Resident Evil: Afterlife
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Resident Evil: Afterlife is a 2010 Canadian-German 3D
science-fiction horror action film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson
. It stars Milla Jovovich
, Ali Larter
, Kim Coates
, Shawn Roberts
, Spencer Locke
, Boris Kodjoe
, and Wentworth Miller
. The film marks Anderson's second time to direct in the series, the first being the first installment. It is the first to be in 3D and fourth installment in the Resident Evil film series
, which is based on the Capcom
survival horror series Resident Evil.
The film follows Alice
searching and rescuing the remaining survivors in Los Angeles after the T-virus outbreak, and teaming up against Albert Wesker
, the head of the Umbrella Corporation. Chris Redfield
, a primary character from the video games, was featured for the first time in the film franchise. Other characters from the games and films who returned are: Claire Redfield
, Albert Wesker and Jill Valentine
.
In May 2005, producers mentioned the possibility of following Extinction with a sequel titled Afterlife. Extinction was released in 2007 and was a box office success prompting Afterlife to begin development in June 2008, with the script being written by Anderson that December. Elements from the video game Resident Evil 5
(2009) were incorporated into the film. Filming took place in Toronto
from September to December 2009 using the 3D Fusion Camera System
.
The film was released in 3D and IMAX 3D theaters on September 10, 2010 and received mostly negative reviews from critics. Although the film grossed $60 million in the United States and Canada on an estimated $60 million budget, it made $236 million in other markets surpassing the previous film's overseas total in the second week of release. Grossing a worldwide total of $296 million, Resident Evil: Afterlife became the highest-grossing entry of the series with the overseas total almost equaling the previous films' overseas total combined. Resident Evil: Afterlife was released to DVD, Blu-ray
, and Blu-ray 3D on December 28, 2010 in the United States.
(Milla Jovovich) attempt to kill Albert Wesker
(Shawn Roberts) at his base in Tokyo
. Wesker escapes and destroys the base, killing all of the clones. Alice is aboard Wesker's aircraft, though he is able to strip her of her powers before the aircraft crashes. Wesker is seemingly killed in the crash.
Six months later, Alice travels to North America in an airplane following emergency broadcasts from a safe haven known as Arcadia in Alaska
. Alice is attacked by Claire Redfield
(Ali Larter); after the scuffle, Alice destroys the device controlling Claire placed on her by Umbrella and finds out that Claire has lost all of her memory. The two travel to the ruins of Los Angeles
in a Yak-52, where they find a group of survivors living in a prison surrounded by zombie
s. Luther West (Boris Kodjoe), leads the small band which includes Wendell (Fulvio Cecere
), Crystal Waters (Kacey Barnfield
), Bennett (Kim Coates) and Kim Yong (Norman Yeung), Angel Ortiz (Sergio Peris-Mencheta), and Chris
(Wentworth Miller), who is a prisoner under lockdown in the facility.
With their help, Alice lands her plane on the roof of the prison and learns that Arcadia is not a fixed place but actually a cargo tanker traveling along the coast. Alice and the survivors decide to find an alternate means to make it to the Arcadia. Chris reveals that he is the brother of Claire. He insist that he is not a prisoner but actually a soldier who fell victim to a cruel joke and claims that he knows an alternate route. Alice, seeing as they are out of options, sets Chris free.
Majini
zombies tunnel into the prison through the sewers and a giant axe-wielding monster begins the process of breaking down the gate outside. To overcome the problems, Alice, Chris and Crystal go deeper into the prison to retrieve additional guns from the arsenal; Luther and Claire attempt to reinforce the gate to keep the Axeman and other zombies at bay; Bennett, Yong and Angel ready an infantry fighting vehicle
for escape.
As Alice, Chris and Crystal make it to the armory, zombies swarm them, overpowering Crystal. Angel informs Bennett and Yong that the vehicle is defective and it would take a week to fix. Bennett shoots Angel, abandons Yong and escapes with Alice's airplane, and the Axeman breaks down the gate, allowing the zombies outside to enter the facility. Yong is suddenly cut down by the Axeman, whom Alice and Claire then defeat. The two meet back up with Chris at the end of the sewers but they lose Luther to a zombie who drags him back into the sewers.
Alice and the Redfields commandeer a boat and board the Arcadia, finding it functional but seemingly abandoned. The trio begin releasing survivors, among them K-Mart (Spencer Locke). As Alice goes deeper in the ship, she finds Wesker, revived by the T-virus and now with incredible powers, though he is constantly at war with the T-virus for control. In order to pacify it, Wesker regularly ate fresh human DNA
. He hopes to gain control of the virus by consuming Alice, the only individual to bond successfully with the T-virus on a cellular level.
Chris and Claire arrive and attack Wesker while Alice battles two dogs and Bennett, who has allied himself with Wesker. Wesker easily overpowers Chris and Claire, but Alice is able to defeat both Bennett and Wesker with help from K-Mart. While leaving, they lock Wesker in the room, but he escapes by aircraft. He activates a bomb on the Arcadia in an attempt to destroy the ship but Alice had hidden the bomb aboard his plane which explodes. Unbeknownst to them, a figure parachutes
away from the explosion, while Luther emerges from the sewers, battered but alive. Alice resolves to turn the Arcadia into a real safe haven and broadcasts its message for any other survivors. As Claire, Chris, K-Mart, and Alice soon see an approaching Umbrella assault helicopter squadron. In one of the helicopters, Jill Valentine
(Sienna Guillory
), who went missing after Resident Evil: Apocalypse
, is dictating the attack wearing the same mind control device used on Claire.
In May 2005, producers mentioned the possibility of following Extinction with a sequel entitled Afterlife, to be shot and set in Tokyo, Japan and Alaska. Despite Resident Evil: Extinction being billed on the official website and elsewhere as the final installment of the Resident Evil film series; on September 23, 2007, Rory Bruer, Sony's head of distribution explained, "It absolutely would not surprise me considering the success of the franchise that they find a way to come up with another. It's a real possibility". Producer Jeremy Bolt
also stated that while there was no intention of making a fourth film, that the third had been particularly well done and that Paul Anderson was talking with Sony about the possibility. In June 2008, Anderson noted that negotiations were underway with Sony for creating the film. In December 2008, Anderson stated that he was working on the script. The following year, it was announced that Sony was aiming to release Resident Evil: Afterlife by August 27, 2010.
being considered for the role of Leon S. Kennedy
. Ali Larter
missed seven episodes of playing in the television show Heroes
in order to appear in the film. Wentworth Miller
was cast as Chris Redfield
. With never having played the Resident Evil video games, Miller began preparing for the role by searching images of Chris Redield on the internet. However, much to his surprise he noticed how muscular the character was and with only three weeks to prep before shooting, he knew it was impossible to increase his muscle mass to that extent. He was shown video footage of the games and saw how visually different he was, especially in the first game. He did cardio
to build up endurance
. Miller described his interpretation on the character from the video game as, "He's definitely capable and heroic, but there’s also something quite innocent. He was still freshly scrubbed, in a way, at the beginning of this horrifying journey". He described his take as the character in the film, "My Chris has been walking down this particular road for quite some time. The edges are sharper, and they’re way more jagged".
Shawn Roberts
originally was going to audition for Chris Redfield before Miller accepted the role. He went to audition for the role of Albert Wesker
, a role previous played by Jason O'Mara
. Describing the character Roberts said, "Chairman of the Umbrella Corporation. He is in a position of power. He pretty much runs the world, and Alice is an annoyance. It's a whole process: I get to set and wardrobe gives me this big, long black jacket, and props comes over and gives me the dark glasses and the gloves. By the time you are all dressed you stand a little straighter, you walk a little differently. He's got everything going for him—he's super fast, super strong, has the ability to regenerate—it's all the elements from the game. That was one thing we all agreed on from the start: this character has to be for the fans." Sienna Guillory
reprises her role as Jill Valentine
, who was last seen in Resident Evil: Apocalypse. She is featured briefly in a scene shown during the credits, setting up the sequel
.
