I just watched this movie this weekend, being a fan of the series.
Milla Jovovich reprises her role as Alice, as she commences an attack on the (evil) Umbrella Corporation in Tokyo. Alice then proceeds to Alaska in search of the survivors from the previous movie who went there looking for a safe haven called "Arcadia", but only to find only Claire (Ali Larter), who has lost her memory. The two then proceed to Los Angeles and find a handful of survivors in an abandoned prison, with hundreds of thousands of zombies surrounding the outer walls. The good news is that Claire's brother Chris is one of the survivors, and Aracdia turns out to be a ship, conveniently in the LA harbor, very close to the prison. The group attempts to make their way out of the prison to the boat only to find a bigger evil waiting for them.
** spoiler alert ** I will normally suspend much of my disbelief for movies, especially when getting deep into series/sequels like Resident Evil, however, Afterlife pushed just a little too far. The movie felt very disjointed throughout. Alice making her way around the globe had little to no explanation, nor did it have any background set up. There is no indication what happened to all of Alice's clones, only that some died in the assault on Tokyo. The condition of LA was not in line with what we had learned from the previous movie (Extinction). Plus- had you not seen any of the other movies, Afterlife would probably not make a lot of sense. Even worse, the end very clearly sets up another movie to follow.
I will end with what I liked: The movie opens with a pretty good action sequence, heavy on the gunfire and explosions, with little in the way of dialogue... The "Executioner" was a very cool bad guy... I like that Chris Redfield was brought into the story.
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