RESIDENT EVIL : THE
FINAL CHAPTER (2017)
Back in 1984 FRIDAY THE 13TH THE FINAL CHAPTER
came out. It was the 4th installment of a now 12 movie franchise
with some talks of yet another one. I say this just to illustrate that money
talks and calling something the “last” of something means almost nothing. I have no delusions that the RESIDENT EVIL
movies will get to be a 12 movie series, but RESIDENT EVIL : THE FINAL CHAPTER
did $307 million at the box office. For those keeping score at home, that is
$69 million more than the last installment. It’s also the best box office haul for
the entire series. I get that this series has taken a lot of heat over the
years for not following the video game story line. Having said that I am a lot
more excited about the movies than I am the video games. Shot mostly in the
dark it has a similar cinematic tone to EXTINCTION. In this installment Alice
has to figure out what the heck is going on with Umbrella and to do that she
has to go all the way back to where it all began.
This is all I will give away
here, but what I can say is that this movie is all that I could have hoped for
with a story trying to wrap things up.
We finally get a ton of answers, as to the “what” and “why”
behind Umbrella’s incredible dissonance toward humanity. THE FINAL CHAPTER is
loaded with pretty freakin awesome creatures spawned by the T-Virus and we also
get to see Claire again, which is nice, but unfortunately not what I think a lot
of fans may have been expecting in regards to the character pallet. Even as a
mega fan of the series, it’s extremely difficult to set aside all of the
casting issues in this series and this one is one of the biggest offenders in
that area. THE FINAL CHAPTER in spite of its lacking connections to the last
film is an engaging tell all pay off for the movies fans. I give it a 4 out of
7 for continuity issues and the films first 30 minutes for taking the easy way
out.
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