Resident Evil: The Final Chapter Part 1 - Phelous

[@222CBK222]

Milla's stunt double for the motorcycle scene crashed and had to have her left arm amputated. In the grand scheme of things that's whom I most pity because what was it all for in the end?

[@anikmonette2140]

No one of consequence Well, she has done other thing like Stars Wars movies and, despite being amputated it might have been worse considering the massive head injuries and punctured lung that could have killed her on the spot... The sad thing is she won't do stunts anymore.

[@thebadness6217]

A paycheck. It's not like stunt people don't know what they're getting into when they take a job. But I do agree, that's who i feel for the most.

[@Rex67Diego9]

thebadness yes they do it for a paycheck but movies and directors are usually very carefull with the people they work with. this movie not only had that stunt double loose the arm, another stunt double died, this is just straight carelessness from PW anderson and thats despicable. hopefully stunt doubles learn to not work for anderson, a life is not worth a paycheck

[@MrZerothejedi]

@@Rex67Diego9 unfuckingreal.

[@dubuyajay9964]

It was for the egos of two married tools.

[@Ratciclefan]

Did they really settle the Washington Battle off-screen?! That was the one thing the previous movie had going for.

[@brianaguilar8283]

Yes

[@Morbos1000]

I find it shocking that Anderson and Jojovich care so little about lore or continuity in their films. You'd expect this from a franchise with a new writer and director each time, but this series probably accounts for the vast majority of both their incomes for the past 15 years. At least give a little bit of a shit!

[@TheGM-20XX]

Friday the 13th has better continuity.

[@TimTE01]

Since they never made the Final Girl from the original Film into Jason's secret Mother, yes. That's the bar!

[@harryking3215]

That's the weird thing. I could accept this better if say Anderson took a couple of movies off in the middle and came back for the conclusion and decided to retell some of the story to fit the ending he had in mind...but he told all the stories so he doesn't even have that excuse.

[@RisingBeast00]

Morbos1000 It is so HATEFUL and frustrating that they have the nerve go call themselves fans of the games yet they do everything they can to fuck of the lore of the games and even their own continuity.

[@Dragonking1984]

The Final Fantasy game series has better continuity.

[@sageparra4956]

My favorite part of these reviews is you pointing out all of the giant plot holes. It’s just insane how the filmmakers could think they’re fooling anyone.

[@imperatoraugustus9970]

I like to think this entire movie franchise actually takes place in alice's mind, who is a narcissistic megalomaniac with extreme delusions living in a mental ward. She imagines herself the ultimate mary sue hero loosely based around a game series she's only vaguely aware of. This explanation does a lot more to explain the continuity and plot of these movies.

[@MamaMOB]

That makes it actually interesting... 🤔

[@jamesoblivion]

@@MamaMOB Well, that can't be right, then.

[@you-5-iver804]

I agree with that idea expect this narcissist Alice is in the game universe, probs gone crazy after the raccoon city outbreak.

[@crazyfun95]

And they can title the movie in which that is revealed "Resident Evil: Alice in Wonderland"

[@TheBonkleFox]

@@crazyfun95 Don't drag American McGee's Alice through the mud like that, bruh.

[@alucardyoici]

The motorcycle became new ceo of umbrella

[@Iamafishproductions]

"Yes, sir. I agree completely. It takes a well-balanced individual such as yourself to rule the world. No, sir. No one knows that you were the third one...Motorcycle The Pooh."

[@NebLleb]

"This is my story. AND IT SUCKS!!!" Someone make a T-shirt out of that, please!

[@NebLleb]

Dear god, there are so many retcons here that it might as well be _Highlander 2: The Quickening_ for a new generation! This will most likely be the go-to example of a sequel that completely fails. At least _Highlander 2_ was a sequel to a movie that was good in the first place! THIS IS A SEQUEL TO A MOVIE THAT WAS AVERAGE AT BEST!

[@NATE-op9tq]

"This is my story!" Who is she? Tidus from FF10?! (Because that would EXPLAIN EVERYTHING...)

[@NebLleb]

Actually, in FF10, From what I've heard, that was because Tidus was forgetting that it was EVERYONE'S story, and he just didn't know at the time. Alice, on the other hand, is a complete Mary Sue, so yeah, the movies pretty much *are* her story. The 'Resident Evil' games are the story of a lot of people on the other hand.

[@NATE-op9tq]

True, (and unlike Alice at least Tidus had a personality, albeit a very big annoying one)

[@NebLleb]

Yeah, Between Tidus and Alice, I'll take Tidus. Alice is just a completely unlikable Mary Sue from the sequels onward! In fact, these REINO ('Resident Evil' In-Name-Only) sequels sucked! Bad CGI, lazy cliched writing, retcons up the ass, and by the third which reveals that the world was plunged into a zombie apocalypse, *THEY'RE NOTHING LIKE THE GAMES **_AT ALL!_* They even confused Chris Redfield for _Billy Coen_ (from RE0) in the fourth! That should tell you how bad these films are!

[@Headbanger142]

"This is my story" "AND IT SUCKS!!!"

[@TheKpa11]

Headbanger142 it'll go the way I want it.....or I'll end it here

[@TheBonkleFox]

Alice ain't got shit on any of the FFX cast.

[@MrStath1986]

I'm still so confused by the series. You could easily have had Milla Jovovich as a more than passable Jill Valentine and just ran with the story of the series as is, and.. Just.. We got this instead. It's a shame, because in terms of horror I'd almost have preferred early-career Anderson (like Event Horizon) to someone like George Romero, but I don't know if he just got a little goofy over how hot his wife is and needed to wax lyrical about that for six films while putting her in increasingly fetishy outfits, but holy shit, did this series go off the rails fast.

[@BinoFelixNinoNarcPeppino]

What a way to look like a brainless piece of shit that objectively doesn't know anything about movies cause objectively George Romero is a top 20 movie directors of all time meanwhile anderson there is just an awful movie director that madetrash for the most part of his awful career so holy shit dude what's next ? You comparing rob zombie and eli roth to gods like John carpenter and wes craven ? Holy shit...... just go get some help cause I actually feel sorry for you and your ignorance .

