By David Poland poland@moviecitynews.com
RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION's Apocalyptic Vision
Witness to a child’s freakout: that was me, this weekend, when I took my seven year old nephew to see THE SIMPSONS MOVIE on Friday.
The boy is utterly traumatized. He got his first dose of apocalyptic horror in the form of the theatrical extended “making of” trailer for RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE. It’s possible that my nephew will never sleep again.
The movie, with its legions of desert-fried Undead, does look extremely cool — an update of the 1970s atomic horror/end days tales (PLANET OF THE APES, MAD MAX, THE OMEGA MAN) that RE-1 director Paul WS Anderson was raised on.
Star Milla Jovovich seems to relish the her role as a genetically enhanced MAD MAX-type heroine.
How scary does this movie look? Even the crew looks badass. In the behind the scenes interviews, producer Jeremy Bolt sounds like a normal British person, describing the effects, the locations, the new characters. But he looks like a shades- and Stetson-wearing, stubble-faced character out of THE WILD BUNCH.
This is what happens when men — and sequels — go to Mexico.
The theatrical trailer’s smashing. But I was left with this thought: Kids, if you don’t buy a ticket to RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION, the makers of this movie might just ride out to your house, all Man With No Name/Sam Peckinpah– like, and shoot your parents.
Here’s the teaser trailer — not the extended/making of trailer shown before THE SIMPSONS MOVIE.
Sony has just added a second trailer, which debuted at Comic Con, and a “Red Band” trailer for older viewers. (Visit Bloody Disgusting if you’d like to view red without giving away your whole damn life story) Both reveal a bit more of the plot.
The Red Band’s abominations include: a pile of dead Alice-clones, zombie dog-kebabs, several Undead decapitations, a POV shot through the empty space in the zombie’s aired-out skulls, (There was a shot like this during a gunfight in THE QUICK AND THE DEAD), and (most scarily) some horrible Just For Men black hair dye on villain Iain Glen.
Listen here for Coming Soon’s audio of the roundtable chat with writer/producer Anderson and legendary creature designer Patrick Tatopolous. There’s mention of THE ROAD WARRIOR influence, the sandstorms of Las Vegas, and how DEATH RACE preparations are going.