Here's the plot: The Umbrella Corporation, a huge corporation that has there hands in just about every market from home products to bio-weapons, has been infiltrated and the T-virus has been stolen. In the theft the virus is introduced into the underground facility called "the Hive." The computer system sees the threat of infection and closes down the entire facility killing everyone inside. The only problem is that the workers didn't stay dead. Of course, the Umbrella Corporation wants to know what happened and decide to reopen the Hive and figure out what happened. Let the carnage begin!
This is not your typical zombie movie. Sure the dead arise to eat the flesh of the living because of a mutated virus, but there are other creatures involved as well. Apparently dogs are infected as easily as humans, though they look a lot rougher, probably because they chewed their way out of their cages and ripped their flesh up pretty bad in the process. There are also the bio-engineered creatures that the Umbrella Corporation made during their experimentation using the T-virus that used to be human. These seem more part of the video game influence, which is fine since Resident Evil is based off of a video game.
One of the great elements of this movie is the fact that the group is trapped underground. There is always a feel of claustrophobia throughout the entire movie. Even if you can keep from being eaten by zombies where are you going to go? I really enjoyed watching the movie. I have seen it about 5 or 6 times and it never ceases to entertain me.
Join us next week when we continue the Resident Evil saga review with Resident Evil: Apocalypse, the second installment of the 4 1/2 movie strong franchise. If you have a movie that you would like to suggest to me please feel free to leave a comment or email me at zombiebedlam@gmail.com I love to answer questions too so send them my way.
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This one is definitely the best of the series
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