Resident Evil: Extinction is the 2007 sequel to the 2004 film Resident Evil: Apocalypse. Extinction is the third installment in a series of film adaptations based on the popular Capcom survival horror game series Resident Evil. The film is directed by Russell Mulcahy and produced by Paul Anderson. The film will adapt several plot elements from Resident Evil: Code Veronica [1] and will feature several new characters and creatures from the game series.
Details regarding production are top-secret [2] but minor details have been 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". The film was originally intended to be released in the United States on September 7, 2007 [3] but was pushed back to September 21, 2007 [4].
Tagline: Experimentation...Evolution...Extinction
Synopsis
Upon emerging from her hideout in the Nevada desert, Alice (Milla Jovovich) is quickly joined by old friends Carlos Oliveira (Oded Fehr) and L.J. (Mike Epps). They also meet up with a whole batch of other survivors, including no-nonsense tough girl Claire Redfield (Ali Larter), K-Mart girl (Spencer Lock), and a fire-powered Florence Nightingale named Nurse Betty (Ashanti). Now instilled with super-human strength, senses, and dexterity as a result of the biogenetic experimentation conducted on her by the Umbrella Corporation, Alice and the rest of the survivors set out to eliminate a virus that threatens to turn every living human undead, and ensure that the mysterious organization pays the price for their horrific crimes against humanity.
Plot Summary
Template:Spoilers Resident Evil: Extinction is set 5 years after the events of Apocalypse. The Umbrella Corporation has failed to control a series of T-Virus outbreaks around the world, killing nearly every human. With little of humanity left, a handful of survivors are traveling around the remnants of the world in heavily armored convoys that go to the least populated parts of the world, and the Umbrella Corporation, under the leadership of Albert Wesker is the only remaining well-organized group of humans able to defend themselves.
Plot Details
Alice is on the run across the deserts that now cover the Western part of the United States. After facing a group of criminals that had managed to trap her using a fake radio emergency call, she finds a journal which details a route to Alaska; the country, being "isolated" as the journal says, might be virus-free.
Dr. Isaacs has been trying to reproduce Alice powers by creating clones of her, but none of them survives the tasks they are faced with ( a mock-up of the Hive, the mansion and Raccoon City Hospital). He concludes to Wesker and the other Umbrella board members that he needs the original Project Alice in order to obtain her blood and hopefully find a mass cure for the virus. Wesker and the Umbrella board members thus made this together with the capture of Alice among their highest priorities. Using her clones' blood as a basis for the cure, he plans to domesticate the zombies with his newly-developed serum harvested from Alice's blood. Initially, the enhanced zombie displayed signs of heightened intelligence, increased memory power and gentleness, but soon grew to be stronger, faster, and more vicious . Isaacs uses this to his advantage by secretly creating a bigger group of these 'super zombies', defying Wesker's orders.
At the same time, Carlos Olivera and L.J. have joined a convoy of survivors(consisting also of key members like K-Mart, Otto, Mikey, Chase and Betty) led by Claire Redfield, moving in search of supplies. While searching a motel, L.J. is bitten but doesn't tell anybody. At morning, the convoy is waken up by thousands of infected, hungry crows. When everything seems lost, Alice arrives and using her telekinesis manages to save the convoy. Despite her efforts, Nurse Betty, Otto and five others died in the attack.
She tells the group about her plan to Alaska, and they decide to follow it by popular vote. However, before trying the long journey they need supplies, and they decide to search the nearby Las Vegas, now in ruins. Meanwhile, Dr. Isaacs has been looking for Alice, hoping her DNA could be the source for a cure; he finally manages to track her by satellite, but only by a 62% confirmation. He later reports this to Wesker, who instead refuses to have Isaacs recapture Alice until the satellite confirmation hits 100%, but Isaacs is later revealed to have recorded Wesker's speech and edited it to make it appear as if Wesker ordered his second-in-command, Captain Alexander Slater, to send a force to capture Alice. Isaacs then sends a group of his newly created super-zombies to Las Vegas, both to test their ability and capture Alice.
The convoy is attacked by the superzombies, and most of its members are killed; L.J. eventually succumbs to the T-Virus and bites Carlos before being shot dead, Mikey, the convoy's communication expert, was devoured by a band of super-zombies, and Chase, the group's gasoline truck driver, falls from his sniper position in the Paris Las Vegas Eiffel Tower replica while fighting with the super-zombies who managed to locate his position. Dr. Isaacs tries to control Alice via satellite, but she is powerful enough to hack Umbrella's computer network and find out that Isaacs is just a few meters away, inside a nearby building; she attacks the few Umbrella men and kills all of them but Isaacs, who manages to escape by helicopter after being bitten by his own creatures.
