Everything I know about the “Monster Hunter” video game series is contained in Paul W.S. Anderson’s big-screen adaptation of the franchise, “Monster Hunter.” There will be critics who can tell you who these characters are, or what’s up with the “new world” where monsters live, or why those of us in the “old world” should be worried about them, but that information is not presented in this visually interesting but narratively anemic motion picture, so please accept my apologies in advance: This review will likely be about as coherent as the film itself.
Milla Jovovich, who is married to Anderson and has starred in six of his “Resident Evil” movies (four of which he directed), wrapped that franchise a few years back and could use another. Here, she plays a U.S. Army Ranger on some kind of U.N. mission tracking the disappearance of Bravo Team. They went...
Milla Jovovich, who is married to Anderson and has starred in six of his “Resident Evil” movies (four of which he directed), wrapped that franchise a few years back and could use another. Here, she plays a U.S. Army Ranger on some kind of U.N. mission tracking the disappearance of Bravo Team. They went...
- 12/16/2020
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Any movie that begins with a sequence centered on Johnny Knoxville's erect penis can only go up (or down, as the case may be) from there. In the case of director Jonas Akerlund and screenwriter Jayson Rothwell's adaptation of the graphic novel Polar: Came From the Cold by Victor Santos, the narrative and emotional through-lines change by the millisecond. This is whiplash-inducing Add cinema, and shamelessly proud of it (the editor's name is Doobie White, for god's sake!), though there is a grounding center in the form of Mads Mikkelsen as near-retirement-age assassin Duncan Vizla, aka ...
- 1/28/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Any movie that begins with a sequence centered on Johnny Knoxville's erect penis can only go up (or down, as the case may be) from there. In the case of director Jonas Akerlund and screenwriter Jayson Rothwell's adaptation of the graphic novel Polar: Came From the Cold by Victor Santos, the narrative and emotional through-lines change by the millisecond. This is whiplash-inducing Add cinema, and shamelessly proud of it (the editor's name is Doobie White, for god's sake!), though there is a grounding center in the form of Mads Mikkelsen as near-retirement-age assassin Duncan Vizla, aka ...
- 1/28/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Cinema cannot save us. It’s not going to force Donald Trump to resign from office. It isn’t going to soften the hearts of Republicans who want to destroy the economic future of the current generation of American youths. It isn’t going to halt global warming. It is not going to end things like racism and transphobia and homophobia. Roger Ebert once famously said that cinema is an empathy machine, but the notion of such an idea is more complex than simply saying cinema can change the world through its narrative achievements. Cinema can foster empathy, but only on a case by case person by person basis, and what are we to do if the films that do force viewers to think aren’t available in the small towns and lower economic areas of the world? If these films that can have a positive effect on viewers and...
- 1/3/2018
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Alice (Milla Jovovich) and Claire Redfield (Ali Larter) are reunited at long last in a new photo from the set of Resident Evil: The Final Chapter.
Jovovich revealed the image via Instagram earlier today, confirming that Larter will be back as Claire, a role she played in both Resident Evil: Extinction and Resident Evil: Afterlife.
These badass ladies be back! On set with @therealalil. #aliceandclaire #residentevilmovie #capetowndiary
A photo posted by Milla Jovovich (@millajovovich) on Sep 26, 2015 at 7:49am Pdt
The sixth Resident Evil film recently began principal photography in South Africa with Paul W.S. Anderson behind the camera. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter is slated for a January 2017 release.
"Titled "Resident Evil: The Final Chapter," this will be the final installment in the astoundingly successful film franchise adaptation of Capcom's hugely popular video game series, having grossed over $1 billion worldwide to date.
Constantin Film will produce Resident Evil: The Final Chapter.
Jovovich revealed the image via Instagram earlier today, confirming that Larter will be back as Claire, a role she played in both Resident Evil: Extinction and Resident Evil: Afterlife.
These badass ladies be back! On set with @therealalil. #aliceandclaire #residentevilmovie #capetowndiary
A photo posted by Milla Jovovich (@millajovovich) on Sep 26, 2015 at 7:49am Pdt
The sixth Resident Evil film recently began principal photography in South Africa with Paul W.S. Anderson behind the camera. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter is slated for a January 2017 release.
"Titled "Resident Evil: The Final Chapter," this will be the final installment in the astoundingly successful film franchise adaptation of Capcom's hugely popular video game series, having grossed over $1 billion worldwide to date.
Constantin Film will produce Resident Evil: The Final Chapter.
- 9/26/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Sony Pictures’ Screen Gems announced that the sixth installment of the Sci-Fi, action horror film series, “Resident Evil,” has commenced principal photography in South Africa.
Titled Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, this will be the final installment in the astoundingly successful film franchise adaptation of Capcom’s hugely popular video game series, having grossed over $1 billion worldwide to date.
