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Summary
When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain the outbreak.
Good for
- Friends night
- Party vibe
- Teens
Skip it if
- You want something to laugh at
- You scare easily
- You want something quiet and calm
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+29)
Critics 36Audiences 65GoodWatch 50
Tomatometer36%
Metascore35
User score6.9
Audience score67%
IMDb6.6
Letterboxd · 355 K ratings2.9/5
Box office
3.1×its budget
- Budget
- $33 M
- Worldwide
- $103 M
Worldwide it earned $70 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 40 min
A typical length for horror movies, +5 min on the typical 95
typical 95100Half of all horror movies run 88–103 min.
Reach
Streams in 84 countries, rent or buy in 15 more
+74Released
2002
March 15, 2002
24 years ago
Genres
HorrorActionScience FictionLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- Canada
France- Germany
United Kingdom
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesModerate
- Frightening scenesStrong
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightParty VibePublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensPure EscapismNot listed for kids or family movie night.
22 of 22
Milla JovovichAlice
Michelle RodriguezRain
Eric MabiusMatt
James PurefoySpence
Martin CrewesKaplan
Colin SalmonOne
Pasquale AleardiJ.D.
Heike MakatschLisa
Ryan McCluskeyMr. Grey
Oscar PearceMr. Red
Indra OvéMs. Black
Anna BoltDr. Green
Joseph MayDr. Blue
Robert TannionDr. Brown
Jaymes ButlerClarence
Stephen BillingtonMr. White
Fiona GlascottMs. Gold
Liz May BriceMedic
Torsten JerabekCommando 1- MLMarc Logan-BlackCommando 2
Michaela DickerRed Queen
Jason IsaacsDr. William Birkin (uncredited)
Directing · 6
- Paul W. S. Anderson Director, Writer, Producer
- Paul Goldsmith Third Assistant Director
- Bharat Nalluri Second Unit Director
- Simon Emanuel Second Assistant Director
- Jan Sebastian Ballhaus First Assistant Director
- Caroline Sax Script Supervisor
Writing · 1
- Shinji Mikami Original Story
Production · 33
- Victor Hadida Executive Producer
- Yoshiki Okamoto Executive Producer
- Robert Kulzer Executive Producer
- Daniel S. Kletzky Executive Producer
- Bernd Eichinger Producer
- Jeremy Bolt Producer
Camera · 8
- David Johnson Director of Photography, Camera Operator
- Jörg Widmer Steadicam Operator
- Glenn König Grip
- Christian Almesberger Focus Puller
- Rolf Konow Still Photographer
- Stefan Grandinetti Clapper Loader
Editing · 6
- Alexander Berner Editor
- Andreas Lautil Color Timer
- Franziska Schmidt-Kärner First Assistant Editor
- Sandra Stier Negative Cutter
- Renate Siegl Negative Cutter
- Patricia Ferbeck Negative Cutter
Sound · 19
- Marilyn Manson Original Music Composer
- Marco Beltrami Original Music Composer
- Marco Raab Sound Designer
- Stefan Busch Supervising Sound Editor
- Norbert Zich Dolby Consultant
- Liz Gallacher Music Supervisor
Art · 16
- Richard Bridgland Production Design, Costume Design
- Ravi Bansal Production Illustrator
- Jörg Baumgarten Art Direction
- Tony Reading Supervising Art Director
- Marion Gerhardt Location Scout
- Ingeborg Heinemann Art Department Coordinator
Costume & Make-Up · 15
- Jemma Scott-Knox-Gore Contact Lens Technician
- Barrie Gower Prosthetics
- Hasso von Hugo Key Makeup Artist
- Duncan Jarman Prosthetics
- Christina Smith Makeup Artist
- Sparka Lee Hall Costume Assistant
Visual Effects · 17
- Gerd Nefzer Special Effects Supervisor, Special Effects Coordinator
- Matt Kasmir Compositing Artist
- Richard Yuricich Visual Effects Producer
- James Furlong Animation
- Vlad Holst Animation
- Simon Payne Animation
Lighting · 5
- Edgar Auell Gaffer
- Thomas Heyn Standby Rigger
- Udo Kowalczyk Best Boy Electric
- David Reppen Electrician
- Rainer Winkler Assistant Electrician
Other crew · 30
- Volkhart Buff Stunt Coordinator
- Tom Holkenborg Additional Music
- Ernestine Kahn Dialogue Coach
- Christine Jahn Post Production Supervisor
- Katja Jerabek Stunts
- Babette Schimanek Stunts
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