Resident Evil is a British-German 2002 horror film written and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. The film stars Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Eric Mabius, and James Purefoy. It is the first installment in the Resident Evil film series, which is based on the Capcom survival horror series Resident Evil. Borrowing elements from the video games Resident Evil and Resident Evil 2, the film follows amnesiac heroine Alice and a band of Umbrella Corporation commandos as they attempt to contain the outbreak of the T-Virus at a secret underground facility. The film received many negative reviews... from critics but was commercially successful, grossing more than $102 million worldwide. Inside the Hive, a top-secret genetic research facility owned by the Umbrella Corporation located beneath Raccoon City, a thief throws a vial of the T-Virus into a lab causing the vial to break and the virus to escape into the air vents. The escape of the virus causes the facility's artificial intelligence, the Red Queen, to detect possible infection. It seals the Hive, trapping and killing everyone inside. Alice awakens in an empty mansion with amnesia.
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| Release date: | March 12, 2002 |
| Directed by: | Paul W. S. Anderson |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 100 Minutes |
| Producer: | Paul W. S. Anderson, Jeremy Bolt, Bernd Eichinger, Samuel Hadida |
| Editor: | Alexander Berner, Mehdi Nebbou |
| Music by: | Marco Beltrami, Depeche Mode, Marilyn Manson |
| Cinematography: | David Johnson |
| Screenplay by: | Paul W. S. Anderson |
| Estimated budget: | $32,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Resident Evil |
| Genre: | Action, Science Fiction, Thriller, Adventure |