's Avatar which sold him on the idea to shoot Resident Evil: Afterlife in digital 3D
. He shot in high-definition
with an aspect ratio
of 2:35:1 using Cameron's Fusion Camera System
, or more specifically a Sony F35 camera. The crew spent two weeks in pre-production
learning the 3D camera system. With a budget of about $60 million, principal photography
took place for 55 days from September 29, 2009 to December. Filming in 3D added 20% to the budget. Roberts began filming his scenes on October 10, 2009. The final showdown scene was filmed for about six days. During production Jovovich accidentally shot out a $100,000 camera.
For slow motion scenes like with bullets and drops of water, twin Phantom high-speed cameras were used which filmed 200 frames per second
. A fight scene with Wesker and Chris in the Resident Evil 5 game was recreated shot-by-shot for the film and the Phantom cameras were used to create Wesker's superhuman speed which took about two days to film. The added size and weight of the 3D cameras meant the filmmakers were not able to use existing equipment such as Steadicam
rigs. Instead the camera operator worked on a Segway
to achieve the look of a Steadicam shot. Much of the action scenes were shot in front of a green screen
. A 1983 Yak-52 was used throughout the film by Jovovich and Larter. Stunt pilot Martin Mattes was dressed like Jovovich and flew the plane for the camera.
The 3D cameras were unable to pick up anything shiny, such as stainless steel
, due to a flare. Set decorator
Cal Loucks said that most items that looked metal were actually painted silver with special paint to remove its reflective quality. The saturation of colors also had to be changed to accustom the 3D cameras, which are "slow to pick up information". Loucks said, " It's a very restrictive color palette. For example, in this warehouse scene, we saturated the floors in a dark, dark charcoal, and we thought that was enough, but then the cameras showed them as still being too light. So we had to add more and more black. The reason I say it's too light is because we are putting more light onto these sets than we ever have before".
, Ontario
. Toronto police received hundreds of calls from concerned neighbors after a scene involving a burning plane crashed. For the underwater scenes, cargo
shipping containers
were cut and welded to make a giant tank on stage. The opening scene was filmed at the Shibuya Crossing in Shibuya, Tokyo
. Interior scenes of Umbrella Coropation's subterranean lair were filmed at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy. Robarts Library
was used to portray exterior shots of a Los Angeles prison due to its resemblance to a prison and other scenes were shot at University of Toronto Scarborough
. Scenes portraying an Alaska
n aircraft boneyard
were actually filmed at Oshawa Airport
. A location depicting an Alaskan beach was filmed at Sandbanks Provincial Park
. Second unit
was sent to Alaska to capture establishing shot
s of the scenery.
were done by Rocket Science VFX
and Mr. X Inc. Paul Jones served as the special effect
s creator, who previously designed the Nemesis
character in Resident Evil: Apocalypse. The production team planned to use 300 extras to portray zombies at once, but time restraints prevented that. Around 150 zombies were eventually used and Mr. X Inc's visual effects supervisor, Dennis Berardi, added more in post-production. For Alice's clones they shot motion control photography
for multiple passes of Jovovich. For the wide shots they took digital photo doubles. Visual effects production manager Eric Roberston described the look of the film, "interesting contrasts, pure whites, which is a staggering look. It's so clean and tight along with some real darkness too that may evoke a bit of a feel of Silent Hill
. So we've got the extremes, but it's definitely a unique look for this incarnation and it's been fun to see those looks". A burned cityscape with ash and smoke in the sky was created to depict a postapocalyptic Los Angeles, in which most of the film is set in. Bolt described this approach as, " In a world that has gone to hell in a handbasket
, there's no control and no fire service, so clearly, what’s going to happen to LA is it's going to get burned".
The infected dobermans from the games and previous films return, but are more advanced. The dogs wore a costume with prosthetics. Anderson wanted to make the dogs in this film look "absolutely terrible". computer effects
was used to make the dog's jaw flare open, with tentacles coming out of their mouths similar to the dogs from the fourth and fifth video games. Other creatures borrowed from the fifth video game are the "Majini" who are more intelligent and have mandible
s and tentacle
s coming out of their mouths, and "The Executioner" (named the Axeman in the film).
paid Constantin Film
, Davis Films and Impact Pictures $52 million for the rights to distribute the film in North American and "most key foreign markets".
On April 3, 2010, Anderson, Jovovich and Larter attended WonderCon
for a Resident Evil: Afterlife panel answering fan questions. On July 24, 2010, they attended the San Diego Comic-Con International to promote the film.
and released on by Milan Records
.
In addition to the original soundtrack, "The Outsider" (Apocalypse Remix) by alternative metal
group A Perfect Circle
was used for the marketing the film, along with a short segment of it being played during the confrontation between Alice and Wesker, as well as playing over the end credits.
, and Blu-ray 3D on in the United States. Special features on the DVD includes a filmmaker commentary and two featurettes. The Blu-ray releases includes the same and also with deleted and extended scenes, additional featurettes and outtakes.
. The film opened at number one and took in $10.7 million on its opening day and $26.6 million on its opening weekend. By its second weekend the film had dropped to fourth place with new release The Town
taken its first place spot. It grossed $10 million, a 63% decrease in ticket sales from its opening weekend. It fell to seventh place by its third weekend, grossing $4.9 million and was removed from 567 theaters. On its fourth weekend Resident Evil: Afterlife moved to eleventh place with the new release Case 39
taken its spot while grossing $2.7 million and being dropped from 735 theaters. For the film's fifth weekend it made $1.2 million a 54% decrease from the previous weekend and was removed from an additional 895 theaters. For its sixth, seventh and eight weekend it had dropped to $347,264, $137,502 and $70,474, respectively and was playing in 140 theaters by its eight and final weekend. The film closed out of theaters on after 56 days of release.
first place and grossing $42.3 million from 3,559 screens with 81% accounted for 3D earnings. It was also the largest overseas debut of the series. One-third of the total came from a $15.5 million three-day launch in Japan
. In Russia
it grossed $6.4 million, $3.3 million in Spain
, $2.95 million in Taiwan
and $2.6 million in the United Kingdom. During its second weekend the film grossed $40 million with $5.3 million being in Germany
, $3.2 million in Mexico, $3.1 million in South Korea and $2.9 million in Brazil
.
For its second weekend, Japan grossed $5.1 million and Russia with $4.2 million. By September 19 it had passed Resident Evil: Extinction $97.1 million overseas total. The following day it had out-grossed Extinction worldwide total with $103.2 million overseas and $148.8 million worldwide and became the highest-grossing entry of the series. In its third weekend, it stayed at number one grossing $24.3 million, opening in France
with $3.5 million and Hong Kong
with $768,324. The film remained at number one for its fourth weekend grossing $15.6 million. On its fifth weekend it grossed $8 million dropping to fifth place losing to Eat Pray Love. Though on its eleventh weekend it grossed $9.1 million, with $9 million coming from its opening in China
. Resident Evil: Afterlife fell short of approximately $1.5 million to equal the previous three film's international grosses combined.
and Canada, with $236 million in other markets for a worldwide total of $296 million. In the United States, the high box office gross was attributed to the ticket price inflation of the 3D presentation, but the film had the lowest opening weekend attendance of the film series. On November 23, 2010 Resident Evil: Afterlife, became the most successful production in Canadian feature film history.
reports that 24% of 87 critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 4.1 out of 10. Metacritic
, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 37 based on 14 reviews. CinemaScore
polls reported that the average grade moviegoers gave the film was a B minus on an A plus to F scale.
Michael Ordoña of the Los Angeles Times
gave it a positive review, noting the slower cut of the film and saying "the action is easier to read than in most films of the genre, and therefore more enjoyable. Anderson makes particular use of sets and locations to wring out more bang for the stereoscopic buck".Phelim O'Neill of The Guardian
gave the film two stars out of five praising the use of 3D, while stating that The Resident Evil films "always look good and have well-staged action, but they don't have one iota of originality or imagination". Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times
gave the film a negative review, saying "Cannibalizing John Carpenter's Thing and much of the sci-fi-horror canon, Afterlife is more moribund than its thronging undead. David Edwards of the Daily Mirror gave a negative review of the film, comparing it to Resident Evil: Extinction
stating that the "results are even less impressive, which is saying quite something" and "only fans of the series will care with the film looking suspiciously like a series of barely connected action scenes and unimpressive 3D welded to a who-the-hell-cares? plot".
