Resident Evil: Extinction | 2007
Resident Evil: Extinction (Korean release title: Resident Evil 3: The Fall of Humanity) is a 2007 action horror film directed by Russell Mulcahy and written by Paul W.S. Anderson. It is a direct sequel to 2004's Resident Evil: Apocalypse, the third installment in the Resident Evil film series, and is loosely based on the Capcom survival horror video game series of the same name. The film follows the protagonist Alice and a group of survivors from Raccoon City as they travel across the Mojave Desert to escape the zombie apocalypse and reach Alaska.
In November 2005, Screen Gems acquired the rights to the third installment of the franchise, which was later titled Extinction. Anderson returned as the screenwriter, and Mulcahy directed the film, which was shot in Mexico.
Resident Evil: Extinction was released in the United States on September 21, 2007, and in the United Kingdom on October 12, 2007, distributed by Sony Pictures. The DVD and Blu-ray versions were released in North America on January 1, 2008. The film received negative reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and mixed reviews on Metacritic. It grossed $147 million worldwide against a budget of $45 million. The fourth film, Resident Evil: Afterlife, was released in 2010.
A cloned Alice wakes up in a mansion and must escape various security traps while wandering the corridors. However, she ultimately dies due to explosives hidden in the floor. Her body is discarded in a pit with dozens of other failed Alice clones, representing the ongoing project of the Umbrella Corporation.
Five years after Umbrella's attempt to cover up the contamination of Raccoon City, the T-virus has spread worldwide, devastating humanity and the environment. The real Alice wanders the wasteland and, after fighting off a family of raiders, discovers an abandoned note containing information about uninfected areas in Alaska.
At the same time, a convoy of survivors led by Claire Redfield, along with Raccoon City survivors Carlos Oliveira and L.J. Wade, travels across the country in search of safe havens and resources. While searching a motel, L.J. is bitten by a zombie. Fearing the horrific fate that awaits him, he decides not to inform the other survivors. The next morning, the convoy is attacked by a flock of infected crows. Just as the team is nearly overwhelmed, Alice appears and uses her new telekinetic powers to eliminate the remaining crows, but she loses consciousness. When Alice wakes up, she introduces herself to Claire and persuades her to take the convoy to Alaska, discussing the note.
Isaacs' attempts to control infected creatures lead to the birth of a new zombie species. Captain Alexander Slater, Wesker's security chief, reports Isaacs' disregard for Umbrella regulations. Wesker instructs Slater to monitor Isaacs and threatens to kill the scientist if he disobeys orders again. By tracking the energy patterns emitted from Alice's telekinesis, Umbrella triangulates her location. Desperate to achieve his goals, Isaacs ignores Wesker's specific orders and sends new zombies to ambush the convoy. During the attack, most of the convoy is killed, and L.J. succumbs to infection, biting and killing Carlos. Umbrella attempts to remotely terminate Alice, but she fights back against their programming. She encounters Isaacs on-site and is bitten while he escapes in a helicopter. Alice and K-Mart use Isaacs' computer to track the helicopter's flight path to Umbrella's underground facility.
Upon approaching the site, Alice meets the hologram of the White Queen, the "sister" AI of the Red Queen. The White Queen informs Alice that her blood can cure the T-virus and defends the Red Queen's previous actions while revealing what happened to Isaacs. On her way to the lower levels of the laboratory, Alice encounters one of her clones, which awakens but soon appears to die from shock. Alice discovers Isaacs/Tyrant and lures him into the laser traps from the Hive at the beginning of the film, defeating him. Just as Alice is about to meet the same fate, the system is deactivated by a still-living clone.
Later, in Tokyo, Wesker informs other Umbrella executives that the North American facility has been lost. During that meeting, Alice appears and declares that she and her "friends" (the other clones) are coming to capture him.
Resident Evil: Extinction was first discussed by Paul W.S. Anderson, the writer of the Resident Evil franchise, after Resident Evil: Apocalypse opened at number one at the U.S. box office, grossing over $23.7 million. Anderson expressed his desire to direct the third installment in an interview with SciFi Wire, and the original title was Resident Evil: Afterlife. Subsequently, on June 13, 2005, Sony Screen Gems officially announced the film and other planned sequels.
On November 7, 2005, Screen Gems acquired distribution rights, including for North America, and the film's title was changed from Resident Evil: Afterlife to Resident Evil: Extinction. Impressed by Russell Mulcahy's work on Highlander, Highlander II: The Quickening, The Shadow, and Ricochet, Anderson contracted Mulcahy as the director, stating, "Russell has developed a very unique visual style, characterized by a lot of moving camera and crane work, and very fast cutting. He has a great visual sense and sees wonderful ways to shoot. His work has clearly influenced me greatly, and I was very happy to work with him on this film."
