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"RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION"
 (2012) (Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez) (R)

Alcohol/Drugs Mild
Blood/Gross Stuff Extreme
Disrespectful/Bad Attitude Extreme
Frightening/Tense Scenes Extreme
Gun/Weapons Extreme
Imitative Behavior Heavy
Jump Scenes Heavy
Music (Scary/Tense) Extreme
Music (Inappropriate) None
Profanity Moderate
Sex/Nudity Moderate
Smoking Mild
Tense Family Scenes Moderate
Topics to Talk About Moderate
Violence Extreme

QUICK TAKE:
Action-Horror: Alice, the last hope for a world overrun by zombies, tries to break free from a top-secret complex where the virus was developed and first unleashed.
PLOT:
The genetically altered Alice (MILLA JOVOVICH) returns to do battle with the evil Umbrella Corporation responsible for unleashing a virus on the Earth's population that caused a global pandemic and turned millions into zombies. As the film opens, Alice is being tortured by Jill Valentine (SIENNA GUILLORY), a former ally who has since come under the thought control of the company. Alice eventually escapes with the help of the formerly (and quite possibly still) evil corporate head Albert Wesker (SHAWN ROBERTS) and his right-hand woman Ada (BINGBING LI), who is as skilled as Alice is with guns and martial arts.

The two must make their way through Umbrella's massive Russian headquarters, which includes large sections that simulate downtown Tokyo, Moscow, New York's Times Square, and an idyllic American suburban town where Alice encounters Becky (ARYANA ENGINEER), a cloned little girl who believes she is her daughter. Alice also comes into contact with two versions of her old friend, Rain (MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ). One is a clone who fashions herself a pacifist caught up in the zombie apocalypse and the other is a real-world operative hell-bent on capturing and/or killing Alice and Ada.

At the same time, a strike team specially assembled by Wesker has infiltrated the other side of the Russian facility and is in a running gun battle on its way to rescue Alice. They are led by Alice's old friend, Luther (BORIS KODJOE); sharp-shooter Leon (JOHANN URB); and gung-ho Barry (KEVIN DURAND). Their struggle is to unite as one team, get to the surface, and blow the entire facility.

WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT?
Teens will have some interest, especially those who have seen the previous "Resident Evil" movies and are fans of the video game.
WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: R
For sequences of strong violence throughout.

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