Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) - Movie Review

[@vonVile]

I can sum up this RE series in one sentence: "Look how hot my wife is kicking ass." - Paul WS Anderson

[@aydenvavra2153]

You pretty much hit the nail on the head.

[@kingsman5121]

Yeah pretty disrespectful no and he did the same thing to monster hunter the bastard

[@aydenvavra2153]

I will like Paul for films like Mortal Kombat, Death Race, Solider, Event Horizon and he produced a cool film like Pandorum. Everything he’s done besides those films have been laughable cheap garbage.

[@kingsman5121]

@@aydenvavra2153you think his brain shrank when he got married

[@aydenvavra2153]

@@kingsman5121 Maybe or he just got plain lazy because somewhere after Resident Evil he started using crappy cgi and accepting mediocre storylines like a AVP or a generic remake of Three Musketeers.

[@RosyTheRascal15]

The only thing I actually like about this movie is that really awesome intro and song and that's about it

[@kingkosher6231]

truuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[@Sacciuiguai]

To be honest this movie got sick soundtracks and I'd say the best ones of the franchise.

[@herbet3011]

i liked the ending it shows Alice and the others team with Wesker to save the last bunch of Humanity and shows the military being actually cool and not immediately become a laughing stock in movies every goddamn zombie apocalypse movies or shows

[@fishintheocean-i4g]

The only thing I like about any movie is zilch. ALL movies are crap!

[@JoeHartman80]

I tried watching this last night, gave up after 20 minutes and went to bed. It’s so obvious they are in front of a green screen.

[@Xehanort10]

8:41 Apparently the Ada actress's accent was so hard to understand they had to have Ada's original voice actress Sally Cahill from RE2 and 4 dubbed over her.

[@sadekx5251]

I hadn't realized how much money every single one of these flicks has made in the box office! Like B-league Transformers franchise.

[@smoke3dR]

Watching your reviews for these movies really have impacted my viewing experience with these films. I now notice all the issues, that I never noticed before. But with that being said I still absolutely love this movie.

[@edbeasant9494]

You must have really low standards dude lol

[@theobsidiansimp8626]

@@edbeasant9494 Says the guy talking shit in a KZbin comment section. Don’t have much standards for yourself do you?

[@edbeasant9494]

@@theobsidiansimp8626 lol

[@smoke3dR]

@@edbeasant9494 I hate people like you, I enjoy these movies because as a kid I loved Zombie Media. Games, shows and Movies. I literally watched the first 3 Resident Evil movies with my Dad and had an absolute blast. I saw the following movies in Theaters and own all 6 of them. Yes I notice the flaws, and yes I understand they are inaccurate to the games. But if they were exactly like the games then they'd fail. The resident evil games are built on Puzzles, solve mysteries, and fight Zombies and Mutations, following a story with the same characters in every other game. The 6 movies are based a Separate story about someone completely different in the Resident Evil universe, which is something we haven't gotten before. We had Mortal Kombat get an awful sequel that killed the Movie franchise, we had the DOA movie that was a Abomination, the 2 horrible house of the dead movies, they have all failed but Resident Evil succeeded because the story was actually interesting, the call backs to the games and older Zombie movies satisfied casual zombie fans and resident evil fans, and again the story is worth checking out if you're a resident evil fan. Retribution is my favorite because of many things. Most important ones, Soundtrack, action, mutations, call backs, Berry, Ada Wong, and Ending. If my standards were low I'd Consider Doom Annihilation to be a fantastic movie. Which I know for 100% fact is not.

[@SuperMurray2009]

@@smoke3dR I saw these movies with my dad too but then again I was way younger when I really liked them my standards for this franchise has drastically changed since then

[@dannytkong3135]

I've seen the final chapter once and I have no intention of watching it again whereas the others are borderline watchable

[@joecarroll3371]

I'm glad you compared some of the characters to Red Shirts. That's a great Star Trek: Original Series reference.

