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* AbortedArc: The end of the last movie had Alice being rescued from an Umbrella Corporation facility by her friends -- only for the twist that Umbrella had ''let'' her escape, and were actually controlling her as a sleeper agent. None of this comes up in the sequel.
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Meanwhile, a convoy of survivors led by Carlos Oliveria (Creator/OdedFehr), LJ Wade (Mike Epps), and [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 Claire Redfield]] (Creator/AliLarter) struggle to stay alive in the zombie-infested wastelands. Alice joining the group and the news of Arcadia come as a spotlight through the darkness, but with only meager gas and canned food and vehicles with ''Mad Max''-style makeshift armor, the survivors are left wondering how to reach the safe haven.

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Meanwhile, a convoy of survivors led by Carlos Oliveria (Creator/OdedFehr), LJ Wade Lloyd Jefferson "L.J." Wayne (Mike Epps), and [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 Claire Redfield]] (Creator/AliLarter) struggle to stay alive in the zombie-infested wastelands. Alice joining the group and the news of Arcadia come as a spotlight through the darkness, but with only meager gas and canned food and vehicles with ''Mad Max''-style makeshift armor, the survivors are left wondering how to reach the safe haven.

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* AfterTheEnd: In ''Extinction'', the T-Virus has contaminated and destroyed nearly all life on Earth.

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* AdaptationalLocationChange: Not in the film proper, but [=DeCandido's=] novelization mentions that Raccoon City is (or rather, was) situated on an island near California, whereas all the subsequent film and game installments instead placed it in the mainland United States.
* AfterTheEnd: In ''Extinction'', the The T-Virus has contaminated and destroyed nearly all life on Earth.Earth since the last film.



** The T-Virus pandemic is given much more attention, complete with early stages of the outbreak, as well as Jill, Carlos, Alice, and L.J having to survive before and after the outbreak.
** The fate of Angela Ashford, last seen at the end of ''Apocalypse'', is also revealed: [[spoiler:Dr. Isaacs uses Umbrella's cybernetic control over Alice to force her into bringing Angela to him. He reveals that Angela's blood is of no use to him--her T-Virus strain is different from the one ravaging the world--and orders Alice to kill Angela. Alice puts a bullet through Angela's head.]]

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** The T-Virus pandemic is given much more attention, complete with early stages of the outbreak, as well as Jill, Carlos, Alice, and L.J having to survive before and after the outbreak.
outbreak, as well as explores the Detroit raid which led to Alice splitting up from the group.
** At some point during the pandemic, Carlos and L.J. formed up a "strike team" consisting of surviving police and military personnel in an attempt to fight off the undead and save as many people as possible. It ended poorly, with only Carlos and L.J. themselves making it out alive.
** The fate of Angela Ashford, last seen at the end of ''Apocalypse'', is also revealed: [[spoiler:Dr. Isaacs uses Umbrella's cybernetic control over Alice to force her into bringing Angela to him. He reveals that Angela's blood is of no use to him--her T-Virus strain is different from the one ravaging the world--and world--[[WouldHurtAChild and orders Alice to kill Angela. Angela]]. Alice puts a bullet through Angela's head.head and promptly snaps out of Umbrella's control.]]



* AssholeVictim: No one sheds a tear when Alice gets the rednecks torn apart by their own zombie dogs.

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* AssholeVictim: No one sheds a tear when Alice breaks one rednecks's neck with her legs and later gets the rednecks rest torn apart by their own zombie dogs.



* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:Dr. Isaacs]] spends all his time killing Alice clones and experimenting with the anti-virus. In the end, he gets killed by Alice clones and the anti-virus.

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* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:Dr. Isaacs]] Isaacs spends all his time killing Alice clones and experimenting with the anti-virus. In the end, he gets killed by Alice clones and the anti-virus.]]



* DwindlingParty: This slowly happens to the survivors; the novelization goes even further with that and estimates that Claire's group once had ''sixty'' survivors, which dropped down to thirty.

