Showing posts with label 2007 United Kingdom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2007 United Kingdom. Show all posts

Saturday, November 21, 2015

Resident Evil: Extinction

Released Year: 2007
Directed by Russell Mulcahy

Casted by:
Milla Jovovich as Alice
Ali Larter as Claire Redfield
Oded Fehr as Carlos Oliveira
Iain Glen as Dr. Sam Isaacs
Ashanti as Betty
Mike Epps as L.J. Wade
 Story:
Alice wakes up disoriented in a mansion. She wanders through the halls, where she defeats several obstacles, including a laser beam obstacle (from the first film) and a giant blade that falls from the ceiling. However, she is eventually killed by a miniature machine gun. Her body is dumped into a pit filled with hundreds of Alice clones. The camera zooms out to show a shack camouflaging the facility's above-ground entrance - with the rest of the facility located underground, surrounded by a high fence and thousands of zombies.

Despite the best efforts of the bio-tech company Umbrella Corporation to cover up the contamination of The Hive and the release of the T-virus to the surface, going so far as to authorize the bombing of Raccoon City, the T-Virus has spread around the world. As the virus spread, it affected not only humans, but other animals as well, and the environment deteriorated, turning cities into desolate landscapes and the wilderness into wastelands. The real Alice (from whom the clones are made) wanders the wastelands of the Southwestern U.S. She responds to a group asking for help on the radio. It turns out that they are bandits who attempt to rape and kill her, but she manages to kill them all. On her travels, she finds a dead man's diary which states that there is an uninfected area in Alaska.

Meanwhile, Dr. Sam Isaacs, former head of Project Alice and the head of the North American Umbrella facility, operated in Nevada, considers Alice's recapture be a top priority, since she has the ability to bond with the T-virus and not suffer mutation. He tries to persuade the Umbrella board, operating via holograms from the world-wide Umbrella facility, that he can use her blood to develop a permanent cure as well as tame the infected zombies. The new Umbrella chairman Albert Wesker (Jason O'Mara) orders Isaacs to use the clones to create a cure, and he refuses to authorize Alice's recapture until they are informed of her location.

Meanwhile, a convoy of survivors led by Claire Redfield's travels across the country in search of supplies. The convoy includes Raccoon City survivors Carlos Oliveira and L.J., along with new survivors K-Mart, Mikey, Chase and Nurse Betty and others.

While searching a motel for supplies, L.J. is bitten by a zombie, which he keeps secret. The next morning the convoy is attacked by crows that had been feeding on the infected. The crows almost overwhelm the convoy, killing Nurse Betty and Otto and taking out the flamethrower operator, causing the weapon to careen out of control. Alice appears and saves Carlos and the others from a fiery death, using her telekinesis powers to fill the sky with fire, killing the crows. Alice is introduced to Claire and gives her a diary she found. Alice and Carlos convince Claire to take her convoy to Alaska. They agree to go to Las Vegas to search for gasoline and supplies for their trip to Alaska.

Dr. Isaacs' attempts to domesticate the infected have led to a new zombie breed that remembers basic things, such as how to use phones and cameras. Wesker's security officer, Captain Alexander Slater (Matthew Marsden), is adamant about Isaacs' disregard for Umbrella's regulations. Slater does admit that the, "super zombies" (the Crimson Head) would be useful, but reiterates that Isaacs is out of control. Wesker, in private, informs Slater to keep watch on Isaacs' actions, and tells Slater that if Issacs disobeys orders, Slater should fire Isaacs.

Umbrella triangulates Alice's location based on the signal sent out by her telekinesis abilities. Dr. Isaacs has a crate of his new zombies sent to ambush the convoy, against Wesker's specific orders. L.J. succumbs to his infection and bites Carlos. Most of the convoy, including Chase and Mikey, are killed in the ambush. Umbrella tries to shut Alice down remotely, but she breaks free from their programming and continues to fight. She finds Isaacs at the scene, and he becomes infected as he tries to flee. Alice and K-Mart use Isaacs' computer to track the helicopter's flight path, leading them to Umbrella's underground location.

