MOVIE REVIEW: RESIDENT EVIL
When the examinations are nigh and the neurons of intellectual stimulation are a-weary, many of us look to a certain form to entertainment to de-stress in a medium that's a complete opposite. The no-brainer, action movie. This blog mistress therefore checked out Resident Evil. My tactic: expect a no-brainer and you won't be disappointed...badly. But really, in all fairness, Resident Evil isn't really that bad. Sure the plot's thinner than the model leading actress, Milla Jovovich, but at least the concept(whatever barest minimum there is) and the competent acting delivers the film from complete and utter stupidity that plague a lot of movies these days. Speaking about Jovovich, damn, she looks fine in this movie. She shoots the brains out of a million zombies, kicks a lot ass, executes jet-li kung fu stunts...all these, without messing her hair or even smudging her make-up. Maybe it does pay being a Loreal poster child. Combined with a mostly techno musical score, erratic MTV shots and a whole lot of posing by the leading cast, it all looks like a pretty-packaged, snazzy action Feria ad. I half expected the camera to zoom in on Jovovich's more than picture perfect face in a close up shot with her pouting before spouting the famed tagline,"Because I'm worth it." But that's just me... she actually is pretty convincing though her character's pretty flat, and i mean one-dimensional not her chest. =p Michelle Rodriguez plays tough chick once again. I'm afraid the role that shot her to critical stardom in the independent film, Girlfight, might doom her to the Hollywood hell, that is, Typecasting. Oh well. All in all, the leads provide eyecandy and the tonnes of extras, the zombies, provide for a gore fest with their crazy asses being kicked around and pretty much pulverised. With all this, who's got time or space for intellectual stimulation???

Recommended for the very stressed and those who're on the verge of a mental blanking like the zombies... which pretty much covers the entire student population. Official site.