Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) - Movie Review

[@dalestrunk1749]

Thumbnails don’t get much more intense than a guy with a shirt that says “what are you looking at dicknose?” lol

[@4YrStasis]

Is that a reference to back to the future? Only instead of butthead?

[@jboao]

I think the third film is a strong entry, but definitely should’ve saved the mad max theme for a later entry, i agree with that. i also hate how they forgot all about the ending of Apocalypse and don’t explain what happened to Angela or Jill, or how they all got separated. This is the movie when the writing started to get very lazy and they started retconning a lot of shit

[@Amber_xo_133]

Alice's new costume was designed by Milla Jovovich's clothing line, Jovovich-Hawk. Claire Redfield in the video games is in a never-ending search for her brother Chris. When the main plot of the film was planned, the original purpose of the trip to Alaska would be the reunion of Claire with her brother. The Chris Redfield subplot was scrapped and the voyage to Alaska was rescheduled as a simple quest for a safe haven. Ali Larter was cast largely on the strength of her performance in the first two Final Destination movies. Milla Jovovich wasn't interested in doing a third Resident Evil film due to her disappointment with Resident Evil: Apocalypse. However she changed her mind after reading the script. There is no dialogue at all for the first 5 minutes of the film. Ashanti's first horror film. The crows sitting on power lines and attacking in large numbers pays homage to Alfred Hitchcock's movie The Birds (1963). The only Resident Evil film in which the character of Albert Wesker is played by Jason O'Mara. All films after this one Wesker was played by Sean Roberts For the crow attack scene, only two crows were used for the entire sequence. The rest of the crows were entered with special effects. The name of the terrifying mutation that Dr Isaacs morphs into during the final sequence is never mentioned in the film. The creature however is lifted directly from the video games and is called Tyrant. The complete name of the deadly virus is Tyrant virus. T-virus is just an abbreviation. The White Queen is never called specifically by name in the entire film. During the release of the movie was around the time that Milla Jovovich has just given birth to her and Anderson's first child

[@4YrStasis]

This comment deserves attention

[@adambuskirk2222]

I actually like Wesker's portrayal in Afterlife/Retribution. I thought it was kind of cool how in Retribution they were making him to be like an anti-hero. As Wesker is my favorite RE character so i thought that was interesting/cool to see.

[@lFuniverse4207]

This movie has a special place in my hart it was the first resident evil movie I say and it's always been a guilty pleasure of mine I definitely think it's the 2 best movie after apocalypse

[@Braylon1997]

Extinction was the first resident evil movie I’ve seen as well thanks to my dad

[@guyjulius8078]

Special place in your Kevin Hart?

[@Xehanort10]

5:06 But for some reason they bring Dr Isaacs back in The Final Chapter and say it was a clone who died at the end of this. The films had a clone obsession for some reason. The only game that had a storyline involving clones was 6 and that sucked.

[@dbdeets]

One of my faves of the franchise, because of the cool post apocalyptic Las Vegas setting. As far as I remember this introduced the copying Alice motive way more strongly and it´s a little throughline for the later sequels. And nothing´s wrong with just a surviving story. Let´s face it, in the end, they did nothing else in DOTD. Plus the falldown didn´t even took five years back then. And finally, the R-rating was (for the first time) earned.

[@Harleigh_19]

This has always been my favorite RE movie, def the one I’ve watched the most.

[@KiramidHead]

The original plan for the third movie involved Alice killing the Ashford girl while under Umbrella's control, but Milla Jovovich flat out refused to do that story. So she apparently has standards? IDK.

[@rushbravado1972]

Resident Evil 2 was my introduction to the video games. Played the hell out of that game probably 100 times through.

[@jasonvoorhees310]

This is the one film that I enjoy the most of the franchise. This is the one I watched the most too. Love the vegas setting. The action is good too. Great review Cody.👍

[@pabloroybal41]

This is the movie that I dislike the most in the series. I remember seeing it in theaters and thinking that it bore so little resemblance to anything that could be considered Resident Evil that it wasn't worthy of the title. I also hated the introduction of Alice's superpowers. In any good zombie movie, the horror comes from the protagonist(s) being vulnerable and trying to survive from the ever growing masses of the undead. Here, we are told right from the beginning that the number of undead far outnumbers the living across the globe, but there is never the slightest bit of terror or vulnerability because the protagonist is a full blown action superhero...and she's hot. I really just wish that they had gone in a direction with a little bit more substance instead of pandering to pre-teen boys, but it is what it is. I was a tad disappointed with the second movie, but I nearly wrote off ever seeing any more movies in this series after seeing this one.

