Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City - Movie Review

[@dfyant7423]

He actually touched on something I have felt for some time now. We are at a point where many of the games have better writing, directing, editing, acting, and even CGI effects.

[@izacgarcia708]

For sure

[@WhirlingMusic]

Its pretty funny

[@glenwarne6492]

I agree too

[@jludwig5374]

This video made me realize that too. I had much more enjoyment and was far more impressed with the RE2 remake game than any zombie movie I've ever watched. And I'm just talking about cut scenes!

[@somerled5513]

Yep - The Last of Us 1 and 2 have been the single most affecting pieces of media I've ever experienced for this exact reason.

[@phillydavison]

HBO series would be the way to go for Resident Evil.

[@fgpt4828]

Have you forgot how they butcher Game of Thrones?

[@KonradCurves]

@@fgpt4828 Yeah only after they run out of content. Season 1-4 was peak television. Season 5-8 was also bad because of the show runners D&D not HBO. They just wanted to finish it so they could work on star wars shit

[@phillydavison]

@@fgpt4828 GOT was maybe the best TV series ever made for a number of seasons. Once they ran out of material from the books it fell apart. You'd hope the lessons would of been learned and a lot more Resident Evil material is out there for them to use.

[@skelet8663]

@@fgpt4828 dude get over it. HBO has other screenplay writers other than d&d

[@daniellaguna7900]

@couldn't think of a username that as an absurd statement to make. HBO still has the highest quality content

[@WrecklessEating]

I never understand why movies like this try to fit so much stuff into one film. Just screws them over if they try for a few sequels later.

[@Darek_B52]

should've did an adaptation of 1 with maybe elements from zero in a flashback or right at the start Sequel could combine RE2 and Nemesis.

[@Vietnam_Chr0nicles]

The dark tower agrees

[@arvinjay336]

I mean I couldn't understand why they race swapped Jill and Leon lulz

[@adryandawnstarr477]

Well one of the biggest critics I've seen ppl made of the most recent adaptation of dune is that they broke the story up into two parts.. Seems like film makers get flak for both cases.

[@esyphillis101]

@@adryandawnstarr477 Problem isn’t so much that they broke the Dune story into 2, rather they didn’t make the narrative of part 1 feel like a satisfying narrative. It can be done. Just look at Fellowship of the Ring.

[@F1rsttimer]

They found the perfect man to play Carlos... and they cast him as Leon. 😂

[@Darth_Revan25]

I'm guessing whoever cast the guy as Leon has NEVER seen Leon before.... but yes, you're right. Carlos, 100%! Would've been perfect

[@b.c4309]

For real

[@Redmist-se7ld]

The casting director never played the games

[@robertpirtle7642]

I legit thought it was Carlos at the beginning

[@donxponce7729]

Literally the perfect guy for Carlos. His demeanor and hair fit his character spot on … I don’t understand why they can’t just get one resident evil movie right 😂 I think the best Resident evil movie of all is the very 1st one

[@michaelpreller4025]

What they did to Leon is unforgivable. Took one of the most awesome characters in gaming and turned him into an incompetent pansy who is possibly mentally slow. Like, WTF!

[@vertelli66]

Completely took me out of the movie. Couldn't believe I watched Leon S Kennedy not know how to handle a shotgun and act like a pathetic tool.

[@dannyjack659]

Yea Leon was basically a diversity hire who is made to be useless so that Claire can be the strong and independent woman who takes care of him.

[@michaelpreller4025]

@@dannyjack659 I thought the actor was fine, it was the joke of the script that was the problem for me.

[@michaelpreller4025]

@@vertelli66 Dude got his gun took from him by a journalist who was behind bars. At that very moment I considered getting up and leaving the theater, no joke.

[@solidgator123]

@@michaelpreller4025 Nope he was completely miscasted just for the woke morons. He and Chris(whose actor did a good job) are the faces of Resident Evil and they completely disrespected him.

[@douglasammirati8450]

"I made it for the fans" Proceeds to turn Leon into a drunk hippie version of Officer Doofy from Scary Movie

[@anubusx]

Doofy was a criminal mastermind. Who tricked everyone him.

[@NineToes821]

"I got poopie." "Did you just say... 'you got poopie'???" "Yeah. It was good."

[@dawb86]

"Gail swallows!"

[@bluesquid7900]

Leon was a drunk

[@gurnoorkalotra8401]

@@bluesquid7900 after re 4 he was, especially during degeneration

[@Urlastnerve]

I’m a firm believer in the fact that video game adaptations should only be in tv series form. No need to rush the story and you can take more time developing the characters. It’s worked pretty well so far

[@raf686]

This movie would have been better if they did not do 2 games in 1? Lol. It felt overstuffed and not much time for.many of the characters

[@Urlastnerve]

@@raf686 I already felt uneasy when the trailer came out. Then when they said it was going to try and do the story of BOTH games at once, I knew it was doomed.

[@raf686]

@@Urlastnerve the movie was fun in the aspect of certain scenes and me pointing out moments from the games. The characters were solid enough except fuckin Leon. . I liked Chris more and Claire. Leon my goodness. I wonder if the director did not like Leon or something when he played the games. He made his character a dumbass. Like holy shit! One of the most popular RE characters and just wasted. I would have had a little.more respect if they made Leon be like Leon when he was rookie? Lol. But not even that. The mumbling idiot.

[@denimschaffer9439]

I agree a TV show let’s you have more time to get stuff in from the games properly a movie you wouldn’t be able too unless you plan on doing a Snyder cut which isn’t really possible for a big screen showing

[@dominiquepowell3158]

Ikr I mean look at Castlevania and the Witcher as it shows you that video games works best at television.

