Resident Evil: Retribution [Blu-ray] [2012]

Her name is Alice, she remembers everything. And now, just for a change, she has some zombies to fight...This is the fifth installment of Paul Anderson's  Resident Evil film franchise  and I am finding less and less to say about these films. The scenery, and the supporting characters change and Jovovich's heroine gets stronger and more agile, but in the end they are about causing maximum carnage amongst the ranks of the undead. Retribution's plot is unnecessarily involved and resembles a swiss cheese - suddenly the baddie Wesker (who seems to be doing a creditable  Max Headroom  impression and who I thought had bought the farm in the last episode???) is a sort of goodie, striving to save humanity from the nefarious Umbrella Corp (I thought he /was/ the Umbrella Corp?!) instead of making every effort to spoil things for us decent folk. Alice finds herself trying to escape from an underground facility, aided and abetted by the inconstant Mr Wesker and a Chinese lady by the name of Ada Wong who manages to kick some righteous ass despite the encubrance of a rather glam and entirely unexplained ballgown. Our hero finds herself chased by Jill Valentine, Carlos, Rain and One who have, themselves swapped sides for reasons various. Unfortunately this confusing plot requires Alice to spend a few minutes at the opening scene explaining to us all what has happened in all the previous movies. Then, during another scene, deep in Umbrella's lair, the action pauses conveniently so that Wesker can updated Jill yet further on stuff, via a live feed that the all-seeing, all-powerful, omni-present Umbrella Corp can't jam.None of that is time well spent in an action movie of this ilk, I'm afraid... This sort of a deal is a bit like your classic "Confessions of a TV Repairman" or "Beverly Hills Pool Cleaners 3" pron movie. The audience really isn't interested in the plot, the back-story. You watch a mucky video for one reason and one reason only (or at least one reason, several times, if you had the stamina) and there is no need to understand why the leading lady needs her sump cleaning or her antenna adjusting before the real action starts . The same can be said of this sort of film. Keep it simple and get down to the humping (or in this case, the killing) as quickly as possible - don't prolong the agony.Anyway, after all the yakking at the start, cue a high-ammo-expenditure-fuelled monster mayhem. The pink mist is sprayed with wild abandon, the sets give the film an authentic computer-game-level feel and there are plenty of stunt fights to showcase Alice's abilities. Yes, the film looks good. The acting is, as one might expect, average. It ain't gonna win an Academy or a BAFTA but it is at least a little better than it's most immediate predecessor which was looking tired and false.Plot - 0 stars.Look and action - 4 starsActing - 2 starsShameless setting up for yet another sequel - 6 starsGore - 5 stars

Fifth movie of the series. Very good action all the way, maybe a bit to much at times. Great characters back in this instalment for another round of zombie bashing! If you enjoyed the series so far you’ll enjoy this one, which is better than you may expect for a sequel to the original movie.

very good

This is one of the most previous of all the Resident Evil movies and probably the coolest and most stylish for its action quality. I like this episode because unlike all the other movies, even though I think they are all totally cool (particularly the second one) almost every single scene that takes place in this is all totally cool, action packaged and well-thought for a resident evil movie. Its true that in the other movies, mankind stands some chance at survival but now, in this one 'Resident Evil: Retribution' nearly all of mankind if not the whole thing is wiped out my the zombies and all of Umbrella corp's abominations in general, the whole world has been turned into a zombie and monster infested hell hole and the whole planet's situation and understanding in general is all about Umbrella Corp and its research program to create the ultimate abomination (and for god knows what reason, which I think is at the same time crazy but thats also what makes it so cool in terms of its awesome quality in a zombie slaying action.) In this episode of Resident Evil, the main character played by Milla Jovovich has to team up with some elite commandos, infiltrate one of Umbrella Corp's main company plants, undermine and take down its powerful, armed corporate forces and kill of a whole legion of gruesome monsters in doing so, all guns blazing throughout! Totally Awesome!Because Im such a fan of resident evil, anything to do with monster slaying action and this movie was so cool, I give this full marks and would recommend it to anyone who likes the same movie or games action genre.

I really enjoyed this film.

I was a little put off this film because of some of the reviews on here but i bought it anyway as i have seen, and own all the other Resident Evil films. I have just finished watching it and had to come straight on to leave a review because i thought it was amazing! Like people have said, it is full of action from word go. I thought i might not like that as i am not the worlds biggest fan of action films. This however was super cool. I note that someone said there is nothing to explain what happened to characters from past films. It does explain, in its own way granted. Yes most arent in it from the previous film, but does anyone really care? I wasnt bothered as i personally found the previous film really poor. That was my least favourite film of them all. Other characters from the first and second film are back in, not in ways you would expect. I think some viewers might not get the film and its format and thats probably why they left confusing (to me) reviews, saying that the film was terrible, didnt have a plot etc. Dont be put off by other reviews. Everyone has their own opinion so i say watch it and make your own mind up. I wish i had seen this at the cinema, it would have been unreal! 5 STARS