Resident Evil: Afterlife is the fourth movie in the franchise. It takes place about six months after the events in Resident Evil: Apocalypse. The opening scene is an army of Alices (Milla Jovovich) attacking the Umbrella headquarters in Tokyo. They proceed to kick some butt, but are wiped out when the chairman of the company makes the base self-destruct. In a fight with him, Alice loses her special powers because of a serum the chairman injects her with.

Somehow she survives and continues her search for Arcadia and her friends from the previous movie. In her search, she finds the helicopter they were flying on a barren coast in Alaska with no one around. Shortly after finding the helicopter, she is attacked by a feral woman who turns out to be Claire (played by Ali Larter), who is one of her friends. Claire has a machine attached to her chest which is injecting her with a drug which is causing her memory loss. The pair flies to LA where they find a small group of survivors trying to get to Arcadia.

The story was about what you’d expect from a movie like this, not very deep, and just a vehicle for the action.  I found it enjoyable enough and it did not disappoint me.

The action was fantastic.  Ali Larter is a better action star than most of the dudes in The Expendables (at least their acting in that movie).  The fight scenes were fun to watch and choreographed very well.  The explosions were big and fiery (and some were futuristic and imploded).  I respected the decision to make Milla Jovovich less hot and more badass.  Her costume said “I am here to kick ass and take names” more than “I am a super model look how hot I am”.

The use of 3D in this movie was also amazing.  It was not on the level of Avatar but it was not over the top and cheesy like many other movies.  The biggest use of it in this movie was not to have stuff pop out at your face but to add depth to scenery and props.  The one scene that stands out for me was when Alice was flying her plane over Alaska and the clouds added depth to the whole shot.  Little things like that impress me more than having bullets and knives fly out of the screen at me.

I was going into this movie expecting to rate it a 5 or a 6, but the level of quality surprised me.  The clever use of 3D also helped elevate it up an extra point.  It’s Geektime gives Resident Evil: Afterlife a solid and surprising 7 on the d10 of zombies.