[@DarkseidJoshua]

I write movie reviews for the entertainment section of a local newspaper and the headline for my review of Resident Evil: The Final Chapter when it was first released was "Resident Evil The Final Letdown!"

[@PikaLink91]

These movies were already an gigantic middle finger to the games, but now the final movie is also a middle finger to its own prequels.

[@decepticonleaderstarscream6551]

[IT HURT ITSELF IN ITS CONFUSION]

[@death-king1834]

Reminds me of the Rise of Skywalker.

[@KD--sj8eo]

@@death-king1834 This makes Rise of Skywalker look like Citizen Kane.

[@death-king1834]

@@KD--sj8eo Eh I'd say their more or less on par to be perfectly honest.

[@gracekim1998]

@@death-king1834 I mean at least that’s not a giant contradiction 😅 compared to this shit

[@kalletunnellinen6863]

That motorcycle did more damage to Alice than anyone else in this franchise...😕

[@goufr3540]

Of course, Motorcycle-sama is best character, next to Motorcycle the Pooh.

[@sachikiriyama6705]

Everything's better with motorcycles. 🙂👍🏻

[@brodiecrain13]

Sachi from SAO Episode 3 especially childrens card games

[@TheGrandOracle]

It did more damage than the previous villains in the films

[@AncapOtaku]

What about when she died at the end of Apocalypse?

[@jojothebard6687]

Like I said years ago, I fricking hate Alice. As a character, Alice is a terrible non-entity that is "always right and capable of a fight." She's practically parasitic in how she just takes away the aura of life from other pre-established characters that deserve to be in the spotlight. But do you know what is the most damning aspect of this? At this point in this incoherent, fraudulent mess of a franchise, almost everyone that we all love is dead! Think about it. Where is Jill? Chris Redfield? Leon? Ana Wong? Motherfricking Barry? They're dead! No obituary, no tears shed, not even a moment to recount their lives, connections, or even purposes. They are just disposable tools in the "Alice I z cewl" army. Fuck Alice, the director, the horrible writing, and this mindless, style-over-substance, incoherent, Frankenstein piece of shit ripoff of the Matrix this franchise has become... ...in my opinion, at least.

[@DrZuluGaming]

Did you forget that Claire was in this movie?

[@jojothebard6687]

DrZulu Gaming But even if she is still alive, Claire still acts more as a tool for Alice. Change her name and she would be an entirely different character.

[@markcobuzzi826]

They all got sick and tired of always being Alice's personal cheering squad or punching bags, so they each got Hunnigan to fake their deaths, to get out of being contracted for the final chapter. Now they got good prospects in the animated films.

[@battlion507]

So Alice is a Mary Sue? Makes Sense.

[@jojothebard6687]

Tony Davis she's not just a Mary Sue. She's the fricking goddess of Mary Sues.

[@Caarajack]

Paul W.S. Anderson could have put some effort into this after being the final movie in the Alice-saga. But I guess that 25 million cut in the budget sliced that final battle away and also any fucks given to the conclusion. Thanks to this zoomed in shaky cam garbage, stuntwoman Olivia Jackson lost her left arm due to malfunctioning camera crane and crew member Ricardo Cornelius was crushed to death by a film prop Hummer. It remains to be seen if Constantin Film does any better with the reboot but at least there’ll be Resident Evil: Vendetta animated movie coming to West this summer.

[@mesousagaby740]

Wait, they actually cut the budget a bit? I knew that budget number was low, but geez, this doesn't help. Meh, it wouldn't have meant shit anyways.

[@thomasjenkins7506]

so, constantin films made one good movie, but it was 23 years ago?

[@PikaLink91]

You're kidding? The whole reboot thing wasn't a joke?? For the love of god guys, let a dead horse be a dead horse!!

[@gagaplex]

The horse has been infected with the T-virus!

[@PaceBreaker]

Thought I had heard about the budget getting cut and there being trouble with filming... Didn't know there was a grievous injury and a death. Damn. I feel like neither was even worth it in the end. Reboot? Could we wait a few years first? Hopefully they stick close to the source material this time around and keep Anderson and Jovovich off the project.

[@asteroidrules]

Honestly with how little continuity this series has it feels like every film is a reboot.

[@PaceBreaker]

That _would_ explain why there's an exposition dump at the beginning of each one.

[@troin3925]

May Sparkle Reminds me of the Millennium Godzilla films (except for Tokyo SOS and another that I can’t remember). Except they at least stay consistent with being followups to the first movie instead of half remembering how the first movie occurred.

[@gracekim1998]

Hmm 🤔 that….actually makes sense 😅

[@RenaldyCalixte]

@@gracekim1998 Facts

[@Oniqueen]

Only true 90's kids will remember when Phelous posted this with audio issues.

[@kyleweaver2076]

Oni Queen I thought I hit something on my phone that caused it to mute.

[@phelous]

True 90 minutes kids!

[@mathieuleader8601]

90 Nanosecond kids

[@lapytop]

HA!

[@ethanwinters1936]

Kids thses days what do they have nothing

[@TheGM-20XX]

I like how the fat zombie at the start is fully submersed in the 18 inches of water in the reflecting pool.

[@80MWH]

Obviously, the T-Virus leaked into the water supply, and caused the water to expand down further, creating a deeper pool than we could ever expect. :P

[@rouka120]

I'd expect this from a series that changed directors several times but they used the same main actress and same director each time and they still couldn't keep continuity.

[@xyoungdipsetx]

ClockWork Rat these resident evil movies are shit

[@thebadness6217]

which is why i laugh at people who criticize The Last Jedi for needing the same director or writer for the whole trilogy. Having the same guy doesn't guarantee anything.

[@brianaguilar8283]

Reza Lustig Paul W.S. Anderson still wrote the movies even when he couldn’t direct them. He had to bow out of Apocalypse because of Alien vs Predator and Extinction because he was working on Death Race.

