Though none of the three previous films in the series dominated at the box office, they all turned a profit — each was more lucrative than the last, in fact — which helps explain why Anderson, after a two-film hiatus from directing his own scripts (and after slumming it on Alien V. Predator and Death Race), has retaken the reigns of his franchise for this lavish 3D affair.
Resident Evil: Afterlife (Paul W.S. Anderson, 2010) While disappointing compared to director Anderson's previous picture - the borderline transcendent vision of colliding metal and flesh that was Death Race - Resident Evil: Afterlife nevertheless reveals itself as something of an heir to the anti-masterpiecedom of Plan 9 From Outer Space, Ed Wood's 1950s invasion saga being routinely named the worst movie ever made.
Paul W.S. Anderson must have learned something remaking the Roger Corman-produced 1975 cult classic Death Race 2000 as 2008’s Death Race.
For the fourth entry, "Resident Evil: Afterlife" hops on the tedious 3-D bandwagon and picks up the original's writer-director, Paul W.S. Anderson (2008's " Death Race "), along the way.