[@renegadehero7393]

Great review. I remember enjoying this movie when I saw it in theatres, but I definitely will never defend this one. I enjoy the action and the opening zombie attack, I also like the soundtrack. I am not a fan of Leon in this, he looks a lot like him but has the personality of a door. I've seen that actor in other things and he's decent in those, so I blame the directing in this more than him. Being one of those people that doesn't like the new Leon not looking like him, I do agree that if he acts like him, I can forgive it somewhat. I really like the ending shot, but totally agree with you on no payoff. I believe the explanation for Wesker being good was the Red Queen taking over and wanting him dead, which is still dumb. I'm sorry if someone else already said this. That Wesker impression was great by the way. 😄

[@nerdistheword6538]

I loved Retribution. My second favorite film of the franchise. It was a lot of fun, brought in some great characters, kinda adapted RE: Underworld by SD Perry, and I loved the returning characters. They were fun to see and while not really crucial, I liked the touch. I think they knew the movies were just popcorn fun and so they really tried to veer into that territory. Each film tried to outdo the previous on the bombastic meter. Each person's mileage may vary on the enjoyment factor, but I just love watching these movies. But if you aren't an Alice fan, yes, these films will be hard for you to enjoy, but I really like the character so I love following her journey through the series in movie and in novel form. :-)

[@Tyler-gq6pf]

This movie is alright, but I think the soundtrack stands out to me. "Hexes" and "flying through the air" are fantastic songs to me. I forgot Ada was in this movie...it's been awhile since I have seen it.

[@destoroyahofhope4005]

Here's to hoping that The Final Chapter gets a *Fuck This Movie!* rating. It's the one I've been waiting for!

[@lightningdash231]

that movie is literally unwatchable.

[@aydenvavra2153]

The action and the whole look of that film was quite terrible.

[@SuperMurray2009]

The movie is fucking cancer

[@alexinator-hh5fe]

I thought it couldn't get any worse when I first was watching these movies. And then it did.

[@BrawlBomber13]

I know it is a little gripe but the “axe man” is called “The Executioner”

[@entertainmentwizard2703]

Retribution was the first Resident Evil I got to see in IMAX and I really enjoyed it! I agree character development needed to be a lot better but I still really enjoyed it!

[@BRIANOCONNOR2003]

And was the first resident evil movie I saw in theaters and was also the first movie I saw in Caribbean Cinemas In Plaza Norte Because the movie theater in plaza Norte was new at the time

[@stevenpuente8153]

I got lucky and picked up tickets for an early access showing tonight. Fingers crossed that it doesn't completely blow.

[@Xehanort10]

Apparently Capcom hated the clone storylines in the films so much that despite hypocritically doing the "Carla is a clone of Ada" story in RE6 they refused to refer to her as a clone.

[@Timelord007]

Completely agree with your awesome review Cody, you introduce Ada, Leon & Barry to the franchise & do fuck all with them except kill off Barry. The ending sets up what looked to be a final all out battle which doesn't happen in the next film. Only good thing is Milla looks hot & she kicks ass but the plot is jarring & doesn't add any drama or suspense & the Alien rip off scenes with the daughter were pointless.

[@andrewolson4382]

You’re gonna LOVE the fan service in Welcome to Raccoon City. Became my favorite in the franchise in the first 10 minutes. Gonna need to see it again lol.

[@DanielSantos-jk4np]

Movie was absolute garbage

[@andrewolson4382]

@@DanielSantos-jk4np I agree. Retribution was absolute garbage. 😜

[@Depressed_Jaguar13]

Happy thanksgiving 🦃

[@MooreXplorer]

I'd have to say the only thing about this movie I liked was Kevin Durand as Barry Burton

[@B-Dad]

All the Umbrella Corporations people are clones. Rain, Carlos, Alice. They were never real. Also the little girl is little clone Alice. That’s why black leather Alice knows sign language! Different evolutions of that life cycle! Maybe all the clones are based on one real person but we’ve never seen their real versions then (until old Alice)

[@mikealan1984]

the final battle between jill and alice is what saved the movie for me THE FINAL BATTLE IS AMAZING

[@cparks2704]

Cody can we get a review for Lamb (2021)?

[@ianbrewer247]

Ada's actress doesn't speak English all that well so all of her lines where done by Sally Cahill Ada's voice actress from the orginal games it still doesn't redeem this pile of garbage but that's a pretty cool factoid love the shirt man RE2 is my all time favorite Resident evil game

[@Xehanort10]

14:54 I think he just wanted to destroy the Red Queen so he could get control of Umbrella back.

[@daimonatkins3046]

2012 The year I always think of when Resident Evil and Silent Hill were at their lowest points. Both seemed to be dead franchises afterwards due to bad decisions and it would’ve take a miracle to bring them back Thankfully Resident Evil did make a comeback although the same can’t be said for Silent Hill

[@Blast2224]

2012 also was the peak of the zombie craze. Resident Evil was no longer your main source for zombie media; movies had them, Walking Dead was in full hype, apocalyptic themes ran amok, literature exploded with them. Resident Evil had to step back and examine its own identity in a world that had held a mirror up to it.

