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Picking up immediately after the events in Resident Evil: Retribution, humanity is on its last legs... As the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity's final stand against the undead hordes, Alice must return to where the nightmare began - Raccoon City, where the Umbrella Corporation is gathering its forces for a final strike against the only remaining survivors of the apocalypse.
Olivia Jackson, one of the stunt doubles on the forthcoming ‘Resident Evil’ movie, 'Resident Evil: The Final Chapter’, is to have her arm amputated after a motorbike stunt on-set went horribly wrong.
The 34-year-old South African-born stuntwoman, who also appeared in 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens’, spent two weeks in a medically-induced coma after she hit a metal camera arm while filming in South Africa in September.
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As well as 'Resident Evil’ and 'The Force Awakens’, she’s appeared in films like 'Guardians of the Galaxy’ and 'Mad Max: Fury Road’.
Me too. I'm a sucker for the genre and loved the series. Netflix would probably call it "Over the top b-action-movies with a strong female lead."dbt1949 wrote:I like them all to one extant or another. I am glad there will be a final installment tho.
Resident Care Evil?dbt1949 wrote:I like them all to one extant or another. I am glad there will be a final installment tho.
I wonder what Milla Jovovich is going to do for a living now..
One wonders why these reports are taking so long to come out.In more terrible news from ‘Resident Evil: The Final Chapter’, it’s reported that a crew-member died after being crushed in a horrific on-set accident.
According to South African website IOL, 34-year-old Ricardo Cornelius was badly injured when a US Army issue Hummer fell on top of him on the film’s set in Cape Town.
He died in hospital on December 3.
This is how I felt. I thought the first one was fun, although I didn't have any particular affection for (or experience with) the video game and thus nothing tying me to the movie.
The producers of the latest Resident Evil installment, The Final Chapter, are facing a graphic lawsuit from a stunt performer who suffered "horrific" injuries as the result of an on-set motorcycle crash.
Olivia Jackson, who performed stunts for Milla Jovovich's character Alice, says the September 2015 crash was the result of producers "elevating financial considerations over safety."
In the complaint, she says she was slated to shoot a fight scene and at the last minute she was asked to perform a "dangerous and technically complex motorcycle scene in adverse weather" that involved speeding toward the camera, which was supposed to be lifted by a crane before she reached it.
Jackson says the crane operator didn't lift it in time and she collided with the camera which resulted in it "slicing through the bone of her forearm and tearing the flesh off her cheek, leaving her teeth exposed." She also suffered other "catastrophic" injuries, her left arm had to be amputated and she was put into a medically-induced coma, according to the complaint.
She says producers had misled her into believing that their insurance would cover any injuries sustained during filming and resulting losses, but it only paid out $33,000 and she later learned there was no liability coverage for her claim.
"Had such facts been known to Plaintiff, she never would have agreed to perform The Final Chapter, or alternatively, would have secured additional insurance on her own," states the complaint, which is posted below. "She had already secured the role of stunt double for a leading cast member in Wonder Woman, and didn't need the work."
Now, Jackson says she'll never be able to work in her chosen profession again, according to her complaint. She claims that The Final Chapter grossed more than $300 million and the Resident Evil franchise has topped $1.2 billion, but says the company skimps on safety. Jackson also notes that crew member Ricardo Cornelius was killed during filming on the same movie, and 16 background actors were injured in a previous installment.
Jackson claims while she was in the coma her husband was assured the producers would pay for her medical care and rehabilitation, but they've since withdrawn the offer.
