Introduction

Title: Resident Evil: Apocalypse

Background information:

Apocalypse is a 2004 action horror film directed by Alexander Witt and written by Paul W. S. ... Resident
Evil: Apocalypse is set directly after the events of the first film, where Alice escaped from an
underground facility overrun by zombies.

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Characters

Alice was a leading party in the conflict against the Umbrella Corporation during the Global T-virus
Pandemic. Originally a high-ranking Umbrella security operative, she joined a deep cover operation by
members of the US law enforcement to reveal the company's illegal viral research data to the world.
This plan ultimately failed when her co-worker, Spence stole the virus samples with the intention of
getting rich on the black market and leaked the virus into the lab to kill the research staff in the
confusion. Both Alice and Spence were knocked unconscious when the security system released noxious
gas and were rendered amnesiac.

Jill Valentine was a survivor of the Global T-virus Pandemic, which ravaged the earth from September
2002. A former S.T.A.R.S. police officer for Raccoon City, she joined forces with ex-Umbrella security
agent Alicia "Alice" Marcus and became part of an anti-Umbrella resistance movement. At some point,
she was captured by Umbrella's corrupted Red Queen AI computer for its own purposes contrary to that
of the company's.

The Nemesis, also called the Pursuer or Chaser, is a fictional character in Capcom's Resident Evil
franchise. Although smaller than other tyrant models, the creature dwarfs a typical human, and
possesses vastly superior intelligence and physical dexterity than its undead peers.

Matthew "Matt" Addison was the brother of Lisa Addison, posing as a Raccoon City Police officer in
an attempt to infiltrate the Looking Glass House and enter The Hive. He accompanies Alice, Spence and
the Sanitation team into the Hive in order to ascertain what went wrong with the Red Queen.
Angela "Angie" Ashford was the only child of Dr. Charles Ashford, the inventor of the t-Virus.
Carlos Olivera was an Umbrella Biohazard Countermeasure Service operative who serving under the
Umbrella Corporation until 2002, when he joined an anti-Umbrella vigilante team. He later went on to
lead a convoy of survivors in the years after the Global T-Virus pandemic.

Isaacs was cloned from the real Doctor Alexander Isaacs, one of the co-founders of the umbrella
Corporation. Isaacs became a virologist for the company working with the T-Virus.

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Genre: Horror- Action Film, Thriller, Science Fiction Film

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Summary

In the previous film, former security operative Alice and environmental activist Matt Addison fought to
escape an underground genetic research facility called the Hive, the source of a zombie outbreak. The
pair were part of an attempt to expose illegal experiments being performed there by pharmaceutical
company Umbrella Corporation. The film ended as Alice and Addison were taken into custody by
Umbrella.

Umbrella sends a team to the Hive to investigate what happened there; the team is overrun by zombies
who quickly spread to the nearby Raccoon City. Umbrella responds by quarantining the city and
evacuating their personnel from it. Angela Ashford, the daughter of Umbrella researcher Dr. Charles
Ashford, goes missing after her security car is involved in a collision while being extradited from the city.
Meanwhile, disgraced Raccoon City Police Department Special Tactics And Rescue Squad (STARS)
operative Jill Valentine returns to her former precinct to suggest her fellow officers that they evacuate
Raccoon City. Alice awakens in a deserted hospital and wanders the city in search of supplies, while
Umbrella uses the only bridge out of the area to evacuate civilians. At the bridge, Valentine meets with
her former partner, Sgt. Payton Wells. A zombie bites and infects Wells. In response to the virus
reaching the bridge, Major Timothy Cain, leader of the Umbrella forces in Raccoon City, seals the exit
and forces the residents to return to the city.

After being abandoned by their employer following a failed attempt to rescue a civilian, Umbrella
soldiers Carlos Oliveira and Nicholai Ginovaef team up with the surviving STARS operatives to repel
zombie attacks. Their position is overrun, and Oliveira is bitten and infected. At a separate location,
Valentine, Wells, and news reporter Terri Morales, are about to be overrun, though they are saved by
Alice. Umbrella deploys a heavily mutated experimental supersoldier, Nemesis, who kills the remaining
STARS members before searching for Alice. Dr. Ashford hacks into the city's CCTV system and uses it to
contact Alice and the other survivors, offering to arrange their evacuation from the city in exchange for
help in locating his daughter. He makes an identical offer to Olivera and Ginovaef, and explains that
Umbrella intends to rid Raccoon City of the zombie infection by destroying it using a nuclear bomb.

Alice and the others head to Angela's location, where they are ambushed by Nemesis. Valentine kills
Wells after he turns into a zombie. Alice engages Nemesis but is wounded and forced to retreat
separately, luring Nemesis away from the rest of the group. Valentine and Morales continue, picking up
stranded civilian L.J. en route. Valentine meets Olivera and they find and rescue Angela, although
Morales and Ginovaef are both killed. Angela reveals that the zombie outbreak is the result of a virus
created by her father to treat the genetic disease from which she suffers: only by regularly injecting
herself with the virus is Angela able to survive, though she must also take anti-virus serum to prevent
turning into a zombie. Alice uses some of the anti-virus to cure Olivera. Dr. Ashford gives Alice the
location of an extraction point where a helicopter awaits. The group makes it to the rendezvous point,
but are ambushed by Umbrella forces. Major Cain kills Dr. Ashford and forces Alice to fight Nemesis.
Alice gains the upper hand over the supersoldier, though she ceases fighting after realizing that he is
Matt Addison, mutated by Umbrella's experiments.

Nemesis turns on Major Cain and attacks the Umbrella troops, but is killed protecting Alice. The rest of
the survivors seize the helicopter; they eject Major Cain from it and he is eaten by zombies, including a
zombified Dr. Ashford. As the survivors escape, the nuclear bomb detonates over the city, and the
resulting blast wave causes the helicopter to crash. Alice sacrifices herself to save Angela and is impaled
on a metal pole. TV footage attributes the nuclear attack to a meltdown of the city's power plant,
covering up Umbrella's involvement. Alice wakes up in an Umbrella research facility and escapes with
help from Olivera, Valentine, L.J., and Angela. As they are escaping, Dr. Alexander Isaacs, a high-ranking
Umbrella employee, reveals that Alice's escape is part of Umbrella's plan for her.

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Ratings: 91% Liked this film