For the first time since the original Resident Evil (2002), Afterlife returns to a single, claustrophobic location: a crumbling maximum-security prison in Los Angeles. The film takes its time letting the survivors (including a pre-fame Boris Kodjoe) map the space, ration ammo, and face the ever-present threat of the “Axeman” (a giant mutant inspired by the game’s Executioner Majini). The scene where the survivors dig a tunnel while a zombie horde pounds on a metal door is pure, nerve-wracking tension—something the later, over-edited sequels forgot how to do.
The film takes place immediately after the events of "Resident Evil: Extinction," with Alice (Milla Jovovich) waking up from a coma to find herself in a deserted Tokyo. The once-great city is now a desolate wasteland overrun by the undead, and Alice soon discovers that she has developed new skills that make her a formidable opponent against the evil Umbrella Corporation. resident evil afterlife 2010 better