As the T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into flesh eating zombies, Alice (Milla Jovovich) fights alongside the resistance while unveiling more of her mysterious past. The chase for those responsible for the outbreak takes her from Tokyo to the States to Moscow culminating in a revelation that will force her to rethink everything that she once thought to be true.

Linda Barnard of The Toronto Star writes, “It’s all about the thrill of the kill, and Resident Evil: Retribution doesn’t disappoint in that department. Writer-director Paul W.S. Anderson knows that this is a franchise that works, so why tinker? He stuffs 100 pounds of gore into a five-pound sack and keeps jamming it in. Not content to stick with simple impalements and jetting arcs of blood, Anderson ups the ante with x-rays that show bones breaking and hearts being ripped from arteries as the blows land.”

HSX and FilmGo both forecast that Resident Evil: Retribution will earn around $26M-$27M this weekend though I’d like to point out that through out the course of the franchise, each sequel has done better than the movie preceding it. Afterlife, the fourth and most recent in the series, opened at $26.6M, but Retribution is being shown in fewer theaters. I predict that the movie will open in excess of estimates but shy of the $30M mark.

Rating: R // Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi // Runtime: 1 hr. 35 min. // Starring: Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory and Michelle Rodriguez // Directed and Written by: Paul W.S. Anderson// Produced by: Davis Films/Impact Pictures (RE5) and Constantin Film International // Distributed by: Screen Gems