Review Time: this sequel is good
Fundamental elements: there are
slow-motion effects, background music, cultural elements without subtitles
being used when another language is being used, time jumps and place jumps.
Now I would
like to take a few minutes to talk about a couple of the fundamental elements
which made very a little logical sense; like this rhetorical question why
rewind this sequence in slow-motion when a little time later you are just going
to play it again but this time in its normal speed and on top of that [without
giving too much away, but in fairness this sequel does it anyway, where we have
our lead role and basically images recapping the entire franchise up to this
point, it has been done in such a way that in essence what you are telling your
audience's is "Hey why watch the other films, when we have done the work
for you just in a shorter amount of time."
I mean yes I
am criticizing this as it is in this sequel; but I also understand its purpose,
as in it has been a long journey to get to this point so I can see why they
have done it, I am not backtracking on anything I have said in the previous
paragraph. But in interest of fairness and balance, I would have preferred
something like this and this is just a rough description.
Beginning
with voice over elements from our lead character [throughout this sequence,]
but on screen we have the camera angle of over-view perspective of a table and
on the table we have a folder on it that says "Highly Classified
Information" with the Umbrella Corporation symbol on it.
So it looks
like the viewers are looking through this folder and what we see are some
black-and-white photographs of very small key moments or they could mix it up
with different interesting elements like for an example test results or maybe
some or most of these words on these documents have been blacked out and then
at the end we close the folder or something like that and get on to the film
itself. [You see with my rough idea it serves two purposes; it may encourage
the viewers to go back and watch the previous film titles and secondly if they
don't this sequence does its job of laying down the background/refreshing
memories of what happened.]
Storyline/Action sequences: firstly I will be discussing the storyline briefly in a singular
sense and then I will be joining it with the action sequences, if I have done
is right it will make sense. So briefly without giving too much away it does
feel like this storyline is moving things forward a little with a mixture of
laying down the background/the basics for the next title as well.
Now this is
where I am going to join the storyline and the action sequences; if it should
happen you are of a certain age range you will understand this terminology much
easier than others, if you were to strip this film down to its basics you will
find that this title moves like a side-scrolling video game [this terminology
is used in video game circles, it basically means this; you could be a
character in this game and you are in this section of this level, where you
could be having this combat with these characters and after you have completed
this section of this level it will allow you to move on to another part of the
level/maybe stop you from moving on without completing this section but you can
move around in this section of the screen and repeat the formula [here are just
two videogame titles which uses this genre of videogame Golden Axe 1989 and
Streets of Rage 1991.]
How can I
put this; generally speaking this project does feel like the more you get into
it; it looks and feels like this; storyline, action sequence, storyline, action
sequence as if whatever characters you are watching they are going through that
section of the level or on to the next level.
The action
sequences themselves are full of weapons being used, chasing sequences or
combat sequences; we have so much to offer this sequel.
Artistic visions: just for one example there is this underwater sequence where we see a
lot of zombies dragging this character down; there is an element of beauty to
this sequence [I mean it looks beautiful but the zombie’s intentions maybe not
so much.]
Performances/Character developments/Comedy level:
in a general sense first of all and then I will
talk about one specifically, they range from they do their job [as in that is
their character developments and that is it] to good; Jovovich in this title it feels and looks
like she has been let off the leash to in print more of herself onto her
character which in turn makes her character more defined and natural, there are
more character developments in one way or another [without it being seen as I
am just being lazy I can't talk about them because when or if you choose to
watch this title, you will find them out] and just for another example this
time of the comedy level for you to look out for when one character says
"You're all going to die down here" there is more said here, but as I
have just said this is something for you to look out for.
This film receives: 7/10, well considering this sequel has a rocky beginning to the point
where it had to reignite my interest and on a quick side note and yes I could
be wrong about this; but is the background music louder the beginning stages. I
mean without splitting too many hairs the background music is a consistent
theme, but this seems to calm down [by volume at some point.] But putting that
to one side as you can see what my mark it was firstly able to reignite my
interest then move on to being a good film.
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