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* DwindlingParty: This slowly happens to the survivors; the novelization goes even further with that and estimates that Claire's group once had ''sixty'' survivors, which dropped down to thirty.thirty and then further.



* {{Hologram}}: This is how the heads of Umbrella meet. Alice uses it at the end of the third movie as well.

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* {{Hologram}}: This is how the heads of Umbrella meet. Alice uses it at the end of the third movie as well.



* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: The T-Virus, a virus that turns humans and animals into zombies, can now somehow also cause a severe enough global drought to destroy the flora and dry rivers and lakes in just some years. The consequences of this barely even continues on in subsequent films.

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* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: The T-Virus, a virus that turns humans and animals into zombies, can now somehow also cause a severe enough global drought to destroy the flora and dry rivers and lakes in just some years. The consequences of this barely even continues continue on in subsequent films.



* RagnarokProofing: Not perfect, but the film does show what a years worth of post-apocalypse decay can do. For example, parts of Las Vegas are engulfed with sand due to frequent sandstorms in Nevada.


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* ShownTheirWork: Not perfect, but the film does show what a years worth of post-apocalypse decay can do. For example, parts of Las Vegas are engulfed with sand due to frequent sandstorms in Nevada.
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* CloningBlues: [[spoiler:Guess what, Alice? You just got a whole army of... yourself.]] Oddly enough, [[spoiler:one of them wakes up just in time to save the real Alice from the laser trap.]]
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* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: The T-Virus, a virus that turns humans and animals into zombies, can now somehow also cause a severe enough global drought to destroy the flora and dry rivers and lakes in just some years. The consequences of this continues on in subsequent films.

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* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: The T-Virus, a virus that turns humans and animals into zombies, can now somehow also cause a severe enough global drought to destroy the flora and dry rivers and lakes in just some years. The consequences of this barely even continues on in subsequent films.
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''Resident Evil: Extinction'' is the third installment in the live-action ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' film franchise. It is directed by Russell Mulcahy and written by Creator/PaulWSAnderson. It takes place a few years [[Film/ResidentEvilApocalypse after the events at Raccoon City]]. The world has become a desolate wasteland after the global spread of the T-Virus, and Alice (Creator/MillaJovovich) has become a recluse due to fears concerning psychic abilities created by her own T-Virus infection. During her seclusion, she intercepts a transmission that mentions Arcadia, a place in Alaska alleged to have no trace of the T-Virus.

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''Resident Evil: Extinction'' is the third installment in the live-action ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' film franchise.''Film/ResidentEvilFilmSeries''. It is directed by Russell Mulcahy and written by Creator/PaulWSAnderson. It takes place a few years [[Film/ResidentEvilApocalypse after the events at Raccoon City]]. The world has become a desolate wasteland after the global spread of the T-Virus, and Alice (Creator/MillaJovovich) has become a recluse due to fears concerning psychic abilities created by her own T-Virus infection. During her seclusion, she intercepts a transmission that mentions Arcadia, a place in Alaska alleged to have no trace of the T-Virus.

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''Resident Evil: Extinction'' is the third installment in the live-action ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' film franchise. It is directed by Creator/RussellMulcahy and written by Creator/PaulWSAnderson. It takes place a few years [[Film/ResidentEvilApocalypse after the events at Raccoon City]]. The world has become a desolate wasteland after the global spread of the T-Virus, and Alice (Creator/MillaJovovich) has become a recluse due to fears concerning psychic abilities created by her own T-Virus infection. During her seclusion, she intercepts a transmission that mentions Arcadia, a place in Alaska alleged to have no trace of the T-Virus.

Meanwhile, a convoy of survivors led by Carlos Oliveria (Creator/OdedFehr), LJ Wade (Creator/MikeEpps), and [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 Claire Redfield]] (Creator/AliLarter) struggle to stay alive in the zombie-infested wastelands. Alice joining the group and the news of Arcadia come as a spotlight through the darkness, but with only meager gas and canned food and vehicles with ''Mad Max''-style makeshift armor, the survivors are left wondering how to reach the safe haven.

