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Resident Evil: Retribution
2012
Sci-fi, Suspense/Thriller
1h 35m
Alice fights alongside a resistance movement in the continuing battle against the Umbrella Corporation and the undead.
Resident Evil: Retribution
2012
Sci-fi, Suspense/Thriller
1h 35m
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Rated 30 Jan 2013
23
12th
As soon as the movie started I was overcome with waves of dizziness. The title appeared on the screen, but the letters blurred and came into focus again, now spelling 'Rohypnol: Rear Tribute'. From this point on I remember only vague blobs of color, incomprehensible sounds, and a constant sense of vertigo. It's now 90 minutes later and I've regained consciousness. Now only questions remain. Why can't I stop crying and why does my butt hurt? I... I think Paul W.S. Anderson molested me. Oh god.
Rated 30 Jan 2013
Rated 02 Dec 2017
30
8th
Resident Evil Marathon, Hour 8.9: Things seem to be happening backwards, now. We keep revisiting the same lines, scenes and faces - the credits are literally regressing. I missed Guillory's soap-opera-camp Jill Valentine until I looked it up and realized it's still Guillory. My reality is slipping. Maybe that's why I actually liked Alice's psychic connection to her clones, and her Weaver-esque mother complex. But it's like I'm forced to watch a video game. My agency, my will, is leaving me.
Rated 02 Dec 2017
Rated 02 Sep 2017
40
8th
I have no idea what I watched. There were pretty lights and shiny colours and figures open and closed their mouth parts but nothing of particular note came out.
Rated 02 Sep 2017
Rated 31 Jan 2017
44
25th
Lots of bad CGI and no storyline can't ruin a fine guilty pleasure. There is even a laughable performance from a terrible actress named Bingbing Li. Perfect!
Rated 31 Jan 2017
Rated 30 Sep 2016
24
6th
What's that, Paul? ...No, Paul, people haven't forgotten about Aliens. Yes, I know it's been a while since it came out, but it's kind of a classic and... Yes, I'm sure people will notice if you steal the entire plot. So unless you have a really good plan for how to make them OK with it, people are inevitably going to compare them, and - Hmm? Oh, you're planning to make it suck. Well, that's one way of avoiding comparison, I suppose.
Rated 30 Sep 2016
Rated 20 Sep 2012
50
12th
Pencil thin Milla supposedly reverts to being a normal human in the beginning yet she's wielding a chain with a lock like a fucking ninja spinning upside down kicking zombies in the teeth. Anderson is such a mindless hack he can't even keep up with all the storyline changes to the characters in his movie. The actors must have been standing in the same green screen room reading off teleprompter because that's what the acting is like at times. Pretty cgi but shitastic everything else.
Rated 20 Sep 2012
Rated 25 Sep 2020
46
15th
Being honest I don't remember this one other than thinking it was a disappointment after I enjoyed Afterlife, and that it was probably the worst of the franchise although it does set up what looks like being an epic final chapter.
Rated 25 Sep 2020
Rated 29 Jan 2017
2
8th
Just got done rewatching this 10 minutes ago and couldn't tell you what the hell happened. This movie of all the movies has the least plot (which is hard to do) and there isn't really any point to it. Aside from appearances from old characters from the series and a couple of video game cameos, there is no reason to care about whatever is going on. The action sequences are some of the best in the franchise, but you've come to expect that. This was a big misfire compared to the others.
Rated 29 Jan 2017
Rated 26 Jul 2014
24
5th
Only because of the suburban warfare/destruction sequences that feed my fetish.
Rated 26 Jul 2014
Rated 15 Oct 2013
66
24th
This is the first Resident Evil flick that disappointed me. Even though the special effects of the first movie look like cardboard cutouts in comparison, this movie fails to expand the series in any way. In all actuality, it is baffling that this movie is supposed to take place in the same universe and the plot is full of so many holes that I'm not sure how Milla didn't fall off the movie screen.
Rated 15 Oct 2013
Rated 23 Mar 2013
18
20th
Absolutely terrible. The acting is awful, CGI shit and the story way too simple and weak. Plus Jovovich has her mouth open way too many times. And when the Gilette shaving models appeared, I just burst out laughing, and laughed hysterically everytime they were on screen. What the fuck were they thinking.. seriously. One of those guys has the face of Ken and the jaw to shave some other Gilette model's face.
