My one complaint was that the characters were too battle-trained, too slick, too good at fighting for them to be sympathetic horror subjects. The plot was no more comic bookish than any of the games. The acting was above par for a Resident Evil, certainly much better than the first game.
It did an excellent job establishing characters without too much unnecessary background, developing them just enough to make you want to know what they'll do next, to make you care before the sudden and gruesome happens to them. With this film you have a good, watchable story that can partake of the Resident Evil cosmology, showing it due respect. Not giving the fan-boys their favorite characters was a good choice since characters tend to get mangled in adaptation, and yet the fan-boys still complain. No story is retold here, no words are wasted, the setting, feel and pace is familiar to fans of Resident Evil and yet it's perfectly accessible to those unfamiliar with the broader storyline.
This movie successfully recreated the feel of the game, and because it kept exposition to a minimum of what you needed to know for this particular story and didn't borrow from or revise any of the original characters or settings, it supported and strengthened the franchise. Why all the hostility? I think there was great chemistry on this production and it shows the actors and crew involved loved the game and had a good time making this. I had to sift long and deep for a good comment on this.
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