Resident Evil: Retribution Review

Justin and I saw Resident Evil: Retribution on September 15, 2012. We both thought this was an awesome movie!!! Before I get into discussing this, I have to point out that I love that all of the main characters are female characters, and they're all strong characters. It's really cool to see honestly. We need a female version of the Expendables. We follow the battle of Alice played by Milla Jovovivh against the Umbrella Corporation. I thought it was great that Alice did an introduction before the movie starts explaining what happened in all of the other movies prior to this one. It helped to establish background information for people that might not be familiar with the video game or the previous movies. We get different scenarios playing out in Alice's life...or so we think it is Alice. The trailer illustrates that Alice is now happily married with a daughter and living in a suburbia. The movie took this in another direction and everything is basically a simulation. Alice is battling Jill Valentine (played by Sienna Guillory), Albert Wesker, and The Red Queen. This whole movie basically takes place within the Umbrella complex amidst different training scenarios which Justin and I loved. They go through New York City, which is one of the best action sequences I've ever seen, Moscow, and an Arctic environment. Amazing scenes!! They also introduced us to a new character in Ada Wong played by Bing Bing Li, who looked amazing in the red dress, and she also has great fighting skills. The whole thing about Umbrella is it is a testing facility and they inject subjects with the T-virus which increases strength and agility. They established the point that each scenario uses cloned subjects, even showing an assembly line similar to Terminator to illustrate this.It also has great healing powers. My favorite part of this movie was Michelle Rodriguez's Rain character. Rodriguez had two very diferent characters-one the bad ass action star we're used to seeing, and the vegan, gun control version which worked really well. The action is non-stop in this. The fights were intense and created a pulse pounding energy that kept you on the edge of your seat. Jill Valentine's memory is restored, as this was something Alice had been attempting to do. Rain went ballistic on everybody, including stopping a guy's heart, and basically dominating inferior male characters. Jill almost takes out Alice during their battle prior to her memory being restored-really intense. Rain actually does defeat Alice which I cheered, but I knew something was going to happen to Rain, and they creatively took her out. The ending set up a sequel with a unit prepared to stop Umbrella. Alice has assistance in her resistance movement with Jill and Ada. I am giving this movie a 4/5 for the usage of strong female characters, intense action scenes, and a fun story. Definitely getting this on DVD. Justin and I compare the Resident Evil movies to Underwolrd, because we like all of them and they're just fun to watch. It's not about acting, it's all about the scenes and the action, so the high rating is indicative of what the genre entails.