Resident Evil: Retribution
Milla Jovovich returns in this fifth installment of the sci-fi zombie horror franchise, adapted from the Capcom video game. Written and directed by Paul WS Anderson (The Three Musketeers, Resident Evil). Alice (Jovovich) continues to find and assist survivors in a world ravaged by a virus infection that turns its victims into the Undead.
As her battle heats up with the Umbrella Corporation, she discovers more information on her past and finds new comrades. The quest to hunt those responsible for the outbreak takes them to New York, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Tokyo and Moscow.
2012Rating: MA15+, for sequences of strong violence throughout95 minsUSA, Germany
ActionHorrorScience FictionThriller
- Director:
- Paul W.S. Anderson (The Three Musketeers, Resident Evil, AVP: Alien Vs Predator)
- Cast:
- Milla JovovichKevin DurandMichelle RodriguezJason IsaacsSienna GuilloryOded FehrJohann UrbBingbing Li
Resident Evil: Retribution / Reviews
A.V. Club
The acting is sometimes shockingly bad, but generally the script doesn’t ask much of the actors, and the combat is effectively staged and often thrilling.
Full reviewBloody Disgusting
A mind-melting popcorn film gelled with insane amounts of action-packed eye-candy.
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Los Angeles Times
If they ran these scenes at normal speed, would 95 dreary minutes become a much more expedient 20 to 25?
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Slant Magazine
At this point in the franchise, Anderson is content to alight the saga on a perpetual rewind loop, ever-ending, ever-rebooting, all subsidised by his nonpareil compositional sense.
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We Got This Covered
Resident Evil: Retribution showcases tantalising big budget action on a stylistically provocative level.
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TV Guide
The Resident Evil films... seem to be evolving into their own brand of hyper-stylized cheese, made more extreme with each outing.
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Village Voice
Anderson['s] lavish visual imagination is matched to a placeholder idea of character that's almost avant-garde in its generic stylization, dialogue buffed of personality by passing through 10,000 previous movies.
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The New York Times
Taking place almost entirely inside computer-simulated global locations, "Retribution" moves closer than ever to its airless video game roots.
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Hollywood Reporter
Endless video-game-style, violent mayhem is on display in this latest edition of the mind-numbing apocalypse series.
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