But in the instances that the survivors, led by Alice (Milla Jovovich), are scrambling through rooms doing anything to survive CGI creatures and flesh eating zombies, Resident Evil is pure guilty pleasure. When the film takes twists and turns that are supposed to surprise you, when in fact, they feel like a weak attempt at shock, it becomes overwhelmingly convoluted. Resident Evil is at its best when it pushes aside the politics of this 'secret military group' named The Umbrella, and instead is an homage to the original Alien. Resident Evil isn't necessarily the exception to that rule, but it's nowhere near as awful as the genre has been. Video game movies have been awful for decades now.