Rated 23 Mar 2013
Rated 08 Dec 2012
40
10th
High on action, low on plot. I suppose this is what you'd get if you wrote a script around a random collection of action set pieces.
Rated 08 Dec 2012
Rated 19 Sep 2012
40
19th
Nothing new here. The plot seems to go backwards, that's how slow it progresses. The action scenes are decent but as always, there is WAY too much slow motion. I think the movie would have been half an hour shorter if they just left that out. However, I am going to watch the next installment. I'd like to see a reboot that's closer to the games though.
Rated 19 Sep 2012
Rated 14 Sep 2012
35
8th
Paul whatever Anderson you are the worst.
Rated 14 Sep 2012
Rated 11 Apr 2020
10
3rd
Under Quarantine Film Reviews #37: Anderson's horrendous attempt in trying to adapt Aliens, it literally makes no sense. It was, though, a pleasant surprise to see previous characters. Not much to say really except Milla in that skintight catsuit made the film easier to enjoy.
Rated 11 Apr 2020
Rated 03 Jan 2018
28
7th
The visual style again is improved by the slower paced editing style. As well as some truly beautiful shots. However aside from Milla Jovowich and some of the action scenes. There is not much good to be found in this fifth film.
Rated 03 Jan 2018
Rated 20 Mar 2017
74
24th
Resident Evil: Retribution is somehow more over-the-top than its predecessors, in nearly every way, though it's closest to Resident Evil: Afterlife. If you think too hard about anything that happens in this movie, you may be disappointed. However, besides the insane, stupid, manic, silly action that ensues, Retribution makes things a notch more interesting with a very "meta" and twisty plot that may be cliche, but differentiates this entry just enough.
Rated 20 Mar 2017
Rated 16 Mar 2017
52
13th
Some bad-ass moments, but weaker than other movies in the franchise (which is saying a fair bit).
Rated 16 Mar 2017
Rated 11 Feb 2017
54
29th
I think I have Resident Evil poisoning because I actually thought this one was pretty fun. Not worth it to sit through the first 4 to get here though.
Rated 11 Feb 2017
Rated 31 Oct 2016
35
5th
I think it was better than the previous film... ? I'm not sure. My brain was already mush by the end of Afterlife and I followed it up with Retribution so what do I know.
Rated 31 Oct 2016
Rated 31 Mar 2016
20
15th
This is a great elliptical movie. You can go to the gym, get on the Precor machine, turn the movie on, and, much like I imagine the production of the film was, be entertained as your brain shuts down.
Rated 31 Mar 2016
Rated 12 Sep 2015
93
51st
Milla Jovovich once again dons her trademark (and skintight) latex suit in this fifth installment of the popular video-game-inspired franchise.
Rated 12 Sep 2015
Rated 26 Jul 2015
43
11th
It's like they took an actual RE game and converted it into a movie. By that I mean it looks like a live version of the game - but this also means it comes with bad dialogue, thin story, repeatative tense 'baddy fighting' music, corny lines, and lame acting.
Rated 26 Jul 2015
Rated 09 May 2014
70
37th
Im a big fan of the resident evil films but I couldn't quite get into this instalment, however, this film was a lot truer to the games and those who have played the games will enjoy this film
Rated 09 May 2014
Rated 03 Apr 2014
0
0th
Horseshit, fucking unbelievable that people are paying money for this. I wish I could go back in time and kill Mila Jovovich, before she could 'star' in this movie.
Rated 03 Apr 2014
Rated 19 Mar 2014
0
4th
I honestly have no idea what this movie was about. Terrible.
Rated 19 Mar 2014
Rated 22 Sep 2013
0
6th
It is just a lot of people shooting things with very little plot happening.
Rated 22 Sep 2013
Rated 24 Aug 2013
74
25th
The OSHA report on the Umbrella Corporation is going to be damning. Still, I'm glad it's back into guilty pleasure territory, lots of zippy action sequences, and while the plot is bordering on avant garde in its incoherence, it never actually dwells on how incoherent it is, and every time you feel kind of frustrated by how stupid it's getting it'll throw in some big silly explosions as though it wants to say hey, it doesn't matter, you're here to see explosions and zombies. Not good, but fun.
