Resident Evil: The Final Chapter story
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter is a 2016 science fiction action horror film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. A direct sequel to Resident Evil: Retribution (2012), it is the sixth installment in the Resident Evil film series and the final installment in the original series, which is based on the video game series of the same name. Synopsis: A heroine and her allies are betrayed by an evil clone, who gathers the entire forces of a nefarious corporation into one final strike against the survivors of a zombie apocalypse.
20 total · 2 choice · 8 major · 10 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| human vs. monster | choice | The story follows Alice and her allies as they battle flesh-eating zombies. |
| 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. |
| human cloning | major | That the Umbrella Corporation had cloned various people factored significantly into the plot. In particular, Alice was astonished to discover that she herself was a clone of the founder of the Umbrella Corporation's daughter. This explained why Alice had no memories prior to the Raccoon City zombie outbreak. Also, a Dr. Isaacs clone was devastated upon learning that he was not the real article. |
| monster apocalypse | major | The story is set in the 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. |
| sacrifice to defeat an enemy | major | At the climax, the heroine of the story Alice took it upon herself to rid the world of zombies by releasing an airborne anti-virus that she was told would be lethal to her. She lived, but she released the substance fully thinking it would be the end of her. |
| sentient computer | major | The Red Queen sentient mainframe computer teamed up with Alice in a bid to rid the world of its roving zombie horde problem. |
| speculative genetic engineering | major | A genetically engineered virus, known as the T-virus, had turned most of the world's human population into zombies. |
| start-over utopia | major | A grand revelation of the film was that the Umbrella Corporation had all along planned to wipe out all but a select few members of the human race, and then reboot civilization. |