One of the best sci-fi action movies of the last 20 years

The Resident Evil series with Milla Jovovich divides minds. 20 years after the theatrical release of the first part, it is no secret that the films don’t take the video game template too seriously. Gigantic sequences full of exuberant science fiction action take the place of nerve-wracking survival horror.

Especially when director Paul WS Anderson takes a seat in the director’s chair of a Resident Evil film, you can count on one excellent action blockbuster be happy. The best part is Resident Evil 5: Retribution, which ends up having even more in common with a video game than you might think by looking at its predecessors.

Now on Netflix, Resident Evil 5 is the best installment in the sci-fi action series starring Milla Jovovich

Like few other filmmakers, Anderson is interested in finding a cinematic language for what video games are all about. His Resident Evil films are among the most visionary worksthat can be found in this area. In Resident Evil 5: Retribution he can live out his leveling obsession without compromise.

You can watch the trailer for Resident Evil: Retribution here:

Starting with the sophisticated aesthetics and playing with time to the depiction of complex movement sequences: The most impressive are the long corridors through which Jovovich as Alice in the Umbrella Corporation rabbit hole have to make their way. You could spend hours here without getting bored.

Anderson creates an underground maze with exciting levels that load and play through before our very eyes. Of the Ghost of a video game comes to life in film form – and not just as a tiresome firework of references throwing together well-known video game characters and brands at random.

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Which Resident Evil movie do you like best?