Rated 24 Aug 2013
Rated 11 Aug 2013
30
6th
Paul W.S. Anderson watched Aliens and that's how the script of this lame knockoff was born. Why is Jill Valentine completely useless in the second movie but can beat Alice in a fight in this one? How did Ada Wong manage to break into this underwater base in the first place considering that she is amazingly useless for the rest of this movie? I don't know why I keep watching these stupid movies but at least the end of this one seems to promise that #6 will be the last.
Rated 11 Aug 2013
Rated 02 Apr 2013
75
56th
Devoid of character & amoral to its core, but still more visually impressive than many more serious fantasy films -- the Hobbit comes to mind -- this isn't pure cinema, it's pure video game, achievement & special-powers driven rather than plotted or developed. Taken as such, I had some fun watching. If it had been an hour long, about my limit for game-playing, I would have given it 5 STARS!
Rated 02 Apr 2013
Rated 19 Jan 2013
38
5th
Wow, talking about tired old formula. Watching this movie is like chewing bubble gum for way too long - flavorless. Slo-mo sequence gets spammed, characters you thought were dead gets 'revived', BingBing Li is as stiff and expressionless as a wooden puppet, and everyone is pretty much reduced to fighting robots. The action sequences definitely failed to excite - you've seen everything before, many times. I hereby declare this movie 'eco-friendly' - it's entirely made of recycled materials.
Rated 19 Jan 2013
Rated 04 Jan 2013
40
15th
ohhhh that was rich, i can't wait to see how fucking abominable resident evil 11 is.
Rated 04 Jan 2013
Rated 18 Dec 2012
28
7th
Just flat out juvenile. Terrible filmmaking.
Rated 18 Dec 2012
Rated 13 Dec 2012
70
18th
Good CGI, but very stupid. Lot of action.
Rated 13 Dec 2012
Rated 10 Dec 2012
6
58th
Rated 14 Sep 2012
55
34th
I think it was slightly better than Afterlife. A lot just didn't make sense. They just added twists & scares instead of plot. It was kinda cool to have a few characters back, but they're either severely underused or misused. Same with characters from the games. The dialogue was pretty much all awful. & when Jovovich & the 10-year-old Engineer are the best actors, there's something wrong. The action was fine, but not anything new. The best thing I can say about it is Jovovich is still awesome.
Rated 14 Sep 2012
Rated 23 Oct 2023
55
25th
If you've made it this far in the series, you know what to expect. This isn't high cinema. The stupid slow-motion stuff and silly poses are still there. But also, if you're just into some brainless Resident Evil -fun with all the characters and monsters, then it's going to keep you entertained. Alice waking up in the beginning of the movie NOT NAKED this time around was a surprise. Later on, she seems to wear the most uncomfortable clothes imaginable. For... you know. Like fighting function.
Rated 23 Oct 2023
Rated 11 May 2022
2
14th
Rated 09 May 2022
71
40th
Pretentious, near incomprehensible mish-mash of the “best of” of the series is fast-paced and nimble enough to be a fun diversion, especially when indulging in some multi-versing (though the wherefore and why was lost on this viewer). The series has settled into a comfortable and efficient formula at this point, with this entry seeming to evoke video game play (and music) more overtly than previous entries – as always, it’s Jovovich’s intriguingly inscrutable lead which helps maintain interest.
Rated 09 May 2022
Rated 21 May 2021
51
25th
Much better than the last one. Somehow the action scenes work and aren't fully fucked up and the music is really really good. "Spoiler" ...also Michelle Rodriguez dies...twice... nice
Rated 21 May 2021
Rated 09 May 2021
95
58th
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Rated 09 May 2021
Rated 17 Mar 2020
30
34th
Super dumb, but had a great time watching it. Some great set pieces, though some were retreads, and the last fight was not great.
Rated 17 Mar 2020
Rated 06 Feb 2020
40
18th
As opposed to "the final chapter" this tries something. Mainly to copy far better films : Aliens, Chris Nolan films, early ridley scott and muy thai fight choregraphy. Soundtrack is kinda nifty.
Rated 06 Feb 2020
Rated 07 Oct 2019
45
9th
Ada and Leon were the only parts of this movie I really enjoyed.
Rated 07 Oct 2019
Rated 04 Apr 2019
72
30th
The last 2 films each had an unpredictability as to what would come next in Anderson's gleeful worldbuilding (deserts, zombie birds, powers, clones, bag-headed giants, etc), but there's no new directions this time. It quickly tells us exactly what we're going to see (lots of shooting & fighting in backdrop cities) & delivers just that, plus returning characters we didn't care about before. The explanation for this set-up makes less sense than ever, but Anderson still shoots stylish action.
