The Resident Evil francise isn't dead yet with the return of Alice once again in "Resident Evil:Afterlife." Is anyone else a bit excited? I know I am. I saw the first Resident Evil when I was 19 (about a viruse which had gone off in a secret underground governent facility that turns everyone into flesh eating zombies) and have been in love with the series ever since (even though I didn't care much for number two, but at least it introduced Jill Valentine). Paul W.S Anderson, being a fan of the genre and giving us the hugely popular Mortal Kombat movie, knew he had the power to bring this franchise from video game to the silver screen. What appeared was 90 minutes of heart pounding action, gore and a few scares (admit it you jumped). The world was also introduced to one kick ass heroin Alice (played by Mille Jovavich) who brought the action to the extreme in number two and three. Two to me was lame. It missed all the ingredients that made the first one so popular. It lost the plot in my mind. The scares were not there, the gore did not exist and the directing was pretty bad, (as in it looked real cheap). But it did bring some cool characters including Jill Valentine who was up there in the bad ass stakes with Alice. I kinda block this movie out and wish that it didn't exist, but that would just make me be living in denial, it does exist and I have to just except that. Number three restored my faith in the series as it brought back the scare factor, the gore and some crazy action scenes (the birds scene has to be seen to be belived). It also brought to the attention another female heroin Claire Redfield the leader of a group of people trying to survive in this virus plauged world. Now onto number four and its time to bring down the big guys. What has got me so excited about this one? Everyone is coming back. The original director and writer (and Milla's husband) Paul W.S Anderson, Jill Valentine(Sienna Guillory), Claire Redfield (Ali Larter, please never do another movie with Beyonce) and the introduction of Claire's brother Chris (played by Wentworth Miller, Prison Break). What has got me the most excited about this one is it has been shot completly in the same 3D technology as James Cameron invented for "Avatar" (and we all know how amazing that looked). This time the group are lead to believe that humanity has survived in Los Angles only to discover that it is a trap. Not much more information is given but I feel this could be the most exciting one yet. I've seen the trailors now numerous times, and am having a hard time waiting till 7 October when it hits the cinemas to see the if the francise can still hold strong or if its time to pack up your guns Milla and find a new series to take on.
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