[@TheGabberman9000]

Anakin would have hated this world which is full of sand.

[@Timelord007]

Great review Cody, it's a decent action film & Milla kicks ass but I wish it had tied up certain characters arcs from the previous film.

[@mikeyschlems9700]

This one is the most nostalgic for me and definitely my favorite of the franchise

[@Tyler-gq6pf]

This film is decent, it has Dr. Issacs in it which I like as a villain, and I also like the daylight. 2:00, I love that moment when Alice's pupils get big and she looks cuter to me for some reason.

[@LORDHASBECOMEABOVE]

I always liked the first three of the resident evil films. I feel like Alice was an okay character. Probably more fleshed out this time around. I really hated that they completely ignored what happened to nemesis though. Everyone else of course in these films were retarded and unuseable.

[@Lfceva]

Wow after watching this I was curious about the ashford girl so googled it and it’s messed up, apparently in the novel after 2 they’re on the run from umbrella who eventually manage to control Alice and orders her to kill the girl so Alice shoots her in the head with a shotgun 😱 now I understand why her fate wasn’t shown that’s grim 😂

[@legioncronasstark2947]

I have been binge watching your channel for the last 3 days while at work and now I’m on the train and love it so now as soon as you posted this and I saw it I had to watch

[@B-Dad]

I think 3-5 are my favorites. I will say afterlife had some amazing 3D. In theaters it felt like you had an umbrella over your head. It was really cool. ALSO TOMANDANDY (Tom and Andy) music is pretty awesome.

[@Braylon1997]

5 was meh. I don’t like how they introduced Ada Wong that late into the movie franchise when she’s one of the og characters such as Leon Claire and Chris

[@B-Dad]

@@Braylon1997 Yeah but she was done well. And the Leon actor looked great. So did Barry. They just weren’t given much to do. But I liked the clone alt versions of people. I liked the deaf girl as a kinda daughter. And having Jill back was very cool. These are poor adaptations but fun stories. Alice is the only Mary Sue that gets a pass from me for how much she suffered and went through. Maybe it’s just a guilty pleasure but I legit get sad when Luther gets his heart stopped. And I guessed that Alice was always a clone and was maybe the final big bad (I was close but just a bit off apparently! Although why they never had an Alice v Alice is beyond me. Biggest miss for the series despite them ignoring the game characters. They introduced a gun that they never ended up shooting off in 4 films 🤦🏾‍♂️😂🤷🏾‍♂️👍🏾

[@kingsman5121]

Wait hold on ali larters character is supposed to be CLAIRE REDFIELD? Yeah that’s not Claire redfield and this is not resident evil. WTF ARE THESE FILMS?!

[@Casket1488]

I’m looking forward to the upcoming RE movie. Hopes aren’t high but I’m gonna give it a change. Like you I’m a huge fan of the games so the lore means a bit more.

[@rebeccawilliamson1978]

My biggest problems with this one: where the hell are Jill and Angie? Literally nothing is said about them, like 'I couldn't stay after Jill and Angie died." They are just forgotten about. Alice has the cool powers and really does nothing with them. She saves Carlos and then she fights the monster and that's about it. At least do something...let us see her using them and then realizing she's being tracked, maybe she blames herself for Jill and Angie's death or whatever they are claiming happened. And that's why she's out in the desert, hiding. We don't need K-mart. She adds nothing and could have easily been Angie, especially given how little the character had to do. LJ was wasted. Carlos was close to wasted. I'm OK with the desert because it's a survival situation: you can easily see if any undead are coming vs. the camouflage of trees and rocks. But I don't get why Las Vegas is buried under sand. I know it's the desert and the wild would have grown in, but the several feet of sand built up seems a bit much.

[@EpictasticJoshuaYT]

Extinction is my favorite of the series and it's a guilty pleasure Resident Evil movie.

[@TheJrod482x]

It really needs to be understood how much major studios DO NOT give a shit about the source material of most properties. These films were banged out on a modest budget to make money and be a constant star vehicle for Jovovich. Any other characters took a back seat. This is her and her husbands cash cow.

[@JosephSaltal]

This is my favorite. I like the desert setting, and the mad max look to it.