[@daimonatkins3046]

@@Blast2224 wow, that’s a really good point and an interesting way of looking at RE’s situation at the time

[@keychainere]

These reviews are my favourite vids of yours. They’re hilarious 😂

[@jasonvoorhees310]

Ok. Not much I can say to defend this film. I get some enjoyment from it. That's it. Great review Cody. 🤘

[@supertenor2767]

Cody, I can't even remember if I saw this one. I know I never saw the last one.

[@richarddlee930]

I’m pretty sure they got the unground lab with different environments for testing from one of the resident evil novels. Either Caliban cove or underworld can’t remember which.

[@jwadewalt]

Your best review to date. you’re owning the craft like a badass.

[@seantds619]

The first one, the second one, and the fourth one are all great The third one is ok This one is weird The last one is... We'll just not talk about that one

[@BertonMelch]

Metal gear solid is the great game of all time… you sir are becoming one of my favorites 🤘🏻

[@handsomestik]

I am not sure if Cody understands this but these movies are just made for the trailer lines and action pieces. That is all Anderson really is.

[@McCullough324]

For me, the last 3 movies should not even exist. I think that the franchise should have ended at Extinction, and it would be a decent ending.

[@davidhasselblad3825]

This movie made me sell my whole collection. Streamed it. I was straight mad actually.

[@EmanAugust]

Im just going to say I enjoyed your reviews more than any of the movies lmao

[@artificial3161]

As an Estonian, you could imagine how pumped I was when I heard Johann Urb (an Estonian actor) was going to be in a RE movie, and not just that, hes portraying my favorite, Leon. And then I saw the movie 🤦🤬

[@TheKrueger1428]

The chick that plays Ada is fucking hot. A+

[@NukaCola514]

Your face in the thumbnail says it all 😂

[@coleslade]

I have to admit, I'm kind of impressed you made it 5 movies in with this franchise before you started to really dislike it. I was done halfway through the second one when my mom and I went to see it in theaters.

[@RayValdezPhotography]

Yeah part 2 was it for me. Mike Epps cracking jokes and the terrible nemesis was it for me.

[@Xehanort10]

5:20 I'm surprised those "My name is Alice. I'm gonna bring down Umbrella" openings only for her to not do that in the films didn't become a meme.

[@AFalk86]

I would watch Hellraiser, Critters and Wrong turn before I would watch this series again.

[@Adam-qv2bd]

She grabs the Sig P220 Sport out of the Tokyo cop car. Goldeneye 64 is my fav videogame of all time.

[@disneyerapowerrangers2923]

The giant licker should have been the el gigante instead.

[@krisorgan]

Retcon retcon retcon retcon retcon retcon retcon retcon retcon retcon retcon retcon. UnFuckinBelievable. Loving ya reviews of these movies Cody. You are saying exactly what I'm thinking. I'm in stitches.

[@icebergthegamer]

I have every intention to watch all of these again. I’ve seen em all, but it’s been years. I’m watching the new one Saturday. Maybe after that I’ll start a marathon

[@MAMoreno]

I don't like the film, but I found it the second-most-watchable entry, mostly because of the "suburban" setting.

[@chaisonpeyton]

Can we get reviews for both Silent Hill movies? Leave a 👍 if u agree

[@MercenaryX84]

This is why it took so long to watch the Final Chapter

[@movieking8847]

Thanks for the reviews

[@gregwodzynski941]

Just watched it so I could watch your review. I like this movie.

[@joshuanelson6795]

My bias for the video games aside, Alice is one of the dullest characters I have ever seen in any medium. She is a Mary Sue in every sense of the word with no personality to speak of. The protagonists from the games aren't deep either, but they have something that Alice has never come close to: charisma.

[@SuperMurray2009]

And she's incredibly full of herself too

[@SuperMurray2009]

Also I believe she's one of the worst protagonists in a franchise ever

[@kingsman5121]

@@SuperMurray2009 she’s Rey before she was cool Oh wait REY WAS NEVER COOL

[@virgogaming6488]

She was kinda alright in this movie, having a motherly side to the deaf girl and getting her butt kicked by Jill.

