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Resident Evil
When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain the outbreak.
2002 · Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson · 100 min · Horror · Action · Science Fiction · Screenplay in the scene database · 16 frames
Tagline
A secret experiment. A deadly virus. A fatal mistake.
Plot
Underneath Raccoon City, a genetic research facility called the Hive is owned by the Umbrella Corporation. A thief steals the genetically engineered T-virus and contaminates the Hive with it. In response, the facility's artificial intelligence, the Red Queen, seals the Hive and kills everyone inside to prevent the virus from leaking into the outside world.
Alice wakes up in the bathroom of a deserted mansion, suffering amnesia. An unknown person tackles her as a group of commandos led by James Shade breaks in. Alice's attacker claims to be Matt Addison, who just transferred as a cop in Raccoon P.D. Alice and Matt are ordered to go down to the Hive with the group, where they find another amnesiac, Spence, hidden in their train. The commandos explain that everyone in the group except Matt is an employee of the Umbrella Corporation, and Alice and her partner Spence were assigned to guard the Hive's secret entrance beneath the mansion under the pretense of being married.
A laser defense system kills Shade and three more commandos outside the Red Queen's chamber. Despite the Red Queen's pleas for the group to leave, Kaplan disables it, causing the power to fail and all of the doors in the Hive to open. This releases the zombified staff and containment units holding Lickers, creatures created through experimentation with the T-virus. The horde attacks the group, and J.D. dies while the rest are separated. During that moment, Rain loses her keys and Matt, taking advantage of the chaos, sweeps the keys to escape his handcuffs. Alice starts regaining her memories while Matt finds his sister Lisa, who is one of the zombies. Alice saves him, and Matt explains that he and Lisa were environmental activists. Lisa infiltrated Umbrella to smuggle out the evidence of illegal experiments and shut Umbrella down. Alice remembers that she was Lisa's contact in the Hive but does not tell Matt. The survivors reunite at the Red Queen's chamber, where the commandos explain they have one hour before the Hive traps them inside automatically. Alice and Kaplan activate the Red Queen to find an exit; they rig a remote shutdown to ensure her cooperation.
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Crew
- Written by: Paul W. S. Anderson
- Cinematography: David Johnson
- Edited by: Alexander Berner
- Music: Marilyn Manson, Marco Beltrami
- Production design: Richard Bridgland
- Produced by: Jeremy Bolt, Paul W. S. Anderson, Bernd Eichinger, Samuel Hadida
Cast
- Milla Jovovich as Alice
- Michelle Rodriguez as Rain
- Eric Mabius as Matt
- James Purefoy as Spence
- Martin Crewes as Kaplan
- Colin Salmon as One
- Pasquale Aleardi as J.D.
- Heike Makatsch as Lisa
- Ryan McCluskey as Mr. Grey
- Oscar Pearce as Mr. Red
Production
- Country: Canada, France, Germany, United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Studios: Impact Pictures, Davis Films, New Legacy Film, Constantin Film
- Budget: $33,000,000
- Box office: $102,984,862
- Themes: biological weapon, quarantine, amnesia, undercover, dystopia, mutant, hologram, flashback, conspiracy, zombie
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