ChickenNunget’s review published on Letterboxd:
I could never respect a project that so cowardly kneels to dorky fan criticisms of the first movie, but this exceeded my already low expectations.
None of the formal pleasures of the original are here. Don't expect to find any expansive and varied sets, nor any tongue-and-cheek stereotypes that are endearing. Instead, Resident Evil Apocalypse fills its runtime with references and callbacks to the third game in the franchise, as well as bland early-2000s action scenes that are hideous to watch. Jill Valentine adds nothing to the film, besides appeasing fans, and the near-30 minute opening that focuses on her and not Alice made me question what the hell the filmmakers were trying to accomplish here?
The concept and Milla Jonovich herself are the only things that salvage this from being a complete failure in my eyes. I can totally get on board for Alice being a badass anti-corporation zombie-killer any day of the week. I'd get bored anytime she wasn't on screen, and would come back to life anytime she'd do something cool like drop a giant crucifix on a licker. If only the whole movie were fun like that. I imagine an alternate universe where Anderson directed this and it is just the first film on steroids. I'd love to live in that timeline.