I got the chance to check out the Resident Evil: Extinction movie premiere at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino last week along with several of my Capcomer colleagues. We had a RE: The Umbrella Chronicles kiosk onsite to demo the game to movie premiere attendees who were universally impressed by the ease of play with the Wii remote. I was able to take a bunch of pictures of the event and surroundings and made mental notes of a bunch of observations to share with you all:

Alices come in all shapes and sizes: Sony pulled an eye-catching PR stunt by parading an unending line of “Alices” throughout the casino floor.

Hollywood premieres love candy: There was literally a mountain of candies, popcorn, sodas, and other libations for all to partake before the movie started.

Zombies can be sexy: I was surprised by a new breed of zombies at the after party which featured scantily clad models with spray-painted camouflage and zombie makeup over their bodies. Don’t remember seeing those in the movie!

There’s exclusive and then there’s “Exclusive”: Even if you were lucky enough to get an invite to the exclusive after-party, there was a separate after-party in the pool area of the hotel where bodyguards blocked the way of ‘civilians’ from mingling with the likes of RE movie stars Ali Larter, Ashanti (with boyfriend Nelly), and Mike Epps or attendees like Pam Anderson and Sylvester Stallone (”Yo”).

As for the movie, I had a blast and perhaps enjoyed it more than my fellow Capcomers, but I’ve always had a fondness for zombie flicks of any kind (in a prior existence, I used to go by the moniker of Dr Zombie). The movie was much faster-paced than the prior 2, and it was a relief to have most of the movie occur in the daylight instead of the dark, claustrophic feel of the prior two movies. Whereas some may think the creators went too far astray with Alice’s new ’super’ powers as well as the ’super’ zombie breed that are now super fast and strong – it provided for some new (faster) action scenes that kept the movie rolling along. Lots of fun scares and some memorable lines makes this a good popcorn treat. I would rank this just below the original and better than RE: Apocalypse. Even though this is the ‘final chapter’ of the trilogy – the ending of the movie makes it super obvious that there’ll be more Alice action to come!

For another Capcom staff report from Seth Killian, click here!

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