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''Resident Evil: Extinction'' is the third installment in the live-action ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' film franchise. It is directed by Creator/RussellMulcahy Russell Mulcahy and written by Creator/PaulWSAnderson. It takes place a few years [[Film/ResidentEvilApocalypse after the events at Raccoon City]]. The world has become a desolate wasteland after the global spread of the T-Virus, and Alice (Creator/MillaJovovich) has become a recluse due to fears concerning psychic abilities created by her own T-Virus infection. During her seclusion, she intercepts a transmission that mentions Arcadia, a place in Alaska alleged to have no trace of the T-Virus.

Meanwhile, a convoy of survivors led by Carlos Oliveria (Creator/OdedFehr), LJ Wade (Creator/MikeEpps), (Mike Epps), and [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 Claire Redfield]] (Creator/AliLarter) struggle to stay alive in the zombie-infested wastelands. Alice joining the group and the news of Arcadia come as a spotlight through the darkness, but with only meager gas and canned food and vehicles with ''Mad Max''-style makeshift armor, the survivors are left wondering how to reach the safe haven.



The film also stars Ashanti as Nurse Betty, Creator/ChristopherEgan as Mikey, Creator/SpencerLocke as K-Mart and Creator/JasonOMara as Albert Wesker.

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The film also stars Ashanti as Nurse Betty, Creator/ChristopherEgan Christopher Egan as Mikey, Creator/SpencerLocke as K-Mart and Creator/JasonOMara as Albert Wesker.
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Meanwhile, a convoy of survivors led by Carlos Oliveria (Creator/OdedFehr), LJ Wade (Creator/MikeEpps), and [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 Claire Redfield]] (Creator/AliLanter) struggle to stay alive in the zombie-infested wastelands. Alice joining the group and the news of Arcadia come as a spotlight through the darkness, but with only meager gas and canned food and vehicles with ''Mad Max''-style makeshift armor, the survivors are left wondering how to reach the safe haven.

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Meanwhile, a convoy of survivors led by Carlos Oliveria (Creator/OdedFehr), LJ Wade (Creator/MikeEpps), and [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 Claire Redfield]] (Creator/AliLanter) (Creator/AliLarter) struggle to stay alive in the zombie-infested wastelands. Alice joining the group and the news of Arcadia come as a spotlight through the darkness, but with only meager gas and canned food and vehicles with ''Mad Max''-style makeshift armor, the survivors are left wondering how to reach the safe haven.

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''Resident Evil: Extinction'' is the third installment in the live-action ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' film franchise. It takes place a few years [[Film/ResidentEvilApocalypse after the events at Raccoon City]]. The world has become a desolate wasteland after the global spread of the T-Virus, and Alice has become a recluse due to fears concerning psychic abilities created by her own T-Virus infection. During her seclusion, she intercepts a transmission that mentions Arcadia, a place in Alaska alleged to have no trace of the T-Virus.

Meanwhile, a convoy of survivors led by Carlos, LJ, and [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 Claire Redfield]] struggle to stay alive in the zombie-infested wastelands. Alice joining the group and the news of Arcadia come as a spotlight through the darkness, but with only meager gas and canned food and vehicles with ''Mad Max''-style makeshift armor, the survivors are left wondering how to reach the safe haven.

While Alice and her crew work to figure out a way to Arcadia, Umbrella scientists in an underground laboratory begin running experiments on domesticating zombies. One of them, Dr. Isaacs, needs Alice's blood to concoct a new strain of the T-Virus--and it just so happens that Alice is in the "neighborhood"...