[@kymani_10]

Racoon City should be categorized as a PG13 Action Comedy. I was laughing for 95% of this movie. The best part was when Chris was by himself and the lights were going in and out while killing Zombies.

[@julian-p]

raccoon city ? more like raccoon town. that place in this movie didnt look like a city

[@sullieking]

Worst movie ever!

[@sullieking]

@My names Jeff dosent matter, should be a masterpiece, telling ya nothing is good anymore, movies to gaming to everything etc. They dont make good movies or games anymore, last good games were for ps3, fallout etc

[@jenniferhill2123]

Mine was at the end when leon is holding the rocket launcher

[@Dellyboy666]

@@julian-p it has always been portrayed as a tiny city , proper suburbs

[@Churro_Flaminguez]

"the word 'fuck' doesn't offend me-lazy scripts do" ~Jeremy Jahns, the People's Movie Reviewer

[@TheRoidemortetfleur]

Who didn't say Oh fuck when RE first play? I guess Jeremy.

[@crisstrider8857]

@@TheRoidemortetfleur I don't think any character said "fuck" in the first two OG games. Even in the RE1 Remake nobody said fuck. RE2MAKE had sparse fucks in cutscene dialogue. It's lazy writing in the movie's case. Nobody has any character.

[@Ghostfanofurs]

The People's movie reviewer ? Wow. Is your thinking space limited ! Lol

[@crisstrider8857]

@@Ghostfanofurs Ugh. I hate having to explain the basics. This is nothing like the game, which the director says was "for the fans". This isn't for the fans.

[@narata1541]

@@TheRoidemortetfleur Jeremy isn't saying he doesn't swear (watch his videos, he does). He is saying that the script was written for people like you who will just like a movie because they swear a lot, even though the story is bad or doesn't make sense.

[@jgreg3596]

Seriously, how hard is it to make a good movie based on resident evil?

[@samwisegamgee4122]

As Arcane series showed us it’s pretty easy to make a good game adaptation, the tricky part is that you have to care about your product, not just about the cash.

[@sbfh014]

The cg movies are pretty decent, well, at least degeneration

[@sakuragi1062]

The universe of RE was bigger for it to just make and fit a 2 hours movie the franchise need a series if anything

[@Quillz06]

Its better off as a tv series tbh.

[@devindalton4688]

I honestly believe the first RE game could pretty much just be adapted beat for beat and make a perfectly good movie. All they would have to do is drop some of the puzzles, seriously, the plot content of the first game is short as hell.

[@FeindishArtwork]

“Moments of imagination, under a blanket of straight to dvd” is such a great phrase for describing a film like this.

[@SuperMurray2009]

The production design is telling enough

[@Tr1ple-A]

Couldn't have said it better myself, honestly that's the best way to actually summarise about this movie 😑🤷‍♂️

[@alyx4436]

I havent seen it yet but Resident Evil games Especially 1 and 2 were basically B-movies in video game form and it was somewhat intentional. So in that way....is it actually good?? ( obviously the gameplay rocked but the writing was intentionally bad )

[@yeyito2818]

I just watched it, it was bad ass. best resident evil movie and zombie movie ive seen in a while. if you want it to be perfectly like the game then just play the freaking game. this had good zombie good shoot outs

[@sectphiro607]

I agree, the part where Chris was fighting in the dark was very well done. It was very oppressive and you can almost feel the desperation of trying to survive. That was probably the only good scene and that's shame.

[@arrownoir]

I disagree. Why would you walk into the dark while in a mansion filled with zombies? Where was his flashlight?

[@curtisbrownboi3710]

@@arrownoir he had a flashlight turning off and on, and obviously they didnt know what they were getting themselves into

[@cruizlee214]

@@arrownoir he won't get a flashlight until the over the shoulder style remake/reimagining

[@Sapphire_Jack]

"We made this movie for the fans" So... you made Leon, the most liked character of RE, look and act nothing like himself.... for the fans?

[@bloomblock2768]

Hey, at leat they gave Jill the N-Word pass am I righ?

[@Hollowdarling]

"We made this movie for the fans" Completely changes Claire's backstory and personality, and character progression.

[@TheRealSephiroth]

The studio: Isnt it great?! 😎 The fans: ... No! 😐

[@CatholicShrimp]

Also Leon is a complete bitch in this movie, he’s the butt of the joke and he’s used as comedy relief, when in the series he’s one of the most badass and liked character. Complete 180 to the character.

[@victorpleitez768]

@NotreDame-Eagles103 I would’ve been fine with the race swapping if the character & personality was the same. However Leon being a person of color & incompetent can also come off as racist if you really want to scrutinize the movie. Like despite their motives to make the movie more inclusive, they couldn’t make Leon a different race without making sure his character is less cool and stupid compared to his video game counterpart.

[@angelotero7729]

They literally could have done the first game in this run time. There's enough material to start at the mansion and end up in the laboratory with the Tyrant. Milla Jovovich movie made it work in a lab. Putting RE1 & 2 together in one movie was already a flag.

[@HEADASSLOOKINGAHHH]

Specially since the first game covers so much shit, as you said mansion and lab. The second game shouldve been a second movie.

[@donxponce7729]

Agreed. If they were gonna reboot the whole series the smartest thing to do was start from the mansion incident .. I could’ve even understood if they mixed Rebecca and the train incident with the mansion. But this movie was just awful .. and the licker scene was terrible

[@angelotero7729]

@@donxponce7729 yeah they should have had the licker scene in the police station as they were trying to escape and not Lisa Trevor's killing it

[@donxponce7729]

Angel Otero If Lisa Trevor wasn’t in the movie it wouldn’t of impacted the story whatsoever. They butchered the licker and made it less intimidating by having Lisa kill it , that was just ridiculous. The movie just seemed rushed , unfinished , and had bad acting. The only part I liked was when they started encountering all those zombies in the mansion , other than that … I can’t see myself watching this movie again.

