Resident Evil: Apocalypse is a 2004 science fiction action horror film filmed in Toronto, Canada, directed by Alexander Witt and written by Paul W. S. Anderson. It is the second installment in the Resident Evil film series, which is based on the video game series of the same name. Milla Jovovich (pictured) reprises her role as Alice, and is joined by Sienna Guillory as Jill Valentine and Oded Fehr as Carlos Oliveira. Resident Evil: Apocalypse is set directly after the events of the first film, where Alice escaped from an underground facility overrun by zombies. She now bands together with other survivors to escape the zombie outbreak which has spread to the fictional Raccoon City. The film borrows elements from several games in the Resident Evil series, including the characters Valentine and Oliveira and the villain Nemesis. While it received mostly negative reviews from critics for its plot, the film was praised for its action sequences. Of the six films in the series, it has the lowest approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Earning $129 million worldwide on a $45 million budget, it surpassed the box office gross of the original film.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1865:
American Civil War: The last battle of the Carolinas Campaign, the Battle of Bentonville, began, which contributed to the ultimate Union victory in the war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bentonville
1915:
Pluto was photographed for the first time, 15 years before it was officially discovered by Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto
1979:
The American cable television network C-SPAN, dedicated to airing non-stop coverage of government proceedings and public affairs programming, was launched. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-SPAN
1987:
American televangelist Jim Bakker resigned as the head of The PTL Club in the midst of a sex scandal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bakker
2008:
The gamma-ray burst GRB 080319B (artist's impression pictured), the farthest object that could be seen by the naked eye, was observed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRB_080319B
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pingo: 1. (geomorphology) A conical mound of earth with an ice core caused by permafrost uplift, particularly if lasting more than a year. […] 2. (Sri Lanka, dated) A flexible pole supported on one shoulder, with a load suspended from each end; a carrying pole or carrying yoke. 3. (Sri Lanka, dated) A weight equivalent to that which can be carried using a pingo. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pingo
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
In war, science has proven itself an evil genius; it has made war more terrible than it ever was before. Man used to be content to slaughter his fellowmen on a single plane — the earth's surface. Science has taught him to go down into the water and shoot up from below and to go up into the clouds and shoot down from above, thus making the battlefield three times a bloody as it was before; but science does not teach brotherly love. Science has made war so hellish that civilization was about to commit suicide; and now we are told that newly discovered instruments of destruction will make the cruelties of the late war seem trivial in comparison with the cruelties of wars that may come in the future. --William Jennings Bryan https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Jennings_Bryan