Andrew Barker of Variety
compared the film to the previous installment as "equally moribund, and perhaps even more shamelessly derivative". He compared Robert's Wesker to Hugo Weaving
's Agent Smith
from The Matrix
calling it a "slipshod impression". Chicago Readers Andrea Gronvall described the plot as "nearly indiscernible" but did called the film the "sleekest so far, thanks to 3D and star Milla Jovovich's body-hugging catsuit". A particularly scathing review came from Brian Orndorf of Dark Horizons
, who commented: "Perhaps the first 3D motion picture to simulate the experience of watching paint dry, Resident Evil: Afterlife is a dreadful bore that only occasionally comes to life". Spill.com
critics Corey Koleman and Co-Host 3000 gave the film a "Some ol bullshit", the site's lowest rating. They criticized the film's overuse of slow motion, lack of explanation of certain plot elements, and long lapses in between action, but gave the film points for its cinematography, 3D, and the special effects of the Axeman.
3-D film
A 3-D film or S3D film is a motion picture that enhances the illusion of depth perception...
science-fiction horror action film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson
Paul W. S. Anderson
Paul William Scott Anderson , also known as Paul W. S. Anderson or Paul Anderson, is an English film director who regularly works in science fiction movies and video game adaptations.-Life and career:...
. It stars Milla Jovovich
Milla Jovovich
Milla Jovovich December 17, 1975)is an American model, actress, musician, and fashion designer. Over her career, she has appeared in a number of science fiction and action-themed films, for which music channel VH1 has referred to her as the "reigning queen of kick-butt".Milla Jovovich began...
, Ali Larter
Ali Larter
Alison Elizabeth "Ali" Larter is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for playing the dual roles of Niki Sanders and Jessica Sanders on the NBC science fiction drama Heroes as well as her guest roles on several television shows in the 1990s.Larter's screen debut came in the 1999 film...
, Kim Coates
Kim Coates
Kim Coates is a Canadian-American actor who has worked in both Canadian and American movies and television series. He has worked on Broadway portraying Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire and in the lead role of Macbeth performed at the Stratford Theatre...
, Shawn Roberts
Shawn Roberts
-Life and career:Roberts was born in Stratford, Ontario on April 2, 1984. He started with playing the wolf in a school play of "Little Red Riding Hood" award-winning screenwriter Robert Forsythe and his friend's father helped him get a role in Emily of New Moon...
, Spencer Locke
Spencer Locke
Spencer Locke is an American actress who has had various appearances as "Kylie" on ABC's Cougar Town.-Life and career:...
, Boris Kodjoe
Boris Kodjoe
Boris Frederic Cecil Tay-Natey Ofuatey-Kodjoe , better known as Boris Kodjoe, is an Austrian-born German actor and former fashion model who works primarily in the United States...
, and Wentworth Miller
Wentworth Miller
Wentworth Earl Miller III is an English-born American actor; model and screenwriter who rose to stardom following his role as Michael Scofield in the Fox Network television series Prison Break.-Early life:...
. The film marks Anderson's second time to direct in the series, the first being the first installment. It is the first to be in 3D and fourth installment in the Resident Evil film series
Resident Evil (film series)
Resident Evil is a film series loosely based upon the Capcom video games of the same name. Constantin Film bought rights to the first film in January 1997 with Alan B. McElroy and George A. Romero as potential writers. In 2001, Sony acquired distribution rights to the film and hired Paul W.S....
, which is based on the Capcom
Capcom
is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its...
survival horror series Resident Evil.
The film follows Alice
Alice (Resident Evil)
Alice is a fictional character and the primary heroine of the Resident Evil film series, which is loosely based on the video game series of the same name. Though she is not a character in the game series, she does eventually interact with a number of characters from the games, including Jill...
searching and rescuing the remaining survivors in Los Angeles after the T-virus outbreak, and teaming up against Albert Wesker
Albert Wesker
is a character in the Resident Evil franchise. Although portrayed as a supporting character in the first game, he was later established as the primary antagonist of the series; he usually manipulated story events behind-the-scenes and had a role in more games than the other main characters...
, the head of the Umbrella Corporation. Chris Redfield
Chris Redfield
is a fictional character from Capcom's Resident Evil series.Chris is one of the two main protagonists in the first Resident Evil game, the other being Jill Valentine. Redfield returned as a playable character in Resident Evil Code: Veronica, where he must search for, and ultimately rescue, his...
, a primary character from the video games, was featured for the first time in the film franchise. Other characters from the games and films who returned are: Claire Redfield
Claire Redfield
is a player character appearing in the Resident Evil series of survival horror video games.Claire is the younger sister of Chris Redfield, the protagonist of the first Resident Evil game...
, Albert Wesker and Jill Valentine
Jill Valentine
is a fictional character in the Resident Evil survival horror series by Capcom.Jill is one of the two protagonists of the original Resident Evil game, where she was introduced as a member of the Raccoon Police Department's Special Tactics And Rescue Service , trapped in a secret research complex of...
.
In May 2005, producers mentioned the possibility of following Extinction with a sequel titled Afterlife. Extinction was released in 2007 and was a box office success prompting Afterlife to begin development in June 2008, with the script being written by Anderson that December. Elements from the video game Resident Evil 5
Resident Evil 5
Resident Evil 5, known in Japan as , is a survival horror third-person shooter video game developed and published by Capcom. The game is the seventh installment in the Resident Evil survival horror series, and was released on March 5, 2009 in Japan and on March 13, 2009 in North America and Europe...
(2009) were incorporated into the film. Filming took place in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
from September to December 2009 using the 3D Fusion Camera System
Fusion Camera System
Fusion Camera System is a Digital movie camera system developed by James Cameron and Vince Pace. It was developed as a way to shoot features in stereoscopic 3-D. The Fusion Camera System made first use of Sony HDC-F950 and later of Sony HDC-1500 HD cameras when it became available. The cameras are...
.
The film was released in 3D and IMAX 3D theaters on September 10, 2010 and received mostly negative reviews from critics. Although the film grossed $60 million in the United States and Canada on an estimated $60 million budget, it made $236 million in other markets surpassing the previous film's overseas total in the second week of release. Grossing a worldwide total of $296 million, Resident Evil: Afterlife became the highest-grossing entry of the series with the overseas total almost equaling the previous films' overseas total combined. Resident Evil: Afterlife was released to DVD, Blu-ray
Blu-ray Disc
Blu-ray Disc is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual layer discs being the norm for feature-length video discs...
, and Blu-ray 3D on December 28, 2010 in the United States.
Plot
Four years after the events of Extinction, the Alice clonesAlice (Resident Evil)
Alice is a fictional character and the primary heroine of the Resident Evil film series, which is loosely based on the video game series of the same name. Though she is not a character in the game series, she does eventually interact with a number of characters from the games, including Jill...
(Milla Jovovich) attempt to kill Albert Wesker
Albert Wesker
is a character in the Resident Evil franchise. Although portrayed as a supporting character in the first game, he was later established as the primary antagonist of the series; he usually manipulated story events behind-the-scenes and had a role in more games than the other main characters...
(Shawn Roberts) at his base in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
. Wesker escapes and destroys the base, killing all of the clones. Alice is aboard Wesker's aircraft, though he is able to strip her of her powers before the aircraft crashes. Wesker is seemingly killed in the crash.
Six months later, Alice travels to North America in an airplane following emergency broadcasts from a safe haven known as Arcadia in Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
. Alice is attacked by Claire Redfield
Claire Redfield
is a player character appearing in the Resident Evil series of survival horror video games.Claire is the younger sister of Chris Redfield, the protagonist of the first Resident Evil game...
(Ali Larter); after the scuffle, Alice destroys the device controlling Claire placed on her by Umbrella and finds out that Claire has lost all of her memory. The two travel to the ruins of Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
in a Yak-52, where they find a group of survivors living in a prison surrounded by zombie
Zombie
Zombie is a term used to denote an animated corpse brought back to life by mystical means such as witchcraft. The term is often figuratively applied to describe a hypnotized person bereft of consciousness and self-awareness, yet ambulant and able to respond to surrounding stimuli...
s. Luther West (Boris Kodjoe), leads the small band which includes Wendell (Fulvio Cecere
Fulvio Cecere
-Early life:Born to Italian parents, he attended Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles, but after one year he realized that acting, not law, was his true calling. He took acting classes at UCLA and starred in a wide array of television and feature film parts over the next few years...