Rated 04 Apr 2019
Rated 11 Feb 2019
43
6th
When I started to have fun with all the nonsense the movie was throwing at me, Mr. Anderson, again, managed to take itself seriously enough to annoy me and spoil everything. This is what he needs to do: Stop trying to be a dramatic filmmaker, stop trying to make Milla look cool, stop trying to make the characters important! It's over! Nobody cares! Just embrace your destiny as a B-movie director and try to have fun!
Rated 11 Feb 2019
Rated 22 Nov 2018
76
89th
The fifth film of the series has probably the most video game feel to it. There are tons of well honed action scenes with some great CG. There will be folks out there poopooing on this because there is so much CG, but fuck em these movies aren't made for them.
Rated 22 Nov 2018
Rated 21 Feb 2018
27
23rd
#18#, rw3, popcorn, franchise-revisit, oldies(2) }*{ #12#, exp2, popcorn, prequels, Milla.J
Rated 21 Feb 2018
Rated 08 Nov 2017
85
75th
This is my favorite Resident Evil movie. It's just so much fun. It's the best shot film in the series, has the best visuals, has the best choreography, and I love the plot, which feels the most like your typical video game plot.
Rated 08 Nov 2017
Rated 01 Aug 2016
8
2nd
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Rated 01 Aug 2016
Rated 12 Feb 2014
87
74th
Another great addition to the series and while none have matched the first they all have what the fans want and deliver in one way or another.
Rated 12 Feb 2014
Rated 09 Feb 2014
15
16th
I actually like the resident evil movie franchise but this was just awful. It wasn't even a movie, just one long action scene. There was 0 story.
Rated 09 Feb 2014
Rated 21 May 2013
10
4th
The most video game like movie I've ever seen. A story that would be stretched thin over 30 minutes gets stretched over an hour and a half of bland action scene and plot holes. Gone is the guilty pleasure the Resident Evil series provides, instead replaced by boredom.
Side note: Michelle Rodriquez plays her mirror counterpart in this movie (peaceful, suburban mom) so that is kind of funny. Although sad that she can't even pull off that role....
Rated 21 May 2013
Rated 03 May 2013
95
77th
WHO CUT THE DOGS OUT? WHO? WHO WHO?????
Rated 03 May 2013
Rated 12 Apr 2013
50
2nd
WTF. The only thing I liked was the 'badguy scene' at the end.
Rated 12 Apr 2013
Rated 06 Apr 2013
2
5th
Staahp pleeaase!
Rated 06 Apr 2013
Rated 27 Feb 2013
50
16th
The dialogs and most of the acting gave me cancer, but it's a visual treat for a sci-fi fan. And Milla Jovovich - yes please!
Rated 27 Feb 2013
Rated 16 Feb 2013
50
11th
This movie is so forgettable I didn't remember watching it and rented it twice.
Rated 16 Feb 2013
Rated 05 Feb 2013
0
0th
quite possibly the worst move I have ever watched.
Rated 05 Feb 2013
Rated 10 Jan 2013
63
20th
Not a total steaming pile of a movie but it definitely is as stinky as Zombie toe-jam. The action in this movie was intense and wonderful and if you just focus on that the movie is great. If you listen closely though the lines sound like they were written by the guy who wrote the lines for the first Resident Evil game. YOU ALMOST BECAME A JILL SANDWICH. The story was very blah and the characters uninteresting. Oh and they made Leon look sucky when he is in fact a total badass.
Rated 10 Jan 2013
Rated 06 Jan 2013
10
1st
1- absolute torture, terrible
Rated 06 Jan 2013
Rated 25 Dec 2012
30
19th
Pointless movie. The ending should have been the beginning.
Rated 25 Dec 2012
Rated 23 Dec 2012
30
1st
As a fan of the RE games, I have obviously felt completely trolled by the movies for a while, but this one really takes the cake. Be prepared to sit through the first couple films all over again, in slowmo, plus a super secret bonus OVA where Alice is a housewife (spoiler alert). Wouldn't be so bad if the already subpar special effects didn't take a huge hit. Jeez, can we just fast forward to the reboot already?