[@brianaguilar8283]

thebadness this movie having worse continuity doesn’t excuse TLJ

[@troin3925]

S. Albertsen If that ended up being the case, it reminds me of Countdown.

[@anikmonette2140]

Wait, wait, wait! So everyone just... Dies? Think about it, Red Queen said Alice have 48 hours to save humanity(or what remains of it), yet the cure takes weeks or more to travel Earth?! So the whole franchise was about... Nothing? Wow, that's depressing... Fatalistic even! Nope, here we're in the deterministic zone: everything was lost since day one, and it took 6 movies to end in... A void of death and useless efforts!

[@fightingmedialounge519]

Your assuming this franchise follows it's own rules.

[@TheDarkNeonHero]

ok i'll be honest, no joke i was re-watching the Resi movie building up to this and through some sheer breakthrough of insanity i think i figured out how the entire storyline worked out together from film to film... then i saw the final chapter and then i just demanded that not only i got 2 hours of my life back, but my 10 hours of Sanity that i wasted..... Reboot or bust.

[@troin3925]

TheDarkNeonHero This is exactly how I felt when I watched all the Paranormal Activity movies! At the time, I didn’t get The Ghost Dimension on blu-ray yet, so from using evidence from the films (and my own interpretations), I theorized what actually happened. But then when I got The Ghost Dimension years ago, my interpretation was thrown out the window with what that movie “revealed,” it even contradicted the previous films and half remembered things like the Resident Alice films!

[@LegionIscariot]

Im certain the next Resident Evil will be called A New Beginning.

[@ItsMatticusFinch]

Legion Iscariot with a different character wearing an Alice mask.

[@armandogutierrez9444]

Lost in the Warp Pipe Mila Jovovich plays Jolice, a completely different mary sue demigod

[@FaeQueenCory]

It just sucks that they aren't gonna go and make them more like the games.... They could adapt the games into movies.... But... nah. It'll just be more of this garbage.

[@whatiftherewasanun]

Alice Goes to Hell: The Evilest Resident

[@DrZuluGaming]

Resident Evil: Alice Takes Manhathan.

[@woagnya]

Why is it so hard to have a female main character who is actually interesting? I'd be more engaged watching white untoasted bread depict Alice- and write her character- than Anderson and Jojovich's portrayal of her. Why does she have to be so bland, so unrelatably cool and perfect, that she can barely manage a facial expression? I'd say she was overly sexualized, too, but she's so boring they couldn't even accomplish that. And of course this blank slate of a human being gets to overshadow ever other character, and as an audience we're not even given time to mourn their inevitable deaths because we wouldn't want any digressions from The Alice Show, would we?

[@mattc2306]

I'd honestly watch an RE movie focusing on Jill or Claire than Alice. Or even Ada Wong.

[@tinazlk8854]

Because those idiots think that putting a gun on a female character hands, doing one liners and being mary sue'ish equals a good written character. A strong female character isn't necessarily someone with a weapon, or a mighty goddess who does no wrong or someone in a position of power. It could be someone apparently frail, it could be someone emotional, kind, or anything that isn't the typical stone cold cardboard that frequently gets packed in action movies. Unfortunately, there is a lot of producers and other people who work on the industry whom think that written anything that isn't like this Mary "Alice" Sue kind of character will alienate the audience since they want both male(??? - Yeah, I don't get it) and female audiences to identify(??? - How would anyone identify with a annoying perfect character?) with her. So the movies with a good female main character are rare.

[@RenaldyCalixte]

@@tinazlk8854 Shield Agent Melinda May is how you do a boss woman character who can fight with an actual personality and character development.

[@entrelecieletlenfer5673]

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssss! The only good thing about those shi*** movies: a Phelous review!

[@V1NCYN1CAL]

19:18 Wait... there were Zombies in the Resident Evil movies? I never knew... Seriously I totally forgot because of the other bullshit in this movie franchise.

[@Crowley9]

I was going to commend them for going through the effort of finding a kid who resembles Jovovich to play the Red Queen here, but learning she's her (and the director's) real daughter let the air out of that.

[@DemonBoy3223]

Geez, this is why, as I myself a hobby writer, whenever I write a story, I'd always like to plan the sequels as well, in outline form, so that I can ensure what direction the story should go, and to ensure continuity.

[@gracekim1998]

Yeah you’d think a movie director guy who’s done stuff before would do that too but guess not 😂

[@red-havic9123]

Jesus Christ, even super villians in 80's cartoons were more competent than this version of Umbrella. Yes, I'm courting Megatron and his assistance on keeping Starscream around, plus the joke that was Serpentor's rule over Cobra.

[@autobotproductions1244]

The only consistency of this series is the plot holes

[@rachelzhou1590]

People who've bitched about them in Star Wars: The Last Jedi have clearly never seen this movie.

[@brianaguilar8283]

Rachel Zhou and? How does that excuse the plot holes of TLJ just because there’s worse examples?

[@RenaldyCalixte]

@@brianaguilar8283 Last Jedi is open to interpretation whereas Resident Evil movies have direct lines of dialogue that contradict each other. 1. Racoon City is vaporized by nuke. Except there are ruins of it. 2. Wesker is working against the Red Queen. Except Wesker is manipulating the Red Queen because...it will fool Alice even tho he had opportunities to kill her. 3. Dr. Issacs was an underling of Wesker except Wesker is a hitman used by Issacs to kill Dr. Marcus. The biggest "plot holes" in Star Wars sequels (minus the Palpatine plot hole) involve alternate interpretations of lore. For example... 1. The space ship battle between the Resistance and the 1st Order. 2. Kylo Ren's motivations for betraying his uncle Luke. Also unlike Alice, Rey has needed help to avoid capture and has been defeated before. A. Rey needed Finn to help fly the Falcon to escape. B. Rey needed Han to help repair the Falcon. C. Rey was captured by Kylo Ren D. Kylo Ren held back during their fight in order to capture her and groom her as his student. E. Rey hasn't demonstrated great piloting skills and or understanding intel about the 1st Order. She needed Finn and Poe's help to destroy Starkiller base.

[@brianaguilar8283]

Renaldy Calixte you’re stretching really hard to justify shitty writing. Give it a few years, you’ll finally admit to yourself one day that the sequel trilogy is trash.

