CinemaNow - Resident Evil: Apocalypse

Any movie with a name like Resident Evil: Apocalypse is asking for a duel with critics. And they are shooting it down faster than a 14-year-old who has just shoved the video game on which it was based into his GameCube. The major problem, suggests Wesley Morris in the Boston Globe, is that like so many movies with a keypad for a brain, Resident Evil: Apocalypse is another exercise in making us feel the irritation associated with having to stand behind some game hack for our turn to play. But Robert K. Elder in the Chicago Tribune indicates that even if viewers were able to play the game, it might not be worth it. As video game movies go, this one contains less plot and character development than Pac-Man, he writes. Peter Howell in the Toronto Star suggests, that Torontonians may well want to see the film, since it was produced in their city. In fact, he writes, There's just one reason for seeing this sad excuse for a zombie flick, apart from self-abuse. It's the chance to witness your fellow Hogtown residents running wild in the streets and being politically incorrect about just about everything, cannibalism included. Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times accompanies his review with this warning: Parents: If you encounter teenagers who say they liked this movie, do not let them date your children.