As the city is locked down under quarantine, Alice finds out that the people that died from the previous incident at the Umbrella Corporation have turned into zombies. She then joins a small band of elite soldiers, who are enlisted to rescue the missing daughter of the creator of the mutating T-virus. Once lack of luck and resources happen, they begin to wage an exhilarating battle to survive and escape before the Umbrella Corporation erases its experiment from the face of the earth.
Obviously padded, too long on action, and painfully short on irony.
– Ben Kenigsberg,
Village Voice,
14 Sep 2004
rotten:
This is efficient, soul-numbing moviemaking, diverting enough for blistering September afternoons when what's onscreen is secondary to how high they've cranked the air conditioning.
– Chuck Wilson,
L.A. Weekly,
15 Sep 2004
rotten:
The undead are back to stumbling in the dark, sometimes even in blurry slo-mo, making the many packs of them about as terrifying as the mobs waiting for Matt and Katie outside the Today studio.
– Gregory Kirschling,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Sep 2004
rotten:
Is it utopian to expect better of the next first-person shooter that comes to the screen?
– Cliff Doerksen,
Chicago Reader,
17 Sep 2004
rotten:
The heart plummets at the prospects for a follow-up.