• Friday, November 26, 2004

• Country:

  Germany / France / UK / Canada

• Language:

  English

• Runtime:

  98

2004

Goofs

• Revealing mistakes: After Nemesis slays all the S.T.A.R.S members in the building, you can see the "dead" breathing.
• Continuity: When Jill, Carlos, Alice, LJ, and Angie are headed to the helipad, Jill starts out carrying Carlos's Galil, then when she hands off the Galil, she draws her own Smith & Wesson Semi-automatic handgun, in the very next cut she is pictured holding a Beretta 92 type pistol.
• Audio/visual unsynchronized: When the man on the bridge announces to the crowd, "The use of ammunition has been authorized... in five," his mouth moves to "10" instead of "five". This countdown was originally going to be a 10 second countdown, but it was shortened to five.
• Revealing mistakes: Obvious stunt double when Alice is running around the round glass building with its windows being shot out.
• Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Jill is trying to start the pickup truck (a Dodge), the engine turn-over sound is nothing like the real thing.
• Continuity: After Alice is woken up in the liquid chamber, and has already moved around, when the Doctor orders the chamber to be purged, she is back sitting still in the same position as before she woke up.
• Continuity: The camera films Terri begin killed, throughout the entire movie is it in record mode. But when Jill picks it up and gives it to Angela, it is in playback mode, playing Terri's death. No one switched it to playback mode.
• Continuity: In the helicopter scene near the end, the fight and the helicopter taking off are in pitch black/night time. We even see the helicopter in the air in the dark. Within 60 seconds however it is broad daylight.
• Continuity: After Alice has been removed from the liquid filled chamber, and is fighting to escape the compound, her towel is tucked in/held closed in different shots.
• Errors in geography: Although in most scenes the CN Tower has been edited out, near the beginning when the van with Angie in it crashes, you can see the CN Tower in the background.

Taglines

• You're all going to die
• The infection is spreading faster than anyone could have anticipated
• I'm good, but I'm not that good
• My name is Alice and I remember everything.
• The evil continues...
• Our lives are in their hands.

Trivias

• Natasha Henstridge was asked to play the role of Jill Valentine, but could not accept due to other work commitments.
• Was originally entitled "Resident Evil: Nemesis" after the third game in the "Resident Evil" (aka "Biohazard") videogame series, of the same name, which had a similar plot. The title was later changed to "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" after the release (and subsequent box-office failure) of Star Trek: Nemesis (2002).
• The film contains many visual and thematic references to the games here's what references are seen from the games in Storyline Chronological order : -All Games: There is a shot near the end of the film of Alice's eye close up. This is a reference to the first game in the series - the close up eye shot is the logo/title screen of the games, A White Goddess statue can be seen in the church, Goddess statues always play a big role in the puzzles of all Biohazard games, - Biohazard 0 (2002) (VG): Alice kills the Lickers in the church in a bullet time effect identical to Billy Killing the Leech Queen. - Biohazard (1996) (VG) In the opening scene with the weather map and the ending, both mention the Arklay Mountains.
• This is where the mansion in the original game was located, - _ Biohazard (2002/I) (VG)_ (Gamecube remake) Terri's death is recorded by her fallen camera, as is Joseph's death in the intro in the remake of the original game. Biohazard 2 (1998) (VG) Alice's visit to the gun shop may be a slight reference to Resident Evil 2, in which Kendo's Gun Shop is one of the first locations a player visits, The helicopter that delivers Nemesis' weapons is similar in look to the helicopter that delivered Mr. X in Resident Evil 2, Angela Ashford plays a character similar to Shirey Birkin from Resident Evil 2. Biohazard 3: Last Escape (1999) (VG): The sequence in which RPD members are surrounded by zombies at an intersection is taken almost shot for shot from an FMV in Resident Evil 3 (the most noticeably similar shot is the slow zoom in on the police helmet), The character of Jill Valentine wears the same outfit she wore in Resident Evil: 3, Zombies also rise from their graves in Resident Evil: 3, Jill also uses gas stoves to create an explosion in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, Jill,Terri, Alice and Peyton hide out in a red cable-car, in Resident Evil 3 Jill, Carlos, Nicholai and Mikhial also hide out in a red cable-car and use it to get to the Clock tower.
• And in both Resident Evil 3 and the Movie, Nemesis shoots down a helicopter with his rocket launcher. Biohazard Code: Veronica (2000) (VG): The sequence in which Alice runs down a hallway while a helicopter shoots out the windows is identical to the opening cinema in Resident Evil: Code Veronica, Ashford is the name of the family that created Umbrella, as told in Resident Evil: Code Veronica, Alice's superhuman abilities are similar to those exhibited by Albert Wesker in Resident Evil: Code Veronica, Milla Jovovich's move in which she drops her handgun and grabs it just before hitting the ground was lifted directly from Biohazard Code: Veronica (2000) (VG) in which Claire Redfield pulls this in the opening movie and takes out a room full of guards. Miscellaneous: The idea of Dr. Ashford pulling strings to save people inside a zombie-ridden area contains shades of Trent, a character from the Resident Evil books, written by S.D. Perry. Another similarity is that Trent's parents, like Dr. Ashford, created the T-Virus for benevolent purposes before it was hijacked by Umbrella.
• During the church scene, when Alice fires at the motorcycle to kill one of the Lickers, the slow motion bullets have the Umbrella logo on the rear of the shells.
• When Alice, Carlos, Jill, LJ and Angie arrive at the helicopter point, the name LT Gen D. Carmody can be seen on the helicopter that is landing. This is of course, the name of one the producers of the film, Don Carmody.
• The weather map at the beginning clearly shows Raccoon City as being approximately where Philadelphia is in PA. Other real life towns such as Selinsgrove, Hazelton and Pottsville all appear in their correct geographic locations.
• The word Biohazard appears many times in the movie. This is a reference to the Japanese versions of the games. In Japan the series of games is called Biohazard.
• When Jill, Alice, Carlos, and LJ have Angie and Alice is talking on the phone to Dr. Ashford. Jill is holding her waist like she's in "Caution", a term used in the Resident Evil games to show what your health status is. There are for levels of health status "Fine", "Yellow Caution", "Red Caution", and "Danger". Earlier Peyton was in "Danger" because he had to be carried by Jill and Terri which is another relation to the Resident Evil game Resident Evil Outbreak when you can carry your fellow players by carrying them when they limp.