[@RenaldyCalixte]

@@brianaguilar8283 But Resident Evil has lines of dialogue that contradict each other. Sequel trilogy problems revolve around lore issues. The trilogy itself presents new ways the Force can be used. I'm not saying the Sequel trilogy is great (and if I am who cares anyway its my opinion). I'm saying it has more internal logic than Resident Evil. Which is the main point of the comment thread.

[@nitromagilou597]

This is the worst action movie I have ever seen in a long time. Seriously, I would rather watch Ballistic: Ecks Vs. Sever or Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen than this, at least I could _see_ what was going on.

[@ColetheAero]

16:10- So, is Anderson one of those directors that make popcorn-trash, but always act like they're making modern art? And then when people criticize it, he complains that people don't get that he only makes "fun movies"?

[@PaceBreaker]

Yep. Another one of those directors who suffers from delusions of grandeur. Paul, you married the lead actress... you won. No need to try and outdo yourself past that.

[@SuperMurray2009]

PaceBreaker Productions I KNOW RIGHT!!!!

[@rsfilmdiscussionchannel4168]

A lot of Letterboxd think he’s an artist.

[@rsfilmdiscussionchannel4168]

Not kidding, look at his films on Letterboxd and see the popular reviews.

[@Zeburaman2005]

Honestly, despite my visceral hatred for reboots in general, I think a Resident Evil reboot could actually prove to be a good thing at this point. But only if they manage to hire a GOOD director and actors who know their craft. Also, let's hope we'll finally get a horror film for a change, even if it is B grade. Just leave Alice and other made up characters out of it, please!

[@markcobuzzi826]

After watching these movies many years ago and being very disappointed, I even ended up seeing if I could put together my own scene-by-scene outlines for an actual good RE adaptation, based on the first RE game. The fan project itself was completed many years ago, but it was not until last year that I went back, converted it into video format, and uploaded it onto my channel as a playlist of 32 videos. The playlist is very long, nearly 2 hours and 30 minutes, but the few people who looked at the whole thing, so far, have enjoyed it and had nothing but positive feedback to give me. So if it sounds like something you would like to check out, to hold you over as we all hope for a good reboot, and you ever have the time, you are welcome to check out the playlist on my channel and see if it is the kind of reboot you would want the Resident Evil franchise to have.

[@Cyberbrak]

The whole time I watched this movie, a kept thinking, "The only good thing about this is going to be the final review, taking this crap down..."

[@WushuKnight19]

You know what Phelous, despite everything you point out in this movie. There are STILL tons of other problems that this movie has that you haven't covered (but you covered enough, just save yourself). It's unbelievable how fucked up this movie is, it absolutely out of this world how this even got the greenlit. `1. 9:17 Alice was actually drinking contaminated water despite saying the virus dry up lakes, and even if it didn't, she SHOULD know it infect them. Since that zombie popped up, she has a healthy dose of the T-virus and zombie blood, guts, poop, and piss, and no, she didn't bother to vomit it all out. 2. Resident Evil that had great scares as this (kzbin.info/www/bejne/h33UqX9uerOYgJY) has now at it's desperate attempt to have a printer jump scare 10:33 almost as dumb as the poptart scare in SH:Revelations, and just as pointless. Why didn't the Red Queen just turn on the monitors to talk to her instead of surprising her is just retarded, along with not warning her before hand that a zombie was in the room (who for some reason made no sound). 3. This movie honestly wants you to look at you dead in the face honestly and pretend that this the first time a anti-virus was created. Even Alice doesn't even question how different this viral is compared to the previous ones. 4. 13:02 So...Wesker had the right opportune moment to kill Alice in that office with nobody around and could've dash to her the same way and stab her neck the same way with a knife, but instead gave her the T-virus? 5. Well, Alice did expect a trap, she just didn't look around hard enough (which is still very stupid), my real problem goes this, why did the umbrella soldiers decided to fight her and their asses killed when all they could've done was let her get stunned by that bike and THEN capture her/kill her? These soldiers are the biggest morons that somehow survived in this apocalypse. 6. 20:16 HE HAD ONE JOB. 7. Why was Alice having a hard time dealing with the clone Issacs with no abilities or special techniques? Even without her powers, she still has super speed, strength, accuracy, and agility. She even manage to beat Nemesis. Why the fuck is THIS guy giving her a hard time 20:43? 8. You know, despite Alice cutting Issacs hand off, how was she able to operate the bike again after she got off it to see the destruction of Raccoon City? Did this movie just forgot that rule already? 9. Alice: It's Umbrella, Dr. Issacs Claire: I thought you killed him. How does Claire even know who Issacs is, let alone that Alice killed him. Not even Alice knew who Issacs was til the end of Extinction. And she never bother telling Claire in Afterlife because she was suffering through amnesia. 10. Wesker still hasn't closed down the hive. 11. 28:36 That.."guy"...was recently bitten by the Cerberus and died. And I shit you not within SECONDS not only did he turned into a zombie, but he was about to caught up to Alice AT THE DOOR, and there was never a shot of him being right behind them.

[@iKadaj]

hahaha they should have just stayed hidden and let the bike zap her, then scrape her off the ground and carry on :'D

[@80MWH]

But then we'd be denied another scene to show everyone how Alice for being 'so normal,' can take on an army of helmeted soldiers as if she were swatting a few flies. :P

[@PaceBreaker]

Well for #1 they like to forget the third movie happened...or at least not the way that it was shown. Incompetence is par for the course for Umbrella...but I'm not gonna handwave the stupid plotholes and inconsistencies because of that. Really good points here though.

[@EarthboundX]

You forgot the biggest one, why does Umbrella, which has been shown to be working for profit in the past movies, suddenly want to kill all of humanity? What the hell do they gain from that? Why the fuck do this awful movies make money!?

[@WushuKnight19]

Oh. I was actually going to save that for Part 2. The plot actually gets much worse there.

