History Film / ResidentEvilRetribution

* ComfortingComforter: After the final showdown with Jill and Bad!Rain, Leon takes off his winter coat and wraps Ada in it. Justified, since Ada was dressed in nothing but her red {{qipao}} and unconscious in the middle of Russia.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Chris and Claire.

* ShoutOut: There is a view of three air vents in the snow through a viewfinder that may remind some people of ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.

** [[Film/ResidentEvil Rain Ocampo, James "One" Shade]], and [[Film/ResidentEvilApocalypse Carlos]] [[Film/ResidentEvilExtinction Olivera]] all return for this film, [[spoiler:[[CloningBlues thanks to Umbrella cloning their bodies]]. Rain and Carlos]] actually come back ''twice'': Once as hapless civilians in one of Umbrella's simulations, and once as hardened military killers working for Umbrella. [[spoiler:The "VasquezAlwaysDies" trope being what it is, none of these clones make it out alive.]]

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The theme song for the Japanese release, titled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUl4k9u_QIQ "Ashita Sekai ga Owaru Nara",]] is provided by Mika Nakashima, who plays the famous J-Pop Girl zombie in the series.

* BackToBackBadasses: Alice and Ada go against two Executioners, then fight against an Umbrella {{mook}} strike team soon after.
* BadassLongcoat: This is worn by both the regular Umbrella {{Mooks}} (also GasMaskLongcoat) and the Las Plagas Undead.

* XRayOfPain: Used during the final battle with Bad Rain, first when she breaks Leon's arm, and then when she deals a sternum-cracking palm strike to both Luther and Alice that kills the former.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Jill's eyes flashing the Umbrella logo indicates that Umbrella's/Red Queen's controlling parameters are taking place.

* BigBad: [[AIIsACrapshoot The Red Queen]] [[UnexplainedRecovery returns]] as the primary antagonist of this film. A BrainwashedAndCrazy Jill Valentine serves as TheHeavy operating under her orders.

* BigBad: Jill is the primary antagonist of this film.

* ActuallyADoombot: In the novelization Alice learns that the Wesker who got blown up in ''Afterlife'' was actually a clone. This somehow ignores the parachute that could be seen after the VTOL has exploded.

* InfantImmortality: You gotta wonder why Becky wasn't killed by the Licker.

* AdaptationExpansion: The film's novelization rescues a few things from earlier versions of the script (flashbacks to the past lifes of Alice and her clones, how Luther ended up in Leon's resistance, a fight against an infected Rain clone instead of the Axe Men, and a slighty different plot where the Red Queen is absent and Jill and the clones follow an unknown party instead), expands others (like their battle against the mutated Rain, the clones's mindset and orders, and the resistance's travel in helicopter back to Washington DC, in which they have to battle more zombies) and adds a new, completely original subplot abut a girl clone named Dori and her allies trying to reach an island populated by pandemic survivors.

* ProductPlacement: Capcom showed a trailer for ''VideoGame/DmCDevilMayCry'' right before the film starts. Yes, even before the IMAX screenings. In the film proper, while probably not intentional placements, you can see advertisements for [=GameStop=], Budweiser, Rockstar Energy Drinks, Reebok shoes, and a few others.

** Jill gets in on this with Skorpion machine pistols during the ActionPrologue.

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The theme song for the Japanese release, titled [[http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/Mika-Nakashima---Ashita-Sekai-ga-Owaru-nara/6dbc77f28bb3629ef51c9d2ae75f2e76 "Ashita Sekai ga Owaru Nara",]] is provided by Mika Nakashima.

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: The fate of the Redfield sibligns and K-Mart from the previous installment is unknown, but according to WordOfGod, they either died or were captured in the battle at the beginning of this film. (Subverted with Claire Redfield, who was revealed to be alive and well in the next film.)

* TwistedAnkle: Mom!Alice limps out of a crashed car, chased by a horde of zombies that can now run faster than she can. Thanks to a convenient scene cut, she gets to shelter in time.

* FlashStep: Wesker shows this power when he darts out from his CoolChair and jabs Alice with a needle.

* RedShirt: The retrieval team is made up of Leon, Luther, Barry, and two guys who are not from either the games or previous films. Guess which members of the team die first?

* TooManyBelts: Alice's new suit is this in full. Good!Rain even thinks Alice is wearing a S&M outfit.

* TwistedAnkle: Mom!Alice limps out of a crashed car, chased by a horde of zombies that can now run faster than she can. Thanks to a convenient scene cut, she gets to shelter in time.

* FlashbackWithTheOtherDarrin: The flashbacks to the past four movies in the opening somehow include the Red Queen as she appears in this one. It's even the exact same clip.

* SameLanguageDub: All of Bingbing Li's dialogue is dubbed over by Sally Cahill, who voiced Ada in the video games, due to Li's heavy accent.

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: The fate of the Redfield sibligns and K-Mart from the previous installment is unknown, but according to WordOfGod, they either died or were captured in the battle at the beginning of this film.

* DullSurprise: Most of the characters lack emotion. Bad!Carlos and One are exceptions, due to the fact that they are clones.

** The Las Plagas undead ''can use weapons'', hinting that Dr. Isaacs' research in the third movie somehow worked.