), Crystal Waters (Kacey Barnfield
Kacey Barnfield
Kacey Louisa Barnfield is an English actress who began her acting career aged nine.-Acting career:Kacey's acting career began in 1997 when she was just 9, appearing in advertisements and stage plays...
), Bennett (Kim Coates) and Kim Yong (Norman Yeung), Angel Ortiz (Sergio Peris-Mencheta), and Chris
Chris Redfield
is a fictional character from Capcom's Resident Evil series.Chris is one of the two main protagonists in the first Resident Evil game, the other being Jill Valentine. Redfield returned as a playable character in Resident Evil Code: Veronica, where he must search for, and ultimately rescue, his...
(Wentworth Miller), who is a prisoner under lockdown in the facility.
With their help, Alice lands her plane on the roof of the prison and learns that Arcadia is not a fixed place but actually a cargo tanker traveling along the coast. Alice and the survivors decide to find an alternate means to make it to the Arcadia. Chris reveals that he is the brother of Claire. He insist that he is not a prisoner but actually a soldier who fell victim to a cruel joke and claims that he knows an alternate route. Alice, seeing as they are out of options, sets Chris free.
Majini
Resident Evil 5
Resident Evil 5, known in Japan as , is a survival horror third-person shooter video game developed and published by Capcom. The game is the seventh installment in the Resident Evil survival horror series, and was released on March 5, 2009 in Japan and on March 13, 2009 in North America and Europe...
zombies tunnel into the prison through the sewers and a giant axe-wielding monster begins the process of breaking down the gate outside. To overcome the problems, Alice, Chris and Crystal go deeper into the prison to retrieve additional guns from the arsenal; Luther and Claire attempt to reinforce the gate to keep the Axeman and other zombies at bay; Bennett, Yong and Angel ready an infantry fighting vehicle
Infantry fighting vehicle
An infantry fighting vehicle , also known as a mechanized infantry combat vehicle , is a type of armoured fighting vehicle used to carry infantry into battle and provide fire support for them...
for escape.
As Alice, Chris and Crystal make it to the armory, zombies swarm them, overpowering Crystal. Angel informs Bennett and Yong that the vehicle is defective and it would take a week to fix. Bennett shoots Angel, abandons Yong and escapes with Alice's airplane, and the Axeman breaks down the gate, allowing the zombies outside to enter the facility. Yong is suddenly cut down by the Axeman, whom Alice and Claire then defeat. The two meet back up with Chris at the end of the sewers but they lose Luther to a zombie who drags him back into the sewers.
Alice and the Redfields commandeer a boat and board the Arcadia, finding it functional but seemingly abandoned. The trio begin releasing survivors, among them K-Mart (Spencer Locke). As Alice goes deeper in the ship, she finds Wesker, revived by the T-virus and now with incredible powers, though he is constantly at war with the T-virus for control. In order to pacify it, Wesker regularly ate fresh human DNA
Cannibalism
Cannibalism is the act or practice of humans eating the flesh of other human beings. It is also called anthropophagy...
. He hopes to gain control of the virus by consuming Alice, the only individual to bond successfully with the T-virus on a cellular level.
Chris and Claire arrive and attack Wesker while Alice battles two dogs and Bennett, who has allied himself with Wesker. Wesker easily overpowers Chris and Claire, but Alice is able to defeat both Bennett and Wesker with help from K-Mart. While leaving, they lock Wesker in the room, but he escapes by aircraft. He activates a bomb on the Arcadia in an attempt to destroy the ship but Alice had hidden the bomb aboard his plane which explodes. Unbeknownst to them, a figure parachutes
Parachuting
Parachuting, also known as skydiving, is the action of exiting an aircraft and returning to earth with the aid of a parachute. It may or may not involve a certain amount of free-fall, a time during which the parachute has not been deployed and the body gradually accelerates to terminal...
away from the explosion, while Luther emerges from the sewers, battered but alive. Alice resolves to turn the Arcadia into a real safe haven and broadcasts its message for any other survivors. As Claire, Chris, K-Mart, and Alice soon see an approaching Umbrella assault helicopter squadron. In one of the helicopters, Jill Valentine
Jill Valentine
is a fictional character in the Resident Evil survival horror series by Capcom.Jill is one of the two protagonists of the original Resident Evil game, where she was introduced as a member of the Raccoon Police Department's Special Tactics And Rescue Service , trapped in a secret research complex of...
(Sienna Guillory
Sienna Guillory
Sienna Tiggy Guillory is an English actress, and former model. She is known for playing the title role in the TV miniseries, Helen of Troy, her portrayal of Jill Valentine in the science fiction action horror film Resident Evil: Apocalypse, and as elf princess Arya Dröttningu in fantasy-adventure...
), who went missing after Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Resident Evil: Apocalypse is a Canadian-British 2004 science fiction action horror film directed by Alexander Witt, from a screenplay written by producer Paul W.S. Anderson...
, is dictating the attack wearing the same mind control device used on Claire.
Cast
- Milla JovovichMilla JovovichMilla Jovovich December 17, 1975)is an American model, actress, musician, and fashion designer. Over her career, she has appeared in a number of science fiction and action-themed films, for which music channel VH1 has referred to her as the "reigning queen of kick-butt".Milla Jovovich began...
as AliceAlice (Resident Evil)Alice is a fictional character and the primary heroine of the Resident Evil film series, which is loosely based on the video game series of the same name. Though she is not a character in the game series, she does eventually interact with a number of characters from the games, including Jill...
; a former Umbrella Corporation security officer whose exposure to the T-Virus granted her superhuman abilities. - Ali LarterAli LarterAlison Elizabeth "Ali" Larter is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for playing the dual roles of Niki Sanders and Jessica Sanders on the NBC science fiction drama Heroes as well as her guest roles on several television shows in the 1990s.Larter's screen debut came in the 1999 film...
as Claire RedfieldClaire Redfieldis a player character appearing in the Resident Evil series of survival horror video games.Claire is the younger sister of Chris Redfield, the protagonist of the first Resident Evil game...
; Chris' younger sister who led a convoy of survivors who encountered Alice in the previous film. - Wentworth MillerWentworth MillerWentworth Earl Miller III is an English-born American actor; model and screenwriter who rose to stardom following his role as Michael Scofield in the Fox Network television series Prison Break.-Early life:...
as Chris RedfieldChris Redfieldis a fictional character from Capcom's Resident Evil series.Chris is one of the two main protagonists in the first Resident Evil game, the other being Jill Valentine. Redfield returned as a playable character in Resident Evil Code: Veronica, where he must search for, and ultimately rescue, his...
; Claire's older brother who is working with an unnamed military organization combating the infected. - Boris KodjoeBoris KodjoeBoris Frederic Cecil Tay-Natey Ofuatey-Kodjoe , better known as Boris Kodjoe, is an Austrian-born German actor and former fashion model who works primarily in the United States...
as Luther West; a former professional basketball player and the leader of the survivors of Los Angeles. - Kim CoatesKim CoatesKim Coates is a Canadian-American actor who has worked in both Canadian and American movies and television series. He has worked on Broadway portraying Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire and in the lead role of Macbeth performed at the Stratford Theatre...
as Bennett; a film producer and one of the survivors of Los Angeles - Shawn RobertsShawn Roberts-Life and career:Roberts was born in Stratford, Ontario on April 2, 1984. He started with playing the wolf in a school play of "Little Red Riding Hood" award-winning screenwriter Robert Forsythe and his friend's father helped him get a role in Emily of New Moon...
as Albert WeskerAlbert Weskeris a character in the Resident Evil franchise. Although portrayed as a supporting character in the first game, he was later established as the primary antagonist of the series; he usually manipulated story events behind-the-scenes and had a role in more games than the other main characters...
; the Chairman of the Umbrella Corporation who possesses superhuman strength, speed, and regenerative capabilities. - Spencer LockeSpencer LockeSpencer Locke is an American actress who has had various appearances as "Kylie" on ABC's Cougar Town.-Life and career:...
as K-Mart; a young girl who was named after the department store where she was discovered hiding in and was a member of Claire's convoy of survivors in the previous filmResident Evil: ExtinctionResident Evil: Extinction is a Canadian-British 2007 science fiction action horror film also categorized as a doomsday and zombie film, and is the third installment in the Resident Evil film series, which is based on the Capcom survival horror series Resident Evil...
