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Milla Jovovich in Resident Evil: Retribution.

Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)

The supernatural craze has been captivating the North American movie-going public for some time now; everything from vampires to werewolves to aliens have been plaguing screens across the country. Well, get ready for some more zombie outbreak action in yet another installment of the oncepopular Resident Evil franchise, Retribution.

Resident Evil: Retribution picks up right where the previous four films left off: Alice is still fighting the Umbrella Corporation, which is still trying to capture Alice and make more and more clones of her in an attempt to stop the zombiecreating t-Virus that they themselves created. Basically you've got more Alice, more zombies and more ass-kicking.

In Retribution, Alice has been kidnapped by the Umbrella Corporation and awakens deep within one of their underground safe havens. Her escape plans take her deeper and deeper underground and in turn reveal more and more titillating details about her mysterious past with the Corporation. Once she is finally able to make her escape and breach the surface, Alice goes back on the hunt to track down those responsible for creating and unleashing the t-Virus in a continued attempt to save humanity. Joined once again by Jill and Rain, though in unexpected forms, and creating new alliances with those looking to take down Umbrella, Alice resumes her never-ending mission.

The cast of Resident Evil: Retribution is filled with familiar faces and a few newcomers as well. Stepping once more into her lead role as Alice is Milla Jovovich, who is admittedly a topclass zombie killer. Jovovich proves that she still has what it takes to fight, maim and kill the undead with just as much vigour as she has in the previous four films.

Also reprising her role of zombie- killer is Michelle Rodriguez as Rain, though she is in a somewhat different incarnation this time around. Rodriguez is her typical bad-girl self, even when she is playing good. Reprising her role of Jill is Sienna Guillory, who fans will know from Apocalypse and Afterlife. Once again, Guillory plays a tough girl just trying to kill the zombies.

Joining the franchise in this installment is young Aryana Engineer, whose character Becky has somewhat of a Ripley/Newt relationship going on with Alice. Cute and charming, Engineer proves to lighten up and energize this otherwise tired cast.

The trouble with the Resident Evil franchise now is that they keep beating at the same dead horse. No new developments have really occurred in the story thus far and things are more or less where they were when the series began. Zombies are still ravaging the earth and Alice and Umbrella are still locked in a desperate battle with one another.

If you are interested in seeing the same things you've already seen four times, then by all means, rush out to see Retribution, but if you're tired of the same old story, then this one is better skipped.

Rating: 1 1/2 out of 5