[@ryanchilders7449]

Time line alone sets flags re1 and Re2 are 3 months apart man I wished Capcom would have been involved.

[@justpeachee8964]

Changing Leon had me worried now this confirms those worries for everything else.

[@Alltimefox]

Just watched it, they massacred my boy Leon. He doesn’t have his corny sarcastic wit.

[@Methyll]

leon wasn't even the first thing that worry me in this movie, given how lack luster the special effects were in the trailer had me already worried

[@Beyondthebat89]

Looks more like Leonardo :p

[@WarpChaos]

@@Beyondthebat89 He looks like Carlos.

[@Beyondthebat89]

@@WarpChaos This is also true lol

[@gregsky01]

My first thought when watching this movie that continued as it went on was “this is not how people talk.” It was obvious that the actors didn’t care and were just phoning it in which I can get with a script like this. The whole time everything just seemed like aliens wearing human skins and trying to act like humans. What they did to Leon’s character was a huge injustice and at one point I just burst out laughing at how terrible a scene was. It just felt so choppy and unnatural.

[@twistedmetal100]

Plot twist they were actually aliens wearing human skins pretending to be human.

[@sullieking]

Worst film ive ever seeen

[@gregsky01]

@@sullieking I wouldn’t go that far but it’s a stinker for sure

[@sullieking]

@@gregsky01 it is pure shite. Openin scene with the little twerp in the motel drinkin when wakes up 😏🙄. Then when it showed them all in the diner tryna act cool, such aload of bollix, they are supposed to be STARS members, the best there is! Then the mansion was crap, the whole movie was an absolute pile of smelling runny dog crap

[@gregsky01]

@@sullieking oh of course. I’m just not sure it’s the worst movie ever. I’ve seen some pretty honking movies. It is utter dogshite though

[@pizza6464]

>"This movie is for the fans." >Completely butchers Leon. Choose one.

[@dannyjack659]

Yea choosing a diversity hire for a beloved character showed they cared more about pandering.

[@amarson2322]

@@dannyjack659 It wasn’t just that, it was the core of the character they’ve ruined and made him a total dumbass

[@JPogi690]

This movie is for the fans = This movie gonna suck. Get it?

[@thepiersplanet]

They ruined Leon for SURE

[@bradfordmcdermott2063]

Woke

[@the_regular_dinosaurus_rex]

to be fair... 90% of the time in re1 was walking back to a trunk and rearange your inventory because you need to make room for a keycard that you found at the other end of the mansion and couldnt pick up

[@reggiec7186]

Boiiii i remember those days😂😂😂😂😂

[@porkryne72]

But could easily fill a 90 minute window with all the bows and mystery behind the mansion

[@mightycirus]

@the ugly duckling you tell him dude ,stop shitting on a good game just because they suck at keeping good inventory so they don’t have to backtrack a lot By the way , wesssskurrr Barry Burton

[@putinmahcochin1636]

That just sounds like pisspoor item management and gameplay skill. If you're leaving the item room with more than 3 things in your inventory you're doing it wrong.

[@kevinwilson455]

Loading screens of a door opening all the way back as well. 10/10

[@slartybartfast1112]

“Moments of imagination under a blanket of straight to DVD” is my new favorite film critique haha. Awesome

[@jgdacashman]

I think the movie did some things very well. I actually enjoyed chief ironside, when he got turned away by umbrellas security trying to leave the city and the hunk cameo pops up. And when he returns to the garage and interacts with the zombie dog. But how bad the umbrella lab was? A basement in some dudes house? No mr. x. Hell they could have somehow moved nemesis in there. And I think Leon’s writing was deliberately terrible someone hates the guy

[@HighIntegritySkills]

was that hunk? Totally missed it

[@aleksandarradovanovic8496]

Whenever the director says "this movie is for the fans"... you immediately know it's gonna suck

[@shawnfields2369]

Yep.

[@hedonisticmisanthrope]

This movie is for the fans. That’s why we changed everything about everything and made nothing the way it was as you knew it. Like what the fuck language are you speaking dude? Lol

[@shawnfields2369]

@Ms Aileen Valentine Exactly. They only want your money, and only care about bringing in the dollars based on a popular and beloved franchise, even though RE has never really been known for having a great plot; it did always have characters who stood out, and were memorable, and relatable, and had campy dialogue and campy moments, but these movies that try to call themselves RE, were just crappy, instead of campy. The first one comes close to being a good movie, with Phyllis or Ally, or whatever her name was. It doesn't have any of the characters from the games in it, but the characters they did have weren't all boring and generic. And the atmosphere in that movie did have some legitimately scary moments, but while it ultimately fails as an RE movie, it almost worked, I guess?

[@greyfoxyo]

@@shawnfields2369 that's everything nothing is just for the sake of making from food to cars to houses welcome to the real world nk mommy or daddy to give you hand outs

[@greyfoxyo]

@@shawnfields2369 p.s just watched it this is the definitive resident evil movie for the fact that it's the R.E characters as the main protagonist all those paul w Anderson, milla hype movies don't count as resident evil no more to me .as for the cgi movies and shows there scripts are worse than the paul w Anderson film s you can only watch them with a hunger for cheese.

