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United States. Canada Language English Budget $65 million Box office $240.2 million Resident Evil: Retribution is a 2012 written and directed. A direct sequel to (2010), it is the fifth installment in the, which is loosely based on the, and the third to be written and directed by Anderson after the and the.
The film focuses on captured by the, forcing her to make her escape from an underwater facility in the, used for testing the T-virus. The film has many returning actors and characters, along with new characters from the video games not featured in the previous films. Filming took place from October to December 2011 for an international release date of September 14, 2012.
The film was released in 2D, and to a box-office success, grossing over $240 million worldwide. Film critics criticized the film for its characters, plot and acting, while praising the 3D, visual effects.
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The and for the film was released on December 21, 2012 in the United States. A sixth film, was released in 2016. Main article:. as, former Umbrella security officer turned rogue fighter, who was and experimented upon. Since the T-virus outbreak incident at Raccoon City that spread across the globe, she has bonded with the virus on a cellular level, granting her with powerful superhuman abilities that was taken from her in the previous film. She also swears vengeance against Umbrella for the deaths of her allies and the catastrophe which they have caused. Umbrella cloned Alice multiple times, including a suburban wife version married to Carlos, used in the simulations set in the Suburbia sector of the Umbrella test facility.
as, former S.T.A.R.S member and police officer of Raccoon City, who helped Alice during the escape from the city and went missing after the incident. She was later captured by Umbrella, brainwashed through the scarab device attached to her chest, and programmed to capture Alice and Ada. as, a member of, but died while helping Alice and the remaining survivors killed while reaching the surface. Umbrella later created two clone versions of her to use in their simulations, an aggressive version used to hunt Alice down in the Umbrella test facility, and a friendly suburban version who helped both the suburban Alice clone and the real Alice.
as Becky, a clone who plays the role of suburban Alice clone's deaf daughter, and is later rescued by the real Alice. as, a former head of Umbrella Corporation who went rogue; recognizing Alice's role in the fate of humanity, he reluctantly join forces with her and organizes a freelance team to assist Alice and Ada in escaping from the facility. as, a former operative of Umbrella and one of Wesker's top agents who no longer serves Umbrella Corporation and assists Alice during her escape from the facility.
voiced by. as, the leader of the rescue team sent by Wesker to help Alice escape from the Umbrella test facility. as Luther West, one of Alice's former allies, who in and is now a member of Wesker's rescue team. as former Umbrella soldier turned rogue fighter, one of Alice's closest allies, and love interest, who helped her since the escape from the city. He in the desert.
Umbrella created two clone versions of him to use in their simulations: one is part of Jill's team used to hunt Alice down in the Umbrella test facility, the other plays the role of suburban Alice clone's husband and Becky's father. as, a member of the rescue team sent by Wesker to help Alice escape from the Umbrella test facility. as James 'One' Shade, leader of.
He was killed by the Red Queen while attempting to shut her down. After his death, Umbrella used his DNA to clone him and put him in Jill's team which hunts Alice down in the Umbrella test facility. as, the renegade who controls the Umbrella facility, and Alice's nemesis, who is plotting to destroy humanity. voiced by Ave Merson-O'Brian. as J-Pop Girl, one of the first clones who was infected and used in the Tokyo sector of the Umbrella test facility. Production Development After the release of, director Paul W.
Anderson was in discussion with Screen Gems of filming a fifth and sixth film. But Anderson later decided to just focus on Resident Evil: Retribution. Anderson returned as writer and director, Glen McPherson serves as director of photography, Kevin Phipps as, and Nick Powell as both a fight choreographer and second-unit director. Influences When Ada and Alice encounter each other the first time they recreate a scene from in their brief fight. An element from Resident Evil 4, a parasite called Las Plagas plays a part in the film and allows the undead to 'run around, ride motorbikes, and shoot machine guns.' An action scene inspired by where the characters are driving a while being chased by zombies is featured, but for the film the Hummer was changed to a. The metal bug on Jill Valentine's chest can be seen in Resident Evil 5.