[@sachikiriyama6705]

As a fan of Resident Evil and someone who likes action movies in general (I like to keep an open mind towards them, regardless of critical reception), there was absolutely nothing about Resident Evil: The Final Chapter that interested me. The constant shaky cam and quick cuts makes the experience even harder to sit through, plus majority of it is in the dark which only worsens things. If anything, this was on par with Uwe Boll's Alone in the Dark, only with more padding and contradictory writing. And even worse action.

[@Darek_B52]

Check out the animated RE films M8. RE: Degeneration (okay), RE: Damnation (Pretty damn good) and they got a new one coming out at some point called RE:Vendetta and it follows Chris, I believe before the events of RE7.

[@sachikiriyama6705]

+Darek Baird I actually really liked those movies, Damnation especially. While I thought Degeneration was alright, Damnation was a major improvement and something I would happily watch again. I'm also really excited for Vendetta. Even after seeing a half-minute preview (which is honestly shot better and has better lighting than an hour-and-a half movie), I can tell that it's _miles_ better than the entire Paul W.S. Anderson _Resident Alice_ movies.

[@sachikiriyama6705]

So I recently saw Resident Evil: Vendetta, and it was a lot better than I expected. Not only did it have a much more coherent plot, but it had better action, and the characters were more likable than Alice (sure, it's not exactly a high enough bar to set, but it's still pretty good compared to those movies) plus the movie has better pacing, as opposed to The Final Chapter, which painfully drags for far too long. And it's an enjoyable movie even without the license.

[@PunksterOS]

I knew it, I saw the beard growing out and thought Barry is on his way for the "The Final Chapter." Been looking forward to this since the film was announced. I do lead an uneventful life.

[@BurnedRetinas]

2000's WCW Nitro had less heel and face turns than the last 3 W.S. Anderson movies.

[@smjaiteh]

Of ALL the franchises that get a reboot... I've never been more okay than with this one.

[@okagron]

And the reboot sucked.

[@RenaldyCalixte]

@@okagron Was the reboot better than the Resident Evil Alice movies?

[@s.nifrum4580]

@@RenaldyCalixte It was more faithful that’s for damn sure

[@MforMovesets]

God those movies are so lazy. Even the mediocre animated official ones are 1000 times better, and at least the second one much more creative with the source material.

[@destroyerblackdragon]

You think there mediocre.

[@Spectre799]

MforZorro | Movesets say what people want about Transformers, but IT HAD Transformers!!!!! This movie has NO Resident Evil!!!!!

[@DSan-kl2yc]

Spectre799 Gaming haha an evil house? Like monster house

[@MforMovesets]

As RE movies, they are good. As movies, they're mediocre.

[@anikmonette2140]

Pelcogo Well, they are! Mediocre pretty much means average, so yeah, nothing great here...

[@gilangramadhan861]

finally the return of phelous burton

[@98953812]

Gilang R. I'll get some sandwiches.

[@hmt8036]

I'll grab A Nightmare before Christmas

[@Jazzypants2007]

Barlan Phurteous, *thank you*. Or something along those lines? Was trying to get a decent portmanteau of Barry Burton and Phelan Porteous. >_

[@TheGoddamnJefe]

“My name is Alice, and this is my story.” No it’s NOT. It’s Jill, Chris, Leon, Claire and many others’. You’re just a made up character no one is invested in.

[@RenaldyCalixte]

My name is Alice and this is my fanfiction.

[@dmichael7144]

“My name is Alice, and this story is my husband’s love letter to me.”

[@DrZuluGaming]

"My name is Alice and this is my story. However, AO3 hated it so I released it on a platform without standards. Wattpad."

[@gracekim1998]

Wait Alice IS NOT a game character?😅

[@RenaldyCalixte]

@@DrZuluGaming 😵...oh wow...diss towards Wattpad. 😂

[@ColeYote]

I swear Paul WS Anderson *tried* to makes this series' plot as incoherent and discontinuous as possible. Not helped by the fact that it hasn't really had anything to do with the games since the second or third one. But they were really successful at the international box office, so I guess that justifies making six of them!

[@barry-allenthe-flash8396]

Holy shit, this is shockingly incompetent. It literally looks like a SyFy Channel movie at this point. The electric shock she gets on the motorcycle is something that 80's movies look at and say, "That's sad", while the muddy visuals, and zoomed-in/quick cut/shakycam action scream Asylum. Why doesn't Asylum rip off these movies with their infamous "Mockbusters"; they have a pretty good chance of actually being better than the Hollywood movie in this case. SyFy's "Citizen Evil" would honestly be at least as good as this shit, lol.

[@barry-allenthe-flash8396]

You're right! I forgot about those. Oof, that last Highlander was depressing. Come to think of it, I think the last original Robocop movies, pre-reboot, were Sci-Fi Channel tv movies too.

[@riasgremory6971]

+Barry-Allen The-Flash Considering that the last five Resident Evil movies coincidentally aired on the SyFy channel, I wouldn't be surprised that The Final Chapter would air on that channel at some point in the future.

[@ExaltedPariah]

i wasnt sure about this guy until the ' Silent Hill got her." comment. totes subd

[@Grayvorn]

I love how it took the novelisation to remember the daughter............well, the epilogue of it anyway.

[@GayAstray]

Now you point this out, how the HELL did Paul anderson first, bag Milla, and second, become a director? He's effing AWFUL

[@pskullv]

He's awful as a storyteller. That doesn't wholly denote who he is as a person.

[@KeyBladeMaster-Dan]

And she's an awful actress so they can be awful together see perfect match

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

@@KeyBladeMaster-Dan not really an awful actress but ok

[@schtive81]

Apparently all it takes is an motorcycle with advanced AI to defeat Alice.

[@bloodrunsclear]

I'd love to see a flowchart for the 'plot' of these movies. I am surprised that Phelous didn't mention the stupid THREE-BARREL shotgun...

[@bloodrunsclear]

You make a point...but it is Resident Evil 5 so...there's that

[@TheRoflcer]

I prefer my three-barrel shotguns to be fired-off by Moe Szyslak thank you very much!

