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Resident Evil2002

R Horror Action 1h 40m

A special team of commandos is entrusted with shutting down a genetics laboratory after a virus outbreak turns its employees into zombies. Alice wakes up in the mansion above the facility with no memory of who she is, and joins the team as they descend into The Hive — a secret underground complex run by the Umbrella Corporation's rogue supercomputer, the Red Queen — with just hours to contain the outbreak before it reaches the surface.

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The Hive, The Red Queen, and the Outbreak That Started It All

A special team of commandos is entrusted with the responsibility of shutting down a genetics laboratory after it is affected by a virus outbreak and its employees are turned into zombies. Deep beneath a mansion in Raccoon City lies The Hive, a secret Umbrella Corporation facility now sealed off by its own AI, the Red Queen, after the deadly T-virus escaped containment. Alice, an amnesiac woman with no memory of her connection to Umbrella, joins the commando team as they fight their way through the undead and mutated creatures with only a few hours to shut the facility down before the virus threatens to overrun the world above.

Director Paul W.S. Anderson
Release Year 2002
Language English
Country United States, Germany, UK
Genre
Horror Action Sci-Fi
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Cast

Milla Jovovich
Milla Jovovich
Alice
Michelle Rodriguez
Michelle Rodriguez
Rain Ocampo
Eric Mabius
Eric Mabius
Matt Addison
James Purefoy
James Purefoy
Spence Parks
Colin Salmon
Colin Salmon
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Cinelux Editorial Standards: This Resident Evil film page contains verified information sourced from official production records, IMDb, and Rotten Tomatoes. We confirm the writer-director (Paul W.S. Anderson), cast members (Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Eric Mabius, James Purefoy, Colin Salmon), release year (2002), runtime (100 minutes), and production countries (United States, Germany, United Kingdom). Our team has cross-referenced the film's place as the first installment in the Resident Evil franchise, its loose basis in Capcom's video game series, and cast accuracy as a Screen Gems/Constantin Film production. Every detail is fact-checked for streaming audiences.

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Loosely. Rather than adapting a specific game storyline, the film borrows characters, settings, and creatures from the Resident Evil and Resident Evil 2 games to tell an original story set at the same underground Umbrella Corporation facility, The Hive.

The film was written and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson and stars Milla Jovovich as Alice, Michelle Rodriguez as Rain, Eric Mabius as Matt, and James Purefoy as Spence.

Resident Evil (2002) is rated R and runs approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes.

Yes — this 2002 film is the first installment in the Resident Evil film series, followed by five sequels released between 2004 and 2016.