Resident Evil: Afterlife

RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE (2010) - June 1, 2011
Easily the best of the Resident Evil sequels, though that's really not saying much, this was about a group of survivors trying to make their way to a supposedly zombie-free cargo ship.  Features some gleefully stupid, wildly over-the-top but kind of fun action set-pieces, many of which barely make narrative sense (hey, here's a giant mutant zombie with an enormous hammer for some inexplicable reason).  Even the non-action stuff is passable, with a group of characters who are pretty generic, but actually have some personality and aren't completely bland.  It's nothing particularly great, but if the Resident Evil series can maintain this level of quality, I wouldn't be opposed to a few more sequels (or at least one more, since this one ends on a pretty blatant cliffhanger).  **1/2