Resident Evil: Retribution review

It seems a little silly to do a review of a Resident Evil movie.  Obviously the film is going to be a mindless piece of crap.  Nobody is going into this film with hopes of anything artsy, intelligent, or tasteful.  You are either going to watch this film with hopes of enjoying the mindless action or you are going to go watch something decent.

However, for people like myself who take guilty pleasure in such an awful series, there is some room for criticism.  What I mean by this is that Resident Evil: Retribution can be judged as a good or bad film with regards to the rest of the series, and also in regards to whether the pure entertainment value outweighs the misery of watching a film that just isn’t well made at all.

Star Trek Into Darkness is Getting Ahead of Themselves

Recently, someone ridiculously named Benedict Cumberbatch who happens to be playing the villain for the new Star Trek film claimed his villain had shades of Hannibal Lecter, The Joker, and Jack Torrance.  These are three of the greatest film villains of all time, and are great inspiration if you want to play a mentally deranged badass iconic villain.

Well, this is great for the actor to say during a publicity tour, but let's not get carried away.  Just because I call my screenplay a mix of The Godfather, Citizen Kane, and The Graduate doesn't mean it's true at all, or that my screenplay will be any good.  How about we look at the previous Star Trek film and examine that villain.

Three Directors Mentioned as Possibilities to Direct the New Star Wars (That I Would Hate With a Passion)

Kevin Smith

My favorite director on this list, and the one that I feel would give the biggest fanboy effort into the new films.  Smith references Star Wars in many of his films, from Clerks’ discussion of contractor ethics in regards to choosing whether to work on the soon-to-be-destroyed-again Death Star to the spoof porno in Zack and Miri Make a Porno.  I’m not questioning that he would be the truest to the original trilogy, willing to strive for the glory that was the first 3 films rather than the commercial appeal (and overall failure) of the last 3 (Jar Jar Binks).

However, Kevin Smith is not a technically sound director at all, and his films have enormous flaws.  While he is capable of writing hilarious dialogue in some scenes, other scenes feel bogged down.  He lacks any real visual flair, his films are poorly edited, and the film would likely suffer in quality.  Smith could deliver some very solid concepts and would likely make an enjoyable film, but it wouldn’t be as great quality as some better options would provide.