Role: Alice
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Written by: Paul W. S. Anderson
Film locations: United Kingdom, Canada, United States, Germany
Running time: 94 min
Budget: $45 million
Budget: $147,717,833
Additional Cast: Oded Fehr, Ali Larter, Iain Glen and other
Synopsis
The third and final installment of the $100 million Resident Evil hits, Resident Evil: Extinction is again based on the wildly popular video game series and picks up where the last film left off. Alice (Milla Jovovich), now in hiding in the Nevada desert, once again joins forces with Carlos Olivera (Oded Fehr) and L.J. (Mike Epps), along with new survivors Claire (Ali Larter), K-Mart (Spencer Locke) and Nurse Betty (Ashanti) to try to eliminate the deadly virus that threatens to make every human being undead… and to seek justice. Since being captured by the Umbrella Corporation, Alice has been subjected to biogenic experimentation and becomes genetically altered, with super-human strengths, senses and dexterity. These skills, and more, will be needed if anyone is to remain alive.
Other sayngs
Frank Scheck says that as the film is:
“fast-paved and filled with brisk action sequences”, it should “reasonably satisify the devotees.”
Maitland McDonagh of TV Guide gave the film a score of two and a half stars out of four, saying:
“Equal parts Mad Max and Day of the Dead, [Extinction] is no less derivative than its predecessors but moves along at a brisk clip.”
Paul W.S. Anderson talked to MTV about the possibility of a sequel to Resident Evil: Extinction (June 30, 2008):
“I’m just starting to talk to Sony about it. I don’t even know if anything will come of it, but there’s a possibility it might happen. I love the Resident Evil franchise and we always try to make the best possible movie we can. If we could find a good Resident Evil 4 to make, then we would do it. But I wouldn’t just do it for the sake of it, that’s for sure.”
Production
Resident Evil: Extinction was first discussed by Resident Evil franchise writer Paul W. S. Anderson after Resident Evil: Apocalypse opened at number 1 on the US box office in 2004, earning more than $23.7 million dollars on its opening weekend. Anderson told SciFi Wire that he would like to oversee a third installment, under the original title of Resident Evil: Afterlife. Shortly after, the film and another planned sequel were officially announced by Sony Screen Gems on June 13, 2005.
On November 7, 2005, Davis Film, Constantin Film and Screen Gems announced their distribution rights worldwide with the film’s title being changed from Resident Evil: Afterlife to Resident Evil: Extinction. Impressed with Russell Mulcahy’s work on Highlander, Highlander II: The Quickening, The Shadow and Ricochet, Anderson signed Mulcahy on as director, stating, “Russell pioneered a very distinct visual style, a lot of moving camera and crane work, lots of very fast cutting. He’s got a very cool eye and sees great ways to shoot. His work certainly had a big influence on me as a filmmaker and that’s why I was very excited to work with him on this movie.”