I've probably missed the boat on this one, but I had to voice my opinion.
As an avid fan of the games (found every secret, S grades for Res 2 and 3, even found Tofu in Res 2, all epilogues in Res 3) I was very dubious about watching this film.
Where do I start?
1. Milla Jovovich's character is called Alice (although her name isn't mentioned throughout) and as the song goes, "Who the f*ck is Alice?".
It's like making a film of Street Fighter and calling all the characters different names. Colonel Guy, M.Dyson, Ryon, Kevin, Chang Lu, Vigo etc. It doesn't work, does it?
2. Where are all the characters from the Game? The S.T.A.R.S members, Wesker, Barry, Chris, Jill etc.
3. The mansion appears for about 3 minutes, some of the most atmospheric/nauseating/tense/frightening scenes from the first game happened here.
4. What happened to Umbrellas impressive array of bio-weapons? The Hunter, the giant spiders, the skinned monkey creatures in the boiler room, the giant snake, the shark, even the Tyrant.
5. The licker was featured in the second game, not the first and it certainly didn't transform into a giant mutant lion-like creature. Perhaps I'm being slightly anal, but the first film should reflect the first game in the series, not a mixture of 1 and 2.
6. The office building below the mansion is populated by generic office workers, rather than security guards, medics, scientists and elite members of Umbrella.
7. The zombies are far too fresh. What happened to the acid vomiting, the rotting flesh, the exploding heads, and of course "Itchy, Tasty".
8. Red Queen? Where did that idea come from?
The film reminded me of a poorly acted CD-ROM game from about 5 or 6 years ago. I was expecting options to appear on the screen asking where I wanted to explore next.
Basically they should have made the director play the first game ONLY (not 2, 3 or Code Veronica etc), until he had completed it in less than 2 hours with and A grade. Then and only then would he have a true understanding of the themes, characters, and more importantly the storyline of the first game. There is more than enough material from the first game alone to come up with a decent screenplay.
I probably sound like I'm fifteen after reading this rather quick rant. I can assure you if I had more time I would write a thesis explaining where they went wrong.
I think they should ignore that this film ever existed, assemble a cast and crew, more importantly a director who truly understands the world of Resident Evil, and make the film properly.
It's another Street Fighter:The Movie. Let's completely ignore the game, come up with our own story, aim it at a much younger audience to achieve maximum exposure, completely miscast actors, disappoint every fan of the game and make them wish for permanent blindness.
I could go on for much longer, but would only embarrass myself.
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