Resident Evil [Blu-ray]

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson, Milla Jovovich, Eric Mabius, Michelle Rodriguez, Pasquale Aleardi, Martin Crewes

Overview

The director of Mortal Kombat (1995) adapts another popular video game for the big screen with this gory action thriller. Milla Jovovich and Michelle Rodriguez star as Alice and Rain, two members of a commando team assigned to infiltrate the Hive, an underground research laboratory owned by the faceless conglomerate known as the Umbrella Corporation. A bio-engineered virus has been released into the maze-like Hive, turning the facility's employees into mindless, flesh-eating zombies. A single scratch or bite from one of these rampaging ghouls dooms its victim, so the commandos have their work cut out for them as they attempt to reach the Red Queen, the lab's supercomputer -- and their sole hope of halting the spread of the contagion. Before they can complete their mission, however, the soldiers must overcome a variety of deadly obstacles, including mutant dogs, lasers, and a genetically altered beast known as The Licker, whose strength increases with every victim it slays. Alice and Rain also discover that the release of the virus may not have been an accident, and that a cure may exist somewhere in the deadly Hive. Resident Evil co-stars Eric Mabius, James Purefoy, Martin Crewes, and Colin Salmon.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/01/2008
UPC:	0043396212275
Original Release:	2002
Rating:	R
Source:	Sony Pictures
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:40:00
Sales rank:	41,686

Special Features

Alternate ending with Paul W.S. Anderson's video introduction; Cast and filmmaker's commentary; Visual effects commentary; 12 featurettes; "My Plague" music video by Slipknot; Blu-Wizard 2.0 feature

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Milla Jovovich	Alice/Janus Prospero
Michelle Rodriguez	Rain Ocampo
Eric Mabius	Matt Addison
James Purefoy	Spencer Parks
Martin Crewes	Chad Kaplan
Pasquale Aleardi	J.D. Salinas
Colin Salmon	James Shade
Heike Makatsch	Dr. Lisa Addison
Liz May Brice	Medic
Jaymes Butler	Clarence
Stephen Billington	Mr. White
Anna Bolt	Dr. Green,Zombie
Joseph May	Dr. Blue
Fiona Glascott	Ms. Gold
Oscar Pearce	Mr. Red
Ryan McCluskey	Mr. Grey
Robert Tannion	Dr. Brown
Marc Logan-Black	Commando 2
Michaela Dicker	Red Queen
Torsten Jerabek	Commando 1
Indra Ov?	Mr. Black
Jamie Harding	Mail Boy
Marisol Nichols	Actor
Bridge Markland	Actor
Marco Beltrami	Composer
Marilyn Manson	Composer
Clint Mansell	Composer

Technical Credits

Paul W.S. Anderson

Alan B. McElroy

Paul W.S. Anderson	Screenwriter,Producer
Jeremy Bolt	Producer
Bernd Eichinger	Producer
Samuel Hadida	Producer,Executive Producer,Producer
Gerd Feuchter	Special Effects
Daniel Kletzky	Executive Producer
Robert Kulzer	Executive Producer,Producer
Yoshiki Okamoto	Executive Producer,Producer
Robyn Ray	Casting
Suzanne M. Smith	Casting
Richard Yuricich	Special Effects
Alan B. McElroy	Screenwriter
Roland Winke	Sound/Sound Designer
Marco Raab	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Big scares, bigger action, and state-of-the-art visual effects help bring Resident Evil from the game console to the big screen in this frenetic and somewhat faithful adaptation. The story is set in a high-tech security compound, where dubious research has produced a virus that causes its dead hosts to walk and eat flesh. With the area under lockdown, a select group of soldiers and employees (including Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, and Eric Mabius) must eliminate the problem -- that is, before the problem eats them. As an amnesiac operative unsure of her motivations, Jovovich revisits the Fifth Element persona with predictably sexy results. Rodriguez, as a scrappy soldier, brings new force to her trademark scowl. Their most memorable costars, which include a legion of ravenous undead and the mutant Licker, are the result of great special effects, both of the makeup and digital varieties. In his second video game adaptation, Mortal Kombat director Paul Anderson bares his scaremonger chops, balancing the gory action with tense, white-knuckle setups and old-fashioned seat-jumping fright. The DVD features audio commentary with the cast and filmmakers, various making-of featurettes, and more.