Aside from the video games, writing for the film was heavily influenced by science-fiction films. 'I think had a huge impact on everyone,' says Bolt, 'and I think is an important film to Paul.
Everybody knows, because he talks about it enough, the, all these things are inspirations.' Makeup effects supervisor Paul Jones stated that he wanted the makeup on the zombies to look realistic. He took inspiration from. The film's fight sequences were influenced. 'We watched a lot of movies this time around because of the movies (Powell) has done,' says Anderson. 'He did as well.
He has worked with a lot of stuntmen and he has worked with a lot of stuntmen. But we felt the area that hadn't been mined by western cinema much was that whole kind of high impact Thai style of fighting. So we just watched a lot of action sequences from a lot of Thai movies. There were moves and just a general feel that we thought we could infuse the movie with. You know, that kind of bone crunch where you really feel the impact.
We tried to bring that into the movie, which is also good for 3D because obviously 3D makes it harder to sell those kind of fake phony punches because you see the distance between the fist and the face. So that kind of Thai style of fighting where you actually make contact is a lot stronger.' Jovovich with Paul W.
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Anderson at the 2012 in promotion of Resident Evil: Retribution. Returning from the previous film are: asand (Luther West).
makes a cameo appearance. Who played James 'One' Shade and who played Rain Ocampo in the return. Who portrayed in the and also returns. There will be two 'versions' of Rain and Carlos; one being portrayed as 'evil' and one as 'good'. The characters, (played by )and appear in the film. and do not return and they are presumed to have died in the attack on Arcadia or held captive elsewhere. Also, a new character portrayed by has been added to the franchise cast.
Filming started on October 10 and wrapped on December 23, 2011 for a 55-day shoot. Filming locations included at Cinespace's studio facility, in, and in. Resident Evil: Retribution is the second film in the series to be shot in 3D, the first being Resident Evil: Afterlife. It was also filmed in. The camera system was used, which producer said is 50% smaller than the Sony F35 that was used for Resident Evil: Afterlife.
On October 11, a platform collapsed during the second day of filming and injured 16 people on the set. According to, ten people were taken to the hospital for emergency treatment.
Injuries included bruises and broken bones. Emergency workers had a difficult time determining which injuries were real since the people were dressed in zombie costumes with fake blood. The streets of Red Square were cleared for a day and background filming was done in the Russian subway after it was cleared for five hours (although the subway station scene is actually the Lower Bay abandoned station of Toronto subway).
Most of the streets were built into sets. The car chase scene was filmed in late November in Moscow. Durand and Roberts wrapped filming in the first week of December and Li wrapped on December 14. A fight scene between Jill and Alice that involved over 200 moves began filming December 14 until the end of production. Further information: The music group, who performed the score, returned to score Resident Evil: Retribution.
Anderson explains that the score for this film will be a progression of Afterlife, stating that he 'wants to kind of mesh their more electronic stuff with an orchestra this time. It still has that cool Tomandandy feel, but it has a more epic scope to it.'
The official soundtrack was released on September 11, 2012 under, which included Tomandandy's score for the film, as well as the film's end credits song 'Hexes' produced by featuring (of the ) on vocals. Singer sings the theme song for the Japanese version of the film, 'Ashita Sekai ga Owarunara.' Track listing No. Title Length 1. 'Hexes' (featuring Chino Moreno) 3:00 2. 'Flying Through the Air' 3:48 3. 'First Blood' 1:12 4.
'Tokyo Revisited' 2:05 5. 'Corridor' 2:52 6.
'Planting' 4:05 7. 'Axemen' 2:47 8. 'Fall Back' 1:51 9. 'Imprinted' 0:57 10. 'Suburbia' 2:50 11.
'Phantom Chase' 2:48 12. 'End of the World' 1:26 13. 'Drive Away' 1:10 14. 'Ice Pack' 2:04 15. 'Zombies Under Ice' 2:03 16.
'It's Help' 2:08 17. 'Flying Through the Air' (T-Mass Remix) 3:55 18.
