The movie is a huge mess, and ridiculous.

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Originally posted by rkeaveney:

The movie is a huge mess, and ridiculous.

Ryan

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What were you expecting?

Clayton

Sure, it's all junk food, but some of the eye candy in it, especially that of Milla Jovavich, is admittedly tasty. For every lame slow-motion shot of zombies mulling about, there's Milla Jovavich on a motorcycle crashing through the stained glass window of a church--a scene which brings back memories of a similar set piece in a movie theater from the Dario Argento-produced "Demons," which this film seems very similar to in its haphazard celebration of blood, zombies, 2d characters, and a plot that plays out like a surrealist writer cutting up a mediocre screenplay and pasting it back at random.

But at least Resident Evil has an excuse--it's based on a video game. Jeff Danna does his best to play along as composer and his effort is admirable if not exactly memorable. In the film, it sounds like a wash of brooding electronics with occasional short orchestral flourishes. During a climatic moment, as a rocket flies over the city, the underscore starts to gain a Goldenthal momentum but is cut short. Perhaps on album, there will be fuller versions of cues such as this, and if so, the score will probably play much better outside of the film.

Danna doesn't exactly come to the rescue but rather realizes that this film, no matter the box office, is a huge bomb and scores the explosion. Man, is it awful, but for that very reason, it's awfully fun.