Yes, Paul W Anderson, the director of Resident Evil Afterlife 3D, used the same Fusion 3D camera set up as Avatar, evidenced by the film credits and 3D featurette on the 3D Blu Ray, which also plays standard 2D. The 3D as a result, looks excellent and better than most 3D films out there, excluding Imax's Studio Nature productions. From the opening to the end, everything pops out far greater than you might have seen. The rain in RE:A3D looks spectacular and the depth really shines as though you're "in the movie". This is what 3DHDTV was made for. If you miss this and own a 3DTV, your loss if you like action movies.
The movie has elements of the Matrix's fight scenes and slow motion, with The Walking Dead's zombie infested city. The film covers Alaska, Tokyo and Los Angeles. The opening action scene is a highlight and really slick, packed with blazing machine guns and acrobatics. There's also a Axe man scene worth buying this disc for alone, and a cool but short end fight scene with RE5's Albert Wesker. The story is a basic "escape plan" movie, but in the RE style. This is the best one so far IMO.
The featurettes are 47 minutes total, and informative, including cast interviews. There's also a screen in screen presentation, director commentary track, deleted and extended scenes and more.
Overall, if you own or eventually plan to buy a 3DHDTV, buy this version for a few extra bucks, as it plays in regular 2D on regular HDTV's and players and looks great in 2D, but exceptional in 3D.
Movie: 8/10
3D: 9/10
Extras: 7/10 Resident Evil: Afterlife [Blu-ray 3D]
My ratings are based mainly on the QUALITY OF THE 3D, not the video content.
There are about 70 out of screen effects that extend about 10% of the way, from the screen to the viewer. Another 30 around 25%. At 8:00 minutes a tri-blade throwing knife reaches 40% and at 64:00 minutes, a large blood spatter drop exceeds 50%. Too many OOS effects to pick my favorites.
*** A MUST SEE 3D - STATE OF THE ART AT ITS FINEST ***
*** Almost Continuous Action - Blood, Guts, Gore and Horror ***
MY 3D RATING = EXCELLENT (poor, fair, good, very good, excellent)
Note: As far as the percentages go, everyone's eyes are different. What I see at 25% you may see at 15% or 35%. To fully realize how far something is out of the screen for you, pause on an effect and direct a partner with an extended finger to the tip of what you are seeing. You may be surprised.
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I saw this at the movie theater in 3D (complete with special 3D glasses they handed out) and felt like I was right in it. Every bullet, star, punch, blast, you name it - went right between my eyes. I sat 4 rows from the front (I couldn't get any closer without not seeing the whole screen) and was completely devoured by every creature. What an experience! Note I saw this at another movie theater that did not have the 3D version and I loved it but much prefer the 3D version. I have to say that if you love Milla Jovovich and Ali Larter - you won't be disappointed. They look super hot and kick some serious butt! The two of them team up to defeat a 12 foot tall executioner dude with a massive ax/hammer. K-Mart makes an appearance at the end but doesn't say a word. No matter - there WILL be a Resident Evil 5; I bet she'll speak in that one. PLEASE NOTE: Don't get up and leave after the credits start - there is another minute of movie to go; and it explains how Resident Evil 5 will start! Go see this while it is still in the theater - You will NOT be disappointed if you are a Resident Evil fan! Bon appetite!
As far as movies based on video games go, the Resident Evil series has been a cut above the rest. One good reason for this is the director, Paul WS Anderson, and his wife, actress Milla Jovovich (as Alice), who have created all four of the films together. None of the last three has quite topped the first RE, but then that's usually the case with sequels, right? (With a few notable exceptions.) Still, this 2010 version of RE is pretty impressive, especially with the introduction of 3D to the RE universe. The story consists of several very strong scenes separated by passages of relative dullness. The same is true of the 3D, which is used well at various points along the way, but there are also many times where it wouldn't have made any difference whether things were shown in 2 or 3D (as when the only 3D is the character standing out against the background). But when this movie is good, it is very very good. That includes highlights such as the 3D shots of Alice's small plane flying over coastal Cali and a destroyed LA; and especially the fight with the giant, hooded Executioner guy (probably the film's best scene). By contrast, the climactic fight with the main Umbrella Corp bad guy near the end feels relatively ordinary.
While I enjoyed RE Afterlife and am glad I saw it, there were a few minor problems (sorta) such as how so many fight scenes borrowed very heavily from The Matrix (something a lot of filmmakers do). That gave some of the fighting a "been there, done that" feeling. Also there were a bunch of things that either were not explained, didn't make sense, or defied any logic. In the "no explanation" category is the Executioner -- what is he and where did he come from? I think the answer is he exists for no reason except to be a cool, scary enemy, as was generally true of other "monsters" in both the games and movie series. But with the "Suspension of Disbelief" required in all movies of this type, these kinds of issues were really not problems. Those things were not the main reason I dropped a star in my rating. No, it was the lulls in action and 3D during the movie. But the good things definitely outweighed the bad overall.
I loved the movie! I've been following the Resident Evil movies since the first one came out. I've loved them all, and this one is no exception. The plot was good, the effects were stellar, as always, and the acting was superb. My only complaint about the movie was that because it was shot for 3D, the action sequences rely heavily on the 3D aspect of the film, and without the 3D, the action sequences are detracted from by it. I don't like 3D; that's just my personal opinion, and I think that the action sequences in this movie suffer because there are parts of them that are obviously made for 3D, and without the 3D aspect, they seem to lack somewhat in punch compared to the others. - Afterlife - Alice - 3d - Milla Jovovich'
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