Checked out Resident Evil: Extinction last night, and was pretty impressed with it for the most part. With a catchy opening and a great image of a military compound surrounded by hungry undead just outside the fence, paired with a predictably-solid tough girl performance by Milla Jovovich, this one should keep horror fans entertained. The wife, an admitted zombie movie afficionato, concurs enthusiastically.
Unfortunately - and this may be mildly spoilery - by the end of the film, absolutely nothing is resolved. Like, no closure whatsoever. The Matrix Reloaded had a more satisfying ending. It's like an episode of Lost, except with fewer scenes of charicters being given the chance to ask the obvious questions viewers have been screaming at the screen for three seasons and choosing instead to pose an obscure query no one cares about.
Note to writer Paul W.S. Anderson: even when you know you're making (another) sequel, a good story has a beginning, a middle, and an end. I guess two out of three ain't bad.
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