[@TheRoflcer]

-Bigevilworld Yes, but factor in the consoles the games were released on coupled with promotional advertisements and backing on the previous success of the games (By that I mean lots of people probably wen't into RE5 all thanks to how loved the fourth game was despite it's own flaws) And then there's Capcom's response, they became familiar with the general hatred RE6 garnered despite it's monetary success which is probably why they wen't back to some basics with the 7th installment which has been praised by internet reviews.

[@80MWH]

Yeah, someone somewhere has to have written down how this entire series should have ceased to make sense long ago! The way this series messes up it's timeline, it makes Bay's "Transformers" films seem semi-competent, when it comes to all the ridiculousness regarding how Megatron's plan should have imploded several movies ago!

[@jblask2]

I actually like the triple barrel. It's cool but still functionally plausible.

[@h.a.9880]

I can't even fathom how you end up with a movie franchise like this. It's such a mess. When you watch these movies with a long waiting times in between movies, it might not be so bad, but when you watch them back to back and keep track of character motivations and actions to achieve their goals, you end up with a completely incoherent mess that puts even the Disney Star Wars sequels to shame. This franchise literally has Wesker trying to kill Alice, followed by an entire movie dedicated to Wesker trying to help Alice and the very next movie has him trying his best to get rid of her again. And there is no explanation why he flip-flops so hard. And this isn't even the worst aspect of this movie franchise.

[@NeoDragonCount]

Paul W. S. Anderson: "Computer programmers and microbiologists are the same thing! Duurrrrrrrrr..." I'm convinced that Anderson must have ADHD or the like based on his inability to maintain even a semblance of consistency.

[@brodiecrain13]

NeoDragonCount I have A.D.D and I don't have that problem, Paul is just a dumbass

[@NeoDragonCount]

Sam J. Johnson That's not a bad argument either. Has Anderson directed anything other than the Resident Evil movies that had sequels?

[@negavenom]

NeoDragonCount He did an adaptation of the three musketeers and even had the nerve to sequel bait with his wife

[@brunovitt9869]

and alien vs predator

[@babablacksheep3950]

Sam J. Johnson Yet this movie still make 300+ millions out of 40millions budget... He might be right

[@matane2465]

And now there's Resident Evil: Monster Hunter.

[@lizzychrome7630]

I remember seeing "Apocalypse" in high school and loving Alice, but that was my first exposure to the franchise. But knowing the background and watching this review I can see why she's so disliked.

[@blakedarryl]

Just watched this (4 years later.) Beyond the plot holes that could hide a semitruck. The editing was infuriating hard to watch. I thought I had missed the part of the story where they say the last remaining humans will cease to exist in 48 hours. Thought maybe that it was all the frozen rich people we see later on, but that wasn't it. They keep bringing it up, the count down to the death of all these people. Are they being held at gun point? How are they all of a sudden going to die? To quote screen rant, "Doesn't matter, the movie needs to happen..so I'm gonna need you to get all the way off my back about that"

[@carriekentfield7895]

Can't wait for part 2. Keep up the good work Phelous.

[@SpeedyEric1]

I had to rewatch your reviews of the previous films in preparation for this one. Let's just be sure that Hollywood keeps the reboot as far away from Paul W.S. Anderson as possible. 6:54- Nice alternative fact, Umbrella. 9:11- Say what you will about the Transformers films, but they did follow up on the events of the previous films. I always love it whenever someone uses that Krusty the Clown clip in their reviews. 22:36- As well as playing Captain Cold in DC's Arrowverse. God be with you in Part 2, Phelous.

[@brianaguilar8283]

No they actually didn’t

[@v.m.9198]

phelous' intro is probably the best live action resident evil movie we're going to get

[@Gruntman1234]

I'd just like to comment on the troupe of Nuclear Plant melting down equals city being blown up in a mushroom cloud. Ahem, MELTDOWNS DON'T WORK THAT WAY!!!!

[@JThom529]

Never mention that gag again. Even ChaosD1 didn't find it amusing (or do whatever you want, what do I care idk)

[@TheKromusDevice]

The only movie series to consist entirely of sequels that retcon the movie right before each entry. This Anderson guy just sucks.

[@death-king1834]

Highlander did that as well. The difference being the first film was legitimately really good. While the first film in this series was overall just 'meh'.

[@gracekim1998]

came to this for context regarding the recent review :) 22.7.22

[@comixproviderftw_02]

*Sees title* What? What is this? Finally, the end has come.

[@mr.needlemouse32x]

ComiXProvider FTW_02 I can't believe.

[@comixproviderftw_02]

Mr.NeedleMouse32X​ This franchise is a Retcon Sandwich.

[@jojothebard6687]

It's a finale sandwich!

[@amohotepv]

This is the final battle! wait, wrong game.

[@Kogander]

Finally!! I have been waiting this like christmas.

[@carriekentfield7895]

I think the Alice heads scene is a reference to The Walking Dead where the Governor had a little tank shrine with zombie heads.

[@Amber_xo_133]

Megan Charpentier had outgrown the role of the Red Queen, which she previously played in Resident Evil: Retribution (2012), and was recast with Milla Jovovich and Paul W.S. Anderson's real life daughter Ever Anderson in her feature film debut. Filming was originally scheduled to start in Fall 2013 for a September 12, 2014 release date. Filming was delayed when Milla Jovovich became pregnant with her second child. Bingbing Li was due to reprise her role as Ada Wong but had to leave production before shooting started because she had committed to another movie in China. The outfit that Claire Redfield, Ali Larter's character, wears is the same outfit that was worn by Claire Redfield in the game Resident Evil: Revelations 2 (2015). Milla Jovovich is the only actor to appear in every single film of the series. Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Iain Glen, and Shawn Roberts are the only actors to reprise their roles from previous installments. The film came out on January 27, 2017, three days after the release of the new installment of the video game series, Resident Evil VII: Biohazard (2017). Many actors from previous movies were not invited to return for this movie, including: Sienna Guillory, Bingbing Li, Aryana Engineer, Spencer Locke, Michelle Rodriguez, Wentworth Miller, and Johann Urb. First movie in the series not to feature any songs. When Alice is driving to Racoon City, there's a brief shot of a Rayden bobble head from Mortal Kombat on the dashboard. Mortal Kombat is director Paul Anderson's first video game film adaptation. Feature film debut of TV Personality Rola. The subplot with Claire's boyfriend Doc being revealed to be a spy working for Umbrella after he betrays Alice is based on a similar subplot found in the game Resident Evil: Revelations 2 (2015). During filming in South Africa, an improperly secured Humvee slid off of a rotating platform, crushing crew member Ricardo Cornelius against a wall. He was rushed to the hospital and placed on life support, but he died a few hours later. It was the film's second on-set accident, and the only fatal one. The film is dedicated to his memory.