[@eakpaterson]

Fun fact the director used to be a film teacher at my college so the high school drama improv had me howling 😂😂

[@Dragonfury3000]

For a teacher the guy doesn't know much

[@eakpaterson]

@@Dragonfury3000 If you think this is bad check out the guys other films one is called The Expelled or F depending on where you live

[@moeson2494]

Bruh

[@justoneguy2487]

@@eakpaterson 'F'? A single letter?

[@razorxyooj9703]

🤣🤣🤣

[@stormsurge9962]

I had very low expectations for this movie. Glad to see I wasn’t wrong.

[@deniel446]

@@JiroRicky learn english

[@Darek_B52]

@@JiroRicky what's your's man?

[@rikumajumder1558]

@@JiroRicky If that is the right thing to say, then what's your problem exactly? Is it English?

[@AVarStunts]

Why are you glad that a movie is supposedly bad? Jeremy ain’t gonna fuck you bro.

[@zengamer21]

Being glad a movie is bad makes no sense. It's like being glad your steak is overcooked.

[@davidrichardson356]

I have never checked my mobile phone clock so many times during a movie. I actually turned it on the keep checking the time. The script was lazy. Leon was a dope. The CGI Special Effects were worse than an 80s packman game. The editing was also clunky. The BOSS battle at the end was just atrocious. I was the only one in the movie theatre and now I know why.

[@TheJrod482x]

I love that Jeremy has been watching and reviewing movies for so long that he has a deeper critical lense than he did when he was starting out. He doesn't give as many movies a "pass" like he use to.

[@Ghostfanofurs]

So may other's do actually watch more movies to review ! Lol

[@EmileVinesh]

The first Resident Evil film with Milla Jovovich, despite not accurate to the videogames, was a solid zombiefilm with some great scares! They should've just focussed the first RE Remake film on the entire Mansion Incident and cast solid actors who can play the characters. Wesker should be the leader of the group, not some pushover that I've seen in the trailers for this movie...

[@noizusagi6901]

Resident Evil Apocalypse is still my favorite. ✌️

[@stevensmith5784]

He was the leader of the group. You obviously haven't seen the movie. It's not as bad as so many people are making it. Then again, I came in with low expectations, and I hate all of the Mila RE films.

[@shadwell749]

Yeah the first was the scariest especially the woman in the water wand when the zombies were first released and the sense of helplessness when they wont die

[@cambodianbreastmilk2980]

Was shite, just not as shite as the rest.

[@kdjdjsj3645]

they aint cannon at all but theyre fun. its like watching a fukn crazy ass fan fiction funded by hollywood

[@Demonfireangel]

Just looked up the director of this film and he hasn't made a single decent film in his entire career. He mostly does low-budget horror films that have an IMDB rating in the range of 2.0 - 6.0. That should already give you an indication of how good this movie will be.

[@jamesketchum5047]

i actually did that after and i was like well that explains why this was such a dumpster fire. ill steer clear of anything he makes in the future.

[@800Ms-k6n]

Not surprised at all, a movie based on Resident Evil game have so much potential and i'm so angry that an opportunity like that wasted, handed somebody who's last film was literally 47 Meters Down Uncaged, and somehow he continues to make movies that's barely anything recommended from its movie, it's embarassing

[@yeyito2818]

This movie was bad ass. Good zombies, good story, good shoot outs, and actually good horror

[@YardieSmoke1]

@@yeyito2818 Good shootouts? The guns firing sounded horrible. Not to mention the end with the AT-4 was extremely pathetic..

[@yeyito2818]

@@YardieSmoke1 the scenes in the mansion when theyr were getting attacked and its goes dark and he runs out of bullets was bad ass. Jeez theres no pleasing you people. Youre like the comic book guy in the simpsons

[@Watchalone]

They make Leon who is one of the most badass characters of the gaming history in to a stupid joke and useless side character.

[@clericneokun]

Jeremy nailed it. Videogames today have so much more production quality compared to before. We just don't need videogame movie adaptations anymore.

[@johntimothyvalenzuela8146]

Id agree to that, but arcane also recently released, and i would say that one is a masterpiece

[@hittkid6312]

@@johntimothyvalenzuela8146 tbf lol is a moba game where the lore and story has to be read. it's not like RE games where you play the story.

[@shawnfields2369]

