Resident Evil: Afterlife 4K Blu-ray Movie

Resident Evil: Afterlife 4K (2010)

While still out to destroy the evil Umbrella Corporation, Alice joins a group of survivors who want to relocate to the mysterious but supposedly unharmed safe haven known only as Arcadia.

Starring: Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Kim Coates, Shawn Roberts (II), Sergio Peris-Mencheta
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson

Action	Uncertain
Sci-Fi	Uncertain
Thriller	Uncertain
Horror	Uncertain

Video
Video codec: HEVC / H.265
Video resolution: 4K (2160p)
Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Audio
English: Dolby Atmos
English: Dolby TrueHD 7.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
Catalan: Dolby Digital 5.1
Czech: Dolby Digital 5.1
French: Dolby Digital 5.1
Hungarian: Dolby Digital 5.1
Italian: Dolby Digital 5.1
Polish: Dolby Digital 5.1
Portuguese: Dolby Digital 5.1
Russian: Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
Japanese: Dolby Digital 5.1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Polish VO, Spanish Castilian and Latin American
Subtitles
English, English SDH, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Korean, Lithuanian, Mandarin (Simplified), Mandarin (Traditional), Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish
Discs
Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (2 BDs)
Digital copy
4K Ultra HD
Playback
Region A (B, C untested)

Rating summary

Movie		3.0
Video		4.5
Audio		5.0
Extras		4.0
Overall		4.0

Resident Evil: Afterlife 4K Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Martin Liebman November 22, 2020

This UHD version of Resident Evil: Afterlife differs slightly from Sony's 2017 release. It adds a new featurette and trailers and includes a new menu layout to match the other films in the UHD collection box. The bundled Blu-ray is identical to the 2017 issue. There may be very minor variations to the UHD's video and audio presentations but any alterations are subtle and do not impact the viewing experience one way or the other.

Alice (Milla Jovovich) is back in action and still working on taking down the Umbrella Corporation, the outfit responsible for unleashing the deadly T-Virus, a viral weapon that has turned most of the world's population into zombies. Alice's latest venture takes her to Japan where she hopes to eliminate an Umbrella bigwig named Albert Wesker (Shawn Roberts). Wesker gets the best of Alice, however, and injects her with a special concoction that eliminates her supernatural powers and effectively limits her ability to wage war on Umbrella. Alice barely escapes with her life, and months later a now-superpower-less Alice has taken to searching for an almost mythical human stronghold known as Arcadia, presumed to be a small Alaskan town where the virus is said not to exist and where man is not plagued by hordes of hungry zombies. Alice reaches Arcadia only to find it deserted, save for a confused and potentially hostile Claire Redfield (Ali Larter), who had previously fought alongside Alice in the Mojave desert. The two return to the smoldering remains of Los Angeles where they team up with a band of survivors trapped in an otherwise deserted prison that's surrounded by countless zombies. Amongst the living is former basketball star Luther West (Boris Kodjoe) and Claire's long-lost brother Chris (Wentworth Miller) who the survivors deem a threat and keep locked away in the lower recesses of the prison. With no way out and no hope of rescue, the survivors must band together, learn the real secret behind the supposed safe zone of Arcadia, and, of course, do a bit of zombie killin' if they're to make it out alive.

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Resident Evil: Afterlife 4K Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality

The included screenshots are sourced from a 1080p Blu-ray disc.

This UHD found in the Resident Evil box set appears to be nearly the same, if not identical, as that previously released in 2017. Slight discrepancies in bitrate data exist, so it's possible there has been a very slight tweaking one way other. There are certainly no major alterations and if there are any differences, they make no significant impact on the viewing experience. Please click here for a full review.

Resident Evil: Afterlife 4K Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality

Like the video output there are slight discrepancies in audio bitrate but one would be hard-pressed to notice any differences, if there are any. As through the entire Resident Evil UHD experience, the audio is thunderous yet refined, a pleasure to experience. Please click here for a full review.

Resident Evil: Afterlife 4K Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras

Resident Evil: Afterlife's UHD disc includes a new featurette and trailers. The bundled Blu-ray is identical to the 2017 issue and contains the extras outlined below. Please click here for full coverage.

UHD:

Program Alice: Activated (1080p, 22:39): A look through the franchise's high points, its areas of success, and Anderson's love for the video games and how the games and films compliment one another. It follows to offer in-depth recaps of the films leading up to Afterlife, which is also explored in some detail.

Trailers (1080p): Included are Teaser Trailer (2:03) and Theatrical Trailer (2:09).

Blu-ray:

Undead Vision: Picture-in-Picture

Audio Commentary: Writer/Director Paul W.S. Anderson and Producers Jeremy Bolt and Robert Kulzer.

Deleted & Extended Scenes

Outtakes

Back Under the Umbrella: Directing Afterlife

Band of Survivors: Casting 'Afterlife'

Undead Dimension: Resident Evil in 3D

Fighting Back: The Action of Afterlife

Vison of the Apocalypse: The Design of Afterlife

New Blood: The Undead of Afterlife

Pwning the Undead: Gamers of the Afterlife

Sneak Peek of Resident Evil: Damnation

Previews

BD-Live.

MovieIQ.

Resident Evil: Afterlife 4K Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation

Like many of the Resident Evil films, Afterlife is no cinema classic but it gets the job done as a meat-and-potatoes run-and-gunner. Sony's UHD, which is essentially identical to the 2017 issue, does include a new 22-minute featurette. Recommended.