[@tommync2010]

I'm a really big fan of your channel and I would really like to interview you I am at Tommy NC 2010 at Twitter unprofessional and I would like to interview you on my talk show, Tommy Talks

[@Labyethan]

TommyNC2010 Did you get an interview? (Please say yes.)

[@BEEZEBEORA]

I really wanted to see the film before I saw this, but darn-it I can't leave a Phealous review unviewed..

[@mas8705]

I feel as though by the time we reach the end of this review, the word "Consistency" is going to be dead and buried.

[@tiredric]

Just went on a binge on phelan's videos. I rewatched almost every single one of "Phelan and the movies" and finished my journey here. ty for the entertainment Phelan, you're awesome!

[@OnDavidsBrain]

It's a Resident Alice Sandwich!

[@MiXVoy]

too bad Arby's or Subway didn't make that idea

[@Jazzypants2007]

So... question for all y'all. Would Alice cameoing long enough in the reboot to get killed off make it one of the best movies ever made just because of that fanservice?

[@PlanetZoidstar]

"History is written by the Victors" - THAT is why the continuity of this whole movie franchise is a mess...It's how ALICE remembers it all, and she's a TERRIBLE recollector and writer! Everything we've seen has been HER version of events.

[@Khenfu_Cake]

I like to imagine every movie after the first one is just her comatose dreams while in reality she's still stuck inside that Umbrella hospital room she was in at the end of the first film.

[@RenaldyCalixte]

@@Khenfu_Cake that's what I believe as well. And eventually by the end of Resident Evil 3 the game Alice dies along with the rest of Racoon City.

[@superemoboi2050]

“My name is Alice, and this is my story.” Yeah, but it's not supposed to be.

[@robo-nidai4236]

Guys. I'm gonna say something...I thought I'd never say in my life. .........The Spider-man Clone Saga was a better story than these movies.

[@Payload82]

I know that hard thing to say considering how long that story tried to screw up spiderman

[@Ukiby3000]

The best part of these reviews is the evolution of Phelous' Barry cosplay. It looks so good in this video!

[@johntaveras06]

I was waiting for this even before the movie came out! 🙏🏿

[@jamcalx]

This movie LITERALLY GAVE ME A NOSE BLEED!!!!! I left the theater building with a major headache and as soon as I stepped outside I felt a sharp pain and blood dripping, as if my brain was trying to physically purge any memory of seeing this is insult.

[@BloodrealmX]

"I hope this really is the end of these..." Coming 2020: [RESIDENT ALICE 7: Monster Hunter]

[@matthewhancox4389]

I can confirm this movie does hurt to look at on the big screen. Between the shaking, fast cutting and really, REALLY bad sound, this is the only movie that has given me a migraine.

[@death-king1834]

The only thing that rivals the continuity of these movies is the Disney Star Wars Sequels. In fact the last film especially how they threw Isaacs in as the main villain despite being killed off three movies ago, is exactly like how Rise of Skywalker threw Palpatine in out of nowhere as the villain despite again being killed off three movies ago.

[@jinx1987]

Just why. Fanfiction writers can do better than this movie. FANFICTION WRITERS!

[@Mr4thDoctor]

I feel embarrassed for Iain Glenn. Love the dude's work on Game of Thrones, but why did he return for this movie? I know he has to do work in between seasons, but can't he chose something better?

[@LEONOX233]

I suppose he signed something back in Apocalipse or Extinction that he needed to return in case they needed him for a minor flashback or something and Paul W. used that opening to force him into the movie after his popularity with GoT. But I dunno, maybe he just wanted to act in the dumbest dual role in film's story, aka Super powered computer brain man and his religious fanatical clone.

[@Tareltonlives]

Wait, if Jill vanishes twice, would that make the movies between them A JILL SANDWICH?

[@jasongretencord3326]

What if a T Virus outbreak occurred in Silent Hill?

[@magnatcleo2043]

Eh, it probably wouldn't look too different. There usually aren't too many normal people over there and the monsters aren't necessarily real.

[@starlimitz2]

Sweet! This is almost as much a milestone as when you finished the Mortal Kombat Conquest reviews

[@MJPriseCenter]

With James Wan as a producer, we can have some hope for the reboot.

[@death-king1834]

Don't get your hopes up. Granted the reboot might be an improvement over the Alice-fest, but it's still a movie based around a video game and as we all know there's a 99% chance it will suck balls since 99% of video game based movies are ass. How much it will suck is the million dollar question though.

[@MJPriseCenter]

There are good movie game adaptation, Warcraft, Street Fighter II the animated movie, the first Mortal Kombat and Silent Hill Movie, Dofus (you probably don't know this one, it's a french animated movie based on a french mmorpg, and it's great, go see it if you have a chance, it's like a Myazaki and JK Rowling son's) Heck, they are even non-official great movie game adaptation, Shutter Island is a better Silent Hill movie than the Silent Hill Movie, Speed Racer is a great Mario Kart Movie, Logan is a nice Last of us movie, and Pirates of the carribean was supposed to be a Monkey Island movie at one point (a cancelled animated movie with the same Writters who've juste recycle their plot for the Poc movie and Spielberg at the production). If we just seeing the bad example for prooving that a genre is dead... well movies in generals are dead because Cabin Fever exist.

[@death-king1834]

Silent Hill good? Phelous would disagree with you on that.

[@MJPriseCenter]

And ? I can have a different opinion even if I love his work.