Completely agree. We do NOT need video game movie adaptations. We've got the games themselves. Especially for RE2. Look at whether you're playing the 1998 original on the n64/ps1(yes, there were 2 different versions of RE2, on 2 different consoles, the n64 port was ironically the better port), or the RE2 Remake, where both Leon and Claire are given more character development, along with their partner characters, Sherry and Ada. Plus, Ada looks better in HD than she did back in 1998, no joke. But I agree, dude/lady. We don't need game movie adaptations. Especially if they're just lazier and dumbed down versions of the game's plots. And especially if the film's director is an ass who actually changed Leon's ethnicity ON purpose, to INTENTIONALLY piss people off, and intentionally made him incompetent, out of spite and hatred. No really, he legitimately ruined Leon's character from the games to make this pile of dogshit. He also made Claire a conspiracy theorist, even though she's never been like that in any RE game, at all. Also, this version of Claire looks like she's in her early 40's, when she's supposed to be a college age student(19), in RE2, looking for her older brother Chris, who was 25 when the original RE Mansion Incident happened. Wesker was 38, the same age as Barry Burton, Leon was 21, and had literally just joined the RPD because he was interested in the bizarre hunting incidents that were happening in Raccoon City, and had just graduated from the police academy. The reason he was late for his official first day was because he was partying in a motel the previous night, trying to get over the pain of having to break up with his girlfriend, and overslept the previous day. But if he hadn't done that, who knows? Maybe Leon would've been infected like the rest of the unlucky people in Raccoon City? But the backstory I just explained to you is verbatim from the RE Archive book I've owned since 2005, which goes through the first 4 RE games, and explains all the characters themselves who've shown up since RE0 to RE:CV. But at least it explains them well. This movie just looks and feels incompetent. Like a rookie on their first day, trying and failing to show that they're suitable for the job, only, this movie just f**ks around INTENTIONALLY, and although it adds some things from the first 2 RE games, there's no reason to watch this, when we have the Remakes of RE1 and 2. Which tell the stories that this movie attempts and fails at. Even the CGI RE movies are better movies, and the RE games do a much better job telling us who these characters are, their backgrounds, their birthdays, ages, personalities, even their middle names, like for example, Leon's middle name is Scott. And he's always protective of women, and has a thing for Ada Wong. Even in the remake. His look and even his name were both inspired by Leonardo DiCaprio. No joke. You see? That whole story I just told you about Leon Scott Kennedy, does more to explain who he is as a character and his personality is better explained, than some awful movie, directed by someone who I guarantee has never even TOUCHED a controller or played an RE game in their life, just saw dollar signs whenever they brought up the name to him. Sorry if I sound angrier than I intended, but I'm just somewhat passionate about this series, and Leon is my favorite RE character, and RE2 and it's remake, along with RE4 are my favorite RE games. Mainly because of Leon. But you're right. We thankfully live in a world where games give us the same experience we'd see in a movie, whether that's intended or not. Sorry also if this message is too long as well. But I do fully agree with you, and Jeremy. Plus, if anyone should be playing live action Leon S. Kennedy, It's Jeremy himself. He's got the look down, he just needs a stylish police outfit, and a gun.

[@johntimothyvalenzuela8146]

@@hittkid6312 yeah, but lets admit they nailed it, and i dont think other games are that hard to adapt as well, i actually liked some of the animated resident evil movies, maybe they should just stick with animation idk.

[@MrAlam471]

Lol its for the journalists who couldn't make it past the first level

[@devindalton4688]

And immediately, it's blatantly obvious how much this sucks. I NEVER could have guessed.

[@jeremyphillips3087]

I could have guessed. The trailer looked pretty bad.

[@steve87j]

If a movie looks like a cw show u know u have a weiner

[@TheAmazingAdam]

The movie was amazing imo. If your a true fan of the games, then you'll enjoy this movie. This movie more than impressed me. Only problem, tried cramming too much story into less than 2 hour movie. But the story itself was amazing still imo. I loved Claire.

[@devindalton4688]

@@jeremyphillips3087 Do you know what sarcasm is?

[@jeremyphillips3087]

@@devindalton4688 dO YoU kNOW wHaT SaRcAsM iS

[@ChristianPauchet]

I've never played League of Legends in my life, I was never interested in it... Arcane, however, is one of the best animated series I've ever seen in my entire life. It's visually perfect, the story is captivating, the voice actors are perfect, to me it's an instant classic. You're absolutely right Jeremy, assuming people haven't played a game is the recipe for a good movie or series based on a video game.

[@likemysnopp]

yeah I was told by a co-worker about Arcane and as a person who have played LoL quite a lot I got turned off so to speak by how the series/movie is done. But maybe ill give it a shot

[@danc1513]

@@likemysnopp It is phenomenal. I admittedly don't care about the game, was never my cup of tea, but the show on it's own is incredible. I'm heavily biased because I'm an animator by trade, and an animated show of this caliber just doesn't come around often. I highly recommend watching it.

[@imtheonehero9305]

Probably don't watch much animated series if you think j it's the best you've ever seen lmao

[@jaredreinstein719]

@@likemysnopp I've never played league of legends but when i tell you Arcane has potential to be a masterpiece show i mean it. The first season is amazing tho definitely worth your time.

[@kevinwilson455]

I wouldn't say it was in my top story-wise. The animation and overall look of the show is incredible though. A visual feast, if you will. Best looking that I have seen, and you're right about the voice work.

[@NYYanks2003040506]

Didn't love the casting choices, outside of Claire, but I could overlook that IF the characters at least seemed like the characters I know and love and they got the story beats right. Somehow, despite trying to feel closer to the games than the Milla Jovovich-led movies, this one actually annoyed me more than those. The portrayal of the characters was horrendous, they got nearly everything wrong, and they even managed to screw up the story.

[@jacobmeglich6699]

Man I can tell Jeremy is a huge RE fan like myself and yeah Ig a good resident evil movie is never meant to be 😢

[@iammaximumstupied]

The man loves lore, so it sucks when lore based games get butchered like this

[@Hellcaiser4]

The CG ones done by Capcom aren’t terrible lol.

[@iammaximumstupied]

@@Hellcaiser4 those at least are part of the game lore lol so they have to be decent lol

[@ManuMiAS]

@@Hellcaiser4 they are bad Degeneration was boring didn't bring anything new to the table besides a reharsh of 2, Claire got sidelined and became a secondary character, that other girl that looked like Angelina Jolie got more screen time, then the third one they made the ending worse zombies turning back to human???????

[@antoineford6883]

the first resident evil was fun

[@azaguero8170]

"holiday calories, it doesn't count, that's food law" 😂😂😂--best part of the review!

[@rkhound247]

YES!

[@Ghostfanofurs]

You actually went through the whole review ?? Lol

[@PikaLink91]

Exactly! The remake was a perfect modern blend of movie level cinematics and gameplay! We have reached a level where games ARE interactive movies, where games do themselves as movies miles better than actual movies could ever hope to! We don’t need movie adaptations anymore. I mean heck back in the 90s we were like “oh cool they are making a movie of that??” whereas now we are like “ugghh are they making a movie of that??”

