She’s so good at playing a somber badass that by now she could easily sleepwalk her way through these movies, but she’s managed to stay engaged with the material and with her role despite going through the same routine for a decade and a half. Jovovich’s vitality elevates Resident Evil: The Final Chapter above being just a retirement party for one of contemporary cinema’s most durable franchises. Anybody could direct these films, though perhaps not with Anderson’s exuberance. Other studios might have just thrown in the towel, but Screen Gems sextupled down with Anderson and Jovovich, the latter frankly more integral to the success of Resident Evil’s big screen brand than her spouse. That’s a hell of an accomplishment in a blockbusting era where Spider-Man gets rebooted after ten and Batman after just four, especially considering how bad reviews have been for each successive Resident Evil film since the first one opened back in 2002. So consider Resident Evil: The Final Chapter a fond farewell from this longstanding saga of mutants, zombies, telekinetic asskicking and biohazards, an earnest love letter to moviegoers who helped keep the franchise on its feet for 15 years. They appear to genuinely care about Resident Evil’s fans, and about the story as more than just product. In most cases, this kind of promo material plays as crass and unnecessary-movies don’t need to appeal to their audience’s goodwill when their audience is this built-in, as is the case for most franchise movies-but Anderson and Jovovich’s expressions of gratitude sound wholly sincere.
Anderson and Milla Jovovich, the series’ husband-and-wife, director-and-star duo, thanking their fans for supporting them and for coming out to the movies. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter is prefaced by a clip of Paul W.S.
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