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Chris Egan - Mikey
Spencer Locke - K-Mart
Matthew Marsden - Slater
Linden Ashby - Chase
Jason O'Mara - Albert Wesker
Mike Epps - L.J.
Joe Hursley - Otto
Sienna Guillory
Chris Durand
John Eric Bentley - Umbrella Tech
James Tumminia - Lab Tech
Kirk B.R. Woller - Scientist
Rick Cramer - Ice Hockey
Madeline Carroll - White Queen
Peter O'Meara - British Envoy
Ramon Franco - Runty
Shane Woodson - Piggy
Valorie Hubbard - Ma
Geoff Meed - Pock Mark
Rusty Joiner - Eddie
Brian Steele - Rancid
Connor McCoy - Small Boy
Brian Steele - Tyrant
Rick Cramer - Corridor Guard
Gary A. Hecker - Tyrant Vocal
Carolina Jimenez - Mirror Woman

This has not been the year for the "Part III." Despite the fact that I (personally) really liked "Pirates of the Caribbean 3"...and to a lesser degree "Spider-Man 3"...those films were not on top of their predecessors, and bordered on disappointment (and let's not even mention "Shrek 3"). Same goes for "Resident Evil: Extinction," the third part in the series. After the slam-bang sequel that was "Resident Evil: Apocalypse," you'd think that the third installment would surpass or at least equal the previous film. It doesn't! "Extinction" takes place a few years after "Apocalypse" where the world has pretty much ended and is in a state of global ruin due to the zombie outbreak. Alice is now a lone gunman, traveling stateside helping those in need and fighting the zombies. Alice's accomplices from "RE:2": Carlos Olivera (Oded Fuhr) and L.J. (Mike Epps) have now joined a small band of survivors led by an ambitious survivor named Claire (Ali Larter), in hopes to find some sort of sanctuary.

Meanwhile, the Umbrella Corporation stills functions from a far underground facility, in which head researcher Dr. Isaacs (Iain Glen) hopes to somehow control the zombies using whatever memory is left in their rotted brain ("Day of the Dead" anyone?). However, his plans change when he finds out that his prized experiment, "Alice," is still alive and active (you might recall she was genetically altered by Dr. Isaacs at the end of the last film).

Alice then regroups with her lost friends, and tells Claire that there's a strong possibility of sanctuary in Alaska, where there has been reports of no infection. So, the team heads to Nevada to gear up enough gasoline to make the long trek to Alaska, but Vegas is Zombie Central and Dr. Isaacs is hot on their trail. I'll stop here.

"Resident Evil: Extinction" is not a bad addition to the series, but it's a disappointing one. I wanted that feeling I got when I watched the second film, a balls to the wall action/horror flick, with solid suspense and an even more solid storyline and NEW SURPRISES. "Extinction" is basically the same formula of the first two but less exciting. Sure it could be labeled a "Mad Max" with zombies but that's were the coolness ends. No surprises, nothing different, just the same formula gore and the same formula Alice kicking ass. The cast basically does their part well enough: Milla is always cool and sexy as Alice, Ali Larter is her normal sexy self. It was great to see character actor Linden Ashby in this one (you might remember him as Johnny Cage in "Mortal Kombat") and Iain Glen is excellent as the evil Dr. Isaacs. But they kill off characters you've grown to care for like as if they were fourth or fifth rate characters...and you're left with a predictable final fight sequence and then the movie is over.

Now I like that stuff, which is why I actually enjoyed it, but I wanted more. I sat in that theater expecting something, and I didn't get it. So I was forced to put myself in another mindset and there I saw "RE:3" for the actual decent flick it is.

I'm prepared to give "RE:3" a recommendation but with a warning...it's the weakest of the series, and do not expect a slam-bang flick. There's zombies, there's gore and a few cool action sequences, but it's nothing spectacular.