I've been a fan of the Resident Evil films. I think I watched the first two at the cinema, but I've sort of forgotten about them more recently. So I hadn't seen the last two. But Extinction is sweet. Everything you really ask for in a zombie movie and a road warrior movie. And Milla Jovovich is actually super cool. Perhaps there is something interesting in watching a woman have to invent her action hero character from scratch, rather than watch some man emulate the thousand action heros from whom he's inherited the job.
I liked the look of Extinction a lot. I liked a lot of the understated realism. I liked the old zombies. I liked the new zombies. I liked the bad guy. The sets were great. The script was totally fine, which is a spectacular effort for the genre.
I can't understand my obsession with zombie movies. There is no other genre that motivates my film watching so much and I don't feel like I've ever seen a bad zombie movie (which is clearly absurd). I will try to get Apocalypse this week for sure.
I understand obsession with zombie movies (not to mention zombie games, books, art and pretty much any other thing with zombies). May I suggest regular visits to my site might help you understand your own longings? Or at least suggest some good stuff to watch you might have not seen yet?
The Inevitable Zombie Apocalypse / 9:25am / 19 May 2009