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. i li llllllllill . ■ lif ■ s s» ■ «SW»a!iW( 4 Tuesday, September 14, 2004 AGGIE! the BATTa[ ‘Apocalypse’ a death wish , * ■ Prince Eye Care R. Michael Prince, O.D. TAMU Class of‘94 • Eye Exams • Consultations • Glasses • Contact Lenses We accept most vision plans including TAMU 10% STUDENT DISCOUNT Walk-ins welcome or call for an appointment 201 N. Main, Bryan 822-2020 fax: 822-2021 www.princeeyecare.com Hours: Tues. - Fri. 8:00-5:30 Sat. Noon-5:00 IMAGE COURTESY OF SCREEN GEMS/ DAVIES Fit MS/IMTACT INC./ CONSTANT In “Resident Evil: Apocalypse,” Milla Jovovich returns as Alice, who must fight for her life among swarms of bloodthirsty Undead On the occassion of the Jewish New Year, The Jewish students of Texas A&M want to congratulate our University’s administration and student leaders for their willingness to accomodate the religious needs of all of this university’s student body and faculty. Texas A&M has truly become a beacon of tolerance and diversity for the entire nation. \ V JieocuA CLdLAt Millet &e>adce& fa* Ma&A MxC SJuxnriaJfi and Ifam OKlp^pxvt Wednesday, September 15 Rosh Ha’Shannah Services at 8:00 p.m. Thursday, September 16 1 st Day of Rosh Ha’Shannah Services start at 10:00 a.m. Friday, September 17 2nd Day of Rosh Ha’Shannah Services start at 10:00 a.m. Friday, September 24 Trev Yom Kippur Kol Nidre Services at 8:00 p.m. Saturday, September 25 Yom Kippur Services start at 10:00 a.m. Yizcor about 5:00 p.m. Break-the-Fast after sundown following Neiiah and Havdalah Services September 30 - October 1 Sukkot Friday, October 8 Simhat Torah Please contact Hillel for more information at 696-7313 Names for Yizcor must be received in the office by September 21 Resident Evil: Apocalypse Starring Milla Jovovich Screen Gems Films ROBERT SAUCEDO Watching “Resi dent Evil: Apoca lypse” brings the same satisfaction as watching a friend play Playstation for an hour and a half. First you sit in awe as your friend manages to kick maximum butt in an efficient manner, but by the end you’re screaming for him not to be such a game hog. The people responsible for bringing a sequel to the 2002 Paul W.S. Anderson film “Resident Evil,” which was based loosely on the popular vid eo game franchise, did a spot-on job of trans lating the original popular game franchise’s visuals to the big screen. They have also successfully reminded au diences why playing video games is so much more fun than watching horrible movies based upon them. The female leads wear the same imprac tical outfits from the video game (the ones that scream “bite me in the 70 percent of my flesh that’s exposed”). The movie’s creatures carry the same clumsy, pixilated graphic look as in the video game, which was released in 1996. For fans who played any of the games, they are in for a real treat, as producers have faithfully adapted every bit of horrific dia logue and acting that are so memorable from the first few games. “Resident Evil: Apocalypse” picks up di rectly where the original movie ended. Al ice, a genetically-enhanced warrior played by Milla Jovovich, has just killed a gaggle of zombies that were created by a chemical outbreak in an underground laboratory. She wakes up a short time later in another labora tory to discover the town has become over run with zombies and mutants. What follows is the skirting of a fine line ^s the movie dances between homage and downright theft of ideas. Fans of the zombie- movie genre will undergo a series of deja vu attacks as they watch “Resident Evil: Apoca lypse;” the movie “borrows” scenes, charac ters and situations from the library of films that have come before it. From the shots of Alice walking down a deserted strea zombie sniper practice to the walkingife a graveyard filled with zombies just re» pop out from the grave, the film has lutely nothing new to offer. It would as no surprise if Anderson, the kingd genre movies, simply cut and pasted s from other successful zombie films toe his own script. In the span of 90 minutes, the filma from annoying to offensive. There s stereotypical use of minorities (comic: from the fresh-from-the-mean-slBi Raccoon-City-street-smart black mar; ridiculous giant-foam-headed Nemesis lure that resembles a castoff from a i: Rangers episode and the whopper of: ending that comes out of left fields insult to injury as it smacks audiences a two-by-four wooden plank reading" stole 90 minutes of your life that v« never get back.” The producers must have usedth tire budget allocated to logic on hot slow-motion camera techniques bee the film contains absolutely no link:| magical world of common sense, movie where characters wear min and walk through graveyards in the] die of a zombie invasion; itcomesi surprise that the same characters v not just attempt to use a ce\\ \)hoi call in some help from family memk Washington, D.C. or New York. 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