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A secret experiment…a
deadly virus…a fatal mistake. Based on the wildly popular
video game series, Resident Evil is an action-packed thriller
starring Milla Jovovich (The Fifth Element), Michelle Rodriguez
(The Fast and the Furious) and Eric Mabius (Cruel Intentions)
in a battle of good and evil, human versus computer, the living
against the Undead.
Something terrible is lurking in the Hive,
a vast underground genetic research facility run by the Umbrella
Corporation, a faceless bio-engineering conglomerate. A deadly
viral outbreak occurs, and in response, the Red Queen - a
vast supercomputer that controls and monitors the Hive - seals
the entire facility to contain the leak, killing all the trapped
employees.
Alice (MILLA JOVOVICH) and Rain (MICHELLE
RODRIGUEZ) must lead fellow commandos to isolate the virus
that has wiped out Umbrella’s entire research staff.
The team soon discovers, however, that the workers are…not…really…dead.
They are now the ravenous Undead, and they are prowling the
hive. One bite or scratch from an Undead causes infection
and worse, instant transformation into their kind.
Alice and the military task force have three
hours to complete their mission before the virus threatens
to overrun the Earth. To access the Red Queen, the team must
pass through a series of increasingly horrifying obstacles
in the maze-like hive. These include deadly lasers, mutant
dogs and a vast specimen room where Alice witnesses the results
of Umbrella’s evil experimental research. Alice soon
discovers that the former humans are the ghastly result of
Umbrella’s latest project gone awry -- the T-virus.
Initially designed to combat ageing and
fight nerve-based diseases, the T-virus has the ability to
reanimate dead cells. Alice realises that an unknown saboteur
has stolen the virus and freed it into the hive’s atmosphere.
That’s how the outbreak occurred. Who would do such a
thing, and why?
Confronting the giant computer, Rain demands
that she guide them to the surface. The Red Queen agrees,
but insists that no one who is infected will be allowed to
escape. Unless of course, they can find the Anti-Virus first.
Standing in their way is a genetically mutated experiment
that is now a vicious creature known as “the Licker,”
bent on destroying them all. The Licker’s strength increases
with each victim it slays–making the team’s job
even more deadly.
Will the team defeat the Red Queen and find
the anti-virus in time? Or are they doomed to turn? Who, if
anyone, will escape the evil Hive alive?
Distributor: Pathe
Released: July 12
Certificate: 15
Running Time: 100 mins
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