Resident Evil: Apocalypse
The Umbrella Corporation introduces Regenerate, a revolutionary new product that actually brings dead cells... back to life. Always consult a physician before starting treatment. Some side effects may occur.
The Umbrella Corporation... our business is life itself.
The Umbrella Corporation... our business is life itself.
posted by Meshon at 7:17 PM
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If you plan on seeing the movie, maybe hold off on reading my comment, I might spoil it for you.
It was fun to watch this movie with the idea of monsters in mind. The clearest message is that creating life with technology is a tricky business, and will lead to disaster, especially when ambiguosly European scientists are involved. However, in this movie the lines are blurred a bit. The same DNA experimentation that creates Nemesis also infects Mila Jovovich. Nemesis is a near-classic Frankenstein's creature; massive, muscular, deformed, inarticulate and implacable (sadly he never gets to read Plutarch or Milton). Jovovich's character, Alice, is a hottie, but she too is a force of violence and destruction. We can't always tell the monsters by how they look. I don't think there was any deep intent to explore ideas of monstrosity here, but I will continue to think about this movie in terms of the culture that created and consumes it. The connection of corporate power and capitalism unfettered by morality is worth exploring; There is also a sweet scene near the end, a montage of media clips that begins with the Umbrella Corporation implicated in the detonation of a nuclear device that annihilated a city and ends with the same corporation being praised by authorities for their quick thinking and assistance.
Very interesting stuff! I'd love to see this. From the little I see in the preview, it would seem the film is very much concerned with rendering a vision of the monstrous potential of "playing God." It's remarkable how film companies are capitalizing on fear. Making a change to cellular DNA won't inevitably turn us into monsters, but it's terror that people seem to relish...
I really don't think this movie is capiltalizing on people's fear of genetic manipulation. It's just a backstory that allows zombies to exist and makes much more sense than that occult nonsense seen in other zombie movies. However, I agree with Meshon that the movie centralizes on corporate power.
Besides, I didn't find the movie that scary, it was just really damn cool.
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