[@dong.corleone]

I honestly forgot that there was a reboot film coming out this week lmao

[@aydenvavra2153]

Same the marketing for the new film has been terrible. Maybe the studio realizes they have a stinker on their hands.

[@devinharbert6071]

I thought it was Really a Dumb That they used Clones for the plot line for Retribution because it was just there for a Gimmick for Audiences to wonder how did those Dead Characters Live But Not Really

[@ROCK_UNIVERSE97]

Im shocked to say it but i actually liked this one. It was basically resident evil revelations 2 raid mode but in movie form.

[@devinharbert6071]

I Enjoyed the Action In Retribution, But Didn’t Like The Story That Much, And Too Much Fucking Slow Motion which was Probably Cause Paul WS Anderson knew he was Making 3D Movie so he Could Rip-off The Matrix some More

[@captcrais101]

Paul may have not directed every movie in this franchise but he had some control of every movie in the franchise. I am sure he was a producer of the Resident Evil movies he didn’t direct.

[@eviljim292]

PWSA has NO originality in any of his movies. Everything seems to be rehash of something better and giving his wife scenes, including Monster Hunter ! But hey look at my Hot Wife, she's the Star !

[@alyssasmith2838]

When it comes to the little girl that Alice "adopted", I really wish they had somehow stuck with the Ashford girl from Apocalypse. Just to somehow tie these movies more together, considering what we learn about Alice in the Final Chapter

[@virgogaming6488]

The last 3 movies are standalone films.

[@MrBucketlist]

I dont care, this Leon should win an Oscar compared to the 🤡 we got in welcome to Raccoon City

[@BRIANOCONNOR2003]

I agree with you

[@hornmoviereviews8739]

This installment was absolutely insulting!!! Especially if your a fan of leon Kennedy!!!

[@nightowl8363]

What does Mr. Ritch Leach think of this stinker!!??

[@Cytron1515]

The bad-ass opening backwards intro, the score along with it, Jovovich, Guillory, and Ariaya Engineer are the only things I really liked about this. =

[@BRIANOCONNOR2003]

And don't forget Michelle Rodriguez she is also in it

[@Varg84]

4 and 5 are the most entertaining in the series. Wonderful slices of b movie cheese.

[@SuperMurray2009]

Cody Leach you should do a duo with Phelous in Resident Evil

[@JenMistress]

Yeah, Wesker's face turn didn't make much since to me either in this one. And I agree, with the way they build to something cool at the end only to pull the rug out from under you in the next movie, it feels like watching modern day WWE. I still holding hope the new one will do it right. Starting over with a fresh start I think is the only way they could have saved a movie side of this franchise, specially after the last two.

[@Xehanort10]

I think Anderson sets up cool cliffhanger endings then realises they'll take the spotlight away from his wife so doesn't follow through on them.

[@MJ-ex4nq]

A decent good entertaining enough sequel for me , but certainly i will absolutely agree that i was disappointed that the very last movie after this one didnt have Wesker , Leon , or Ada when the 5th movie had ended with them , just imagine how much more entertaining badass that would of been for the last movie if Paul had went that direction but yeah sadly that didnt end being the case

[@redxreview]

Epic rant 🧟‍♂️

[@Borgyboy09]

The most maddening thing about sitting through this film is that it’s utterly pointless by the retcon at the start of final chapter. If Wesker was working for umbrella the entire time and wanted to kill Alice, why break her out of his own facility, kill his own employees and ship her from Russia to Washington to do so? Why not kill her when she was unconscious and unarmed? What the fuck was the point of this movie?

[@weirdguy1495]

I don't usually notice bad gunplay in action movies, but the work in this movie in particular is atrocious.

[@Lfceva]

You can see why I said in your comments in your trailer video for new one I’ll take how they behave to how they look any time 😂, 🤞this new one gets it right

[@CampCounselorVoorhees]

Barry Burton was so criminally underused in this movie.

[@workingterriersandteckles7703]

Hey man, would you review dawn of the dead 2004!:)

[@namethestars]

Oh Kevin Durand is easily an actor who can make even a mediocre film immensely enjoyable, I've loved him in practically everything he's been in. He's all I remember of Retribution, after the first three I grew tired of this franchise. But loving your reviews for these! 🙂

[@MooreXplorer]

He was good in Dark was the night... I believe it was his first starring role

[@namethestars]

@@MooreXplorer good film 👍 and seems about right. Makes me wonder why it took so long for him to get a starring role, very charismatic actor imo.