[@azazaeldevile2506]

The problem is, not everyone playes videogames or watches cutscenes. Thats the point of adaptation, it exposes and expands the audience. Like take dune for example, as a book fan I hated the film for skipping stuffs but at the same time I'm happy that the film is bringing in new fans. Steins Gate is another example. The game is popular, but the anime adaptation brought in even a larger fanbase

[@PikaLink91]

@@azazaeldevile2506 Well, then I hope the movie fans are content with a lesser shittier product. My mom likes the Milla Jovovich movies, but of course she despises videogames too, so she doesn't know what she's missing. Last I showed her a Resi game she clandered it for being "unrealistic".

[@azazaeldevile2506]

@@PikaLink91 oh i dont mean RE, specifically, I meant in general (whether it's games, cartoons, books). I think a mini series for RE with good writing and production would be better than doing films. Like Jeremy said, cramping an entire game in 2 hour isnt a good idea. I'm not even going to watch "Welcome to Racoon City".

[@PikaLink91]

@@azazaeldevile2506 I watched it, but I torrented it. Partly because it got pulled from my local theatre, and partly because I knew it wouldn't be worth the film roll it was recorded on. That said, sure, length wise a series might be a better option, but I still believe that games just fundamentally do such a better job at storytelling than movies, that there's hardly any reason to even try. Like, why make a movie with miscast actors based on Resident Evil 2, when the Resident Evil 2 remake does such a phenomenal job on it's own at being both a game AND a movie?

[@IR-Fan]

@@PikaLink91 Your mom despises the Resi game for being unrealistic yet she likes the Wes Anderson's Resi movies?

[@pjsmith97]

Ya know as someone who hadn't played the games...I actually enjoyed the movie 😅. Like everything with the mansion I wasn't really engaged with, but the build up to the outbreak, seeing the sick towns people and just waiting for that ball to drop with dread (basically what I understand to be the Resident Evil 2 part of the movie) I dug.

[@pjsmith97]

Oh and Leon. My friends (have played the game) and I enjoyed his character in this film. We were laughing at how inept he was. Disservice to the character? Maybe. But it was damn entertaining.

[@seansmith3665]

I feel that a resident evil tv series or an actual streaming series would be much better. You can take your time w/character development and story that films sometimes can’t really do in 2 hours.

[@fuckknowledge]

I would say yes but after seeing what we're gonna get for the Netflix live action series it seems like no one knows how to properly adapt resident evil into film or television

[@Wesleycobra]

even Dragon Ball in animated films manages to make a whole arc of a completely new story in less than 2 hours, because when they decide to make films of works like this in live action, they always have to start from a premise of trying to retell the story from the beginning, from a form all twisted or with characters miserably uncharacterized?

[@robd1329]

Everything as tv series works

[@the_gratefulgamer]

@@robd1329 Yeah. Yeah unless it's garbage. Like Cowboy Bebop, Fear the Walking Dead, Umbrella Academy season 2, most Marvel Shows with MSheU syndrome lol

[@wilcee675]

@Robd1 did Iron Fist work?

[@billida]

I may add that the Silent Hill movie was quite interesting and at least faithful to the atmosphere and the visuals of the game.

[@jeffrym9625]

not gonna lie, watching this new Resident Evil i kept thinking about silent hill movie, something about the colors or the vibe was similar to it, like you know you're watching a movie about a video game instead of just watching a movie

[@efnfen]

@Leplivo "REEEEEE" thanks for your input chud

[@LuisSierra42]

The silent hill movie was actually quite good

[@denimschaffer9439]

@@LuisSierra42 1st one was pretty good 2nd one we don’t talk about

[@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299]

Totally underrated :P

[@eXistenZ1864]

I think Robert Rodriquez would have given this movie justice, his Planet Terror was great.

[@connordorman117]

Love the pfp, Batman Damned rocks!

[@larrygarcia6356]

Planet Terror is a instant classic. A lot of quotable lines.

[@BabysitterSky]

All he seems to make is cheaply made children's crap now.

[@SuperMurray2009]

It definitely was

[@Peer165]

You are so right! The first Sin City and Alita: Battle Angel are two great adaptations. From Dusk till Dawn and Planet Terror also proved that he could handle monster genre (with excellent B-movie flavour) really well. Rodriguez is also exceptional with a smal budget so he could really make this low budget picture look like a million bucks! Dammit, the man was born to make Resident Evil into a movie!

[@B_HarTz]

My first video on this RE review and I already understand how you feel about it just the first few minutes of watching this ..... especially in the beginning when you said "let's ReBoot" the same movie with all new characters all over again.... ya I was afraid of that and I'll stick to Millas role in the old classic RE movies

[@generalwillwelsh7926]

I feel like the writers for these resident evil movies take all the best parts of the resident evil lore and say “lets ruin it”

[@ManuMiAS]

they were like lets make it WOKE

[@markcobuzzi826]

This one image pretty much sums up my impressions of how Johannes Roberts approached making this adaptation. In one recently released interview clip, Roberts admitted that he went back and forth between including a Tyrant in the film. But then he chose not to, claiming he could not make it “tonally fit”? Roberts went on to say that he decided to have an Easter egg in place of that, where viewers can see a severed Tyrant’s head in the background of Birkin’s lab. Yet, he also admits that he could not shoot the scene, in a way that made his intended Easter egg easily visible. So in other words, an essential part of the source material’s story, characters, and world-building, which many fans want to see in its full glory, gets decapitated and turned into glorified superficial set-dressing. And it is not even something you can easily spot, without working hard to look for it. I think that seems to be a perfect visual analogy for the rest of the film’s approach to adapting Resident Evil.