'Origin' (bonus track) 2:59 19. 'The End' (bonus track) 1:24 Total length: 45:24 Marketing The first teaser trailer of the film was attached to, an installment from Resident Evil's, and released in January 2012, featuring promoting Sony products such as the phone, the and the before transitioning into a post-apocalyptic, with Alice standing on the roof of the, in similar fashion to the promotion for previous installments,.
A viral website, UmbrellaCorporation.net, supposedly informed about Umbrella, reported that it was on a recruitment tour all over the world searching for 'great minds to help them advance'. On several occasions, a video of Alice (Milla Jovovich) appeared, telling the viewer not to trust Umbrella. At the same time, an actual mobile tour for the film was launched, travelling to,. Furthermore, a black, tinted SUV with the Umbrella Corporation symbol and name on its doors and license plate was seen in Atlanta in June. A second trailer premiered online on June 14, following a live Q&A with Milla Jovovich in and was attached to prints of., and appeared at the 2012 on Friday, July 13.
A discussion for the film took place, and never-before-seen footage debuted. On August 10, 2012, a group of 27 people dressed as zombies 'invaded' the shopping district and handed out leaflets to promote the film. The group marched across the crossing in front of the and then moved on to Shibuya's underground shopping area 'Shibuchika' and to the 'Shibuya Cine Palace'.
Release Resident Evil: Retribution was released worldwide on September 14, 2012 in, and 2D. The 's official rating for the film is R for 'sequences of strong violence throughout'. It was not screened in advance for critics. The film's took place in, (where the film was retitled Biohazard V: Retribution) on September 3. Originally, a promotional stunt was planned that involved Jovovich pretending to come out with a gun and shoot 'zombies' in the theater. In response to the, Jovovich declined the stunt, commenting that 'There's absolutely no way I'm doing anything violent in a movie theater.' Jovovich, Anderson, and Nakashima appeared at the premiere for a.
Li Bingbing did not appear at the premiere, raising speculation from reporters that her absence was a demonstration against the escalating dispute between China and Japan over the. Li's agent Ji Xiang explained that Li had been informed of the premiere two months before but she was too busy in to attend at that time. However, Ji did not deny that politics were involved, saying: 'We are in line with our government – the Diaoyu Islands belong to. Bingbing will be attending movie premieres held in other places across the world and she skipped the Tokyo leg only.' The film was released on December 21, 2012, on DVD, Blu-ray and Ultraviolet Digital Copy. The release is set for January 28, 2013, also on DVD, Blu-ray and Ultraviolet Digital Copy. Pre-order for was available in November 2012 on.
Box office United States and Canada Resident Evil: Retribution opened at #1 in 3,012 theaters, beating out the 3-D re-release of. During its opening weekend, the film grossed $21,052,227 domestically (an average of $6,989 for each theater), which makes the film the second lowest domestic opening weekend in the series, with the lowest being the original ($17.7 million), though it sold the least tickets. The audience in the opening weekend was 64% male, and 55% were 25 years of age or older. Regular 3D showings accounted for 48% of ticket sales, while IMAX 3D contributed 14% and other large format showings contributed 4%.
In its second weekend, the film dropped to fifth place behind newcomers, 's, and with $6.7 million on the domestic charts. With a 68% decline from its previous weekend, this makes the worst domestic drop so far for a Resident Evil film. Its third weekend grossed $2.9 million, making a lighter 55% decrease and putting it into the number eight spot. International territories Resident Evil: Retribution broke the series record for the highest worldwide opening with $49.6 million, beating out Afterlife's opening of over $39 million. In its opening weekend, the film was strongest in, where it had the best debut so far in ($11.2 million), ($4.4 million) and ($2 million). Its premiere in ($2 million) was underwhelming, where it underperformed to the local film ($7.3 million).
