****1/2 Even though no ones brain got eaten, this is the best zombie genre flick in several years. Special effects are pretty good and you see one zombie who's brain *had* been eaten, but no actual brain *eating*.
Milla Jovovich plays the lead and is actually pretty good. Michelle Rodriguez plays a clone of Aliens Vasquez and although she is bitten a few times, her brain does not get eaten. The movie takes place in a top secret underground laborotory called The Hive where the Umbrella Corporation does illegal research on viruses that create zombies who do not eat brains. The male characters are mostly forgetable with the exception of the military squad leader who, in a really neat special effect scene, gets his brain sliced by lazers which are then left uneaten. There are plenty of good schlocky scenes designed to scare dates who dont know you too well, but no over the top gore designed to make her vomit in your lap or the lady in front of you's beehive hairdo. A definate see on video or if you just like zombie movies, even if no ones brain gets eaten. xponent Cranial Integrity Assured Maru rob
