History Film / ResidentEvilAfterlife

* ItsTheOnlyWayToBeSure: Raccoon City is destroyed by missile strike to purge the infection (and cover up the evidence). In the fourth film, [[spoiler:Umbrella's corporate headquarters in Tokyo is consumed in an expanding plasma fireball to contain an infestation of [[CloningBlues Alice clones]].]]

''Resident Evil: Afterlife'' is the fourth installment in the ''Film/ResidentEvilFilmSeries''. It was written and directed by Creator/PaulWSAnderson, who took the director's chair for the first time since [[Film/ResidentEvil the 2002 film]]. ''Afterlife'' takes place four years [[AfterTheEnd after the global T-Virus outbreak]] as described in ''[[Film/ResidentEvilExtinction Extinction]]''. In a desperate attempt to destroy Umbrella once and for all, Alice (Creator/MillaJovovich) carries out a large-scale assault on the corporation's Tokyo headquaters. Alice's assault leaves her without the T-Virus in her system, but also finishes off the larger remnants of Umbrella and leaves chairman Albert Wesker (Creator/ShawnRoberts) for dead.

* ZombieApocalypse: Considering the setting, obviously.

''Resident Evil: Afterlife'' is the fourth installment in the live-action ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' film series. It was written and directed by Creator/PaulWSAnderson, who took the director's chair for the first time since [[Film/ResidentEvil the 2002 film]]. ''Afterlife'' takes place four years [[AfterTheEnd after the global T-Virus outbreak]] as described in ''[[Film/ResidentEvilExtinction Extinction]]''. In a desperate attempt to destroy Umbrella once and for all, Alice (Creator/MillaJovovich) carries out a large-scale assault on the corporation's Tokyo headquaters. Alice's assault leaves her without the T-Virus in her system, but also finishes off the larger remnants of Umbrella and leaves chairman Albert Wesker (Creator/ShawnRoberts) for dead.

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Bennett is a self-centered dick who kills Ángel, leaves the others to die, and joins forces with Wesker just to stay alive. Wesker devouring him alive was all too well deserved]].

* BadassNormal: Even when deprived of her powers Alice kicks all sorts of ass. Chris, Claire, and Luther have no powers either and manage to kick a fair amount of ass.

* BigBad: [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Albert Wesker]] takes centre stage in this film after serving as the GreaterScopeVillain of ''[[Film/ResidentEvilExtinction Resident Evil: Extinction]]''.

** [[RevolversAreJustBetter Revolvers]] are used frequently throughout the film, but the only time anyone is ever seen reloading them is when Alice and Chris are in the armory.

* LampreyMouth: Wesker acquires a retractable one after the T-virus begins overpowering him.

** Wesker is a villainous version, given that [[spoiler: he manages to recover and casually walk away from damage that action movie convention dictates should be enough to kill any other supervillain, right up to having a good chunk of his head blown off and having his corpse riddled with bullets by the heroes just to make [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat absolutely sure.]]]]

* OutrunTheFireball: Wesker ''outflies'' the massive detonation that destroys Umbrella's Tokyo base and much of the city above it. [[spoiler: Subverted at the end, when he ''tries'' to play this straight outrunning a similar detonation on the ''Arcadia'', only to realize (too late) that Alice's group had moved the bomb onto his own escape vehicle.]]

** At the end of the opening sequence, Alice confronts Wesker while in the VTOL and delivers a PreMortemOneLiner... except when the latter turns the tables on her and eradicates the T-virus enhancements within her body, he gets off the pilot seat and lays a ''brutal beatdown'' to his nemesis. This shows that a) TalkingIsAFreeAction is rarely if ever a thing and b) without her T-Virus powers, Alice is just a normal human and thus cannot hold a candle to a much stronger Wesker.

