ENSFC Media Studies Film Review
Film Title – Resident Evil.
Year of Production – 2002.
Director – Paul W.S. Anderson.
Genre/Genres – Action/Horror/Sci-Fi
Brief Plot Outline – Alice, the former chief of security has lost her memory of previous events and been put unconscious by a gas after the hive (main location) has been shut down due to quarantine. A military squad is ordered to investigate what has happened and has brought Alice down with them. Once down there, they find out that everyone has died, yet they have been brought back to live by a Virus developed in the Labs (T-Virus). The struggle of the main characters is to collect the sample of the T-Virus from the further parts of the lab and re-program the Red Queen (Main villain, computer projection and controller of the hive). After many people die trying to obtain this, Alice and a few more people manage to make it onto the train way back to the manor where they entered, only to find out that Spencer. (Alice’s false husband) was the one that let the T-Virus free on the lab and has tried to obtain it for his own needs. Alice is the only survivor and is then taken into custody by the Umbrella Corporation (Owners of the Hive).
Year of Production – 2002.
Director – Paul W.S. Anderson.
Genre/Genres – Action/Horror/Sci-Fi
Brief Plot Outline – Alice, the former chief of security has lost her memory of previous events and been put unconscious by a gas after the hive (main location) has been shut down due to quarantine. A military squad is ordered to investigate what has happened and has brought Alice down with them. Once down there, they find out that everyone has died, yet they have been brought back to live by a Virus developed in the Labs (T-Virus). The struggle of the main characters is to collect the sample of the T-Virus from the further parts of the lab and re-program the Red Queen (Main villain, computer projection and controller of the hive). After many people die trying to obtain this, Alice and a few more people manage to make it onto the train way back to the manor where they entered, only to find out that Spencer. (Alice’s false husband) was the one that let the T-Virus free on the lab and has tried to obtain it for his own needs. Alice is the only survivor and is then taken into custody by the Umbrella Corporation (Owners of the Hive).
Which two scenes impressed you the most? And why?
Scene 1 – The Laser Grid scene
This scene is good as we see the multiple attempts to avoid being hit by this laser, although most attempts work, the final attempt ends up killing One. I liked this scene because it is repeated later on and gives a plot twist where Alice is nearly killed by it, to find one of the replicas of her stopping the laser from killing her.
Scene 2 – Final Train Run – I liked this scene as there is a lot going on at this time. The survivors have nearly escaped only to be stopped by one of the mutated animals that Umbrella had been working on. With little to no weapons, we see a different way of killing the Licker which hasn't linked in yet with how they have dealt with the previous problems.
How has watching this film helped you to understand this genre of film-making? – This film has made me understand the Horror genre by using one of the main horror conventions being the zombies. This links in with earlier film making by displaying a monster that hasn't changed over time since Night of the Living Dead. This lets me compare the two and figure out how the horror genre has advanced further than it could of before.Features of the Genre Checklist:
Mise-En-Scene:
Blood and Gore – Blood is displayed throughout the whole film, used as background scenery on the walls, blood of the characters, blood on all the zombies.
Creepy Locations – Silent Lab underground. Develops entrapment, lab is seen as abandoned because of the lack of workers, conditions of it.
Low Key Lighting – Power is usually down forcing the characters to use Flashlights.Characters and Representation:
Slow Moving Monster – Zombies.
Female Survivor – Alice.
Psycho/Serial Killer – Spencer.
Male Hero – Matt.
Scene 1 – The Laser Grid scene
This scene is good as we see the multiple attempts to avoid being hit by this laser, although most attempts work, the final attempt ends up killing One. I liked this scene because it is repeated later on and gives a plot twist where Alice is nearly killed by it, to find one of the replicas of her stopping the laser from killing her.
Scene 2 – Final Train Run – I liked this scene as there is a lot going on at this time. The survivors have nearly escaped only to be stopped by one of the mutated animals that Umbrella had been working on. With little to no weapons, we see a different way of killing the Licker which hasn't linked in yet with how they have dealt with the previous problems.
How has watching this film helped you to understand this genre of film-making? – This film has made me understand the Horror genre by using one of the main horror conventions being the zombies. This links in with earlier film making by displaying a monster that hasn't changed over time since Night of the Living Dead. This lets me compare the two and figure out how the horror genre has advanced further than it could of before.Features of the Genre Checklist:
Mise-En-Scene:
Blood and Gore – Blood is displayed throughout the whole film, used as background scenery on the walls, blood of the characters, blood on all the zombies.
Creepy Locations – Silent Lab underground. Develops entrapment, lab is seen as abandoned because of the lack of workers, conditions of it.
Low Key Lighting – Power is usually down forcing the characters to use Flashlights.Characters and Representation:
Slow Moving Monster – Zombies.
Female Survivor – Alice.
Psycho/Serial Killer – Spencer.
Male Hero – Matt.
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