[@hedonisticmisanthrope]

@@markcobuzzi826 that is called bad film making. Why people who aren’t great directors don’t get handed this shit is insane.

[@generalwillwelsh7926]

@@ManuMiAS yep they replaced the white guy with a “poc” i can guarantee they made claire a badass and leon a useless idiot. Theres an attack on men in all of media.

[@crozraven]

The most standout characters in RE series are actually Chris & Leon, then come Claire & Jill, then the rest. Chris or/& Leon are in almost every RE popular (main) games. It's downright frustrating the movie butchered both characters massively.

[@lefteron6804]

Leon even more. He is the protagonist of RE4. Enough said.

[@kodesh1674]

Why didn’t they name this one resident Evil and the second movie welcome to Racoon City

[@cliffphps7447]

Hopefully they do the characters justice. The premises of the movie would make sense as your in the city at the same time but from different parts of the city. It only makes sense to do it in 1 movie where it swings from 1 team to another. Just my opinion though

[@GedH-316]

Not for me, Jill is number one followed by Claire. Then Chris, then Leon. In that order.

[@jessechaves3191]

@@GedH-316 sucks she never came back after 5

[@Ethan1123Ac]

They nailed the atmosphere. Umbrella leaving raccoon city to fall apart was an awesome premise and if they had actually spent time to develop that it could have worked. Too much stuff packed into not enough run time. This should have been a mini series

[@nikeyaa2614]

I feel like if they tried to focus on every little detail and ran the movie out it would be like the walking dead, it would get old and you would lose interest.

[@yeyito2818]

It was wayyy better than anything past the first resident evil. And one of the best zombie movies ive ever seen.

[@13tapioca]

I was loving the beginning the atmosphere was great I dunno how they fucked it up but they did

[@13tapioca]

@@yeyito2818 Holy shit you have to see more movies!

[@yeyito2818]

@@13tapioca like?

[@chriswelter3859]

I was a huge RE fan when I was young. I was SO hyped for the original RE movie when it came out, and I ended up being really disappointed at the matrix-style action movie we were all given. I liked the RE games because they were horror games, and what I saw in theatres years ago was decidedly not a horror movie. I was pretty disappointed. I watched this film last night. It's like most video game movies: the acting isn't the best, it seems to have been done on a pretty low budget, the pacing and dialogue are odd. Pretty standard for a movie based on a video game. What I DID enjoy was that this film mirrored what I had imagined a RE movie looking like back in the day, before Paul W.S. Anderson got ahold of the IP. Will I watch it again? Probably not. But I appreciate that the filmmakers wanted to make something a little closer to the source material. I don't regret seeing it.

[@arsenelupin9697]

The casting choices should've already been a dead giveaway for anyone, as to what this adaptation is going to focus on - and it certainly isn't quality or faithfulness to the source material ^^

[@Darek_B52]

When they can't get the simplest things right how can we expect the rest to be correct

[@minatoofthenorth]

When i saw that one shot in the trailer of claire handing leon his rpd vest i knew they were gonna make him incimpetent and a complete joke

[@vinicius100470]

"no no, what matters is how they write the character"

[@ManuMiAS]

@@minatoofthenorth its the woke agenda feminist agenda to make men look stupid, I bet Jill is gonna be naggyn at Chris for man splaining her.

[@MrAlam471]

Jill, Chris Redfield and Wesker *visually* look fine, LEON HOWEVER, looks like a fkn rickshaw rider from India (im brown relax)

[@s.hosseinrazavi.n5108]

an awful movie?!? who would have thought?!?!?! looks like a fan made film in 2000s

[@arsenelupin9697]

A fan-made movie would've at least tried to be as faithful to the source material as possible, given that it was made by someone who actually has played the games and liked them enough to make a little movie about it ^^

[@Darek_B52]

hey Mario Warfare is really good.

[@everythingisawesome2903]

Let's be honest here, even a fan made movie would have been more faithful to the games than this movie.

[@a.j.m8264]

There’s ALOT that I wanted to say about their treatment and writing of Leon… but all I’m gonna say this bothered me more than I care to admit. Like, c’mon! It’s Leon! Why would you do THAT to his character?!

[@arkiststark]

Leon sanchez

[@MannyMarr]

Yup, disappointing to see one of the iconic badasses in the franchise is made out to be the butt of the joke in this movie. That bothered me throughout the movie

[@Sicario510]

@@arkiststark Leon saddam kumar actually 😂. He’s Middle Eastern not Latino

[@jenniferstevenson7180]

I was in the same boat. Leon is such an awesome character; Roberts did him dirty 1000%.

[@jacosisaba]

To be fair he was kind of a gullible idiot in the original version of 2. He was late because of a hangover, he spend most of the game asking what was going on, he got bossed around by Claire and Ada the whole time, and he fell in love with a super shady lady he literally just met. He’s my favorite character in the series but in 2 he was a little dumb.

[@knightofwind2929]

Resident evil was amazing back when it came out on playstation 1 all those years ago because there wasn't any other zombie game, people had never seen anything like it before. Now everyone has seen this, just like Jurassic Park, dinosaurs is like whatever now. They need a new direction, like a really good story.

[@level3xfactor]

I completely agree. What’s the point of an RE movie when the recent RE games have been so good? Also yes a Legacy of Kain series would be amazing

[@KalomikaArts]

No a movie it wouldn't be

[@ghostofsparda__7804]

Fuck a series we need new LOK games or a remake of that trilogy

[@clairemadeinheaven]

imagine Wesker being just one of the dudes because that's what this movie did

[@arvinjay336]

IKR? in the game he wanted to be a god, looked cool, in this reboot flick: getting sweet with jill lol

[@spiritofthewolf1880]

Yikes… 😬

[@giovannigiovanni.7220]

Which Wesker?

