Resident Evil: Apocalypse (DVD)

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The movie disc also has a Pan-and-Scan 1.33:1 transfer.

Audio:
The Dolby Digital 5.1 English track delivers the expected--a lot of whizzing noises crisscrossing your viewing environment whenever possible. Booming bass--courtesy of weapons fire and headache-inducing music--floods the room constantly. Through it all, you can hear the actors´ voices intelligibly, though you have to deal with the fact the script doesn´t give the cast anything meaningful or clever to say.

Optional English subtitles and English closed captions support the audio.

Extras:
Disc 1 offers three audio commentaries:
1) director Alexander Witt, producer Jeremy Bolt, and executive producer Robert Kulzer;
2) cast members Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, and Oded Fehr;
3) writer/producer Paul W.S. Anderson and producer Jeremy Bolt.

As the commentators all thought that they made a good movie, they talk about how much fun they had making it and how cool it is rather than discussing how not to make a bad movie (which is the only worthwhile angle to use when talking about "Resident Evil 2"). Disc 1 also has some previews of other Sony movies.

Disc 2 houses the majority of the extras. "´Resident Evil´ Reanimated" is a six-part "making of" documentary that covers various aspects of the production. It´s fairly comprehensive, though if you find the movie as boring as I do, then you´ll find the documentary less than worth your time, too.

Next up are some featurettes. "Game Babes" tells us that it´s great that women can wear revealing clothes and shoot guns. "Symphony of Evil" uses multiple frames to show viewers how special effects shots were achieved and how some sequences were taken directly from the "Resident Evil" video-games. "Corporate Malfeasance" compares the Umbrella Corporation to real-life companies, though you shouldn´t mistake this for a life-changing socio-political documentary.

Finally, you get to "enjoy" a lot of deleted scenes, an amusing outtakes clip, a poster gallery, and additional previews, including the two trailers for this movie. The teaser trailer for "Resident Evil 2" is really nifty. Alas, the movie sucks.

--Miscellaneous--
An insert advertises other Sony DVDs as well as the "Resident Evil" video-game series. A transparent plastic slipcover fits over the slim dual keepcase.

Film Value:
"Resident Evil: Apocalypse" is a better movie than "Resident Evil", but that´s not much of an accomplishment. I mean, when the method that´s used to be better than something else is to offer a lot of action and as little exposition as possible in order to avoid saying something stupid, then your achievement bar is so low that you shouldn´t have bothered in the first place. This movie´s a waste of time, even for fans of the "Resident Evil" video-games. After all, you at least get to be the hero when playing a video-game; watching one is never fun.

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