Resident Evil Apocalypse is a 2004 science fiction/ horror film and the sequel to the 2002 film Resident Evil. It was made on a budget of £21.5,000,000 and grossed an estimated £64,697,418 at the box office. The critics ended up disliking this film even more than the previous instalment, with one critic stating that this movie is an utter waste of time! The film is rated 15 and runs for approximately 98 minutes.

International supermodel Milla Jovovich reprises her role as Alice for the second instalment of the horror series. This time she’s joined by an all new cast consisting of: Oded Fehr (The Mummy), Sienna Guillory (Eragon) and Mike Epps (The Fighting Temptations).

A small group of survivors however are adamant that they are going to survive, they consist of a highly trained SWAT officer and another police woman, again highly equipped with martial arts, a news reporter and a stoner! They eventually meet up with Alice who helps them to make it out of the city. Meanwhile a man partly responsible for the virus outbreak contacts the group of survivors, his daughter is missing and he informs them that if they find her and bring her to safety he will save them seats on the last flight out of the highly infected city…

This film does something that a lot of films doesn’t, it has a lot going on within it yet has no plotline whatsoever! There’s action right the way through this film which does make it enjoyable and bearable to watch yet there is no sign of a storyline until about 45 minutes into the film and even then it’s extremely weak one.

The first film was left open at the end which in my opinion made it easy for them to carry on the story in this sequel, I believe that there were a lot of different ways to go with this film and unfortunately the writers don’t manage to pull it off. There really doesn’t seem like a point to this film, I think maybe it was just a stepping stone to the superior third instalment or maybe it was just a way to stretch the storyline out and make a bit of extra cash, either way this was quite a disappointing film.

They use some really annoying and erratic camera angles in this film, something that fortunately isn’t included in the first or the third film. I recall one scene in particular in the grave yard where the zombies come to life, the survivors attempt fight back and for about a minute and a half you have to endure jolting camera angles. I think the director tried to be smart and show off all the action together in succession however he failed miserably, the angles were terrible irritating and I was glad when the scene was over.

In conclusion I’d say that if you are a fan of the first film or the Resident Evil franchise in general then you’re likely to enjoy this. If you’re not familiar with the series and are just wanting a good zombie horror to watch then I suggest looking elsewhere as unfortunately in the case of Resident Evil Apocalypse you haven’t found it. This, to put it bluntly is mind numbing entertainment at it’s excruciating best and it’s either something that you’ll love or you’ll hate!