[@coreybethea5237]

I like the third one it was pretty good I did like the mad Max theme they have for it. This one was okay

[@koulor315]

The problem with the films was they never explain anything at all, where Angela? Where axe man come from? I thought Charles ashford created the t virus not James Marcus? What happened to Chris?

[@ChristopherCraven]

I'm a little bit drunk right now but I need you to understand, that you separating the good the mixed and the bad is f****** genius well done.

[@topherman785]

Clair reminded me of Sarah Connor a little bit in this movie

[@Xehanort10]

Weird that the film set in a post apocalyptic world didn't have the subtitle Apocalypse.

[@christiangutierrez1340]

This was the first Resident Evil I watched, it freaked me out, I think it might be my favorite

[@aranerem3767]

Carlos blowing everything up when sacrificing himself

[@TonyXR85]

This is my second favorite of the franchise after the first even though unlike the first movie not all characters are original which I wish was a continued idea.

[@renegadehero7393]

Good review. I'm in the minority here, I never liked this movie. The desert setting never made sense to me. I also liked Alice in this one, I like the fight with the Tyrant, he was kind of cool. I really like Ali Larter, but she isn't Claire, nothing about her says Claire. I also hated they never say what happened to Jill or the little girl. Not a terrible film, but really meh.

[@lonewolfjoshp5165]

Love the Styles t-shirt from Teenwolf

[@LordTacoKong]

So I could be wrong but pretty sure in the novelization of this movie, they explain that umbrella activated Alice shortly after the end of Apocalypse and she killed the Ashford girl.

[@cyncent2]

Completely agree about the rest of the cast.

[@FishingwithFishgall]

I can't wait till you get to retribution. Although I don't really enjoy the film, I hope you mention the OTS. I love the music used in the opening credits

[@weirdguy1495]

Apparently the latest season of Fear the Walking Dead has that sort of feel.

[@Xehanort10]

9:39 I think either in Apocalypse's or Extinction's novelisation they had Angie get killed by the newly brainwashed by Umbrella Alice. But I think that was only made up by the book's writer.

[@devinharbert6071]

Loved Extinction it’s my Favorite In The a Franchise Cause it works the most as a Zombie Action film

[@B-Dad]

I think retribution is my favorite. It knows what is it and has a ton of fun. If they ended the series better people would like 5 more. It gets a lot of hate for building up to a fight we will never get to see with characters we wanted. But that’s the final chapters problem IMO 🤷🏾‍♂️👍🏾😂

[@SpeakinThaTruth69]

This was actually the first one I saw and the last one before I was current with the franchise so "super hero Alice" was never an issue for me but I definitely see why so many people hate it now

[@vancemc2643]

I would like to see Cody cover psycho goreman

[@jahdorose8659]

What up Cody

[@kidmetal410]

What is his outro song! If been trying to figure it out for days!

[@TheShadowsega75Terryman]

This is the movie that I didn't see in theaters back in 2007 as I fell asleep and my mom just left without me that is until 2008 that I finally saw it on DVD I rented it at Hastings (Now Defunt as it is now a Harbor Freight ocupying the former Hastings store at the Northgate Shopping Center in Carlsbad, NM). I like how they made it all Mad Max style but I felt they should've save it for the 4th film with I agree you with that. Resident Evil: Extinction is where the Resident Evil films have peaked after this it just went downhill.

[@RioBroski]

I bought it on DVD at Target all those years ago. 😁

[@thelastofyou]

I think the crow scene could’ve been like half or not be there at all. I just can’t relate fear to a group of birds

[@KiramidHead]

This movie and the second one are in a weird place where Anderson wrote but didn't direct them because he was off doing other stuff, and the later movies treat them very loosely, especially Extinction, which the next movie retcons large portions of.

[@BRIANOCONNOR2003]

Because he was busy doing death race

[@KiramidHead]

@BRIANOCONNOR2003 yep Death Race this time, and he was making AVP when Apocalypse was in production.

[@DubExp]

It's funny that this Wesker voiced Batman in some animated movies. And the other Wesker actor was in Land of the dead. But, man these RE movies were a thing. LOL

[@BaronVonPwn]

This guy is a better portrayal of Wesker than Lance Reddick.

[@SpeakinThaTruth69]

And you'd know this how???🤔🤔🤔

[@rlchill]

It’s been awhile since I watched this series (I love them), so correct me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t it explain what happened to Angie? Didn’t they say Umbrella took control of Alice, and forced her to kill Angie, and that’s why she’s in self-imposed exile? To protect everyone else?

