesis
13. A Promise Kept
14. Children
15. Dogs
16. Antivirus
17. Father & Daughter
18. Rendezvous
19. "We've Been Expecting You."
20. Alice vs. Nemesis II
21. Evolution
22. "Drop Your Weapon and Surrender."
23. Taking Out the Trash
24. Apocalypse
25. Shocking Images
26. Through the Looking Glass
27. "I Remember Everything."
28. Alice Activated
1. Start
2. Girls With Guns
3. "Seal the Gates."
4. Someone Left Alive
5. No Sanctuary
6. Boxed In
7. A New Kind of Alice
8. Cemetery
9. Nemesis Program
10. Targets Acquired
11. The Deal of Their Lives
12. Alice vs. Nemesis
13. A Promise Kept
14. Children
15. Dogs
16. Antivirus
17. Father & Daughter
18. Rendezvous
19. "We've Been Expecting You."
20. Alice vs. Nemesis II
21. Evolution
22. "Drop Your Weapon and Surrender."
23. Taking Out the Trash
24. Apocalypse
25. Shocking Images
26. Through the Looking Glass
27. "I Remember Everything."
28. Alice Activated

Jeremy Wheeler

To put it simply, Resident Evil: Apocalypse feels like it dove off the stupid bridge on the way to the big screen. It's loud and hokey, with not a brain in its head, which should please the cheese-lovers in the crowd but anger the more civilized moviegoers out there. The sequel picks up where the first one left off, though this time it's Alexander Witt behind the camera instead of the genre's heavily hated Paul W.S. Anderson (who returned to his script duties here). The result is a hodge-podge of style gone wrong, with blurry effects made to "heighten" the zombie horror that only make the viewer disoriented and confused. This cheap technique continues with each and every action scene, as the filmmakers bypass cohesive action in favor of impossible-to-follow editing techniques. On the plus side, it does feature a main baddie with a ridiculous rubber mask and, yes, scrumptious star Milla Jovovich does go one on one with this laughable creation in a fistfight that's every bit as ludicrous as it sounds. Filled with accents galore (another Anderson staple), the cast spouts out schlocky dialogue either in their own mixed-up tongue or with an accent they're desperately trying to hide -- either way, it's just another delicious piece of the puzzle in this guilty-pleasured train wreck. Throw in a bootleg Newt character ripped straight from Aliens along with more than a few lifted lines from that and other well-known genre projects, and Resident Evil 2 is quite possibly too familiar with its predecessors, but then again, what should one expect? In a movie where the star runs down the side of a building as if she were wearing magnetic boots and a villain whose main weaponry is a rocket launcher, it's obvious that this sequel is shooting straight for the stereotypical gamer crowd that could care less about any of the above, just as long as the explosions are big and the females are hot -- which funny enough, really wasn't what made the game series so great to begin with. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Megan Fahlenbock  Actor 
Chris Marren  Actor 
Geoffrey Pounsett  Actor 
Alex Courey  Actor 
Christopher Weedon  Actor 
Michy Gustavia  Actor 
Annabel Chu  Actor 
Garry Geddes  Actor 
Matt Addison  Actor 
Tim Burd  Actor 
Jim Codrington  Actor 
Gregory White  Actor 
Geny Walters  Actor 
Catherine Burdon  Actor 
Deborah Valente  Actor 
Jeffrey Weedon  Actor 
Torquil Colbo  Actor 
Brian King  Actor 
Ed Fielding  Actor 
Jo Chim  Actor 
Jazz Mann  Actor 
Kelly Fiddick  Actor 
Ron Benjamin  Actor 
Sava Drayton  Actor 
Richard Harte  Actor 
Tom Gerhardt  Actor 
Heather Braaten  Actor 
Janessa Crimi  Actor 
Simone-Elise Girard  Actor 
Roman Podhora  Actor 
Sandi Stahlbrand  Actor 
Kevin Hare  Actor 
Martin Martinuzzi  Actor 
Aaron Abrams  Actor 
Ricardo Betancourt  Actor 
Jeff White  Actor 
Ana Danilina  Actor 
Eric Morgan  Actor 
Sharon Moore  Actor 
Iain Glen  Actor 
Zack Ward  Actor 
Shaun Austin-Olsen  Actor 
Larissa Gomes  Actor 
Derek Aasland  Actor 
Dean Copkov  Actor 
John Detoro  Actor 
Derek Asland  Actor 
Shane Mackinnon  Actor 
Joey Jefferson  Actor 
Dionne Renee  Actor 
Joanna Moore  Actor 
Stephen Paul Hart  Actor 
Pierre Henry  Actor 
Billy Khoury  Actor 
Frank Chiesurin  Actor 
Stefan Hayes  Actor 
Nicole Ann St. Hill  Actor 
Richard Harte  Actor 
Venice Grant  Actor 
Joey Beck  Actor 
Dan Ellery  Actor 
Chris Benson  Actor 
Robert Morelli  Actor 
Dave Nichols  Actor 
Kevin Hare  Actor 
Amber Marshall  Actor 
Billy Parrott  Actor 
Heather Dick  Actor 
Rebecca Sims  Actor 
Malcolm Xerxes  Actor 
Melanie Tonello  Actor 
Peter C. Wylde  Actor 
Rob Hall  Actor 
Eric Mabius  Actor 
Ted Ludzik  Actor 
Brad Borbridge  Actor 
Michelle Latimer  Actor 
Natalie Charles  Actor 
Ingrid Johansson  Actor 
Gene Pyrz  Actor 
Bobby Prochaska  Actor 
Paul W.S. Anderson  Producer 
Paul W.S. Anderson  Screenwriter 
Don Carmody  Producer 
Jeff Danna  Composer (Music Score) 
Bernd Eichinger  Executive Producer 
Samuel Hadida  Executive Producer 
Alexander Witt  Director 
Victor Hadida  Executive Producer 
Jeremy Bolt  Producer 
Robert Kulzer  Executive Producer 
Milla Jovovich  Actor 
Sienna Guillory  Actor 
Oded Fehr  Actor 
Thomas Kretschmann  Actor 
Sophie Vavasseur  Actor 
Razaaq Adoti  Actor 
Jared Harris  Actor 
Mike Epps  Actor 
Sandrine Holt  Actor 
Matthew Taylor  Actor 

Country: USA