The 'Not-So-Critical' Critic:
on RESIDENT
EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER (2017, 106 minutes, R)
The Quick of It -
This one will be quick… for sure.
Packed with SPOILERS*** (sorta)…
*** And, here we go…
If you walked in wanting a Resident Evil movie, you get one. That simple. High paced action, great visual displays of a post apocalyptic
world with mounds of gore, and the corniest dialogue you will ever find. Was it the best of the franchise… no.
You’ve got the same returning characters facing off against bad guys
and crazy t-Virus monsters… blah… blah… blah…
But, the ‘monster fun’ doesn’t help much on the entertainment front
other than add to the typical Res Evil franchise… sorry for the spoiler, but
you should know.
The movie plays out like a video game, going from stage to
stage. Go figure. Like I said, quick and simple, unlike the
plot… a convoluted, meandering, hole-ridden plot.
THE FINAL CHAPTER was only survivable for me thanks in part to
watching it in a theater in 3D (which it didn’t really need to be) and having
the sound system full blast. The best
takeaway from this film was from one particular incident that happened in the
film and seemed a plot device at the time, which is then later brought up by
Alice in conversation. The rub is that
you never actually see it addressed by the end, when credits are rolling. I either totally missed it or they made a
horrible editing choice… and I’m not going back to check.
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