Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
2016 · Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson
Original language: English
- action
- horror
- science fiction
The story
Picking up immediately after the events in Resident Evil: Retribution, Alice is the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity's final stand against the undead. Now, she must return to where the nightmare began - The Hive in Raccoon City, where the Umbrella Corporation is gathering its forces for a final strike against the only remaining survivors of the apocalypse.
What it’s like
Hard-edged digital sheen throughout: saturated blues and sickly greens bleed through rain-slick corridors, smoke-filled sky and the sterile white labs of the Hive, with frequent slow push-ins and sweeping crane moves that give the set pieces a glossy, comic-book polish. Its sound is a thudding electronic score under gunfire, sirens and the wet snarl of the infected, with brief pockets of near silence in the underground tunnels. The vibe is slick, relentless and loud, a late-night action spectacle best suited to a Friday after work or a background-friendly stretch when you want momentum over mood. Pacing is brisk, nearly every scene pushing toward the next fight, and the emotional register stays tight and stoic, with a lone, hardened heroine who keeps moving forward through a world that has nothing left to lose. Intensity is high: frequent, stylised gunfire and dismemberment, zombie and mutant attacks with gore and visible wounds, and sustained peril, but little sexual content and no lingering cruelty. This is for viewers who want big, kinetic genre thrills, creature mayhem and a tough female lead, and who are not looking for anything gentle.
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