The few survivors decide to raid a nearby Umbrella facility, hoping to use their helicopter to fly to Alaska. Inside the underground laboratories, Isaacs tries to save himself by injecting more and more antivirus, but he seems helpless and begins to exhibit signs of mutation as a result of the overdose. His second-in-command, Captain Slater was sent by Wesker to kill him due to his failure and insubordination, but Isaacs proves resistant to gunfire and kills Slater and some nearby guards with his new tentacled hand. He then begins to kill everyone in the base, but he's trapped inside the lower levels by the White Queen, the computer which controls the facility.
The convoy arrives to the facility, only to find out that its perimeter is surrounded by thousands of undead. Carlos, believing his infection to be beyond any cure, chooses to sacrifice himself in order to open a safe path for the rest of the convoy to pass through. He gets into a gasoline truck with some dynamite, drives into the crowd and detonates the explosives. Claire, K-Mart and the remaining surviving convoy members gets into the chopper and flies away to Alaska, leaving the convoy's fate open to viewers. Alice, meanwhile, decides to get her revenge on Umbrella.
When she gets into the labs, she is told by the White Queen(who confirms that the real Alice's blood is the ultimate cure for purging the world of the biohazard) that she has to reach to lower level in order to create a cure. Down there, she finds one of her clones, but before she can examine it, Isaacs, now a Tyrant, attacks her. She stabs him with a knife, and he flees, and is able to instantaneously heal his stab wound; the clone wakes up, seemingly dying in Alice's arms. A battle of telekinetic powers then continues inside the Mansion, and in the replica of the laser corridor from the Hive. Isaacs taunts Alice, saying that he is the "future", with Alice retorting to Isaacs they are both going to die, and the laser cuts him into pieces, but stops just before reaching Alice. Her clone is revealed to have been the one to turn it off.
In Tokyo, Wesker informs the rest of Umbrella that contact with the North American branch has been lost, and decided to control further experimentation from his Japan facility. Using their holographic technology, Alice joins the meeting and informs them that she is after them and "bringing a few of her friends". The film ends as Alice, next to one of her clones, watches hundreds of others awaking, thus leaving open a possible fourth film(tentatively titled Resident Evil: Afterlife), to be set in either Japan or Alaska. What happens after this film is unknown, and even though Alice plans to create a cure with help from the White Queen, she still vows to have revenge over Umbrella.
Confirmed cast
Milla Jovovich as Alice, wielding two Khukri.
Milla Jovovich as Alice, Oded Fehr as Carlos Olivera & Ali Larter as Claire Redfield
| Actor/Actress | Role |
|---|---|
| Milla Jovovich | Alice |
| Ali Larter | Claire Redfield |
| Oded Fehr | Carlos Olivera |
| Spencer Locke | K-Mart Girl |
| Iain Glen | Dr. Sam Isaacs/Tyrant |
| Jason O'Mara | Albert Wesker |
| Chris Egan | Mikey |
| Ashanti | Nurse Betty |
| Matthew Marsden | Captain Alexander Slater |
| Jamie Patrick Millar | Evan |
| Rusty Joiner | Eddie |
| Ramón Franco | Runt |
| Geoff Meed | Pockmark |
| John Eric Bentley | Umbrella Executive |
| Linden Ashby | Chase |
| Joe Hursley | Otto |
| Gary Hudson | Umbrella Captain |
| Mike Epps | L.J. |
Minor roles
| Actor/Actress | Role |
|---|---|
| Valorie Hubbard | Woman |
| Connor McCoy | Small Boy |
| Kirk B.R Woller | Scientist |
| Shane Woodson | Piggy |
| James Tumminia | Lab Technician |
| Debra Marshall | Lab Technician |
Production
Resident Evil: Extinction was officially announced by Sony Screen Gems on June 13, 2005 months after Apocalypse's release in North America. The producers also openly discussed the possibility of following this sequel with a fourth film.[5] However, a more recent press release indicates that this third film may in fact be the last.[6] This was later confirmed in the official plot synopsis as revealed by ComingSoon.
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 [7] in May, 2006 [8] (after being pushed back from November 05 > March 06 > April 06 > May 06) and entered Post-production in late July 2006 [9].
In late June, 2006 Sony released the first 2 production stills [10].
Game Head Special
During an episode of Game Head on Spike TV, viewers were treated to a special sneak peek at the film [11]. The following details were revealed:
- The film takes place 3-5 years after Apocalypse.
- Angela Ashford will not be returning.
- Milla Jovovich's character Alice is now on her own.
- The world is overrun with the T-Virus, and a swarm of crows will attack the convoy.
- The convoy is actually a school bus, and an ambulance with grates and bars covering the windows will also be used.
- The sinister Albert Wesker (Jason O'Mara) is having a conversation with an Umbrella Executive (John Eric Bentley) in a boardroom.
- We are also shown Dr. Isaacs's lab.
- It is unknown as to whether Alice will be good or evil.
- Two new creatures, The Tyrant and Crimson Head Zombie, will make their first appearance in the movie.[15]
- On February 16, 2007 the film's teaser trailer was shown with Ghost Rider[12]. 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 Non stop violence, Language and Some Nudity. The trailer is now up on the official site. It was also in Disturbia on April 13 2007
- The trailer hints that at least part of the film will take place in ruins of Las Vegas.
