Official Synopsis Released For The Newly Titled ‘Re5ident Evil: Retribution’

Screen Gems has unveiled the official synopsis for the next installment in the game-to-film franchise Resident Evil, they’ve also tweaked the films title to remind us that it’s the fifth flick in the series, ‘Re5ident Evil: Retribution,’ clever ey? In the film Milla Jovovich returns as Alice, whilst new additions to the series include Bingbing Li as Ada Wong, Johann Urb as Leon Kennedy and Kevin Durand as Barry Burton. Michelle Rodriguez, Sienna Guillory, Shawn Roberts, and Oded Fehr all return from previous films. ‘Re5ident Evil: Retribution’ opens in 3D on September 14th, 2012.

The wildly successful film franchise adaptation that has grossed nearly $700 million worldwide to the popular video game series, Resident Evil, returns in its highly anticipated fifth installment, RE5IDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION in state-of-the art 3D.

The Umbrella Corporation’s deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of the flesh eating Undead. The human race’s last and only hope, ALICE (Milla Jovovich), awakens in the heart of Umbrella’s most clandestine operations facility and unveils more of her mysterious past as she delves further into the complex. Without a safe haven, Alice continues to hunt those responsible for the outbreak; a chase that takes her from Tokyo to New York, Washington, D.C. and Moscow, culminating in a mind-blowing revelation that will force her to rethink everything that she once thought to be true. Aided by newfound allies and familiar friends, Alice must fight to survive long enough to escape a hostile world on the brink of oblivion. The countdown has begun.