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If you've watched this movie before, you're probably one of two people. Either you love this movie, or you think it's stupid as fuck. And I mean... It IS stupid as fuck in many, many places. Let's not beat around the bush here. But it's also hella charming too and bristling with that big dick B-movie energy. I wish they brought in Leon Kennedy though. :( In fairness though, Jill and Alice are already fighting over the role of the designated sexy badass for the movie. It just probably would have been too much to have Leon in there too. Mark my words, there would have been a nuclear meltdown of badassery.
Anyway. Getting back on track. I mean, I knew it wasn't supposed to be this super realistic movie obviously when I went into it, but I was still caught a little off-guard by all the plot holes and dumb dialogue. One of the problems here actually is that at the start of the movie, it's going at a pretty fast speed, trying to set up the movie and get the audience to the action as fast as possible. While I actually totally understand wanting to do this for this kind of movie, I think such a move was still misguided. It's like foreplay. You gotta coax and ease the audience into it. Not too slow, yes, but not too fast. If you go too fast at the introduction, you're gonna give the audience whiplash.
After the beginning of the movie though, it will finally settle down to a manageable pace. This is where I then began to see exactly the mindset one would need to enjoy this movie. It's a firm mindset of, "I don't give a fuck anymore." I embraced that mindset, and when I did, everything completely clicked right after and I was able to laugh and thoroughly enjoy this dumb, action-packed movie. Of course, some would call this "turning off your brain", but the thing is, I don't think all bad or "bad" movies deserve such a mindset/consideration as, even when you do turn your brain off, you may still not be entertained for your troubles sometimes.
Just because the audience stops caring about seeing a serious and dramatic movie or a good story doesn't mean you can just do whatever the fuck you want as a director/actor/script writer. If you're not gonna write a serious script, then you gotta inject a ton of style and personality into the movie instead. Very preferably, you'll also give the audience something to laugh at too. This movie delivers on all of these factors with flying colors. And thus, I think it is one of those movies that earns its place as one of the best B-movie films ever made. And it all ends with, in my arrogant opinion, a great song by Killswitch Engage too during the credits.
Oh, also, to wrap things up, this movie was released alongside a pretty cool teaser trailer. A trailer that was supposedly advertising some random skin care product at first but gets you on the return. One of our banner ads might be a little inspired by it. :)
