10 Terrible Films That Are Actually Awesome

Even for a franchise adapted from a videogame, the Resident Evil films are best described as “uncomplicated” and Afterlife was one of the worst reviewed movies in the series, with critics taking issue with the “hacked-out dialogue”, “drab 3D” and “rehashed plot.” All of which is true, but if you’re going to watch a film about a Ukrainian model in a tight costume who kills zombies, make it this one.

Returning to the director’s chair for the first time since the original, Paul W.S. Anderson opens the film with one of the most outrageous action scenes in the series, with the Alice clones attacking Umbrella HQ before bad guy Albert Wesker detonates a bomb that destroys everything in sight. If you wanted to recreate the effect of watching this sequence, you’d need a bag of honey glazed donuts and a six pack of Red Bull.

There’s more madness in store, including mind control devices, a reanimated Wesker (with glowing red eyes) who’s been eating test subjects and an encounter with a giant axe-wielding monster. With Anderson at the helm, the action has more snap than its predecessors and he lets nothing get in the way of giving the audience a good time.