Milla Jovovich

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
Rating: ★★
Nov 16, 1999Historical Epic
Luc Besson takes on the Joan of Arc story with then wife Milla Jovovich in the title role but in Besson's hands it becomes a crazed historical action film that unquestioningly accepts Joan's visions as real
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The Million Dollar Hotel (2000)

The Million Dollar Hotel (2000)
Rating: ★★
Feb 4, 2001Near Future Fleapit Hotel Murder Mystery
Wim Wenders film from a story idea by U2's Bono set around the down-and-outs at a fleapit hotel slightly into the future. The film circles around a cast of eccentrics without ever really coming together
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Resident Evil (2002)

Resident Evil (2002)
Rating: ★★
Jun 28, 2002Videogame Adaptation/Lab Complex of Zombies
Based on the survival horror videogame, this was the first in a surprisingly popular series of films. It also presaged a major return of the zombie film during the 2000s/10s, even if this only treads where George Romero went better before
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Ultraviolet (2006)

Ultraviolet (2006)
Rating: ★★★
Sep 1, 2007Dystopian Future Action/Vampire Mutations
Milla Jovovich is a part of a vampire rebel underground in a dystopian future. A film filled with incredible design schemes and action scenes that are as spectacular as they are ridiculously improbable
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Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)

Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
Rating: ★★
Nov 3, 2007Videogame Adaptation/Post-Holocaust Zombies
Third of the Resident Evil films. This expands the scale of action to show the entire world destroyed by the virus but for all that and a decent budget, director Russell Mulcahy fails to push the elements to a suitable head of steam
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The Fourth Kind (2009)

The Fourth Kind (2009)
Rating: ★★
Dec 16, 2009Alien Abductions/"True Story"
This makes a fictitious claim to be a dramatisation of alien abductions that took place in Alaska. This creates an account that is at times undeniably interesting before shooting itself in the foot by heading into Ancient Astronauts territory
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A Perfect Getaway (2009)

A Perfect Getaway (2009)
Rating: ★★
May 3, 2011Tourist Psycho-Thriller
David Twohy has shown himself a standout screenwriter and director with the Riddick films but came unstuck with this effort where tourists in Hawaii come to believe their traveling companions are wanted killers. A film killed by far-fetched twists
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Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)

Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
Rating: ★
Sep 21, 2010Videogame Adaptation/Post-Holocaust Zombies
Four films in and clear evidence that the Resident Evil series needs to be retired. This consists of tediously borrowed action moves now presented in 3D and a plot of random dead ends that make little sense
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Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)

Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
Rating: ★★
Sep 24, 2012Videogame Adaptation/Complex of Zombies and Mutants
Another unnecessary entry in a creativity-handicapped series, the continuing popularity of which is baffles. This shuffles through the familiar moves, brings back several familiar characters but only leaves me asking why I have invested some nine hours of time following this series
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Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016)

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016)
Rating: ★★½
Mar 11, 2017Videogame Adaptation/Post-Holocaust Zombies
The Resident Evil films are designed for people who were introduced to drama via the Xbox, action sequences that can be assembled in random order and where it doesn't matter what happens. I watched this, the sixth and final entry, with next-to-no enthusiasm but then quite unexpectedly it starts to work
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Future World (2018)

Future World (2018)
Rating: ★★
Mar 3, 2019Post-Holocaust/Android on a Quest for Meaning
James Franco co-directed effort about an android on a quest across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Franco draws on cliches established by the Mad Max films and only makes an Albert Pyun film with indie movie pretensions
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Paradise Hills (2019)

Paradise Hills (2019)
Rating: ★★
Dec 1, 2019Future Re-Education Facility
Nacho Vigalondo scripted film that seems like a mix between a girls' boarding school story and an SF film like The Island, all directed with amazingly over-ornamented costuming and design scheme not seen on screen since at least The Cell
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