Released in 2007 and directed by Russell Mulcahy, 'Resident Evil: Extinction' stars Milla Jovovich, Oded Fehr, and Ali Larter and continues in a now Mad Max-esque world where everyone is either dead and mutated or desperate to live by any means necessary. Alice has been wandering the world searching for answers and the secrets of the sinister Umbrella Corporation who has been the suspects behind the world's destruction. This film does move the series in the right direction, with its stronger character development, fun action scenes, and great production value. Russell Mulcahy is certainly a great director and a good choice for this genre, having directed the first two 'Highlander' films and several other action pieces. I think as always what always seem to drag this and the others down is it's script.
The character of Claire Redfield from the games is introduced here, but other than her name, she bears little to no resemblance to her stronger counterpart. Alice surprisingly loses whatever interesting aspects of her personality and character by the end of this film and she has really nothing worth noting here other than the fight scenes and really those could be done by any character and get the same effect. Fehr's Carlos character also returns but comes and goes as if he wasn't even in here. I had to look up the IMDB page to remember he was here, it's that bad. At least he's here, as opposed to the rest of the cast from 'Apocalypse', who completely vanish from this series with little to zero explanation as to why (except for Jill, but here they do not explain what comes later in any way). 'Extinction' is at the very least more entertaining than 'Apocalypse' but I really can't think of much to talk about here and I know that's rather unprofessional but this film is so unforgettable. I can think of maybe two or three scenes that stand out, usually because they're cringe worthy or so ridiculous.
Russell Mulcahy is an awesome director and he really seemed to do his best with what little material he had, but there's just nothing here nor will there really be from here on out. It's better than 'Apocalypse' at least...that's something right?
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