Watching the world deteriorate down to its bare bones has been among these films’ highlights all the same, though more reason to mourn the people who didn’t survive would have helped. Humanity is down to its last remnants - just a few thousand people - which might explain why there are so few compelling characters not named “Alice” to be found. It begins where 2012’s “Retribution” left off, amid the rubble and ruins of Washington D.C.

“Trouble was, they didn’t stay dead.” Ditto the series as a whole, though this latest entry replaces that earlier pronouncement bit with a promising new line: “My name is Alice,” our heroine intones, “and this is my story - the end of my story.”Īs it turns out, the main reason to hope she’s telling the truth is because “The Final Chapter” may actually be the best of the bunch. “A lot of people died,” Alice (Milla Jovovich) says in the explanatory monologue that opens most of the prior five films.

Anderson actually makes good on the title, that is. One suspects that might also be the case for “Resident Evil,” whose own “Final Chapter” marks a surprisingly satisfying conclusion to this based-on-a-video-game franchise - assuming writer-director Paul W.S. In 1984, “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter” was released in theaters 33 years and eight movies later, the slasher saga refuses to stay dead.

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