Constantin Film will produce Resident Evil: The Final Chapter. Director, Paul W.S. Anderson, who wrote the screenplay, will shoot the film on location in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
Milla Jovovich will reprise her starring role as Alice. Other headline cast includes Ali Larter (“Heroes,” Resident Evil: Afterlife) as Claire Redfield, Iain Glen (“Game of Thrones,” Resident Evil: Extinction) in the role of Dr. Alexander Isaacs, Shawn Roberts (Edge of Darkness, Resident Evil: Afterlife) as Albert Wesker, Australian actress Ruby Rose (“Orange is the New Black”), who has a huge social media presence,...
Titled Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, this will be the final installment in the astoundingly successful film franchise adaptation of Capcom’s hugely popular video game series, having grossed over $1 billion worldwide to date.
Constantin Film will produce Resident Evil: The Final Chapter. Director, Paul W.S. Anderson, who wrote the screenplay, will shoot the film on location in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
Milla Jovovich will reprise her starring role as Alice. Other headline cast includes Ali Larter (“Heroes,” Resident Evil: Afterlife) as Claire Redfield, Iain Glen (“Game of Thrones,” Resident Evil: Extinction) in the role of Dr. Alexander Isaacs, Shawn Roberts (Edge of Darkness, Resident Evil: Afterlife) as Albert Wesker, Australian actress Ruby Rose (“Orange is the New Black”), who has a huge social media presence,...
- 9/20/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Screen Gems has announced that principal photography on Resident Evil: The Final Chapter is now underway. Slated for a January 2017 release, the sixth Resident Evil film stars Milla Jovovich as Alice, who will encounter some familiar faces from the franchise, including Albert Wesker (Shawn Roberts), Dr. Alexander Isaacs (Iain Glen), and more.
Press Release: Los Angeles, Sept. 18, 2015 -- Today Sony Pictures' Screen Gems announced that the sixth installment of the Sci-Fi, action horror film series, "Resident Evil," has commenced principal photography in South Africa.
Titled "Resident Evil: The Final Chapter," this will be the final installment in the astoundingly successful film franchise adaptation of Capcom's hugely popular video game series, having grossed over $1 billion worldwide to date.
Constantin Film will produce Resident Evil: The Final Chapter. Director, Paul W.S. Anderson, who wrote the screenplay, will shoot the film on location in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
Milla Jovovich will reprise her starring role as Alice.
Press Release: Los Angeles, Sept. 18, 2015 -- Today Sony Pictures' Screen Gems announced that the sixth installment of the Sci-Fi, action horror film series, "Resident Evil," has commenced principal photography in South Africa.
Titled "Resident Evil: The Final Chapter," this will be the final installment in the astoundingly successful film franchise adaptation of Capcom's hugely popular video game series, having grossed over $1 billion worldwide to date.
Constantin Film will produce Resident Evil: The Final Chapter. Director, Paul W.S. Anderson, who wrote the screenplay, will shoot the film on location in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
Milla Jovovich will reprise her starring role as Alice.
- 9/18/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Chicago – Welcome to cinematic hell. Some films are torturous purely because of their predictability or poor quality. “Gamer,” the latest ambitious effort from “Crank” creators Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, is blatantly visceral torture aimed directly at a moviegoer’s eyes and ears. It’s nearly impossible to watch the film’s opening minutes without feeling the instinctual need to switch it off.
This is a detestable example of filmmakers wanting their blood-spattered cake and eating it too. Combining the formulas of two recent flops, “Death Race” and “Surrogates,” the film takes place in a dismally dark future populated by people who participate in multiplayer games where the main goal is to blow stuff up (sounds a whole lot like the present). Here’s the twist: players are actually controlling the minds of human prisoners forced to wage battle like suicidal marionettes. After surviving thirty battles, the prisoners are promised to be set free.
This is a detestable example of filmmakers wanting their blood-spattered cake and eating it too. Combining the formulas of two recent flops, “Death Race” and “Surrogates,” the film takes place in a dismally dark future populated by people who participate in multiplayer games where the main goal is to blow stuff up (sounds a whole lot like the present). Here’s the twist: players are actually controlling the minds of human prisoners forced to wage battle like suicidal marionettes. After surviving thirty battles, the prisoners are promised to be set free.
- 1/25/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
A veteran of film and TV trailers and music videos, Doobie White is the editor (along with Peter Amundson and Fernando Villena) of the new action-thriller Gamer and worked on the film's digital effects at his post-production facility, Therapy. He also served double duty on the new documentary Transcendent Man (which premiered at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival), a film that he both edited and executive produced. Just before Gamer's release, Mm spoke with White about the thrill of editing action movies.
- 9/3/2009
- MovieMaker.com
A veteran of film and TV trailers and music videos, Doobie White is the editor (along with Peter Amundson and Fernando Villena) of the new action-thriller Gamer and worked on the film's digital effects at his post-production facility, Therapy. He also served double duty on the new documentary Transcendent Man (which premiered at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival), a film that he both edited and executive produced. Just before Gamer's release, Mm spoke with White about the thrill of editing action movies.
- 9/3/2009
- MovieMaker.com
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