** Speaking of Bennett, when [[spoiler:he tries to highjack Alice's plane to get himself out of the prison rooftop, his attempt goes as bad as one would expect - Bennett is not a pilot, nor does he have any other technical skills unlike Alice. He narrowly avoids crashing down into the zombie horde below by miracle, and when the surviving heroes reach ''Arcadia'', they find the freshly wrecked airplane, showing that Bennett's attempt at landing the thing went just as poorly.]]
** [[spoiler: Wesker's necessity to consume human DNA in order to keep himself stabilized eventually leads to the whole ''Arcadia'' crew abandoning him. In addition, even though Bennett agrees to serve Wesker, the latter has [[BadBoss little if any empathy for his subordinates]], and Bennett is no exception. As soon as Wesker gets back up from being shot, he promptly kills him.]]
** [[spoiler: As Alice and her friends find out the hard way, altering the current transmission from ''Arcadia'' and broadcasting a new one paints a large target on their backs, as multiple Umbrella [=VTOL's=] are seen heading at them at the end of the film.]]

The film also stars Creator/KimCoates as Bennett Sinclair, Sergio Peris-Mencheta as Angel Ortiz, Spencer Locke as K-Mart, Boris Kodjoe as Luther West and Wentworth Miller as Chris Redfield.

''Resident Evil: Afterlife'' is the fourth installment in the live-action ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' film series. It takes place four years [[AfterTheEnd after the global T-Virus outbreak]] as described in ''[[Film/ResidentEvilExtinction Extinction]]''. In a desperate attempt to destroy Umbrella once and for all, Alice carries out a large-scale assault on the corporation's Tokyo headquaters. Alice's assault leaves her without the T-Virus in her system, but also finishes off the larger remnants of Umbrella and leaves chairman Albert Wesker for dead.

Six months after her Tokyo assault, Alice heads to Alaska to look for Arcadia, the supposed safe haven from the T-Virus where several other survivors had headed. Alice finds an amnesiac Claire Redfield while in Alaska, but neither of them find any sign of Arcadia, so the two fly along the coast to look for another safe haven. When they reach Los Angeles, Alice and Claire find more survivors and a few unexpected surprises -- including the origin of the Arcadia message...

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Wesker. [[spoiler:Umbrella's security chief finds this out the hard way when Wesker executes him for not following orders.]]

* BaldOfAuthority: Luther West seems to serve as the ''de facto'' leader of the survivors.

%%* ActionGirl: Alice and Claire.

* AbsoluteCleavage: It's to show the mind control spider thingy. Honest!
* ActionGirl: Alice and Claire.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Claire is briefly stuck in such state until Alice frees her in the beginning. [[spoiler: Also revealed to be the reason Jill is working for Umbrella.]]

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Claire is briefly stuck in such state until Alice frees her in the beginning.[[spoiler:Also revealed to be the reason Jill is working for Umbrella.]]

* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Luther West seems to serve as the ''de facto'' leader of the survivors.

* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler:Toyed with, but ultimately subverted.]]

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Strongly implied to be the reason Jill is working for Umbrella.]]

** At the end of the opening sequence, Alice confronts Wesker while in the VTOL. When the latter manages to eradicate the T-virus enhancements within her body, he gets off the pilot seat and lays a brutal beatdown on Alice. Just as he prepares to execute her, the plane crashes because Wesker ''forgot to put the VTOL on the auto-pilot firsthand''.
** The group of survivors in the Los Angeles skyscraper do not have good living conditions: a large mass of zombies are constantly besieging the building; they have no electricity and they are pretty lucky they have cold water.
** At first, the escape plan involves getting to a large APC and using it to escape the garage. But when the group finds the car, they find that it lacks engine; and while the one is lying nearby on a table, Angel admits it will take at least a week for him to install the whole thing properly. [[spoiler:Bennet doesn't take this well and kills him.]]
** [[spoiler: Wesker's necessity to consume human DNA in order to keep himself stabilized eventually leads to the whole ''Arcadia'' crew abandoning him.]]
** [[spoiler: As Alice and her friends find out the hard way, changing the transmission from ''Arcadia'' and announcing a different one paints a large target on their backs, as multiple Umbrella VTOLs are seen heading at them at the end of the film.]]

* BigBad: [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Albert Wesker]] takes centre stage in this film.

* BigBad: [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Albert Wesker]] takes centre stage in this film after serving as the BiggerBad of ''[[Film/ResidentEvilExtinction Resident Evil: Extinction]]''.

* FamousLastWords: [[spoiler: Bennett, right before Wesker eats him alive:]]
-->"Oh God, I just want to go home. Aaaah!"