- The teaser for this film was similar to the teaser for Resident Evil: Apocalypse in that they both started out as a seemingly normal advertisements, RE:A's being a skin care product, and RE:E's being a promo for the Las Vegas night life.
- The teaser trailer opens with the song "I Know It's You" by The Crystal Method off their Legion of Boom album which features vocals by Milla Jovovich.
- The woman stepping out of the pool in the 'advertisement' in the trailer is the same woman who was in the commercial for Regenerate in RE: Apocalypse[citation needed]
The Resident Evil Extinction website displays a "this film is not yet rated", questioning whether it will really be rated R for Non stop violence, language, and some nudity
Release Information
The following is a list of release dates worldwide. As cited on the official Resident Evil Extinction website, where it shows World Wide Release dates: http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/residentevilextinction/international/
| Release date | Country |
|---|---|
| September 21 2007 | United Kingdom |
| September 21 2007 | United States |
| September 21 2007 | Canada |
| September 21 2007 | Republic of Ireland |
| September 28 2007 | Sweden |
| October 3 2007 | France |
| October 4 2007 | Australia |
| October 5 2007 | Italy |
| October 5 2007 | Brazil |
| October 11 2007 | Portugal |
| October 18 2007 | Netherlands |
| October 19 2007 | Poland |
| October 24 2007 | Belgium |
| October 26 2007 | Spain |
| November 2 2007 | Mexico |
| November 8 2007 | Argentina |
| November 10 2007 | Central America |
| November 23 2007 | Uruguay |
Game connections
- According to Movies Online, the film will borrow plot elements from Code Veronica.
- Mulcahy stated that several new creatures will appear. Only the Crows have been confirmed.
- Paul Anderson stated a character from the earlier games will appear. During an episode of Game Head it was confirmed that Albert Wesker will be making an appearance, played by Jason O'Mara. Fans have speculated this since Sony purchased the rights from Capcom to use the character in 2005. [13]
- The tagline for now is "Experimentation...Evolution...Extinction".
- Like Resident Evil 5 (the game), Extinction takes place in a dry, harsh, desert wilderness. This is a huge departure from the usual dark and drab locations of most zombie films and games. Try comparing to From Dusk Till Dawn.
A promotional photo shows Alice returning to the mansion featured in the first film, or a replica. Extinction will have connections to the previous two movies in the series. (direct reference to Code:Veronica).
- Alice returns to a replicated version of the mansion featured in the first film, direct reference to Code:Veronica, probably Spencer Mansion.
- The third installments marks the first on-screen appearance of Claire Redfield in the Resident Evil movies.
New characters
- Paul Anderson created new characters for the film including: Nurse Betty (Ashanti), Mikey (Chris Egan]]), Evan (Jamie Patrick Millar), Kmart (Spencer Locke), Envoy (William Abadie), Runt (Ramón Franco), Pockmart (Geoff Meed), Alexander Slater (Matthew Marsden).
References
- ↑ Movie Web (May 11th, 2006). Ashanti Joins Cast, Film Borrows Element From Code Veronica. Movie Web. Retrieved on 2006-06-11.
- ↑ About (June 28th, 2006). Extinction Has Classified Information. About. Retrieved on 2006-07-15.
- ↑ Bloody Disgusting (July 26th, 2006). Extinction Gets A Release Date. Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved on 2006-07-26.
- ↑ Bloody Disgusting (September 28th, 2006). Extinction Gets Pushed Back. Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved on 2006-09-28.
- ↑ Steven Chupnick (July 8th, 2006). Resident Evil: Extinction ...Coming Soon. Movie Web. Retrieved on 2006-07-08.
- ↑ Alice's Time Running Out in 'Resident Evil' Franchise?. Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved on 2006-12-15.
- ↑ Coming Soon (May 1, 2006). Filming Begins In 2 Weeks. Movies Online. Retrieved on 2006-05-01.
- ↑ Yahoo (April 10th, 2006). Extinction On Yahoo. Yahoo. Retrieved on 2006-04-10.
- ↑ Film Force IGN (July 26th, 2006). Production Wraps Up. Film Force IGN. Retrieved on 2006-07-30.
- ↑ IGN (June 29th, 2006). 2 Production Still. IGN. Retrieved on 2006-06-29.
- ↑ Bloody Disgusting (July 26th, 2006). Spike TV To Present An Episode Regarding The Film!. Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved on 2006-07-26.
- ↑ Comingsoon.net (February 16, 2006). Grind House and Resident Evil trailers to premiere this weekend. Comingsoon.net. Retrieved on 2007-02-16.
- ↑ Movies Online (2005). Movies Online: Albert Wesker To Appear. Movies Online. Retrieved on 2006-05-15.
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See also
- Official site of Resident Evil: Extinction
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- Trailer at Yahoo!
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