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''Resident Evil: Extinction'' is the third installment in the live-action ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' film franchise. It is directed by Creator/RussellMulcahy and written by Creator/PaulWSAnderson. It takes place a few years [[Film/ResidentEvilApocalypse after the events at Raccoon City]]. The world has become a desolate wasteland after the global spread of the T-Virus, and Alice (Creator/MillaJovovich) has become a recluse due to fears concerning psychic abilities created by her own T-Virus infection. During her seclusion, she intercepts a transmission that mentions Arcadia, a place in Alaska alleged to have no trace of the T-Virus.

Meanwhile, a convoy of survivors led by Carlos, LJ, Carlos Oliveria (Creator/OdedFehr), LJ Wade (Creator/MikeEpps), and [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 Claire Redfield]] (Creator/AliLanter) struggle to stay alive in the zombie-infested wastelands. Alice joining the group and the news of Arcadia come as a spotlight through the darkness, but with only meager gas and canned food and vehicles with ''Mad Max''-style makeshift armor, the survivors are left wondering how to reach the safe haven.

While Alice and her crew work to figure out a way to Arcadia, Umbrella scientists in an underground laboratory begin running experiments on domesticating zombies. One of them, Dr. Isaacs, Alexander Isaacs (Creator/IainGlen), needs Alice's blood to concoct a new strain of the T-Virus--and it just so happens that Alice is in the "neighborhood"...
"neighborhood"...

The film also stars Ashanti as Nurse Betty, Creator/ChristopherEgan as Mikey, Creator/SpencerLocke as K-Mart and Creator/JasonOMara as Albert Wesker.
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* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The Japanese version of ''Extinction'' uses [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFT6Kn-NpVg "Last Angel"]] by Koda Kumi as the theme song.

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* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The Japanese version of ''Extinction'' uses [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFT6Kn-NpVg "Last Angel"]] by Koda Kumi Music/KodaKumi as the theme song.
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Meanwhile, a convoy of survivors led by Carlos, LJ, and [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 Claire Redfield]] struggle to stay alive in the zombie-infested wastelands. Alice joining the group and the news of Arcadia come as a spotlight through the darkness, but with only meager gas and canned food and vehicles with Mad Max-style makeshift armor, the survivors are left wondering how to reach the safe haven.

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Meanwhile, a convoy of survivors led by Carlos, LJ, and [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 Claire Redfield]] struggle to stay alive in the zombie-infested wastelands. Alice joining the group and the news of Arcadia come as a spotlight through the darkness, but with only meager gas and canned food and vehicles with Mad Max-style ''Mad Max''-style makeshift armor, the survivors are left wondering how to reach the safe haven.
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Meanwhile, a group of survivors led by Carlos, LJ, and [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 Claire Redfield]] struggle to stay alive in the zombie-infested wastelands. Alice joining the group and the news of Arcadia come as a spotlight through the darkness, but with only meager supplies and makeshift vehicles, the survivors are left wondering how to reach the safe haven.

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Meanwhile, a group convoy of survivors led by Carlos, LJ, and [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 Claire Redfield]] struggle to stay alive in the zombie-infested wastelands. Alice joining the group and the news of Arcadia come as a spotlight through the darkness, but with only meager supplies gas and canned food and vehicles with Mad Max-style makeshift vehicles, armor, the survivors are left wondering how to reach the safe haven.

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: In a truly bizarre iteration of this, Dr. Isaacs becomes bent on capturing Alice in order to use her DNA for his zombie experiments despite the fact that, by all reasonable logic, he should already have her DNA if he can create clones of her (who display the same physical training as her, proving they also carry all her epigenetical baggage).
** Dr. Isaacs does mention that he has been using cloned "models" in that he can somehow recreate Alice's DNA, but it's not as "pure" as the "original" they are based on.

