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RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE
After narrowly escaping the horrors of the underground Hive facility, Alice (Milla Jovovich) is quickly thrust back into a war raging above ground between the living and the Undead. As the city is locked down under quarantine, Alice joins a small band of elite soldiers, led by Valentine (Sienna Guillory, Love, Actually) and Carlos (Oded Fehr, The Mummy Returns), enlisted to rescue the missing daughter of Dr. Ashford, the creator of the mutating T-virus. It's a heart-pounding race against time as the group faces off against hordes of blood- thirsty zombies, stealthy Lickers, mutant canines and the most sinister foe yet. Written and produced by the visionary director of Resident Evil, Paul W.S. Anderson (Alien Vs. Predator) and directed by Alexander Witt, RESIDENT EVIL: Apocalypse is a superior sci-fi suspense sequel.
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1. What is Resident Evil: Apocalypse?
Resident Evil: Apocalypse is a 2004 action horror film directed by Alexander Witt and written by Paul W. S. Anderson, who had directed the first film. Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing through its Screen Gems label, it is the second installment in the Resident Evil film series and the direct sequel to Resident Evil (2002). Drawing on the Capcom games Resident Evil 3: Nemesis and Resident Evil – Code: Veronica, the film introduces fan-favorite game characters Jill Valentine and Carlos Olivera to the film franchise for the first time.
2. When does the story take place?
Set immediately after the events of Resident Evil, the film opens with Umbrella Corporation researchers reopening the contaminated Hive facility, an act that allows the T-virus to escape into the streets of nearby Raccoon City. As the outbreak spreads, Umbrella seals the entire city behind a militarized perimeter and announces a tactical nuclear strike to incinerate the contamination at sunrise. Alice, who has been recovered from the Hive and experimentally enhanced with Umbrella's bioweapon research, awakens in a hospital and finds herself thrown back into the war on the surface, joining a small group of survivors racing to escape Raccoon City before the bomb falls.
3. Who are the main characters?
The film centers on Alice (Milla Jovovich), now enhanced with superhuman strength, speed, and reflexes following Umbrella's experiments on her; Jill Valentine (Sienna Guillory), a recently suspended officer of Umbrella's elite S.T.A.R.S. unit who has independently uncovered the company's bioweapons research; and Carlos Olivera (Oded Fehr), an Umbrella Biohazard Countermeasure Service mercenary who turns against the company once he realizes its plan to abandon its own troops inside the city. They are joined by Dr. Charles Ashford (Jared Harris), the chair-bound scientist who created the T-virus and is desperately trying to locate his missing daughter Angela (Sophie Vavasseur) inside the quarantine zone; L.J. Wayne (Mike Epps), a small-time crook turned reluctant ally; Terri Morales (Sandrine Holt), a Raccoon City news reporter; and Sgt. Peyton Wells (Razaaq Adoti), Jill's partner.
4. Who is the Nemesis?
The Nemesis is the primary bioweapon antagonist of Resident Evil: Apocalypse: a hulking, heavily armored creature created by Umbrella's Nemesis Project under the supervision of Major Timothy Cain (Thomas Kretschmann), the Umbrella officer overseeing the Raccoon City containment. Engineered through forced T-virus mutation of a human host, the Nemesis is armed with a rocket launcher and a minigun and programmed by Cain to track down and eliminate every surviving member of the S.T.A.R.S. unit, with Jill Valentine as his primary target. In one of the film's central twists, the Nemesis is eventually revealed to have been built from the body of Matt Addison, a key character from the first film whom Umbrella took into custody at the end of the previous movie. Standing behind both the Nemesis and the destruction of Raccoon City is Major Cain himself, who serves as the film's human antagonist and orchestrates the cover-up of the entire outbreak.
5. How does this film connect to the broader Resident Evil franchise?
Resident Evil: Apocalypse is the second film in the original Resident Evil film series, following Resident Evil (2002) and preceding Resident Evil: Extinction (2007), Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010), Resident Evil: Retribution (2012), and Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016). The film introduces several characters and concepts from the Capcom video games into the film franchise for the first time, including Jill Valentine, Carlos Olivera, the Nemesis, and Dr. Alexander Isaacs (Iain Glen), a long-running franchise villain whose role expands in subsequent films. The franchise was later rebooted with Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021).
6. Who are the cast and filmmakers behind Resident Evil: Apocalypse?
Resident Evil: Apocalypse is directed by Alexander Witt, from a screenplay by Paul W. S. Anderson. The film is produced by Paul W. S. Anderson, Jeremy Bolt, and Don Carmody. The cast includes Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Oded Fehr, Thomas Kretschmann, Sophie Vavasseur, Jared Harris, Mike Epps, Sandrine Holt, Matthew G. Taylor, Iain Glen, and Razaaq Adoti.
7. Where can I watch Resident Evil: Apocalypse?
Resident Evil: Apocalypse is available through major digital retailers, including Apple TV, Prime Video, Fandango, DIRECTV, and Sony Pictures Core.
