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Resident Evil Extinction

Obviously aimed at the male 18-33 zombie movie fan, Resident Evil: Extinction features a cast of 1) tough dudes, 2) hot babes and 3) zombies. That of course doesn’t include the “final boss.” After all, the Resident Evil series of movies is based on a video game series of the same name. Expecting it to be anything other than adolescent would border on delusional.

Did I mention birds? Yes, they use a page out of the old classic by Alfred Hitchcock “The Birds.” Flocks of zombie birds killing people by pecking out their eyes is always exciting. Besides that, the movie contains the kind of T and A you would expect from Milla Jovovich. If she’s been in another type of movie, I’m certainly unaware of it.

Given it’s quite expected limitations, Resident Evil: Extinction was watchable, if you like hot babes and zombie movies. Besides the plot and the dialog, the only real lameness comes when the movie tries to depict a post apocalyptic Las Vegas, overtaken by the desert. It’s obviously a slapped together model.

Valkyrie

Tom Cruise with an eye patch. Nazis trying to kill Hitler. What is not to love about this movie? Tom Cruise with an eye patch. Nazis trying to kill Hitler. Tom Cruise can be a great actor. “Interview With a Vampire” is a great example. When playing a tough-guy Nazi, however, his annoying scientoligist arrogance takes over, and his uber-assertiveness leaves no room for anything else. He is a Nazi, after all, yet his apparent lack of compassion or sensitivity makes it difficult to believe his character is driven by remorse for Nazi atrocities.

This movie was supposedly based on a true story. The plot would have us believe that there was widespread German resistance to Hitler’s Nazi Germany based on their crimes against humanity. Forget that it only appeared after Normandy, when it was apparent they were going to lose the war. Maybe being invaded and facing a suicidal fight to the death was more incentive to turn against Hitler than anything else. I don’t know – I’m not a historian. I’m just a movie view who didn’t buy it.