. - Kacey BarnfieldKacey BarnfieldKacey Louisa Barnfield is an English actress who began her acting career aged nine.-Acting career:Kacey's acting career began in 1997 when she was just 9, appearing in advertisements and stage plays...
as Crystal; a junior champ in swimming in her high school days, she came to Los Angeles to work as an actress and is one of the survivors. - Norman Yeung as Kim Yong; Bennett's former intern before the virus outbreak.
- Sergio Peris-Mencheta as Angel Ortiz, a survivor in Los Angeles.
- Sienna GuillorySienna GuillorySienna Tiggy Guillory is an English actress, and former model. She is known for playing the title role in the TV miniseries, Helen of Troy, her portrayal of Jill Valentine in the science fiction action horror film Resident Evil: Apocalypse, and as elf princess Arya Dröttningu in fantasy-adventure...
as Jill ValentineJill Valentineis a fictional character in the Resident Evil survival horror series by Capcom.Jill is one of the two protagonists of the original Resident Evil game, where she was introduced as a member of the Raccoon Police Department's Special Tactics And Rescue Service , trapped in a secret research complex of...
; a former STARS operative who assisted Alice and escaped Raccoon City in Resident Evil: ApocalypseResident Evil: ApocalypseResident Evil: Apocalypse is a Canadian-British 2004 science fiction action horror film directed by Alexander Witt, from a screenplay written by producer Paul W.S. Anderson...
. - Mika NakashimaMika Nakashimais a Japanese singer, model, and actress. She has achieved five number-one albums in Japan and also embarked on an acting career, most notably in the live-action movie Nana, based on the manga of the same name.- Early life and debut :...
as J-Pop Girl; the first infected person in Tokyo from the opening scene who attacks a man. - Ray Olubowale as the Axeman; a monster taken from the game Resident Evil 5 (known as The Executioner).
Development
Jeremy Bolt
Jeremy Bolt is a British film producer who often works with Paul W. S. Anderson at Impact Pictures.Since creating Impact Pictures with Paul WS Anderson in 1992, producer Jeremy Bolt has produced the majority of Anderson’s movies...
also stated that while there was no intention of making a fourth film, that the third had been particularly well done and that Paul Anderson was talking with Sony about the possibility. In June 2008, Anderson noted that negotiations were underway with Sony for creating the film. In December 2008, Anderson stated that he was working on the script. The following year, it was announced that Sony was aiming to release Resident Evil: Afterlife by August 27, 2010.
Casting
In September 2006, reports indicated that casting for the fourth film had begun, with Jensen AcklesJensen Ackles
Jensen Ross Ackles is an American actor. He is known for his roles in television as Eric Brady in Days of our Lives, which earned him several Daytime Emmy Award nominations, as well as Alec/X5-494 in Dark Angel and Jason Teague in Smallville...
being considered for the role of Leon S. Kennedy
Leon S. Kennedy
is a player character appearing in the Resident Evil series of survival horror video games. Leon is a protagonist in Resident Evil 2 and the main protagonist of Resident Evil 4. During the events of RE2, Leon is a new police officer who arrives in Raccoon City late for his first day on the job,...
. Ali Larter
Ali Larter
Alison Elizabeth "Ali" Larter is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for playing the dual roles of Niki Sanders and Jessica Sanders on the NBC science fiction drama Heroes as well as her guest roles on several television shows in the 1990s.Larter's screen debut came in the 1999 film...
missed seven episodes of playing in the television show Heroes
Heroes (TV series)
Heroes is an American science fiction television drama series created by Tim Kring that appeared on NBC for four seasons from September 25, 2006 through February 8, 2010. The series tells the stories of ordinary people who discover superhuman abilities, and how these abilities take effect in the...
in order to appear in the film. Wentworth Miller
Wentworth Miller
Wentworth Earl Miller III is an English-born American actor; model and screenwriter who rose to stardom following his role as Michael Scofield in the Fox Network television series Prison Break.-Early life:...
was cast as Chris Redfield
Chris Redfield
is a fictional character from Capcom's Resident Evil series.Chris is one of the two main protagonists in the first Resident Evil game, the other being Jill Valentine. Redfield returned as a playable character in Resident Evil Code: Veronica, where he must search for, and ultimately rescue, his...
. With never having played the Resident Evil video games, Miller began preparing for the role by searching images of Chris Redield on the internet. However, much to his surprise he noticed how muscular the character was and with only three weeks to prep before shooting, he knew it was impossible to increase his muscle mass to that extent. He was shown video footage of the games and saw how visually different he was, especially in the first game. He did cardio
Aerobic exercise
Aerobic exercise is physical exercise of relatively low intensity that depends primarily on the aerobic energy-generating process. Aerobic literally means "living in air", and refers to the use of oxygen to adequately meet energy demands during exercise via aerobic metabolism...
to build up endurance
Endurance
Endurance is the ability for a human or animal to exert itself and remain active for a long period of time, as well as its ability to resist, withstand, recover from, and have immunity to trauma, wounds, or fatigue. In humans, it is usually used in aerobic or anaerobic exercise...
. Miller described his interpretation on the character from the video game as, "He's definitely capable and heroic, but there’s also something quite innocent. He was still freshly scrubbed, in a way, at the beginning of this horrifying journey". He described his take as the character in the film, "My Chris has been walking down this particular road for quite some time. The edges are sharper, and they’re way more jagged".
Shawn Roberts
Shawn Roberts
-Life and career:Roberts was born in Stratford, Ontario on April 2, 1984. He started with playing the wolf in a school play of "Little Red Riding Hood" award-winning screenwriter Robert Forsythe and his friend's father helped him get a role in Emily of New Moon...
originally was going to audition for Chris Redfield before Miller accepted the role. He went to audition for the role of Albert Wesker
Albert Wesker
is a character in the Resident Evil franchise. Although portrayed as a supporting character in the first game, he was later established as the primary antagonist of the series; he usually manipulated story events behind-the-scenes and had a role in more games than the other main characters...
, a role previous played by Jason O'Mara
Jason O'Mara
Jason O'Mara is an Irish actor who starred in the American television network dramas In Justice and Life on Mars. He now appears in the Fox series Terra Nova.- Career :He performed with The Royal Shakespeare Company...
. Describing the character Roberts said, "Chairman of the Umbrella Corporation. He is in a position of power. He pretty much runs the world, and Alice is an annoyance. It's a whole process: I get to set and wardrobe gives me this big, long black jacket, and props comes over and gives me the dark glasses and the gloves. By the time you are all dressed you stand a little straighter, you walk a little differently. He's got everything going for him—he's super fast, super strong, has the ability to regenerate—it's all the elements from the game. That was one thing we all agreed on from the start: this character has to be for the fans." Sienna Guillory
Sienna Guillory
Sienna Tiggy Guillory is an English actress, and former model. She is known for playing the title role in the TV miniseries, Helen of Troy, her portrayal of Jill Valentine in the science fiction action horror film Resident Evil: Apocalypse, and as elf princess Arya Dröttningu in fantasy-adventure...
reprises her role as Jill Valentine
Jill Valentine
is a fictional character in the Resident Evil survival horror series by Capcom.Jill is one of the two protagonists of the original Resident Evil game, where she was introduced as a member of the Raccoon Police Department's Special Tactics And Rescue Service , trapped in a secret research complex of...
, who was last seen in Resident Evil: Apocalypse. She is featured briefly in a scene shown during the credits, setting up the sequel
Resident Evil: Retribution
Resident Evil: Retribution is an upcoming 2012 3D science-fiction action horror film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. It is the fifth installment in the Resident Evil film series, which is based on the Capcom survival horror series Resident Evil.The film has many returning actors and...
.
Cinematography and set design
Anderson was shown footage of James CameronJames Cameron
James Francis Cameron is a Canadian-American film director, film producer, screenwriter, editor, environmentalist and inventor...
's Avatar which sold him on the idea to shoot Resident Evil: Afterlife in digital 3D
Digital 3D
Digital 3D is a non-specific 3D standard in which films, television shows, and video games are presented and shot in digital 3D technology or later processed in digital post-production to add a 3D effect....
