Why Resident Evil: Extinction is a bad movie (movie review)

This weekend is a great weekend for movies. All kinds of Oscar possibilities unleashed themselves upon audiences (at least in the Seattle area), including The Hunting Party, Across the Universe, Eastern Promises and In the Valley of Elah... So why in hell did I go and watch Resident Evil: Extinction?

I'll admit I was looking forward to this second sequel to the popular Resident Evil franchise. Neither the first or second films were particularly great, but they had enough action and mayhem to be entertaining enough. The third had promise: it returns Milla Jovovich to the role of Alice, who has now taken to wandering the ravaged Earth alone. The Earth is now a desert wasteland, not unlike in Mad Max, but amidst the walking dead, the Umbrella Corporation is still searching for Alice with hopes that her blood could cure the world. It's a neat concept, and I liked the direction the film had taken, but...

Resident Evil: Extinction is one of the worst movies of the year.

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Friday Box Office Numbers: Resident Evil wins, of course

Resident Evil will easily win the weekend as it took in $8.8 million on Friday; Good Luck Chuck came in second with $4.4 million; Eastern Promises, unfortunately, made only $1.9, though for a David Cronenberg film I guess it could be worse...

Thankfully, Sydney White earned only $1.75 million. Here's the full list, courtesy of Box Office Psychics:

1. Resident Evil: Extinction (Sony) – $8.8M
2. Good Luck Chuck (Lionsgate) - $4.4M
3. The Brave One (Warner Bros) – $2.3M
4. Eastern Promises (Focus Features) – $1.9M
5. 3:10 to Yuma (Lionsgate) - $1.8M
6. Sydney White (Universal) - $1.75M
7. Mr. Woodcock (New Line) – $1.45M
8. Superbad (Sony) - $850,000
9. The Bourne Ultimatum (Universal) - $810,000
10. Across the Universe (Universal) - $570,000
*In the Valley of Elah (Warner Independent) - $270,000
*The Hunting Party (MGM/Weinstein) - $166,000