Remember the scene in Dawn of the Dead in which Ken Foree and Scott Reiniger's characters had to brave the zombie horde in order to set up a tractor-trailer blockade? During the whole unbearable sequence, the audience was all too aware that one bite from any of the dozens of zombies would mean a fate worse than death for either of the men. And why was that sequence so effective? Taut direction, quick editing, good music, and, most importantly, a script that had already made us care about the characters. You'll get no such rewards from Resident Evil. With no real chracters (have to give Michelle Rodriguez credit for trying, though), it's just a series of action scenes tied together with a thin narrative thread. For those who don't feel like thinking while watching an action flick.