Resident Evil: Retribution story

movie: Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) · 2012-09-03

Resident Evil: Retribution is a 2012 science fiction action horror film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. A direct sequel to Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010), it is the fifth installment in the Resident Evil film series, loosely based on the video game franchise of the same name. Synopsis: A zombie bashing heroine is captured by a nefarious corporation, forcing her to make her escape from an underwater facility, used for testing a zombie creating virus.

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Theme	Level	Motivation
human vs. monster	choice	The story follows Alice and her party as they try to escape from a zombie infested underwater facility.
zombie	choice	A main novelty of the film is that human-made virus has transformed nearly everyone in the world into flesh-eating zombies.
bioengineered human pathogen	major	A genetically engineered virus, known as the T-virus, had turned most of the world's human population into zombies.
mind control technology	major	Alice's former ally Jill had a mind-controlling scarab grafted on her chest. Jill's being under the control of the Red Queen factored prominently into the plot.
monster apocalypse	major	The story is set in the immediate aftermath of a zombie-creating virus having proliferated all over the world.
post-apocalyptic dystopia	major	The story is set in the aftermath of a textbook zombie apocalypse.
sentient computer	major	The Red Queen, a sentient mainframe computer, served as the story's main antagonist.
speculative genetic engineering	major	A genetically engineered virus, known as the T-virus, had turned most of the world's human population into zombies.
arms race	minor	It was mentioned that the Umbrella Corporation had sparked a new arms race by peddling its zombie causing T-virus to various world powers.
biological weapons	minor	It was mentioned that the Umbrella Corporation had sold its zombie causing T-virus to various world powers as a biological weapon.