[@markaitkenguitar]

At first I liked this one but later I couldn’t stand it. And not to be petty, but why the fuck do the zombies wear matching coveralls? Did Umbrella literally dress them? Shit like that kills me.

[@jamesmoss3424]

Me and my mom both like this sequel. 😀👍

[@scottfreeisme]

From the Director of Highlander.

[@xUnrealWarriorx]

I have this movie on DVD and it introduced me to DMC

[@anthonygibbons9828]

I never played the games. So went in blind. I used to work in a cinema so saw the first movie and found it to be a guilty pleasure as I was a fan of Romero's zombie movies. I heard originally Romero was hired to direct but was eventually fired. It does follow a lot of tropes he has in his movies. This, Extinction was my personal favourite of the first 3 as just a standalone zombie movie (at the time) A good mix of Mad Max and Day of the dead was an appealing set up and felt different and lead to a fun Zombie movie with some fun action. I Never watched any after this but, went back and watched 1 and 2 again... 1 is still guilty pleasure at best and very of it's time...schlocky but fun. 2 I just thought was a bit more B movie. Felt like a step down from one...and there was not far to step down 3 surprised me as it was a fun movie and had an assured hand directing it in Russell (Highlander) Mulcahy. Again not a fan of the games so just judging the movies... At the time there were not many zombie movies around or that got theatrical releases so this movie (at the time) pleased zombie fans if not fans of the games

[@Kains_Gaming_Channel]

God, I love that outro theme! And this movies a peace of shit.😂

[@damenicionscott]

Sad what happened to mike Epps and some characters in this

[@bullwinkle1446]

Has that licker always been on the sign? Maybe just a lil too high to notice it in the first two reviews🤙

[@shatteredteacup91]

This one was directed by Russell Mulcahy same guy who did highlander so I think this is probably the best looking one to me but God I really don't Iike Mila so it's still hard to get through.

[@entertainmentwizard2703]

I was 17 at he time and tried to lie my way into the movie and it didn't work lol, I should have tried the go see another movie trick!

[@SuperMurray2009]

This was official the last Resident Evil movie that was decent and that's because it had ok original material. But this is also the one Paul WS Anderson ran out of ideas and started blantantly coping the games.

[@J-DEVTV]

I really didn't like this one, keep in mind I haven't watched it in a while, so my facts may be a little off! So sick of Alice! Killed off LJ and Carlos! Where was Jill Valentine? Did they even give an explanation of where Jill was? I can't remember. Good point on Claire, as she doesn't seem that important of a character! Although I remember her getting better in Afterlife! Yes K-Mart was TERRIBLE! I'm gonna start re-watching these again tomorrow! Great rundown of this pathetic movie! Sorry I'm a little critical as I hated this when I original saw it!

[@Xehanort10]

7:08 They made the film version of the T-Virus way too overpowered. None of the viruses or parasites in the games got to the point where they spread so far they ruined the world.

[@sircosmo21]

Cant wait for him to get to the last one he is gonna love it :)

[@4YrStasis]

Because it'll make him feel like an..."outsider"? LOL! 😄

[@justin9767]

Third last good 4 was my guility pleasure

[@seansheridan123]

never been a massive fan of the games but the movies are fun enough for what they are

[@cyrisssmith8830]

The last of the genuinely great zombie movies in this franchise. Four is a bit of a guilty pleasure. I hate five. Six is fine except the dumbass ending. Still 2nd bottom I think having Alice die over and over again and be clones slowly removes stakes among other problems.

[@vincentwood3450]

Dude. I miss the Gamecube so much.

[@justin9767]

Kmart was my fav character in 3 rd besides mike epps in other character s.

[@alexinator-hh5fe]

The first few movies were pretty good. Then it just got worse. And worse. Until finally it was a trainwreck

[@StarshineGoomba]

It's not that I don't like the third movie, but I feel like... they could have put at least two more movies between the ending of the second movie and the beginning of the third. I actually feel like Jill Valentine is the only video game character that isn't a huge disappointment. The version of Carlos that we get in these films is a great character, but they could have easily named him anything else, and he'd get the same reaction. Much like Claire Redfield.

[@edbeasant9494]

T virus wipes out all life on earth. Next movie there's plants, trees and grass. Gains loads of clones of herself at the end. Next movie there all killed in the opening 10 minutes.

