Following on from Resident Evil: Apocalypse, the deadly T-virus (which animates the dead) has turned the whole world into a wasteland, forcing small bands of survivors to keep moving to avoid hungry zombies from catching up with them.
Stranded in the Nevada desert, experimental weapon Alice (Milla Jovovich) is forced to join one of these groups of travellers as they head for safety in Alaska. But with the evil Umbrella Corporation after her, it is not just the undead she has to worry about.

The key components from the first two films are here: a member of the 'hero' group is bitten, hungry zombie dogs, Milla Jovovich showing some skin, and of course lots and lots of zombies.

But not content just stealing from the previous films, Extinction goes one further and pinches from other movies too!

With a string of imitated scenes and concepts from George A Romero's Day of the Dead and Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds to name but a few, homages to earlier (and better) films punctuate a well worn and aimless narrative.

Throw in Ali Larter's unconvincing turn as the leader of a band of survivors (though how they have survived for months going off their
disposability in this 95 minute chapter is anyone's guess), and the result is a poor, paint by numbers zombie flick.

But the Resident Evil franchise is not meant to be realistic, well acted or even well executed.

Thanks to a pre-established fan base and the promise of seeing a scantily clad model jumping around in slow motion with large knives,
critical acclaim could not be further from writer/producer Paul WS Anderson's mind.
They are meant to be mindless entertainment filled with incredibly easy scares, lots of carnage, and a hard rocking soundtrack - and this it does incredibly well.

Reaching a third film is feat in itself, but in usual Resident Evil style an open ending for another instalment suggests that the only thing
really undead is the franchise itself.

6/10 – Mad Max meets zombies.

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