Paul W.S. Anderson

Mortal Kombat (1995)

Mortal Kombat (1995)
Rating: ★★★
Aug 25, 2002Interdimensional Combat/Videogame Adaptation
This film adaptation of the videogame is a lot of fun. The plot is a rehash of Enter the Dragon but the film offers up wall-to-wall action and exotic creatures. A directorial debut for Paul W.S. Anderson
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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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AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)

AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)
Rating: ★★
Oct 4, 2004Alien/Predator Series' Crossover
Beginning as fan mill speculation, 20th Century Fox finally brought their Alien and Predator franchises together on the screen here. The result is an okay effort in the hands of Paul W.S. Anderson, even if it never has the grueling intensity of the early entries in either series
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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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Death Race 2 (2010)

Death Race 2 (2010)
Rating: ★★
May 2, 2011Future Prison/Gladiatorial Road Races
The first of three sequels (actually a prequel) to Paul W.S. Anderson’s Death Race, this gives the origins of Frankenstein and the Death Race. This rehashes much of the first film as generic direct-to-dvd fodder
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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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Death Race 3: Inferno (2012)

Death Race 3: Inferno (2012)
Rating: ★½
Feb 24, 2013Future Prison/Gladiatorial Road Races
By tthis third film, the Death Race series is straining trying to find something original to do with a ry limited premise. The Death Race now takes place in the South African desert but the action scenes prove monotonous
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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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Death Race: Beyond Anarchy (2018)

Death Race: Beyond Anarchy (2018)
Rating: ★★
Apr 6, 2018Future Prison/Gladiatorial Road Races
The third sequel to Death Race and the most interesting of the series. This sets up an Escape from New York scenario and has fun with bad-ass posturing in depicting the interior of the prison as a open air biker bar
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Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021)

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021)
Rating: ★★
Dec 31, 2021Videogame Adaptation/Zombies and Mutations
A reboot of the Resident Evil film series under a new director with Johannes Roberts who abandons the previous action poses for a far darker and more visceral survival horror approach
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