[@87crice]

I didn't even know these movies were based on a video game prior to watching all 6. I found out here. That being said, 100% agree with your take on Leon. The fucking robot girl sounds less robotic than that fuckin guy.

[@jahdorose8659]

Just in time and how u doing Cody

[@travisgames6608]

Explains why 2 was the best in the series imo

[@StarshineGoomba]

Fairly sure that the guy playing Leon was a model with no other acting credit. It's also possible that he couldn't fluently speak English.

[@davidyoung4141]

8:39 started laughing 😂

[@TonyXR85]

It's a mixed bag for me. Some stuff I like some other things I don't, just like the rest of the franchise including the first film which again is the one I like the most but still have problems with it.

[@MsamerieJohnson]

The only thing I liked from this movie was the girl that played Alice daughter - she was an amazing actress.

[@justinmejia5355]

Do a review on American satan and Paradise city.

[@SawBlood45]

I have that shirt.

[@spud13y]

This was the only one of these RE films I've seen with theaters. I just went with a friend just because it was something to do. I've seen the first two on bluray but thought they were pretty vapid. This was worse.

[@MichaelMyers66793]

Yo I just saw you rays stream

[@dalestrunk1749]

Hopefully the new film will give the RE movies a little, retribution. No? Ok.

[@cyncent2]

This movie was something to do, so they can get out of the house. I definitely only watched it once and never looked back.

[@CaptainSlayahoe]

This one and afterlife should’ve been skipped altogether. I liked the 1st second and last one. Extinction is kinda like an expansion to the story overall

[@smallredcow918]

When I popped it in for the first time I was enjoying it until Leon said saving a little girl is a mistake don't do this.

[@SuperMurray2009]

Actually Wesker does explain why he helps Alice in this Cody. Even though I'm being honest it's still kinda makes little sense. He says that he doesn't like Alice and they had their differences but because the world has turned to shit and the Red Queen is determined to wipe out humanity (which again makes no sense). But it's also stupid because they make Wesker the villain again by complete bullshit reasons in the last one.

[@kingsman5121]

Reasons are almost as stupid as Wesker is in these films and he’s not done being stupid just wait till next film

[@RayValdezPhotography]

Spoilers! Wesker gets killed by a door....

[@kingsman5121]

@@RayValdezPhotography yep

[@virgogaming6488]

The Wesker in Retribution could be a clone helping her.

[@Violate1k]

Everything in this review is spot on lmao. This movie was an absolute travesty 😂 Zero cohesiveness and it was abundantly obvious that this movie has no idea what of what it is suppose to be. The glaring rip off of other cinema is bad on it’s on but one particular scene with rain fighting Alice Leon and Luther is a direct rip off of Mortal Kombat 2009. That fucking put it X-ray moves into this movie. When I saw that I bursted out laughing. The cuts were also absolved of any thoughtfulness as they seemed just to say “ hey Alice goes fight bang bang, presentation doesn’t matter, they’ll love that.” How many times in these movies have we seen Alice in a wake up im a random facility scene? Paul we get it, Alice is attractive, she’s your wife and you wanna show her semi clothed if not completely naked. The dialogues in this move are so bore-some that I literally felt like I was watching this movie in a different language. Inconsistencies are nothing new to this movie as it made absolutely zero sense how a flood of rushing water came into the facility just for Jill Ada and rain to pop up 5 minutes later like nothing fucking happened. I love resident evil but my cat could have directed a better movie. 10/10 review, -1/10 movie. Complete horse shit 😂

[@R8RSnCeltics]

WE HAVE THE SAME FAVORITE VIDEO GAME OF ALL TIME!!

[@alexberry7528]

It’s mind blowing how much of the same opinions we have for this one. I love these movies but acknowledge everything. Except for the last two. The big thing that always pissed me off about this movie is that you have Jill Valentine and Barry Burton in the same movie….. and they don’t know each other.. That’s a lot more than a misstep for me.

[@nocap4557]

💯 on the new Leon I’m giving him a chance

[@Nate97ad]

When i saw leon i got so excited... thats it cuz the final movie killed all my happiness

[@jamesmoss3424]

I recently got this sequel on DVD and I like this sequel. 😀👍

[@torchwood00]

i love Retribution

[@J-DEVTV]

I was disappointed with this one, but I was excited that they brought Jill Valentine back! But she wasn't even as good in this one! I believe that Afterlife is still the worst! I just rewatched them all, last weekend, and I did like some things about this movie!