. He shot in high-definition
High-definition video
High-definition video or HD video refers to any video system of higher resolution than standard-definition video, and most commonly involves display resolutions of 1,280×720 pixels or 1,920×1,080 pixels...
with an aspect ratio
Aspect ratio (image)
The aspect ratio of an image is the ratio of the width of the image to its height, expressed as two numbers separated by a colon. That is, for an x:y aspect ratio, no matter how big or small the image is, if the width is divided into x units of equal length and the height is measured using this...
of 2:35:1 using Cameron's Fusion Camera System
Fusion Camera System
Fusion Camera System is a Digital movie camera system developed by James Cameron and Vince Pace. It was developed as a way to shoot features in stereoscopic 3-D. The Fusion Camera System made first use of Sony HDC-F950 and later of Sony HDC-1500 HD cameras when it became available. The cameras are...
, or more specifically a Sony F35 camera. The crew spent two weeks in pre-production
Pre-production
Pre-production or In Production is the process of preparing all the elements involved in a film, play, or other performance.- In film :...
learning the 3D camera system. With a budget of about $60 million, principal photography
Principal photography
thumb|300px|Film production on location in [[Newark, New Jersey]].Principal photography is the phase of film production in which the movie is filmed, with actors on set and cameras rolling, as distinct from pre-production and post-production....
took place for 55 days from September 29, 2009 to December. Filming in 3D added 20% to the budget. Roberts began filming his scenes on October 10, 2009. The final showdown scene was filmed for about six days. During production Jovovich accidentally shot out a $100,000 camera.
For slow motion scenes like with bullets and drops of water, twin Phantom high-speed cameras were used which filmed 200 frames per second
Frame rate
Frame rate is the frequency at which an imaging device produces unique consecutive images called frames. The term applies equally well to computer graphics, video cameras, film cameras, and motion capture systems...
. A fight scene with Wesker and Chris in the Resident Evil 5 game was recreated shot-by-shot for the film and the Phantom cameras were used to create Wesker's superhuman speed which took about two days to film. The added size and weight of the 3D cameras meant the filmmakers were not able to use existing equipment such as Steadicam
Steadicam
A Steadicam is a stabilizing mount for a motion picture camera that mechanically isolates it from the operator's movement, allowing a smooth shot even when moving quickly over an uneven surface...
rigs. Instead the camera operator worked on a Segway
Segway PT
The Segway PT is a two-wheeled, self-balancing transportation machine invented by Dean Kamen. It is produced by Segway Inc. of New Hampshire, USA. The name "Segway" is a homophone of "segue" while "PT" denotes personal transporter....
to achieve the look of a Steadicam shot. Much of the action scenes were shot in front of a green screen
Green Screen
The Green Screen international wildlife film festival is held annually in Eckernförde, Germany. The festival shows full-length and short nature documentaries about animals in their natural habitat. It is the only festival of its kind in Germany...
. A 1983 Yak-52 was used throughout the film by Jovovich and Larter. Stunt pilot Martin Mattes was dressed like Jovovich and flew the plane for the camera.
The 3D cameras were unable to pick up anything shiny, such as stainless steel
Stainless steel
In metallurgy, stainless steel, also known as inox steel or inox from French "inoxydable", is defined as a steel alloy with a minimum of 10.5 or 11% chromium content by mass....
, due to a flare. Set decorator
Set decorator
A set decorator is in charge of the set dressing on a film set, which includes the furnishings, wallpaper, lighting fixtures, and many of the other objects that will be seen in the film. Props and set dressing often overlap, but are provided by different departments...
Cal Loucks said that most items that looked metal were actually painted silver with special paint to remove its reflective quality. The saturation of colors also had to be changed to accustom the 3D cameras, which are "slow to pick up information". Loucks said, " It's a very restrictive color palette. For example, in this warehouse scene, we saturated the floors in a dark, dark charcoal, and we thought that was enough, but then the cameras showed them as still being too light. So we had to add more and more black. The reason I say it's too light is because we are putting more light onto these sets than we ever have before".
Filming locations
Principal photography was done mostly at Cinespace Film Studios in TorontoToronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
. Toronto police received hundreds of calls from concerned neighbors after a scene involving a burning plane crashed. For the underwater scenes, cargo
Cargo
Cargo is goods or produce transported, generally for commercial gain, by ship, aircraft, train, van or truck. In modern times, containers are used in most intermodal long-haul cargo transport.-Marine:...
shipping containers
Intermodal container
An intermodal container is a standardized reusable steel box used for the safe, efficient and secure storage and movement of materials and products within a global containerized intermodal freight transport system...
were cut and welded to make a giant tank on stage. The opening scene was filmed at the Shibuya Crossing in Shibuya, Tokyo
Shibuya, Tokyo
is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. As of 2008, it has an estimated population of 208,371 and a population density of 13,540 persons per km². The total area is 15.11 km²....
. Interior scenes of Umbrella Coropation's subterranean lair were filmed at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy. Robarts Library
Robarts Library
The John P. Robarts Research Library, commonly referred to as Robarts Library, is the main humanities and social sciences library of the University of Toronto Libraries and the largest individual library in the university...
was used to portray exterior shots of a Los Angeles prison due to its resemblance to a prison and other scenes were shot at University of Toronto Scarborough
University of Toronto Scarborough
The University of Toronto Scarborough is a satellite campus of the University of Toronto. Based in the Scarborough district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the campus is set upon suburban parkland in the residential neighbourhood of Highland Creek...
. Scenes portraying an Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
n aircraft boneyard
Aircraft boneyard
Aircraft boneyard is a term for a storage area for aircraft that are retired from service. Most aircraft at boneyards are either kept for storage or turned into scrap metal...
were actually filmed at Oshawa Airport
Oshawa Airport
Oshawa Municipal Airport, , is a municipal airport adjacent to the north end of the city of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. Oshawa Airport is one of the major general aviation airports in the Greater Toronto Area It includes two paved runways and instrument approaches...
. A location depicting an Alaskan beach was filmed at Sandbanks Provincial Park
Sandbanks Provincial Park
Sandbanks Provincial Park is a provincial park located on Lake Ontario in Prince Edward County near Picton, Ontario, Canada. It is noted for its picturesque sand dunes and beaches. It also has the world's largest fresh water sand bar and dune system.Sandbanks is run...
. Second unit
Second unit
In film, the second unit is a team that shoots subsidiary footage for a motion picture. Its work is distinct from that of the first unit, which shoots all scenes involving principal actors...
was sent to Alaska to capture establishing shot
Establishing shot
An establishing shot in filmmaking and television production sets up, or establishes the context for a scene by showing the relationship between its important figures and objects...
s of the scenery.
Visual and special effects
Visual effectsVisual effects
Visual effects are the various processes by which imagery is created and/or manipulated outside the context of a live action shoot. Visual effects involve the integration of live-action footage and generated imagery to create environments which look realistic, but would be dangerous, costly, or...
were done by Rocket Science VFX
Rocket Science VFX
Rocket Science is a visual effects post-production company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and specializing in feature films and feature-quality television projects....
and Mr. X Inc. Paul Jones served as the special effect
Special effect
The illusions used in the film, television, theatre, or entertainment industries to simulate the imagined events in a story are traditionally called special effects ....
s creator, who previously designed the Nemesis
Nemesis (Resident Evil)
Nemesis, also called the Pursuer or , is a fictional character in Capcom's Resident Evil franchise. It first appears in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, before later emerging in other titles and cameo roles. It is also featured on various merchandise and in the 2004 film Resident Evil: Apocalypse...
character in Resident Evil: Apocalypse. The production team planned to use 300 extras to portray zombies at once, but time restraints prevented that. Around 150 zombies were eventually used and Mr. X Inc's visual effects supervisor, Dennis Berardi, added more in post-production. For Alice's clones they shot motion control photography
Motion control photography
Motion control photography is a technique used in still and motion photography that enables precise control of, and optionally also allows repetition of, camera movements. It can be used to facilitate special effects photography. The process can involve filming several elements using the same...
for multiple passes of Jovovich. For the wide shots they took digital photo doubles. Visual effects production manager Eric Roberston described the look of the film, "interesting contrasts, pure whites, which is a staggering look. It's so clean and tight along with some real darkness too that may evoke a bit of a feel of Silent Hill
Silent Hill (film)
Silent Hill is a 2006 horror film directed by Christophe Gans and written by Roger Avary. The story is an adaptation of the Silent Hill series of survival horror video games created by Konami. The film, particularly its emotional, religious and aesthetic content as well as its creature design,...
