Resident Evil: Afterlife

Resident Evil: Afterlife

Credits
Title:	Resident Evil: Afterlife
Director:	Paul W.S. Anderson
Writers:	Paul W.S. Anderson
Producers:	Paul W.S. Anderson; Jeremy Bolt; Don Carmody; Bernd Eichinger; Samuel Hadida; Victor Hadida; Hiroyuki Kobayashi; Robert Kulzer; Martin Moszkowicz
Composer:	tomandandy
Cinematography:	Glen MacPherson
Editors:	Niven Howie
Production
Distributed by:	Davis Films Impact Pictures Constantin Film
Released:	September 10th, 2010 ^[1]
Rating:	R
Running time:	97 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Budget:	$60,000,000 ^[2]
Gross:	$60,128,566 (US) $296,221,663 (Worldwide) ^[1]
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Resident Evil: Afterlife is an American feature film blending elements of the action, horror and science fiction genres. It is the fourth film in the popular Resident Evil film series and is the first installment in the series filmed in 3D. It follows 2007's Resident Evil: Extinction and is succeeded by Resident Evil: Retribution in 2012. The movie was written and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. It was produced by Davis Films, Impact Pictures and Constantin Film and released theatrically in the United States on September 10th, 2010.

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Resident Evil: Afterlife is based on the popular Resident Evil video game series by Capcom. The franchise originated in Japan as BioHazard, but was first released in the United States in 1996.

The tagline for this film is "She's back... and she's bringing a few of her friends."

Production on Resident Evil: Afterlife began in June, 2008. Principal photography commenced on September 28th, 2009 and concluded in December, 2009. ^[2]

At its widest release, Resident Evil: Afterlife was screened in 3,209 movie theaters. ^[1]

Resident Evil: Afterlife closed out of theaters on November 4th, 2010. It had been in release for a total of eight weeks (56 days). ^[1]

Resident Evil: Afterlife was released on DVD in Region 1 format by Screen Gems on December 28th, 2010. ^[3] It was released on Blu-ray by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on January 17th, 2017. The Blu-ray release included a digital download with an expiration date of October 31st, 2019. Special features on both versions include filmmaker audio commentary by Paul W.S. Anderson, the "Band of Survivors: Casting Afterlife" featurette, and the "Fighting Back: The Action of Afterlife" featurette. ^[4]

This is the second film in the series directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. He directs three installments of the series in total. He previously directed the first Resident Evil film. His next one is Resident Evil: Retribution. As a writer and a producer, he has worked on all six films in the series.

The Constantin Film Produktion company is credited as just Constantin Film in this movie.

This is the first time that the character of Chris Redfield has been included in the film series. Chris is a classic character from the original Resident Evil video game by Capcom.