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RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER

2017
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Horror
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Action

Picking up after Resident Evil: Retribution, Alice (Milla Jovovich) is the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity’s final stand against the Undead. Now, she must return to where the nightmare began – The Hive in Raccoon City, where the Umbrella Corporation is gathering its forces for a final strike against the only remaining survivors of the apocalypse.

Contstantin Film
Davis Films
Screen Gems, a Sony Company
Impact Pictures Logo
Rated R

© 2016 Constantin Film Produktion GmbH. All Rights Reserved.

RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER FAQs

  1. What is Resident Evil: The Final Chapter? 
    Resident Evil: The Final Chapter is a 2016 action horror film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing through its Screen Gems label, it is the sixth and final installment in the original Resident Evil film series and the direct sequel to Resident Evil: Retribution (2012). Released first in Japan in December 2016 and in the United States in January 2017, the film returns Alice to the underground Hive facility where the franchise began and closes the story of Paul W. S. Anderson's six-film arc with Milla Jovovich.
  2. When does the story take place? 
    Picking up three weeks after the cliffhanger ending of Retribution, the film opens with Alice alone in the ruins of Washington, D.C. after the human resistance's last stand has been betrayed by Albert Wesker and decimated by Umbrella's forces. Contacted by the Red Queen, who has turned against her programming after discovering Umbrella's true plans, Alice is given a 48-hour window to travel west to the original Hive facility beneath the ruins of Raccoon City and retrieve an experimental airborne antivirus that can neutralize every infected creature on Earth. Pursued across the country by Dr. Alexander Isaacs and his convoy of zombies, Alice eventually joins a band of survivors holed up in a fortified ruin in Raccoon City and descends with them into the Hive for a final reckoning with the Umbrella Corporation and the truth about her own origin.
  3. Who are the main characters? 
    The film centers on Alice (Milla Jovovich), making her sixth and final appearance in the series; Dr. Alexander Isaacs (Iain Glen), revealed as the architect of the apocalypse; and Claire Redfield (Ali Larter), who has survived the events of Afterlife and now leads a Raccoon City survivor camp. They are joined by Doc (Eoin Macken), the survivor camp's tactical leader; Abigail (Ruby Rose), the resourceful engineer behind the camp's defenses; Christian (William Levy), an embittered survivor at odds with Alice; Razor (Fraser James) and Cobalt (Rola), additional members of the resistance; and Commander Chu (Lee Joon-gi), Umbrella's security chief. Shawn Roberts returns as Albert Wesker, and Ever Anderson (daughter of Milla Jovovich and Paul W. S. Anderson) plays both the Red Queen and Alicia Marcus, the daughter of Umbrella's founder.
  4. Who is Dr. Alexander Isaacs? 
    Dr. Alexander Isaacs (Iain Glen) is the primary antagonist of Resident Evil: The Final Chapter: revealed here as the true architect of the global apocalypse and the original co-founder of the Umbrella Corporation. After his partner Dr. James Marcus, the man who created the T-virus to save his dying daughter Alicia from progeria, tried to shut the project down, Isaacs ordered Albert Wesker to murder Marcus and seized control of the company. He then deliberately engineered the worldwide T-virus outbreak as part of a fundamentalist plan to wipe out humanity and rebuild civilization with a select group of Umbrella executives cryogenically preserved inside the Hive. The final act centers on a direct confrontation between Alice and Isaacs in the depths of the original Hive facility.
  5. How does this film connect to the broader Resident Evil franchise? 
    Resident Evil: The Final Chapter is the sixth and concluding film in the original Resident Evil film series, following Resident Evil (2002), Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004), Resident Evil: Extinction (2007), Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010), and Resident Evil: Retribution (2012). The film closes Alice's storyline, returns the action to the underground Hive facility beneath Raccoon City where the original 2002 film began, and reveals the long-buried origin of the T-virus and the truth about Alice's own identity. The franchise was later rebooted with Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021).
  6. Who are the cast and filmmakers behind Resident Evil: The Final Chapter? 
    Resident Evil: The Final Chapter is written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. The film is produced by Paul W. S. Anderson, Jeremy Bolt, Samuel Hadida, and Robert Kulzer. The cast includes Milla Jovovich, Iain Glen, Ali Larter, Shawn Roberts, Eoin Macken, Fraser James, Ruby Rose, William Levy, Rola, Ever Anderson, and Lee Joon-gi.
  7. Where can I watch Resident Evil: The Final Chapter? 
    Resident Evil: The Final Chapter is available through major digital retailers, including Apple TV, Prime Video, Fandango, DIRECTV, and Sony Pictures Core.