Designed to cure his young daughter Alicia's Progeria, an incurable, progressive and fatal malady, Professor James Marcus makes a breakthrough by discovering the T-Virus, however, the miraculous remedy with the unforeseen side-effects, in reality, it was not the cure humanity was led to believe. Instead, this scourge that devours the flesh spitting out undead hellish abominations, spread across the world within days, bringing humankind to its knees and the last remaining human outposts facing impending extermination within hours. Under those circumstances, Alice must race the clock and break back into the ruined Umbrella Corporation Headquarters in Racoon City to retrieve the last vial of an airborne anti-virus to save the remaining persisting human survivors that are still uninfected. But the Hive, the underground stronghold, is deep, still riddled with the hordes of the ravenous animated dead, while at the same time, Alice's arch-nemesis, Dr Alexander Isaacs has a plan for immortality of his own. Is there any hope left for humanity?
Alice (Milla Jovovich) emerges from the ruins of Washington DC and is contacted by the Red Queen (Ever Anderson), who tells her of an antidote to the T-Virus that is located under Raccoon City. Alice has only 48 hours to find and release the antidote before the rest of humanity is wiped out by the Umbrella Corporation, whose plan is to repopulate the earth with the rich and the powerful, who are stored in cryogenic suspension in The Hive.
I've always been a staunch supporter of the Resident Evil films, finding them to be fun slices of slick action-packed horror, but that support ends with The Final Chapter. Once again directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, this supposed last instalment is an absolute mess, any potential for enjoyment hindered by an extremely slight plot, even by RE standards, and some of the worst direction and editing I have ever experienced.
As far as content goes, the film is business as usual, with big monsters, hordes of zombies, evil corporate types running the show, and Milla being bad-ass, but with the camera shaking all over the place and the majority of shots lasting for a fraction of a second, the action is virtually impossible to follow, making the film more likely to result in a headache than a thrill rush. And as if the wobbly cam/ADHD approach wasn't bad enough, much of film takes place in poorly lit locations, making it even harder to keep track of what is happening.
Despite being called The Final Chapter, the end of the film inevitably leaves things open for further adventures for Alice. If Anderson does intend to make more Resident Evil films, let us hope that he doesn't continue in the same style.
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter was released on December 23, 2016, in Japan and on January 27, 2017, in the United States in 2D, 3D and IMAX 3D. The film received mixed reviews and became the highest-grossing film in the franchise, earning over $312 million worldwide.
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