Having never played the video game, I bought this movie only because of the star, the ever beautiful Milla Jovovich.  I've really enjoyed a lot of her past films.  That said, this movie floored me.  I've seen several, video game to big screen adaptations in the past, most of which were horrible.  This is not the case.  Resident Evil is an absolutely great movie that has some great acting on everybody's parts.  I'f you've not taken the time to watch this movie, correct that.