Following the containment breach in the first movie, Apocalypse brings the virus to the streets of Raccoon City.
Shifting the landscape from urban ruin to a post-apocalyptic wasteland, the third installment reveals that the T-Virus has decimated the global population and dried up the world's oceans. Alice wanders the Nevada desert as a nomad, discovering she has developed powerful telekinetic abilities. She crosses paths with a convoy of survivors led by Claire Redfield. As they attempt to make a dangerous trek toward a rumored safe haven in Alaska called "Arcadia," they must survive hordes of "Super Undead" manufactured by Umbrella's Dr. Isaacs. Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
The film that started it all successfully blended elements of sci-fi claustrophobia with survival horror. It introduced the terrifying "Laser Corridor" sequence and established Alice as an action powerhouse. While it drifted away from the exact storylines of the video games, it successfully laid down the lore of the Umbrella Corporation for a global mainstream audience. 2. Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) Director: Alexander Witt
Following the commercial success of the original, Resident Evil: Apocalypse expanded the scope of the outbreak by bringing the horror to the surface. Directed by Alexander Witt and written by Anderson, the 2004 sequel directly adapted elements from the video games Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis . Resident Evil All Movies Collection -2002-2016-...
: Alice evolves from an amnesiac victim into a weaponized superhuman, eventually fighting to discover her authentic identity as a human being.
The story opens in "The Hive," a top-secret underground research facility controlled by the omnipotent Umbrella Corporation. Located beneath Raccoon City, the facility seals itself shut after a weaponized pathogen known as the T-Virus is deliberately released. An elite military unit is sent to shut down the Red Queen, the facility’s rogue artificial intelligence. Along for the ride is Alice, an amnesiac woman found in a mansion above the Hive who holds the key to the facility's secrets.
A Mad Max -style wasteland odyssey across the Nevada desert. Following the containment breach in the first movie,
: Alice attempts to escape Raccoon City before a nuclear strike, while being hunted by the genetically engineered Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
Marking Paul W. S. Anderson's return to the director's chair and the franchise's first foray into 3D technology, Afterlife begins with Alice and an army of her clones launching a full-scale assault on Umbrella’s underground headquarters in Tokyo. The head of Umbrella, Albert Wesker (Shawn Roberts), escapes and strips Alice of her superhuman abilities using an anti-virus.
The "Alice Saga" consists of six films released over a fourteen-year period. She crosses paths with a convoy of survivors
. The franchise consistently struggled with critics, who often dismissed it as "dim-witted" and "lifeless". However, the series maintained a dedicated fanbase, with audience scores often being significantly higher than critic scores, indicating that they were successful as pure, entertaining action-horror flicks.
Resident Evil film collection (2002–2016), also known as the "Alice Saga," is the most successful live-action video game film franchise, grossing over $1.2 billion worldwide. Directed primarily by Paul W.S. Anderson and starring Milla Jovovich