Resident Evil: Apocalypse

The second in the series and we get a convenient recap of what happened in the first film before we start, and the answer to one of the most pivotal questions from the first film in the opening few minutes. If you blink you miss it. Seriously.
It seemed to gloss over the whole "how did the virus get out of The Hive?" question everyone had at the end of Resident Evil when Alice (Milla Jovovich) was walking around a deserted Racoon City. It is pretty simple to understand what happened, but there was something in the presentation that seemed to leave it a bit out of place.
This film seems to re-establish its link with the video game series by including Jill Valentine (Sienna Guillory), a major character from the games. Valentine is a police officer in Racoon City, and ends up being trapped in the city when the Umbrella Corporation seals the population inside.
The two major plotlines of this film is the Nemesis project, and the rescue of Angela. Angela is the daughter of T-virus creator Dr Charles Ashford, and also happens to be trapped in the city. Dr Ashford hacks into the city's CCTV to make contact with Valentine, Alice and several other protagonists to enlist their help in finding her.
Nemesis is the result of experiments on the only other survivor from Resident Evil, Matt Addison. He is programmed and controlled by the Umbrella Corporation, and boasts Terminator-like ability to track his opponents down, and an array of weaponry including rocket launchers and rail guns.
Resident Evil:Apocalypse isn't that great a film, but the action scenes are very well done. An entertaining ride through a post-apocalyptic city is always one I'm up for, and this entry satisfies that need despite the poor story.

Resident Evil: Apocalypse : 96 minutes (2004)