. So we've got the extremes, but it's definitely a unique look for this incarnation and it's been fun to see those looks". A burned cityscape with ash and smoke in the sky was created to depict a postapocalyptic Los Angeles, in which most of the film is set in. Bolt described this approach as, " In a world that has gone to hell in a handbasket
To hell in a handbasket
"Going to hell in a handbasket", "going to hell in a handcart", "going to hell in a handbag" and "sending something to hell in a handbasket" are variations on an American alliterative locution of unclear origin, which describes a situation headed for disaster without effort or in great haste.Its...
, there's no control and no fire service, so clearly, what’s going to happen to LA is it's going to get burned".
The infected dobermans from the games and previous films return, but are more advanced. The dogs wore a costume with prosthetics. Anderson wanted to make the dogs in this film look "absolutely terrible". computer effects
Computer-generated imagery
Computer-generated imagery is the application of the field of computer graphics or, more specifically, 3D computer graphics to special effects in art, video games, films, television programs, commercials, simulators and simulation generally, and printed media...
was used to make the dog's jaw flare open, with tentacles coming out of their mouths similar to the dogs from the fourth and fifth video games. Other creatures borrowed from the fifth video game are the "Majini" who are more intelligent and have mandible
Mandible
The mandible pronunciation or inferior maxillary bone forms the lower jaw and holds the lower teeth in place...
s and tentacle
Tentacle
A tentacle or bothrium is one of usually two or more elongated flexible organs present in animals, especially invertebrates. The term may also refer to the hairs of the leaves of some insectivorous plants. Usually, tentacles are used for feeding, feeling and grasping. Anatomically, they work like...
s coming out of their mouths, and "The Executioner" (named the Axeman in the film).
Crew
- Paul W.S. Anderson – director, screenwriter, producer
- Jeremy BoltJeremy BoltJeremy Bolt is a British film producer who often works with Paul W. S. Anderson at Impact Pictures.Since creating Impact Pictures with Paul WS Anderson in 1992, producer Jeremy Bolt has produced the majority of Anderson’s movies...
– producer - Don CarmodyDon CarmodyDon Carmody has been producing films for nearly 40 years. He was vice-president of production for Canada’s Cinepix , where he co-produced David Cronenberg’s early shockers THEY CAME FROM WITHIN and RABID as well as the popular comedy MEATBALLS.Starting his own production company in 1980, Carmody...
– producer - Bernd EichingerBernd EichingerBernd Eichinger was a German film producer and director.- Life and career :Eichinger was born in Neuburg an der Donau. He attended the University of Television and Film Munich in the 1970s, and bought a stake in the fledgling studio company Neue Constantin Film in 1979, becoming its executive...
– producer - Samuel HadidaSamuel HadidaSamuel Hadida, born December 17, 1953, in Casablanca, Morocco, is a film producer.Hadida studied in Paris. In 1978, Hadida co-founded the company Metropolitan Filmexport with his brother Victor. The company later became a successful independent distributor of films in the French-speaking world...
– producer - Robert Kulzer – producer
- Glen MacPhersonGlen MacPhersonGlen MacPherson, CSC/ASC is a Canadian cinematographer based in Montreal, Quebec, where he was born. MacPherson's cinematography career dates to the mid-1980s. MacPherson is fluent in English and French....
– cinematographer - Niven Howie – editor
- tomandandyTomandandytomandandy are American composers and producers in transmedia. While they are best known for their work in film, they have produced music for most media contexts including record projects, videogames, art installations and fashion shows, etc....
– music composer - Arvinder Grewal – production designerProduction designerIn film and television, a production designer is the person responsible for the overall look of a filmed event such as films, TV programs, music videos or adverts. Production designers have one of the key creative roles in the creation of motion pictures and television. Working directly with the...
- Brandt Gordon – art directorArt directorThe art director is a person who supervise the creative process of a design.The term 'art director' is a blanket title for a variety of similar job functions in advertising, publishing, film and television, the Internet, and video games....
- Cal Loucks – set decoratorSet decoratorA set decorator is in charge of the set dressing on a film set, which includes the furnishings, wallpaper, lighting fixtures, and many of the other objects that will be seen in the film. Props and set dressing often overlap, but are provided by different departments...
- Denise CronenbergDenise CronenbergDenise Cronenberg is a costume designer born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is the sister of Canadian film director David Cronenberg and the mother of Aaron Woodley, also a filmmaker.-Works:* The Fly * Dead Ringers...
– costume designerCostume DesignerA costume designer or costume mistress/master is a person whose responsibility is to design costumes for a film or stage production. He or she is considered an important part of the "production team", working alongside the director, scenic and lighting designers as well as the sound designer. The...
- Azalia Snail – costume designer
Release
In August 2009 it was announced that the film would be released on August 27, 2010, but that December it was set back to January 14, 2011. In January 2010, it was announced that the release date was moved to September 10, 2010. Screen GemsScreen Gems
Screen Gems is an American movie production company and subsidiary company of Sony Pictures Entertainment's Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group that has served several different purposes for its parent companies over the decades since its incorporation....
paid Constantin Film
Constantin Film
- History :Constantin Film Distribution GmbH was founded by Waldfried Barthel and Preben Philipsen on April 1, 1950 in Frankfurt, Germany. On December 21, 1964, the name of the company was changed to Constantin Film GmbH....
, Davis Films and Impact Pictures $52 million for the rights to distribute the film in North American and "most key foreign markets".
On April 3, 2010, Anderson, Jovovich and Larter attended WonderCon
WonderCon
WonderCon is an annual comic book, science fiction, and motion picture convention, held in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1987.The convention was conceived by retailer John Barrett and originally held in the Oakland Convention Center, where it remained until 2003, when it moved to San...
for a Resident Evil: Afterlife panel answering fan questions. On July 24, 2010, they attended the San Diego Comic-Con International to promote the film.
Soundtrack
The Resident Evil: Afterlife: Music from the Motion Picture was composed by tomandandyTomandandy
tomandandy are American composers and producers in transmedia. While they are best known for their work in film, they have produced music for most media contexts including record projects, videogames, art installations and fashion shows, etc....
and released on by Milan Records
Milan Records
Milan Records is a record label located in Los Angeles, California specializing in film scores and soundtrack albums. In addition, Milan boasts an extensive electronic catalog which features down-tempo, chillout, and eclectic electronic releases....
.
In addition to the original soundtrack, "The Outsider" (Apocalypse Remix) by alternative metal
Alternative metal
Alternative metal is a genre of alternative rock and heavy metal that gained popularity in the early 1990s. Most notably, alternative metal bands are characterized by heavy guitar riffs and experimental approaches to heavy music.-Origins:...
group A Perfect Circle
A Perfect Circle
A Perfect Circle is an American rock supergroup formed in 1999 by guitarist Billy Howerdel and Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan. The original incarnation of the band also included Paz Lenchantin on bass, Troy Van Leeuwen on guitar, and Tim Alexander on drums...
was used for the marketing the film, along with a short segment of it being played during the confrontation between Alice and Wesker, as well as playing over the end credits.
Home media
Resident Evil: Afterlife was released to DVD, Blu-rayBlu-ray Disc
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, and Blu-ray 3D on in the United States. Special features on the DVD includes a filmmaker commentary and two featurettes. The Blu-ray releases includes the same and also with deleted and extended scenes, additional featurettes and outtakes.