[@charlenerafferty3534]

Can someone answer me 3 questions 1.did Carlos have feelings for Alice 2.is the red Queen Alice and Alicia Marcus three different incarnations of eachother so the red Queen is the child Alicia was Alice is the woman Alicia could of been if it weren't for her diease Alicia is the old lady the original Alice I'm I right 3.that quote at the end of the final chapter the childhood you never had combine with the woman she could never become so Alicia giving Alice a childhood while Alice is the woman Alicia could never become I'm I right just answer yes r no

[@mr.checkyourself4672]

This movie really copied Day Of The Dead I only like the part when Alice had the two machetes and kill the zombies this movie made franchise go in a whole new direction with just the Resident Evil name slap on it.

[@TheEagles80]

Truly the last "good" resident evil movie. I say good loosely. This and apocalypse are the 2 best. 4 is decent. 5 and 6 I hated.

[@dank2171]

Yea goes way downhill after this one. 1st 3 are all extremely flawed but fun. 3rd one had the best effects and action sequences. 2nd one closest to games but still long shot and a bit campy. 1st one has some decent fun moments and best from a narrative perspective. 6 would have been OK if it wasn't for all terrible action sequence editing and borderline nonsense story. 4 and 5 are just awful cartoon cgi messes.

[@SuperMurray2009]

Paul ran out of ideas after 3

[@TheEagles80]

I air quoted the word good lol...I should have said..decent

[@taylorpack7705]

After this I literally couldn’t get into any of the other ones.

[@kevindobson3701]

My fav one

[@thebelowaveragegamer2397]

Its the only resident evil movie i like. Its simple and fun. It looked good unlike 2 and was entertaining unlike the first.

[@dredre_lj2003]

Honestly this was thee beginning of the end to me

[@jasonpowell7305]

This one is when they start going downhill! I'm sorry but I hate Alice,the only reason she's in these movies is because her husband was the director,they just made up a character so that she could be in the movies

[@thecomsas]

Great video 👍... Love these films. Like you say "guilty pleasures"... Except 6....its unwatchable with the crappy editing 😒

[@philipstephens9205]

I don’t hate this movie, but I don’t really like it either. The mad max sort of vibe always felt a bit cheap to me. Everything becoming desert was kind of a stupid touch in my opinion. A virus outbreak happened and it somehow terraformed the world I guess.

[@patrickvoorhees1725]

I hate that timeskip after the second film so much.

[@danielchavez4403]

I can enjoy the first Resident Evil to Extinction but after that the series goes down hill for me.

[@NoahBuie]

I love resident evil 5

[@JenMistress]

Being fair, Cody, she would have stood out even more to me if they named her Jennifer than Claire Redfield, only because cool, she has the same name as me. 😉😂🤣 But yeah, really the problem with this series, they pick characters from the games, but they just don't matter in these movies, because Alice being the chosen one so to speak. Really, they would be better I feel if they were just their own thing, nothing at all to do with a franchise, because pretty good horror action movies, but horrible Resident Evil movies. Hoping the new one is a better Resident Evil movie.

[@martinezbiz]

They gave no fucks about its own story. Fine don't follow the games story but atleast follow your own story. These movies didn't deserve to make enough money to continue making them

[@aranerem3767]

I like this movie extinction

[@rel8edgamerz445]

I stopped going to the movies to see them after this entry I would wait til they hit HBO or cinamax 1st movie ok 2nd step up by the 3rd I was done with how they treated real characters from the game this franchise was all about the director making a film for his wife and making her a star how he got away with 6 movies I dnt have a clue this franchise stinks of nepotism

[@McGomezAddams]

I hate these movies with a passion

[@MAMoreno]

This is the only Resident Evil film that I would regard as decent. The rest are terrible, especially the first two.

[@quentinflacko24]

This was the last good resident evil movie imo👏

[@JSPokemonYT]

For me, this film is where the film series went to complete dogshit!

[@SparkyMarkyMark23]

WoW😯🤩!

[@ROCK_UNIVERSE97]

When the movies became boring.

[@alexanderarmstrong5306]

First comment!!!😁🤘🏻

[@gamecock4u03]

The director said these m9vies ARE NOT a direct adaptation of the games. You have to stop saying that the movies are supposed to be an adaptation. Stop thinking about it that way and look at the movies for what they are and it will change the way you think about them