The convoy goes to the site, which is surrounded by zombies. Carlos sacrifices himself by plowing his truck into the zombie mob and blowing them all up, giving Alice and Claire time to load survivors into the helicopter. Alice decides to stay behind. Ordered by Wesker to terminate Isaacs, Slater arrives with a group of commandos, and finds the scientist locked in his lab, injecting himself with massive doses of anti-virus in an attempt to counteract the infection, explaining that the zombies are enhanced and as such, he requires a bigger dosage of the anti-virus; he disobeys Slater's command to stop, since it will only increase his mutation. Isaacs refuses, and Slater reveals that his employment is terminated and shoots him, triggering his mutation into a monstrous Tyrant. Despite retaining his intelligence and thought, Isaacs kills Slater and all the facility employees, but is confined to the lab's lower levels.

Entering the facility, Alice meets a holograph of the Red Queen's sister AI, the White Queen (Madeline Carroll). The White Queen informs Alice that her blood is the cure to the T-Virus, defending the Red Queen's actions as well. She then tells Alice about Dr. Isaacs. Alice agrees to deal with him. On her way to the lab's lower levels, Alice discovers one of her clones, still in development. The clone awakens, but seems to die from shock upon seeing Alice. Alice finds a replica of the mansion she lived in and finds Isaacs, who fights her with equal strength and telekinesis. Finding themselves in a replica of the Hive's laser corridor, Alice awaits the grid's arrival, watching Isaacs getting sliced into cubes. Just as Alice is about to meet the same fate, the system is deactivated by her clone, which has inexplicably revived.

Later, in Tokyo, Japan, Wesker, who is the head of the Tokyo Umbrella facility, informs the rest of the Umbrella chairmen, all holograms, that the North American facility has been lost. Alice's hologram makes an appearance, declaring that she is coming for him, and she's bringing some of her "friends." Standing beside her clone, Alice looks out onto a huge number of pods containing her developing clones.
 L² Scored: 5/10

L² Comment:
The beginning of the movie is very mysterious and kinda impressive for me, it draws your attention very fast for those Resident Evil's hardcore fans, as you guys will remember all these scenes were exactly the same from the first movie and why is it like this...?  Of coz after that the huge bunch of zombies attacks are kinda cool but it quickly bores me out a lil bit when they were fighting against the zombies outside...

After tat when the professor tried to control himself from become a zombie and he actually become one was so cool :) i thought he will appeared in more scenes but nope... the bad ass zombie only fights a while and then die, what a big turn off :p

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Flood

Released Year: 2007
Directed by Tony Mitchell

Casted by:
Robert Carlyle as Rob Morrison
Jessalyn Gilsig as Sam Morrison
Tom Courtenay as Leonard Morrison
Joanne Whalley as Commissioner Patricia Nash
Story:
A devastating flood strikes London when the Thames Barrier is overwhelmed by a huge surge of water. A storm surge travels between the United Kingdom and mainland Europe, raising sea levels and coinciding with the spring tide. Several parts of Scotland are devastated, including Wick. The Met Office's head forecaster, Keith Hopkins, mistakenly believes the storm will head towards Holland and is guilt-ridden after Professor Leonard Morrison proves that the approaching surge of water will break through the Thames Barrier and flood central London. Leonard had focused his life around the belief that the barrier was built in the wrong area, and turned his now apologetic son Rob into a bitter man.

