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The root of all evil The 'Resident Evil' franchise is the perfect mix of action and horror Halloween may be well over a month away, but the time to get scared is right now. The fall movie calendar is so crowded with frightful visions that the spooky season now begins at summer's end, when people are still thinking about their final beach activity rather than "Paranormal Activity." "Just like the summer blockbuster season is stretching into April, the horror season is being pushed ever closer to summer," said Mark Tonderai, director of upcoming horror film "House at the End of the Street." "It's normally a hard sell to ask your friends to go see a horror film. But at this time of year, people are open to watching scary things on the big screen," said Sean Decker, correspondent for the fan website Dreadcentral.com. That's why this is the perfect time to release "Resident Evil: Retribution," a film that mixes summer action with Halloween horror. The film will be hitting the big screen in Taiwan on Sept. 12. For those unfamiliar with the "Resident Evil" franchise, this is the fifth film to be released based on the popular horror video games. The first "Resident Evil" video game was released in 1996 and was a huge success. In this game, players were forced to navigate a large house filled with a range of terrifying creatures. Like the zombie movies that inspired it, the objective was simple: escape alive. "Resident Evil" was turned into a movie in 2002 and like the video games before it, the movie proved very popular and spawned lots of sequels. Indeed, the previous four films in the franchise have earned a combined total of more than US$675 million (approximately NT$20.2 billion) worldwide, and they have only been growing more popular. The fourth film "Resident Evil: Afterlife" earned over US$236 million (approximately NT$7 billion) alone. Just like the video games, the "Resident Evil" movies combine two simple elements: lots of monsters and tense scenes. But the movies have one extra thing going for them: a butt-kicking female action star, played by actress Milla Jovovich. The "Resident Evil" franchise is a huge part of Jovovich's life. When the first film was made, she was a big up-and-coming star, having appeared in "Joan of Arc" and "The Fifth Element." In fact, the star revealed that she was unsure about accepting the role in the first "Resident Evil" movie. She only agreed to take the part after her little brother, who loved the "Resident Evil 3" video game, begged her to accept the role. Little did she know how much it would change her life.
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