United States and Canada
Resident Evil: Afterlife opened on approximately 4,700 screens in 3,203 locations with 2,062 of the locations showing on 3D-equipped screens and 141 in IMAX 3D, ranking as one of the largest 3D releases at the time. In Canada the film opened in additional 250 theaters through Alliance FilmsAlliance Films
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. The film opened at number one and took in $10.7 million on its opening day and $26.6 million on its opening weekend. By its second weekend the film had dropped to fourth place with new release The Town
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taken its first place spot. It grossed $10 million, a 63% decrease in ticket sales from its opening weekend. It fell to seventh place by its third weekend, grossing $4.9 million and was removed from 567 theaters. On its fourth weekend Resident Evil: Afterlife moved to eleventh place with the new release Case 39
Case 39
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taken its spot while grossing $2.7 million and being dropped from 735 theaters. For the film's fifth weekend it made $1.2 million a 54% decrease from the previous weekend and was removed from an additional 895 theaters. For its sixth, seventh and eight weekend it had dropped to $347,264, $137,502 and $70,474, respectively and was playing in 140 theaters by its eight and final weekend. The film closed out of theaters on after 56 days of release.
Other territories
On September 15, Resident Evil: Afterlife opened in 30 territories taking InceptionInception
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first place and grossing $42.3 million from 3,559 screens with 81% accounted for 3D earnings. It was also the largest overseas debut of the series. One-third of the total came from a $15.5 million three-day launch in Japan
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. In Russia
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it grossed $6.4 million, $3.3 million in Spain
Cinema of Spain
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, $2.95 million in Taiwan
Cinema of Taiwan
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and $2.6 million in the United Kingdom. During its second weekend the film grossed $40 million with $5.3 million being in Germany
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, $3.2 million in Mexico, $3.1 million in South Korea and $2.9 million in Brazil
Cinema of Brazil
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.
For its second weekend, Japan grossed $5.1 million and Russia with $4.2 million. By September 19 it had passed Resident Evil: Extinction $97.1 million overseas total. The following day it had out-grossed Extinction worldwide total with $103.2 million overseas and $148.8 million worldwide and became the highest-grossing entry of the series. In its third weekend, it stayed at number one grossing $24.3 million, opening in France
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with $3.5 million and Hong Kong
Cinema of Hong Kong
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with $768,324. The film remained at number one for its fourth weekend grossing $15.6 million. On its fifth weekend it grossed $8 million dropping to fifth place losing to Eat Pray Love. Though on its eleventh weekend it grossed $9.1 million, with $9 million coming from its opening in China
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. Resident Evil: Afterlife fell short of approximately $1.5 million to equal the previous three film's international grosses combined.
Worldwide overview
The film has grossed $60 million in the United StatesCinema of the United States
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and Canada, with $236 million in other markets for a worldwide total of $296 million. In the United States, the high box office gross was attributed to the ticket price inflation of the 3D presentation, but the film had the lowest opening weekend attendance of the film series. On November 23, 2010 Resident Evil: Afterlife, became the most successful production in Canadian feature film history.
| Release date (United States) |
Budget (estimated) |
Box office revenue | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States/Canada | Other markets | Worldwide | ||
| September 10, 2010 | $60,000,000 | $60,128,566 | $236,093,097 | $296,221,663 |
Critical response
Resident Evil: Afterlife was not screened for critics, but received mostly negative reviews. Review aggregator Rotten TomatoesRotten Tomatoes
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reports that 24% of 87 critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 4.1 out of 10. Metacritic
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, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 37 based on 14 reviews. CinemaScore
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polls reported that the average grade moviegoers gave the film was a B minus on an A plus to F scale.
Michael Ordoña of the Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
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gave it a positive review, noting the slower cut of the film and saying "the action is easier to read than in most films of the genre, and therefore more enjoyable. Anderson makes particular use of sets and locations to wring out more bang for the stereoscopic buck".Phelim O'Neill of The Guardian
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gave the film two stars out of five praising the use of 3D, while stating that The Resident Evil films "always look good and have well-staged action, but they don't have one iota of originality or imagination". Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times
The New York Times
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gave the film a negative review, saying "Cannibalizing John Carpenter's Thing and much of the sci-fi-horror canon, Afterlife is more moribund than its thronging undead. David Edwards of the Daily Mirror gave a negative review of the film, comparing it to Resident Evil: Extinction
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stating that the "results are even less impressive, which is saying quite something" and "only fans of the series will care with the film looking suspiciously like a series of barely connected action scenes and unimpressive 3D welded to a who-the-hell-cares? plot".
Andrew Barker of Variety
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compared the film to the previous installment as "equally moribund, and perhaps even more shamelessly derivative". He compared Robert's Wesker to Hugo Weaving
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's Agent Smith
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from The Matrix
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calling it a "slipshod impression". Chicago Readers Andrea Gronvall described the plot as "nearly indiscernible" but did called the film the "sleekest so far, thanks to 3D and star Milla Jovovich's body-hugging catsuit". A particularly scathing review came from Brian Orndorf of Dark Horizons
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, who commented: "Perhaps the first 3D motion picture to simulate the experience of watching paint dry, Resident Evil: Afterlife is a dreadful bore that only occasionally comes to life". Spill.com
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critics Corey Koleman and Co-Host 3000 gave the film a "Some ol bullshit", the site's lowest rating. They criticized the film's overuse of slow motion, lack of explanation of certain plot elements, and long lapses in between action, but gave the film points for its cinematography, 3D, and the special effects of the Axeman.
Accolades
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| People's Choice Awards People's Choice Awards The People's Choice Awards is an American awards show recognizing the people and the work of popular culture. The show has been held annually since 1975 and is voted on by the general public. The People's Choice Awards air on CBS and are produced by Procter & Gamble and Survivor magnate Mark Burnett... |
Favourite Horror Movie | Resident Evil: Afterlife | |
| Genie Awards | Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design The Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian film art direction/production design.-16th Genie Awards:* François Laplante, Le Confessionnal... |
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| Best Achievement in Costume Design Genie Award for Best Achievement in Costume Design The Genie Award for Best Achievement in Costume Design is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian costume designer.-16th Genie Awards:* Nicolette Massone, Margaret's Museum* Michele Hamel, Eldorado... |
Resident Evil:Afterlife Denise Cronenberg Denise Cronenberg Denise Cronenberg is a costume designer born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is the sister of Canadian film director David Cronenberg and the mother of Aaron Woodley, also a filmmaker.-Works:* The Fly * Dead Ringers... |
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| Best Achievement in Make-Up | Resident Evil:Afterlife Paul Jones, Leslie Sebert, Vincent Sullivan |
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| Best Achievement in Overall Sound Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound The Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian sound designer.-1st Genie Awards:* Karl Scherer, Austin Grimaldi, Dino Pigat, Joe Grimaldi, The Changeling... |
Resident Evil:Afterlife Mark Zsifkovits Mark Zsifkovits Mark Zsifkovits is a production sound mixer. He is a joint winner of a Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound for his work in Eastern Promises.- Recognition :... |
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| Best Achievement in Sound Editing Genie Award for Best Achievement in Sound Editing The Genie Award for Best Achievement in Sound Editing is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian sound editor.-16th Genie Awards:... |
Resident Evil:Afterlife Stephen Barden, Steve Baine, Kevin Banks, Alex Bullick, Jill Purdy |
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| Golden Reel Award Golden Reel Award Golden Reel Award may refer to:* Golden Reel Award , presented by the Genie Awards to high-grossing Canadian films... |
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| Dead Letter Awards | Dead Letter Award for Best Score in a Zombie Movie | TomandAndy | |
| Dead Letter Award for Best Actress in a Zombie Movie | Milla Jovovich Milla Jovovich Milla Jovovich December 17, 1975)is an American model, actress, musician, and fashion designer. Over her career, she has appeared in a number of science fiction and action-themed films, for which music channel VH1 has referred to her as the "reigning queen of kick-butt".Milla Jovovich began... |
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| Dead Letter Award for Best Actor in a Zombie Movie | Boris Kodjoe Boris Kodjoe Boris Frederic Cecil Tay-Natey Ofuatey-Kodjoe , better known as Boris Kodjoe, is an Austrian-born German actor and former fashion model who works primarily in the United States... |
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| Dead Letter Award for Best One Liner in a Zombie Movie | "Hey, boys. Is that any way to treat a lady?" | ||
| Scream Awards Scream Awards The Scream Awards is an award show dedicated to the horror, sci-fi, and fantasy genres of feature films. Originally only having Scream Queen and Heroic Performance awards for actors, the personnel awards have expanded to include actors and actresses of all three recognized genres. In addition,... |
Best Science Fiction Actress | Milla Jovovich | |