Rated 23 Dec 2012
Rated 22 Dec 2012
25
7th
I feel as if I have seen this before. Not good. On the plus side it does have Bingbing Li.
Rated 22 Dec 2012
Rated 20 Dec 2012
80
48th
A small step down from Afterlife, mainly because the plot makes my head hurt trying to comprehend it, but still very entertaining.
Rated 20 Dec 2012
Rated 20 Dec 2012
40
15th
This is the video gamest movie. Arbitrary reset after the last one, ridiculous explanation for unrelated action setpieces, a stupid mishmash of random monsters. Even the acting seems almost deliberately bad to match the stilted animation and delivery of games. I think fans of the game series hate these movies so much because they show just how stupid the games are without gameplay to bolster the terrible writing. Also I don't get why they dubbed Li Binging's lines, her English is fine.
Rated 20 Dec 2012
Rated 18 Dec 2012
68
29th
Non existent script and mediocre acting but would you expect anything else? None of this matters as you have Milla Jovovich in a skin tight black cat suit.
Rated 18 Dec 2012
Rated 12 Dec 2012
10
2nd
Resident Evil: Retribution is what happens when you run out of ideas on how to fill a full-length movie. From the mocking 8 minute recap introduction (of which 4 are shamelessly reversed ("GENIUS! *HIGHFIVE*")) to the sordid dialogue juxtaposed beetween languid setpieces of action that gestate into padded ballets of nothingness, everything in here is made for the sole purpose of heaving the runtime above the magic 90 minute mark. Filmmaking as lazy as can be.
Rated 12 Dec 2012
Rated 09 Dec 2012
45
4th
Utterly ridiculous. By this point it's clear no one has any interest in making things coherent, or in good acting, and it's almost a relief. Crazy, over the top kinetic action with decently choreographed fight sequences in a sea of nonsense.
Rated 09 Dec 2012
Rated 07 Dec 2012
25
2nd
I am a HUGE fan of the Resident Evil fans and in every of the movies in the series before it there was something I liked. This is the first one that I sat through like: WTF? WTF? WTF? the entire time. Who came up with this piece of sh*t? In the end the only useful piece of information was the last 2 minutes of the movie, and that just felt like a trailer for RE6... Sigh!
Rated 07 Dec 2012
Rated 02 Dec 2012
45
7th
not even a real movie; like watching a videogame start
Rated 02 Dec 2012
Rated 29 Nov 2012
54
18th
The most uneventful of all the movies so far. RUSSIAN ZOMBIE SOLDIERS WITH CHAINSAWS AND RPGS!! Acting is as poor as ever. The fights were well choreographed.
Rated 29 Nov 2012
Rated 17 Nov 2012
60
7th
Resident Evil: Retribution follows nicely on the heels of its predecessors with many hat tips to what has come before and just as much violence (lots) and depth (none). Not a great movie per se, but lots of fun.
Rated 17 Nov 2012
Rated 28 Sep 2012
90
95th
Anderson's Aliens (mom saves daughter from monsters) or his Matrix (hero vs artificial world), but it's actually action in his own spatial, physical terms. As we follow Milla through fake NY, Moscow or Tokyo, it comprises as much elements as it can -- from slowmo to rewind scenes, from Wolfenstein-like soviet soldiers to an indestructible Michelle. Milla gains her power back from Wesker in the White House, only for one more stand. Cinema at its most basic -- destroying and recreating images.
Rated 28 Sep 2012
Rated 21 Sep 2012
70
39th
Few nice effects. Nothing else good to say about it.
Rated 21 Sep 2012
Rated 16 Sep 2012
100
51st
really awesome 10 out of 10 i love it
Rated 16 Sep 2012
Rated 15 Sep 2012
53
17th
reset the whole thing, start over, reset! add character kill it, resurtturct it bla bla. always same old sh*t. i've watched all resident evil movies on theater but this was the last time! i wont watch it in theather anymore.
Rated 15 Sep 2012
Rated 14 Sep 2012
60
62nd
Resident Evil: Retribution is a Resident Evil movie through and through. It has a lot of action, a bunch of characters from the video games, some gorgeous visuals produced on a relatively modest budget, and absolutely no depth to anything other than the convolution given to its universe. If you've stuck with the series through to this point, you'll want to see this one, too. If you haven't, this isn't the film that will make you want to go back and see the others.
Rated 14 Sep 2012
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