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: In a truly bizarre iteration of this, Dr. Isaacs becomes bent on capturing Alice in order to use her DNA for his zombie experiments despite the fact that, by all reasonable logic, he should already have her DNA if he can create perfect clones of her (who somehow even display the same physical training as her, proving they also carry all her epigenetical baggage).
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her). Isaacs does mention that he has been using cloned "models" in that he can somehow recreate Alice's DNA, but only it's not as "pure" as the "original" original they are based on.on, but this explanation [[VoodooShark doesn't do much better]].
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** Dr. Isaacs does mention that he has been using cloned "models" in that he can somehow recreate Alice's DNA, but it's not as "pure" as the "original" they are based on.
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* MythologyGag: The book containing transmissions to and from Alaska is likely a reference to the many files players need to find in order to complete the games.
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* BadassLongcoat: Alice rocks a particular awesome one throughout the film.

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* BadassLongcoat: Alice rocks a particular particularly awesome one throughout the film.

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* AllThereInTheManual: [=DeCandido's=] novelization of ''Extinction'' clears a lot of things regarding plot poins.
** The T-Virus pandemic is given much more attention, complete with early stages of the outbreak, as well as Jill, Carlos, Alice and L.J having to survive before and after the outbreak.

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* AllThereInTheManual: Keith R.A. [=DeCandido's=] novelization of ''Extinction'' clears a lot of things regarding plot poins.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The fate of Angela Ashford, last seen at the end of ''Apocalypse'', is revealed in the novelization of ''Extinction'': [[spoiler:Dr. Isaacs uses Umbrella's cybernetic control over Alice to force her into bringing Angela to him. He reveals that Angela's blood is of no use to him--her T-Virus strain is different from the one ravaging the world--and orders Alice to kill Angela. Alice puts a bullet through Angela's head.]]

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* AllThereInTheManual: [=DeCandido's=] novelization of ''Extinction'' clears a lot of things regarding plot poins.
** The T-Virus pandemic is given much more attention, complete with early stages of the outbreak, as well as Jill, Carlos, Alice and L.J having to survive before and after the outbreak.
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The fate of Angela Ashford, last seen at the end of ''Apocalypse'', is revealed in the novelization of ''Extinction'': also revealed: [[spoiler:Dr. Isaacs uses Umbrella's cybernetic control over Alice to force her into bringing Angela to him. He reveals that Angela's blood is of no use to him--her T-Virus strain is different from the one ravaging the world--and orders Alice to kill Angela. Alice puts a bullet through Angela's head.]]



* ApocalypseHow: Class 5, in progress.

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* ApocalypseHow: Class 5, 3, in progress.



* BigBad: [[MadScientist Dr. Isaacs]].

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* BigBad: [[MadScientist Dr. Isaacs]].Isaacs]] serves as the primary antagonist of this film after having a minor role in ''Apocalypse''.



* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler:Betty is first female survivor to die, while LJ is the first male survivor to die.]]



* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In contrast to her having a HeroicBSOD in the movie, the novelization has Alice being ordered around whenever she is mind controlled by Umbrella, including [[spoiler:killing Angie and her caretaker]].



* DwindlingParty: This slowly happens to the survivors.

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* DwindlingParty: This slowly happens to the survivors.survivors; the novelization goes even further with that and estimates that Claire's group once had ''sixty'' survivors, which dropped down to thirty.



* RagnarokProofing: Not perfect, but the film does show what a years worth of post-apocalypse decay can do.

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* RagnarokProofing: Not perfect, but the film does show what a years worth of post-apocalypse decay can do. For example, parts of Las Vegas are engulfed with sand due to frequent sandstorms in Nevada.



* ZombieApocalypse: The film takes place during one.
* ZombieGait: Averted, subverted, inverted, played straight, played for laughs and everywhere inbetween.

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* ZombieApocalypse: The film takes place five years after the first film right during one.
* ZombieGait: Averted, subverted, inverted, played straight, played for laughs and everywhere inbetween.
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* BigBad: [[MadScientist Dr. Isaacs]].
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: In a truly bizarre iteration of this, Dr. Isaacs becomes bent on capturing Alice in order to use her DNA for his zombie experiments despite the fact that, by all reasonable logic, he should already have her DNA if he can create clones of her (who display the same physical training as her, proving they also carry all her epigenetical baggage).

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