Elsewhere, the movie did very good business in ($8.5 million) and ($3.1 million), but was disappointing in ($1.5 million). The film retained the number one spot in its second weekend, grossing $30.5 million for a new foreign total of $103.8 million. Its top market was once again Japan, where it eased 27% to $6.3 million. Its new debuts included ($3.6 million) and ($3.5 million). In its third weekend, the film dropped to the number two spot behind, making $21.1 million. It had its premiere in ($2 million), ($1.4 million), and the ($1.3 million). The film broke $200 million in its fourth weekend, notably due to its opening in ($1.4 million).
Worldwide, the film grossed $240 million, after the movie opened in China on 17 March. Although this does not match its predecessor's gross of $296 million, it still ranks as the second highest grossing in the series, the highest grossing foreign film in Japan in 2012 (7th overall), and the highest grossing Canadian film of 2012, and second of all time (behind Afterlife).
Critical reception Review aggregator gives the film a score of 30% based on reviews from 67 critics, with an average rating of 4.4 out of 10. The critical consensus on the site is 'Resident Evil: Retribution offers everything one might reasonably expect from the fifth installment in a heavily action-dependent franchise – which means very little beyond stylishly hollow CGI-enhanced set pieces'. On, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 39 based on 17 reviews. Polls reported that the average grade moviegoers gave the film was a 'C+' on an A+ to F scale. Jim Vejvoda at gave the film a 6 out of 10, saying, 'Even with all of its dopey dialogue, wooden characters and 'been there, done that' elements, Resident Evil: Retribution is pretty amazing as far as entries in this series go.
It certainly feels more like a video game and has a bit more emotion to it than some of the past Resident Evil sequels, but if you don't like this series then there's not much here to make you suddenly warm up to it.' Clark Collis from also gave the film a mostly positive review, stating that 'writer-director W.S. Anderson's overseeing of the Resident Evil zombie franchise has proven to be both lunatically haphazard and dementedly enthusiastic.'
Awards Awards Award Category Recipients Outcome Best Costume Design Wendy Partridge Nominated Stephen Barden, Steve Baine, Kevin Banks, Alex Bullick and Jill Purdy Nominated Best Achievement in Visual Effects Dennis Berardi, Jason Edwardh, Matt Glover, Trey Harrell, Leann Harvey, Jo Hughes, Ethan Lee, Scott Riopelle, Eric Robinson and Kyle Yoneda Won Resident Evil: Retribution Won Milla Jovovich Nominated Sequel. Main article: A sixth film was confirmed by Sony distribution's head, Rory Bruer. In an interview with, producer stated that a sixth and seventh installment were planned and a reboot of the series was possible. Sony officially scheduled the sixth movie for a September 12, 2014 premiere. Jovovich expressed her belief that the sixth film would come out in 2015. Anderson revealed in an interview that he would start shooting the film in fall 2013.
In February 2014, Collider reported that, according to Paul W.S. Anderson, there were no immediate plans in motion for a sixth installment in the popular franchise, but that both Anderson and Screen Gems were eager to add at least one more entry to the series.
He said they would 'like to do another Resident Evil movie, but the wheels aren’t quite in motion yet.' The film will have Jovovich and Li reprising their roles as Alice and Ada and as with Afterlife and Retribution, the sixth will be in 3D. On June 16, 2014, Anderson told Collider that he was in the process of writing the final film, tentatively titled Resident Evil: The Final Chapter and stated that no dates had been set for the start of production or its release in theaters. On August 18, 2014 Jovovich announced on her Facebook page that she's pregnant with a second child and production on the film will be delayed.
On January 21, 2015, Jovovich announced on her Facebook page that filming will start in August 2015. Jovovich confirmed through her instagram account that preparations for the movie began on July 19. On August 3, 2015, Deadline reports that will be reprising her role as Claire Redfield in the film.
On September 18, 2015, production on the film began filming with Roberts reprising his role as Wesker and who portrayed Sam Isaacs in the second and third film will return as Dr. Alexander Isaacs, Sam's twin brother. Joining the cast are as Abigail, as Doc, as Christian, as Michael and as Cobalt. The film was released on January 27, 2017. References.