Resident Evil: Apocalypse
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| Directed by | Alexander Witt |
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| Written by | Paul W. S. Anderson |
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Resident Evil by Capcom |
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| Music by | Jeff Danna |
| Cinematography | Christian Sebaldt Derek Rogers |
| Edited by | Eddie Hamilton |
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| Distributed by | Screen Gems |
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94 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $45 million |
| Box office | $129.3 million |
Resident Evil: Apocalypse is a 2004 science fiction action horror film directed by Alexander Witt and written by Paul W. S. Anderson. It is the second installment in the Resident Evil film series, which is based on the Capcom survival horror video game series Resident Evil.
Borrowing elements from the video games Resident Evil 2, 3: Nemesis, and Code: Veronica, Resident Evil: Apocalypse follows heroine Alice, who has escaped the underground Umbrella facility and must band with other survivors including Jill Valentine and escape Raccoon City alive.
The film opened to theaters on September 10, 2004. On a budget of $40 million, the film grossed $51 million domestically and $129 million worldwide, surpassing the box office gross of the previous installment. Resident Evil: Apocalypse received mostly negative reviews from critics, who praised the action sequences but criticized the plot. The film was released to DVD on December 28, 2004.
After the contamination of The Hive from the previous film, the Umbrella Corporation unwisely sends in a research team to reopen the complex and investigate the incident, since no one survived except Alice and Matt Addison, and as Alice was experimented on, Matt was put into a mysterious "Nemesis Program". When the team reprograms and opens the sealed blast doors, they are slaughtered by the massive crowd of the infected zombies.
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