Deputy Prime Minister Campbell, in charge while the prime minister is away, declares a state of emergency. He begins to evacuate civilians from London before the water hits. He is assisted by Police Commissioner Patricia Nash, Major General Ashcroft and others. The water overwhelms the barrier. Rob and his wife Sam, both expert engineers, jump into the Thames to escape. Leonard is saved by a military helicopter and taken to Whitehall, where the authority figures desperately require his assistance in finding a way to handle this emergency. Rob and Sam end up in the London Underground with other survivors. They are led to higher ground by two underground workers, Bill and Zack, but a fast-moving current of water kills Bill. The group find themselves in the flooded Trafalgar Square, where Rob and Sam are able to contact Leonard. They end up returning with him to the barrier, where Leonard believes the water flow can be reversed back out of London. The military's Ashcroft disagrees and prepares to destroy the barrier with an air strike. Hopkins, feeling even more guilty when thousands corpses are shown on a news report, quietly disappears and is later reported by Ashcroft to be dead, an apparent suicide. Nash is at odds with Ashcroft, wanting to give the Morrisons a chance to remedy the situation, while also distraught over her own two missing daughters.

Rob, Sam and Leonard discover the controls to the barrier are now underwater. One can activate them, but likely will not survive the effort. Rob and Sam try to decide which of them should go when Leonard leaves on the suicide mission behind their backs. He runs out of air whilst underwater and drowns, but saves London as a result.
L² Scored: 2.5/10

L² Comment:
Seriously, this is the most yawn yawn disaster movie i ever watch !!! I mean, usually those disaster movie is kinda boring in the beginning and lots of bullshit~ but when it come to the middle part, everything will spice up ur fucking spine bone.

But this~ the movie begins with the disaster of two old ladies getting wipe away by the flood...thoughts its good... but as the movie went on... i started to loss my focus and rather play angry bird~ 2.5 is for the 2 aunties who has a bit "over" expression when get hit by the water !

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Mr Bean's Holiday

Released Year: 2007
Directed by Steve Bendelack

Casted by:
Rowan Atkinson as Mr Bean
Max Baldry as Stepan
Emma de Caunes as Shabine
Willem Dafoe as Carson Clay
Story:
Mr Bean went for the pot luck and won an air ticket to French together with a cam recorder. Being as excited as he is, he reach French with hope of going to the beach that he has dream to. But while buying a snack from the vendor machine, his tie was stuck in the money slot and he missed the train.

Mr Bean then went on for his meal in a restaurant and not knowing the French, he let the waiter order the seafood palate for him. Disgust of eating raw food, he ended up throwing all his oyster into the handbag of a lady who's sitting on the next table. While he went on the train, he force a guy to took his video cam of boarding the train. But his action has coz the guy not able to aboard on the train. Apparently he is a director and his son was on the train, Stepan.

Stepan was angry with Bean with this and stole his cam recorder and gone down on the next station. To get back his recorder, Bean left his luggage on the train. While the next non-stop train came, they saw the father holding a card with phone number on it, but the last 2 numbers was being covered. While they are busying trying to call every number, a train came and they rushed on it, Bean only realize he left all his money and passport on the phone booth. Ticket lady came and hoo them off the train for not getting a ticket. Being out of idea, both of them trying to vandalise the phone booth to get some coins and was chase away by the security guard.

Both Bean and Stepan perform on street and managed to get money and bought ticket to Cannes to meet Stepan's father. But Bean's ticket accidentally fly away and stuck under a chicken's feet. To chase after, Bean went on a bicycle and ride all his way to a nowhere which ended up on a movie scene and met Shabine. In another hand, Stepan managed to take a free ride with others to Cannes. Bean has disturbed the film shooting and Shabine gave him a free ride to Cannes as Shabine is an actress and going for the academy awards.

On their way, Bean met with Stepan again, three of them went over to Cannes in Shabine's car. But police was trying to catch Bean for kidnapping Stepan, so Shabine dressed up the two guys and try to sneak them into the accademy. But only 1 ticket is allowed, being desperate, Bean brought Stepan in. Bean was fooling around with Carson's movie by helping Shabine to gain fame.

In the end, Bean brought Stepan back to his father and he managed to find his beach that he dream of.
Scored: 5.5/10

L² Comment:
The whole movie is a bit of mix & match of Bean's series. Not really exciting though but its quite good. Rowan is funny and i like his expression very much, makes me remember of Goofy ~ hahahaha