Even as the genre as a whole continues to be a huge risk without much payoff for movie studios, the “Resident Evil” movies remain the example of when video game-based movies work. Even though the series has never gained much favor with critics, audiences have shown enough interest that there have been a total of five movies to date since it all started in 2002. Now, Milla Jovovich is set to close the franchise the sixth and last entry (until its eventually rebooted) with “Resident Evil: The Final Chapter.”
“[It’s] almost like an origin story because we’re revealing the truth as to who Alice is,” director Paul W.S. Anderson told EW about the movie that will return to where the zombie virus was first unleashed — Raccoon City. Here’s the official synopsis:
Picking up immediately after the events in Resident Evil: Retribution, humanity is on its last legs after Alice is betrayed by Wesker in Washington D.C. As the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity’s final stand against the undead hordes, Alice must return to where the nightmare began – Raccoon City, where the Umbrella Corporation is gathering its forces for a final strike against the only remaining survivors of the apocalypse.
In a race against time Alice will join forces with old friends, and an unlikely ally, in an action packed battle with undead hordes and new mutant monsters. Between losing her superhuman abilities and Umbrella’s impending attack, this will be Alice’s most difficult adventure as she fights to save humanity, which is on the brink of oblivion.
Co-starring Ali Larter, Iain Glen, Shawn Roberts, Ruby Rose, Eoin Macken, William Levy, Fraser James, and Rola, “Resident Evil: The Final Chapter” opens on January 27, 2017.