[@jinx1987]

MJPriseCenter we already hit rock bottom so it’s all uphill from here.

[@belias360]

The tie-in novels said that all of the other main characters died during an attack on Washington D.C. Claire is literally the only game character in the live action film to survive everything.

[@nannaleifa]

I'm seriously questioning the taste of people who liked this film unironically. Maybe the early ones I can understand but not this Final Chapter shit.

[@RenaldyCalixte]

I liked the 1st two films unironically. Liked the 3rd one ironically but then when I saw the Clones I started to hate these movies.

[@Khenfu_Cake]

@@RenaldyCalixte I liked the first film too. Apocalypse was decent, not great, but I enjoyed it well enough. At least it actually continued the story from the previous film and didn't retcon it entirely. Maybe it's because in the first two films they were still trying to follow the overall arc (with how the T-virus outbreak first started in the Arklay facility and then spread to Raccoon City) from the games, so they had a bit of that continuity to lean up against. Extinction was when the series went completely off the rails and I finally gave up on it.

[@WikiSorcerer]

Good to see you Horror-Phelous. I was afraid I'd never see you again!

[@death-king1834]

Believe it or not I've actually encountered people in the comment sections saying that this is a great movie and critics and KZbin reviewers are dumb and stupid for giving it a poor grade. Then again not the first time idiots in the comment section have defended shitty crappy movies.

[@ShadowMuppetX]

Kind of tired of the "anyone who dislikes this movie is just parroting" shit. Yeah, right. Because that statement is itself original and not something every fan of this film goes to as a saving throw against the indignity of having something you like criticized by someone else. It's fine if you like it. I don't accuse you of being a zombie for liking something I don't. Hey, maybe you DO see something I don't in it. BvS ultimate is still shit. Now it's 30 minutes longer and shit. Has its moments, but the direction still strikes me as trying too hard to make you think every moment is huge and meaningful. And the Martha thing cannot be ignored. It's the moment the movie hinges on. It's the turning point. It's functionally the most important scene in the movie, the moment where the story takes a turn away from these characters seeing each other as threats and instead seeing each other as human beings. But honestly, I don't mind it that much. If that were the film's only major problem, I wouldn't dislike it. I can think of tons of cringey stuff that appears in really good movies. This was just a cringey cherry on top of an already shit movie. Snyder seems interested in exploring the humanity of these characters. Starting from Man of Steel that appears to be what he's trying to do/ I'm not exactly sure why he fails at that, but given the pacing of most of his scenes, it's really hard to explore humanity when every moment is trying to be larger than life. There were one or two scenes in BvS that felt like some of what he was trying to do leaked out, but they're usually truncated. And yes, I'm aware that I'm not saying anything new. There really isn't anything new to say about the movie--for OR against it. You like it. That's okay. It's not like "The movie is fine and everyone criticizing it is just parroting" is a unique opinion I've never heard before. It's not like everyone who liked the movie is some unique snowflake and everyone who hated it is a hivemind. Making that defense makes you look like a child. Most of what I had to say about the movie are the thoughts I had after walking out of it, and the Ultimate edition didn't change that. Cleared up some plot holes, sure. But my issues with it weren't the plot holes. It was pacing, framing and characterization that didn't ring true for me. But it's okay if you like it. Just don't be a little bitch about it.

[@troin3925]

This movie is like Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension. It's supposed to be the finale, it's the worst in the entire series, and it's full of contradictions. The only benefit that this movie has is that the ending implies that things will get better, whereas with Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, I don't know if it's supposed to be a cliffhanger or the bad ending.

[@troin3925]

Resident Evil 7 came out at around the same time and it’s obvious which one is the better version.

[@JohnDoe-wz3jq]

Resident Phelous! been waiting for this one for months since it came out. Great review, entertaining and you hit all the flaws and contradictions perfectly, makes you weep for anyone following the "story".

[@Gat720Dua]

Yeah, good news they're rebooting the whole thing without Anderson. Bad news: He's doing Monster Hunter, which I don't know about any of you but I'm very concern.

[@Gat720Dua]

I don't think the first AVP was that bad (at least compared to the RE films) but yeah that doesn't change the fact. I feel Monster Hunter MIGHT be easier to adapt since they're pretty light on story and characters to follow but I'm not holding my hopes up.

[@grandadmiralzaarin4962]

God your Barry impersonations make these even more hilarious

[@rasengdori13]

Damn dude I can tell from that opening sequence you really slimmed down.

[@Nathan-Croft]

"The final insult" fitting title

[@masterwellesley]

This movie contradict itself too much.

[@pythiasibyls6269]

I've been waiting so long for this review! I didn't want to watch the last movie until after I'd seen Phelous rip it apart!!

[@jblask2]

As much as I hate Alice as a character Milla seems like a very charming and funny person in the interviews I saw. She's smiling and laughs at herself when she messes up on set. I really like her and I kind of want to see in Monster Hunter.

[@dereknight861]

I’m gonna tell you all a story, you can feel free to feel sad about it or laugh at my misery. Either reaction is fair. Anyways In the “hype” for this final entry of the WAIFU wank off I decided to rewatch the whole franchise and I vaguely recall there was hints and allusions given in these movies that SEEMED to be pointing towards where this all might end at! It was almost an enlightening feeling that I cracked the code of this insane babble of nonsense! Like finding the da Vinci code hidden in plain sight…I actually got excited to watch this movie- ANNNND immediately it was all curbstomped in the first five minutes. I literally shouted in the theater (I was the only one in that showing surprising I’m sure) “I WASTED ALL THAT F**KING TIME!!” Oh god and it got worse when it became clear I was going to be subjected to the sickening jumpcut editing in surprised I didn’t get sick all over the floor. Not even having “Not-Claire” be in it helped alleviate my frustration over this. One of the rare times I cursed paying to go to the theaters.

[@skornie123]

3:58 This movie was so bad, Phelous tried to cut himself...

[@DepressyDuck]

Finally, someone else noticed!

[@JohnwayneNOgacy]

Yes! Phelous I love you bro. Seeing you in my feed blesses my month. PLEASE REVIEW PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS