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Resident Evil: Extinction
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International poster
Directed byRussell Mulcahy
Written byPaul W. S. Anderson
Produced byPaul W. S. Anderson
Jeremy Bolt
Robert Kulzer
Bernd Eichinger
Samuel Hadida
StarringMilla Jovovich
Ali Larter
Oded Fehr
Mike Epps
Iain Glen
Ashanti Douglas
Matthew Marsden
Chris Egan
Spencer Locke
CinematographyDavid Johnson
Edited byRyan Folsey
Music byCharlie Clouser
Distributed byScreen Gems
Release dates
 Russia
September 20,2007
 United States
September 21,2007
 Brazil
October 5,2007
 Germany
September 25,2007
 Thailand
September 27,2007
 India
September 28, 2007
 Singapore
October 11, 2007
 Kuwait
October 12, 2007
 Czech Republic
November 15,2007
Running time
95 minutes
CountryGermany / UK / France
LanguageEnglish
Budget$45,000,000

Resident Evil: Extinction is a 2007 science fiction action horror film. It is the third installment in the series of film adaptations based on the popular Capcom survival horror game series Resident Evil. The film was directed by Russell Mulcahy and produced by Paul Anderson, and adapts several plot elements from Resident Evil: Code Veronica[1] as well as featuring various characters and creatures from the game series. The film is a departure from the usually dark and drab locations of other zombie films as it takes place in the Mojave desert wilderness. Extinction was released in North America on September 21, 2007.

Plot

After the Raccoon City Incident in 1998, the T-Virus escaped containment despite the nuclear destruction of the city. Now spreading through the ground, the Umbrella Corporation was unable to contain it. The virus spread across the Earth, drying up the oceans and continents while infecting the majority of the population. After five years, almost every living creature has become a zombie, and the world itself is on the verge of extinction.

Alice (Milla Jovovich), Umbrella's greatest Bio-Organic Weapon, is now alone in the desert wastelands of the remains of the United States after learning that the corporation has the ability to track her location via satellite. She has super-human strength and psionic abilities gained from her brief imprisonment by Umbrella. Umbrella considers re-capturing Alice a top priority because of her blood's ability to bond with the T-Virus. Dr. Sam Isaacs believes that he can develop a permanent cure to save what is left of humanity, as well as tame the zombies so as to create a viable workforce by using blood from the original Alice. Umbrella chief Albert Wesker orders Isaacs to create a cure without Alice, using clones created from her blood. Wesker refuses to authorize manpower to recover Alice until they are 100% sure where she is, due to the high risk involved in missions on the surface. The Alice clones endure tests within the re-created Spencer Mansion, The Hive, and Raccoon City Hospital locations, but none survive. The bodies of the failed Alices are dumped in a drainage ditch alongside Umbrella's fenced in desert compound, as hordes of zombies are gathered around the outside. Attempted cures derived from the cloned blood do not work, but Dr. Isaacs discovers that he can create a new strain of "super zombie" that can run, are unusally aggressive, and possess even more strength. Isaacs secretly begins creating a horde of these new super zombies.

Meanwhile, Claire Redfield's (Ali Larter) convoy, which includes fellow Raccoon survivors Carlos Olivera (Oded Fehr) and L.J. (Mike Epps), along with new survivors K-Mart (Spencer Locke), Mikey (Egan) and Nurse Betty (Ashanti), search a small motel for supplies. L.J. is bitten, but does not tell Nurse Betty, who checks his other wounds. The next morning a horde of infected crows begin to attack the convoy. A reluctant Alice reappears and uses her telekinetic powers to incinerate the flock by covering the sky in flames from a nearby flamethrower. Despite Alice's help, Nurse Betty and six others die in the attack.

Alice is introduced to Claire, and gives her a diary she found in a nearby town. The diary details radio transmissions that claim that there are living humans in Alaska, and that there is no infection or undead there. Alice convinces Claire that the convoy should make an attempt to reach Alaska before the rest of them are killed. Claire, unable to make such a big decision herself, puts it to a vote of the convoy. After the other survivors agree to try for Alaska, they realize that they need to be resupplied in order to make it. With no other alternative, the leaders of the group decide to search for supplies in Las Vegas. At the Umbrella corporation, with the help of a new artificial intelligence computer called the White Queen, they are able to pick up Alice's location based on the use of her psionic powers. Dr. Isaacs defies Wesker's direct orders and has a crate of his new "super zombies" transported to the convoy's destination. The convoy meet with the new zombies and a battle between them ensues. Mikey is killed along with a large portion of the convoy in the fight, while L.J. turns into a zombie and bites Carlos before being shot. Once Umbrella sees Alice is in position, they attempt to "shut her down" and control her actions. She resists the attempt and destroys the CPU on Umbrella's tracking satellite, while continuing to come for Isaacs, getting to his location just as he slips away in a helicopter. A super zombie bites him just before it takes off. Alice decides not to shoot down the helicopter, instead convincing Claire and the others to steal it from Umbrella and use it to get to Alaska.

The remaining members of the convoy head towards the Umbrella facility, but find it surrounded by thousands of zombies. Carlos' infection has gone beyond a cure, and he decides to sacrifice himself for the convoy. Alice and Carlos kiss before he departs, and he drives a gasoline tanker truck to the entrance to the Umbrella lab, plowing a path through the zombies for Alice and Claire to drive through. All but Alice depart on the helicopter, which is piloted by Claire. Alice plans to exact her revenge on the Umbrella Corporation. Dr. Isaacs, who was arrested by Umbrella after his return from the failed mission to capture Alice, has been locked in his lab. Wesker orders Isaacs to be "liquidated", but when they go to kill him they find him sitting in his lab injecting himself with masses of the Antivirus. Isaacs explains that the strand of the T-virus that is carried by the superzombies is more potent due to it being mixed with Alice's blood and therefore he needs more Antivirus. However, we discover the opposite effect of too much Antivirus as Isaacs starts to mutate. He is shot by Captain Slater (Matthew Marsden), but has already mutated into the Tyrant. Isaacs goes on a rampage, killing all the employees in the facility. The White Queen manages to trap Isaacs in the lower levels and tells Alice that she must pass through there to create a cure for the infection, which only her blood can do.

Alice heads down, seeing a clone of herself still in a vegetative state. She examines it, but Isaacs interrupts, attacking Alice before fleeing when she stabs him with a khukri knife. The clone then awakens, seemingly dying in Alice's arms. She covers the clone in her coat and leaves after Isaacs. In the replica of the Spencer Mansion, a battle between Isaacs and Alice ensues, both displaying use of telekinesis. When the fight is taken to a replica of the laser room from The Hive, Alice informs him that they are both to die there when the lasers activate. The lasers cut Isaacs into pieces in the same fashion as the character One in Resident Evil, but just as Alice is about to meet the same fate, the lasers dissipate. The clone of Alice is shown to be the one who turned off the lasers.

Meanwhile, in Tokyo, Japan, Wesker informs the rest of the Umbrella board that the North American branch has been lost, and he will now control further scientific experimentation from Japan. Using holographic technology, Alice makes an appearance at the meeting, saying that she and her friends are coming for them now. Standing beside the clone of herself, Alice looks onto the rows of pods containing the other clones, their numbers in the hundreds. As many clones begin to awake, the film ends.

Cast

  • Milla Jovovich as Alice: The primary protagonist who is being tracked down by the Umbrella Corporation in order to develop a serum from her blood. Since being exposed to the T-Virus outbreak in Raccoon City, Alice has been captured and subjected to experiments. She was Carlos's love interest.
  • Ali Larter as Claire Redfield: Claire Redfield is a main character in Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil Code: Veronica. In the film, she is a protagonist and leads a convoy of survivors alongside Carlos. Mikey has secretly fallen in love with her.
  • Iain Glen as Dr. Sam Isaacs The primary antagonist. Dr. Isaacs has been involved in the creation of the Nemesis program as well as the creation of Program Alice in Apocalypse. He is turned into the Tyrant resulting from an uncontrollable mutant bite.
  • Oded Fehr as Carlos Olivera: Ex-U.B.C.S. soldier, protagonist, and survivor of the Nemesis program as well as the "cleansing" of Raccoon City. He is Alice's love interest. And the novelization states that he does have feelings for her. He is the last person, fighting against Umbrella, that dies.
  • Jason O'Mara as Albert Wesker: Is the Chairman of Umbrella. His office is in Tokyo, Japan and through holographic technology has regular meetings with all committee members including Dr. Isaacs who gave the order to find and capture Alice. He is based on the video game character Albert Wesker.
  • Spencer Locke as K-Mart: A girl found by Alice's companions hiding out in a Kmart store prior to the outbreak. In the novel, she is called Dahlia. She is fourteen and in the novelization has a crush on Carlos.
  • Ashanti as Nurse Betty: A tough young woman who knows how to handle herself. As her name suggests she is a nurse and aids members of the group to full recovery. She is L.J's love interest. She heroically sacrifices herself to save the children of the convoy.
  • Mike Epps as L.J.: Former citizen of Raccoon City, survived the Nemesis program and Raccoon City's destruction in the previous film. He now travels with fellow survivors seeking refuge. He is Betty's love interest. He eventually gets infected from a bite and infects Carlos before being shot by him.
  • Chris Egan as Mikey: A computer junkie who managed to survive with Claire and co. and is now the driver of the "computer station" portion of the convoy. In the novelization, he is secretly in love with Claire Redfield, but the movie does not explore this. He is killed in the last zombie attack.
  • Madeline Carroll as White Queen: The sister Artificial intelligence of the original Red Queen. She is designed to protect and preserve human life unlike her sister computer.

Production

Resident Evil: Extinction was announced officially by Sony Screen Gems on June 13, 2005, months after Resident Evil: Apocalypse was released in Mexico City and in Mexico's Desert. Recent press release indicates this third film may be the last.[2]

On November 7, 2005, Davis Film, Constantin Film and Screen Gems announced their distribution rights worldwide. The film's title was also later changed from Resident Evil: Afterlife to Resident Evil: Extinction with the film's director Russell Mulcahy signing on. Principal photography began in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico[3] in May, 2006[4] (after being pushed back repeatedly from November 05 to May 06) and entered post-production in late July 2006.[5] The film's budget is estimated to be $45,000,000 and the special effects are covered by Tatopoulos Studios and Mr. X Inc., whom both worked on the 2006 film Silent Hill.

In late June 2006 Sony released the first 2 production stills.[6] Details regarding production were held top-secret[7] but minor details were revealed, "fans of the series will be pretty damn happy with a new boss monster that's going to rear its ugly head in the film".

Fangoria magazine features

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The September Issue of Fangoria magazine where a visit to the set revealed more details of the film. The cover of the magazine depicts one of the zombies.

Horror magazine Fangoria featured the film in the August 2007 Issue, talking with director Russell Mulcahy,[8] and on the cover of the September 2007 issue.[9] The following details were revealed, though some points proved to be untrue:

  • Alice's convoy are traveling across the Nevada desert trying to reach sanctuary in Alaska to meet Chris Redfield and other survivors. In the film, however, there is no mention of Chris and the information has proved to be incorrect.
  • The film will feature new "super zombies" that have been "pumped up on some sort of alter-essence steroids. They transform[...]" The "super zombies" are created using blood taken from clones of Alice.
  • Mulcahy also noted that he was happy with the ability to use CGI, which allowed for an increased level of gore, and many decapitation scenes.
  • Mulcahy also stated concerning the ending of the film trilogy, "As far as I'm aware, this is indeed supposed to close the book."
  • The character of Claire Redfield did not exist in the early draft scripts for the film and previously Jill Valentine (who appeared in Resident Evil: Apocalypse played by Sienna Guillory) would continue the role in Extinction. Later producers Paul W.S. Anderson and Jeremy Bolt decided to have a separate game character appear along side Alice saying, "We thought, rather than bring Jill back, put her with another game heroine."
  • Albert Wesker runs the Umbrella Corporation.
  • Alice can now use her powers to control fire as Milla Jovovich explains, "I'm trying to do my own little thing, but here she bursts everything into flames and stuff. It's really useful against the birds."
  • Extinction takes place 8 years after Apocalypse. In the film, this was contradicted when characters stated that it had been 5 years since the outbreak.

Release

The film was the #1 movie at the North American box office in its opening weekend, grossing $23,678,580 in 2,828 theaters, averaging $8,372 per theater.[10] It opened stronger than the 2 previous films[11], Resident Evil: Apocalypse (which opened with $23,036,273 in 3,284 theaters — over 450 more theaters than Extinction — and averaged $7,014 per theater)[12], and Resident Evil (which opened with $17,707,106 in 2,528 theaters and averaged $7,004 per theater). [13]

Response

As of October 14, 2007 review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a 23% "rotten" rating with only 17 out of 75 critics giving it a positive review.[14] On Box Office Mojo it currently has a B. An early review from Dread Central gave Extinction a 3 out of a possible 5, citing the film was "More of the same, but better and bigger". The review went on to say the film improved upon the previous installment, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, "With almost non-stop action, above average effects and just enough bloodshed to calm your inner horror freak."[15] Another review agreed with the idea, stating, "Resident Evil: Extinction is about twice as good as its predecessors. That's not saying much, but give the filmmakers credit for working out a story that is fast-paced and involving rather than fast-paced and lugubrious."[16] One common complaint of the film is the jarringly noticeable 'digital airbrushing' on most close up shots of Milla Jovovich's face, for which reviewers were confused at the use of, or found unnecessary. [17][15][18]

Sequel

In July of 2005, the producers openly discussed the possibility of following this sequel with a fourth film, with the announcement of plans to shoot the film in Tokyo[19]. In an article published in 2006, details were revealed the film would take place in Tokyo, Japan and that Alice would be returning.[20] In September 2006, it was announced that casting began for Resident Evil 4, and that Jensen Ackles was in talks for portraying Leon Kennedy.[21][22]

During an interview with Bloody Disgusting, while promoting the film, Milla Jovovich and Ali Larter mentioned a possibility that if the movie performed well at the box office, a spin-off film could be made relating to Claire Redfield and the other survivors. Larter also confirmed she would reprise the role "100% if asked".[23] Oded Fehr also jokingly mentioned if his character was to return for a new film, he would have to be cloned like Alice's character in Apocalypse and Extinction.[24] Despite Resident Evil: Extinction being billed on the official website and elsewhere as the final installment of the Resident Evil film series, 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."[25]

Promotional material

Soundtrack

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The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack's myspace page for the film opened on the 14th of August. The album was released on the 18th of September. A Special Edition featuring 3 Bonus tracks will be released internationally on 15th of October, 2007 through Bodog Records . The Music Supervisor Branden Steineckert, drummer for punk band Rancid, announced the current tracklisting for the film and has The Main Theme available to stream at the myspace page and at [7]mp3.com. The score was composed by Charlie Clouser.

The track listing is as follows:[26]

Artist Song
Charlie Clouser Main Title (Score)
Shadows Fall Stupid Crazy
Flyleaf Vs. The Legion Of Doom I'm So Sick (T-Virus Remix)
Emigrate My World
Bayside Duality (Project Alice String Remix)
Charlie Clouser Losing (Score)
Aiden Vs. The Legion Of Doom One Love (Extinction Remix) [27]
Fightstar Deathcar [28]
Throwdown I, Suicide
Collide White Rabbit (SPC Eco Mix) [29]
Chimaira Paralyzed
Charlie Clouser Laser Tunnel (Score)
The Bled Asleep On The Frontlines (Appliantz Remix) [30]
City Sleeps Catch Me
Searchlight Contagious
Emanuel Scenotaph (DJA Infected Remix) [31]
It Dies Today Sixth of June
Poison the Well Wrecking Itself Taking You with Me
Charlie Clouser Convoy (Score)
Overkill Devils In the Mist*
Neurosonic So Many People*
Nightwish Amaranth*
Koda Kumi Last Angel** 
*European Bonus tracks. release Bodog records.
**Japanese Bonus track. release Avex Trax.

On August 1st, 2007 Rock band Emigrate announced and premiered their video 'My World' which is 'one of the lead tracks of the Resident Evil: Extinction soundtrack' according to their website. The video can be viewed here.

It has also been confirmed that J-Pop singer, Kumi Koda, will be singing for the Japanese release of the movie.

Trailers

On February 16, 2007 the film's teaser trailer was shown with Ghost Rider.[32] On February 17, 2007 Sony launched the film's website with the confirmation of the September 21 release date. It was also revealed that the film was rated R by the MPAA for strong horror violence throughout and some nudity. The trailer since has been placed on the official site and also has shown with Disturbia.

The trailer is structured in the same manner of the "Regenerate" teaser trailer for Resident Evil: Apocalypse. The teaser trailer begins as a promotional ad for the Las Vegas nightlife and features the song "I Know It's You" by The Crystal Method with vocals by Milla Jovovich.

On July 29, 2007 the Red Band Theatrical trailer premiered onto the internet. Hours after the premiere, the trailer became available on Youtube.

Artwork

In May 2007, the teaser poster was leaked onto the internet via a fansite[33]. On May 8, 2007, IGN released the poster on their website.[34]

A German website had gotten hold of concept art for Extinction. It included designs for vehicles and locations.[35]

Online promotion

NBC.com was the first website to feature a scene from the film where the crows attack the convoy. Myspace, a social networking website, featured clips of four of the main characters Claire Redfield, Carlos Olivera, Nurse Betty, and Alice. They had previously promoted the film on the face of the website for the span of a few days. The clips for the characters can be viewed here: Alice's clip, Nurse Betty's clip, Claire Redfield's clip, and Carlos Olivera's clip.

The official website for World Wrestling Entertainment added Alice and Claire Redfield to their Extreme Championship Wrestling superstars page to promote the release of the film. On the official website for Extinction, an online game of the convoy is featured called Resident Evil Extinction: Online Convoy Game

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