Resident Evil: Retribution

Nobody goes to a Resident Evil movie expecting a classic but this fifth entry in the series is just plain cruddy.

The script is incoherent and the acting is terrible -- avatars would have been an improvement.

Thuddingly awful.

Some sequels suggest that no one involved with a franchise really cares anymore.

A zombie plague may have laid waste the world, but apparently supplies of black leather unitards have yet to be exhausted.

A maniacal montage of cartoonish battle sequences.

The degree to which this fast-food movie and its predecessors are completely forgettable is counteracted by Anderson’s usual clip-show recaps at the beginning of each new sequel.

To make up for the utter lake of sensibility, the film incorporates lots of spontaneous action, sudden crashes or explosions or gunfire, and hyperactive zombies.

I was starting to sort of like these films, in a silly way, but this was so empty, filled with so many long scenes of characters just shooting machine guns at each other....

You should manage to keep your eyes occupied to a degree that your brain won't even notice until the credits start to roll.