Constantin Film
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Resident Evil Collection
Resident Evil: Retribution
Evil goes global.
The Umbrella Corporation’s deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of the flesh eating Undead. The human race’s last and only hope, Alice, awakens in the heart of Umbrella’s most clandestine operations facility and unveils more of her mysterious past as she delves further into the complex. Without a safe haven, Alice continues to hunt those responsible for the outbreak; a chase that takes her from Tokyo to New York, Washington, D.C. and Moscow, culminating in a mind-blowing revelation that will force her to rethink everything that she once thought to be true. Aided by new found allies and familiar friends, Alice must fight to survive long enough to escape a hostile world on the brink of oblivion. The countdown has begun.
- Original title
- Resident Evil: Retribution
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $65,000,000
- Revenue
- $240,159,255
RalphRahal
Feb 3, 2025 · via TMDB
Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) is the point where the franchise fully embraces its identity as a straight-up action spectacle. Any remaining traces of horror are wiped away, making room for relentless fight sequences, wild set pieces, and high-energy pacing. The plot is simple and mostly exists to keep the action moving, but it does introduce some interesting elements, like Ada Wong’s arrival and the expanding influence of Umbrella. That said, while the story has potential, it never really dives deep into anything, keeping everything surface-level. The directing sticks to Paul W.S. Anderson’s usual style, with slow-motion overload and CGI-heavy action. The cinematography, handled once again by Glen MacPherson, maintains the same hyper-stylized approach as the previous films, and while it looks slick, it can feel repetitive. Editing-wise, it is still messy, but at this point, it is almost a signature of the franchise. Despite its flaws, the movie has some fun sequences, and a few moments hit well, especially in terms of visual spectacle. Milla Jovovich continues to be the glue holding everything together, bringing the same energy and badassery that keeps these movies watchable. She makes every action scene feel engaging, even when the script does not offer much in terms of depth or dialogue. The soundtrack keeps up the fast-paced, high-energy vibe, fitting the film’s style. While Retribution is far from perfect, and definitely not the best in the series, it is still enjoyable in its own chaotic way. If you go into it expecting pure action and nothing else, there is fun to be had, even if the franchise’s roots are long gone.
Andre Gonzales
Aug 15, 2023 · via TMDB
Alice is going through an alternate world. When she finally snaps out of it, she finds herself trapped in and underworld city.
JPV852
Nov 20, 2020 · via TMDB
Watching it again after 8 years, my feelings about this installment remains the same. Guess I found it easier to watch after revisiting the franchise but still think the plot was weak, even by the standards of the series, and while I know it’s based on a video game, really wish the movie didn’t feel like one, even more so than the previous installments. Still like Jovovich in the role of Alice, in fact, and take this for what you will, is the strongest actor of the ensemble with Guillory turning in an especially awful performance (at least under the Umbrella Corp’s influence). Easily this is the weakest entry. **1.5/5**
Dark Jedi
Feb 3, 2013 · via TMDB
This movie is the 5th instalment in the Resident Evil series. Why would you want to watch this movie? Why would you want to watch any Resident Evil movie come to think about? Good acting…nope. Intelligent and intriguing plot…absolutely not. Zombies…yep. Action…most definitely yes! Anything else…well if you’re member of the younger part of the average male population you probably watch it for Milla Jovovich as well. Now that we have established the baseline for the movie, does this movie deliver? The answer to that is, without a doubt, YES! This film delivered exactly what I expected of it. As I mentioned it is the 5th movie in the series and the entire series is sprung from a video game in the first place so it should really be no surprise that the film is one long video game action sequence sporadically interrupted with some dialog. Yet a lot of people seems to expect something else and judges the movie by those expectations. I think those really low rating are quite unfair. The movie does indeed deliver what I think you should expect. A lot of the action scenes are marvellous. The slow motion scenes are well done and enjoyable unlike some movies where they are just annoying. The zombies and other monsters are good. And yes, I confess that, although I’m hardly among the younger part f the mail audience anymore I do like watching Milla Jovovich jumping around in the scenes in those ridiculous skin tight suits. If I should complain about anything it would be that I sat through half the movie being annoyed that nobody would get the, painfully obvious, idea to rip that red mind control gizmo off Jill’s chest. When it was finally done in the end it was like “did you really have to take that long to get that idea into your head you dumb bastards”. I cannot really give the movie a top rating since it does lack much of a story after all but I certainly think it is worth 7 out of 10 stars. I enjoyed myself a lot while watching it. The ending is the usual video-game-movie cliff-hanger and I really hope they make another sequel now when Alice got her powers back. That she lost those was one of the big downers for me in one of the previous movies in the franchise.
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Milla Jovovich
Alice
Sienna Guillory
Jill Valentine
Michelle Rodriguez
Rain
Aryana Engineer
Becky
Li Bingbing
Ada Wong
Boris Kodjoe
Luther West
Johann Urb
Leon S. Kennedy
Kevin Durand
Barry Burton
Oded Fehr
Todd / Carlos
Colin Salmon
One
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Albert Wesker
Takato Yamashita
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Mika Nakashima
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Megan Charpentier
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Ray Olubowale
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Hiroo Minami
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Wendy Partridge
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Al Vrkljan
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Brett Chan
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Alicia Turner
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Corry Glass
Stunt Double
Joanne Leach
Stunt Double
Mitra Suri
Stunt Double
Rorelee Tio
Stunt Double
Angelica Lisk-Hann
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Danny Lima
Stunts
Doug Chapman
Stunts
Jodi Stecyk
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Liise Keeling
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Paul W. S. Anderson
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Jamie Christopher
First Assistant Director
Matthew Sharp
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Martin Moszkowicz
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Don Carmody
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Jeremy Bolt
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Paul W. S. Anderson
Producer
Annie Normandin
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Dennis Berardi
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Paul W. S. Anderson
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