Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter

2016Movie107 minEnglish

Picking up immediately after the events in Resident Evil: Retribution, Alice is the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity's final stand against the undead. Now, she must return to where the nightmare began - The Hive in Raccoon City, where the Umbrella Corporation is gathering its forces for a final strike against the only remaining survivors of the apocalypse.

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IMDb5.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes36%
Metacritic41/100
Google Users70%
Director: Paul W. S. AndersonGenres: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Plot Summary

Alice returns to the Hive, where the Umbrella Corporation is gathering its forces for a final strike against the only survivors of the apocalypse. As the sole hope for humanity, Alice must race against time to stop them, revisiting her past in Raccoon City and uncovering the truth about the T-virus. She joins forces with old friends and new allies to fight hordes of zombies and terrifying monsters in a battle to save mankind.

Critical Reception

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter received largely negative reviews from critics, who found its plot convoluted and action sequences excessive. However, it was a significant commercial success, particularly among fans of the franchise, who appreciated its conclusion to Alice's story and its signature blend of action and horror.

What Reviewers Say

  • Praised for its high-octane action and Milla Jovovich's committed performance.
  • Criticized for a convoluted plot and reliance on excessive CGI.
  • Seen as a fitting, albeit flawed, conclusion to the long-running series for its dedicated fanbase.

Google audience: Audience reviews indicate a mixed to positive reception, with many appreciating the film as a satisfying conclusion to the series and enjoying the extensive action sequences. However, some viewers found the plot predictable and the special effects to be overdone, feeling it lacked the depth of earlier installments.

Fun Fact

The film was shot in South Africa, with sequences filmed in various locations including Johannesburg and Cape Town, transforming them into post-apocalyptic landscapes.

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RalphRahal

RalphRahal

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016) finally delivers a proper conclusion to the franchise, packing in all the plot threads that were scattered throughout the previous movies. The story is actually there this time, and while it feels rus...
Andre Gonzales

Andre Gonzales

For the final chapter, Alice has escaped to racoon city. Now the umbrella company is going to try to take down the last safe haven they have.
JPV852

JPV852

Liked it a tad better than the first time, however still a bit convoluted conclusion and the biggest knock is they completely ignored any potential left from Retribution, that being the zombie siege on the White House with our heroes (and v...
Reno

Reno

**Time to bring down the remaining of Umb Corp.** The series never meant to be story based. Well, at the first it was fine, but then it turned out be more a video game style than the normal commercial films. So if you are going to watch ...
Per Gunnar Jonsson

Per Gunnar Jonss...

I would say that my expectations for this movie was pretty much spot on. I expected a visual action feast with a fair amount of gore in it and that is pretty much what I got. Things like a well developed script and stuff like that, well obv...
Hydro Philic

Hydro Philic

I was scared by "previews" which said the editing was too chaotic. My experience is mixed. In the first 1/3 of the film, there is a ridiculous number of cuts in the action scenes (didn't like it), but afterwards this wasn't a problem. So...
ColinJ

ColinJ

Some cool ideas but Anderson brings a new level of visual incoherence to the action scenes that is confounding and irritating rather than thrilling. It's as if he hasn't watched a single action movie in the last decade. Not to mention so...