Nerds That Geek Movie Review – ‘Resident Evil: Afterlife’

Written by Scott Edwards

​As the Umbrella Corporation becomes more powerful, is it any wonder why Alice must keep fighting them? With the fourth installment of the Resident Evil series, you get to see how strong Alice has become and what kind of threat she can be towards Umbrella once and for all. With the world still falling into decline, and nobody willing to help, it is easy to put all of the blame on the Umbrella Corporation for releasing hell upon the planet, but they might be the only ones to blame, since they are not the ones that are carrying the virus around in their blood.

In a matter of months, Alice has been able to train her very own clone army to dismantle the Umbrella Corporation piece by piece. Being able to infiltrate the Japanese office, Alice has her sights set on the company's commander, Albert Wesker. With each clone falling in its own way, Wesker is able to escape the Hive, but the real Alice is along for the ride. Injecting her with an anti-virus, the T-Virus will no longer have the same effects on her and the power she possesses is quickly taken away. Becoming human once again, Alice will have to be careful while she starts to hunt for her friends who went up to Alaska to find peace away from the zombies that have taken over the world.
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Arriving at where she thinks Arcadia is, Alice finds nothing but empty aircraft and starts to question what has happened to her friends. Seeing someone out of the corner of her eye, Alice gives chase to find out what happened in the abandoned location, but before a question can be asked a familiar face takes a couple swings at her. Knocking out her old friend Claire and finding some sort of mind control device on her chest, Alice has more questions than answers. Without being able to get any answers from Claire about what happened to the other survivors, Alice packs up her friend and starts flying down the coast looking any other survivors. Spying a rooftop that shows promise, Alice sees a couple life filled bodies that she may be able to help against the apocalypse.  

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Landing on the top of a prison, the group there is shocked that she is not from the Arcadia but are happy to welcome a couple of new faces into their home. Angel, Luther, Bennett, Kim and Crystal are more than willing to show Alice and Claire around, but need to find a way to leave the prison before their time runs out there. Showing Alice that Arcadia is a ship anchored off of the coast, a plan starts to be hatched about how to get there, but with the hordes of zombies waiting for them outside of the gates, their ideas will not amount to much. As a new breed of zombies start to enter the prison, the group is forced to listen to the one man that says he has a surefire way out, but he has been locked up in a detention cell for a reason.
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Getting out of his cell, Chris sees his sister for the first time in years, but Claire does not remember who he is. Sharing his plan with the others, Chris knows the ins and outs around the prison and is ready to get things moving, but a larger mutation is at the door and the group will have to hustle before it breaks down the walls and allows the other zombies to enter. Getting enough firepower from the prison arsenal, Alice and Chris are ready to take their fight to the surface, but what they find when they get there is more zombies than they can possibly gun down. Being able to escape their soon to be tomb, the group is able to get on a boat and make their way to the Arcadia, but what they find there might be more disturbing than the walking death they left behind at the prison.

I must admit I had my reservations about this movie, because why not end the series at three? But one thing that the Resident Evil series does a good job with is bringing new monsters to the table. With a new breed of tunneling zombies and a massive butcher, the threats of this zombie universe continue to get worse and humanity's outlook is looking pretty bleak. I love how the Umbrella Corporation is still up and running, and that they will stop at nothing to put an end to Alice and her reign. I also liked how Alice had to learn to be human again and it was different to see her be a bit more careful when she chose her shots. The prison group was great and if you did not like Luther, you must have been out of your mind. The additional zombies only add another wrinkle into Alice’s plan of saving survivors and now at the helm of the Arcadia, it might be more difficult for the Umbrella Corporation to stop her, but I guess we will have to see what Retribution brings to the table. Stay Scared.

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