The horror continues …

Alice (Milla Jovovich) is back and ready to face more zombies in Resident Evil: Apocalypse, the follow-up to the 2002 smash hit based on Capcom’s best-selling game. This time she’s in Raccoon City where the T-virus has escaped after Umbrella attempted to reopen the Hive. Now she must battle a whole city of zombies. At least she’s not alone.

Fans of the game series will be pleased to see a few familiar faces. Jill Valentine (Sienna Guillory) and Carlos Olivera (Oded Fehr), both stars of the Nemesis Game, play a major role in the movie. Also, the famous Raccoon City S.T.A.R.S. team makes a brief appearance.

This movie features more zombies, more action and more special effects — but the plot is lacking. The main task for the group of heroes is to find a little girl and get out of the city before sunup, when Umbrella plans to nuke the city to eradicate all traces of the T-virus. There is continuity between the first movie and the sequel. We discover what happened to that poor Matt guy, learn a little more about Alice’s past and see just why something as horrible as the T-virus was created in the first place.

The ending was a surprise, so one wonders if more movies are planned. What’s going to happen to Alice? Perhaps the horror isn’t over yet.