Resident Evil: The Final Chapter: reviews

What the critics say average 6.1 from 8 outlets

• 7.5 Chicago Sun-TimesBill Zwecker For fans of ?Resident Evil,? I believe this final film will not disappoint, but it also will likely encourage newcomers to the saga to go back and play a bit of catch-up by watching the earlier movies. Read
• 6.7 Entertainment WeeklyClark Collis The climax makes for a satisfying conclusion to the franchise?an ending which this writer expects, and even hopes, all concerned will studiously ignore when they get around to making the next one. Read
• 6.6 The WrapMichael Nordine For the first time, the story supports and adds to the action rather than distract from it; it?s almost as though Anderson was holding back in the earlier films because he wanted to save the best for last. Read
• 6.0 Los Angeles TimesKimber Myers Boasting a higher body count than its IQ, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter is violent, idiotic fun. Read
• 6.0 New York TimesGlenn Kenny The movie percolates enough that even when, at its climax, it shamelessly recycles a grisly punch line from 1987?s ?RoboCop,? it?s kind of endearing, not least because Mr. Anderson and company make it work. Read
• 6.0 Time OutJoshua Rothkopf There?s no denying the movie?s climactic gathering of females bent on saving the species. Read
• 5.8 The A.V. ClubIgnatiy Vishnevetsky Combining Anderson?s symmetrical camera style with frenetic editing ends up imploding the sense of depth and space that has long made the director?s movies must-sees in 3-D. Read
• 4.0 The Hollywood ReporterFranck Schek The action is practically non-stop from beginning to end, but is never remotely exciting due to the Cuisinart-style editing that reduces it all to an incomprehensible, messy blur. Read