[@thespinelizard4444]

Well... he was that in RE1

[@Lemminjoose]

@@thespinelizard4444 you didn't play RE1.

[@andreasvb1142]

"It has moments of imagination under a blanket of straight-to-DVD" Gold.

[@yeyito2818]

This guy looks like a straight to dvd version of leon. Gtfoh

[@qunarilord34]

I've just seen this movie last night, and my criticism of this movie is that after that all the resident evil movies starring Ms. Milla Jovovich, who always had the lead role in this movie! Finally, a film was made from this series that is similar to the original book and its games. Of course, resident evil welcom to raccoon city also had various drawbacks, including the choice of actors for their roles or very poor lighting in this film, which in many scenes And the screen sequences were just dark overall, and I personally only saw the black screen of the TV! And also why the lione character was shown to be so clumsy and clumsy that it was kind of weird and ridiculous to me. But despite these problems, I am glad that at least this old movie and story has finally returned to its roots.!

[@zackreynolds21]

“And I’m not fucking around!!!!”-Old school JJ Yeah, he’s not offended by curse words. Lol

[@TheRoidemortetfleur]

Who didn't sayy Oh fuck when RE first pay? or even in the remake. I guess Jeremy.

[@JakeBaldino]

yeah. BUMMER

[@thevashSP]

It sounds so bad, I just want CGI movies especially after this. I hated the Mila jovovich stuff, because it made no sense and barely cared about the original content

[@siranonymous6059]

Honestly surprised you ain't getting flooded with likes or comments for recognizing ya.

[@sampathsaicharan244]

Hii jake

[@wonderyearsdouche475]

Claire kills a Z-Dog with a fire extinguisher and Leon says Drop the Gun🤣🤣🤣LMAO

[@theresidentteacher2438]

When it comes to the Games AND the Movies, I've had my feel of Chris, Claire, Leon...I WANT JILL VALENTINE BACK! She in the Guinness Book of World Records for Top Videogame characters for crying out loud.

[@WinterFogFilms]

Finally some love for my girl

[@Sirrizz]

Yeah Jill is slept on realll bad in RE

[@boromir0062]

I would love more hunk and Kraser

[@blackticalmayhem8461]

@@boromir0062 Kraser? you mean Krauser??

[@joemanu96]

Just watched and literally chimmed everything you said to a tee. they definitely speedrun the two games and crammed them into this one short movie. movie was barely in either settings of the two games. i think they defintely got some of the gameplay feel in the movie... but they only put in the parts where you walk around and dont talk in the game. alot of the movie was them doing stuff and not saying. like say something, dont make the characters as if theyre NPCs and have lackluster reactions to shit. *blood comes from womans eye* "are you ok :l ? " *zombie looking woman spells words in blood on the door window. Her zombie son burst throug the front door and is crawling on the floor* "do you need help :l ?" "man ingulfed in flames walks into building infront of leon and gets shot dead* "what the... :l" like i know theyre in a game and arent real people. but they are supposed talk and show emotions, realistic ones. not to mention it felt there was no real narrative to the movie other than "ok lets leave the city" kinda felt like they expected people to know the narrative before watching the movie. like everyone thats watching is supposed to play the game THEN watch this. which is really not good. some parts were fine, liked that the spencer mansion moments were very much like the game and acc scary in some parts. but the movie made all the game characters unable to think for themselves or like a normal person and were emotionless zombies themselves tbh with no real motive other than lets leave. ULTIMATELY this movie has surprisingly made me like the original Paul Anderson movies more in comparison now because they made something that wasnt too heavily based on the game. and acc have its own narrative, or at least have a story narrative.

[@pelicanchampion8629]

The fact they released marketing for this movie only a month before its release should’ve told us something. Also who came up with the bright idea to combine RE1 and RE2 together? Those games take place three months apart and in completely different locations. Wouldn’t it have made more sense to combine RE2 and RE3 or RE0 and RE1?

[@giovannigiovanni.7220]

RE0 and RE.

[@FreddyD177]

RE0 and RE1 would have been scary af. RE2 and RE3 would have been cool af almost action packed with suspense. It'd be like Alien and Aliens.

[@fatezero8662]

@@FreddyD177 you know a film is an automatic garbage when Screen gems is one of the production team

[@ststes]

Not to mention they legitimately shuffled the story so RE2 kind of happened before RE1 in this movie, and now RE3 and RE0 don't exist in this universe How did this get a green light??

[@TheChabowski]

RE0 just shouldn't exist in any universe. At least they did one thing right.

[@800Ms-k6n]

Let's be honest, does anyone really expected this movie to be good?? Or probably better than Paul WS Anderson's movies?

[@chrisnicholls445]

I never liked any of them

[@MrChaotic4]

It is better than Paul WS Anderson's movies. It at least feels like a Resident Evil movie.

[@keijijohnson9754]

When they couldn’t even cast their own characters better and then decide to adapt the first two games into one film, there was no hope for this one. The same thing will be expected with that BS Black Wesker Netflix series. If there’s one thing Paul Anderson did better than either of these two, it’s getting the looks of the characters right down to the skin color.

[@spartakmoshofidis3108]

andersons movies its a quilti plesure, and yes nobody expected to be a good movie

[@Rude_Enough]

@@keijijohnson9754 Wesker being white has nothing to do with the character or story, lol just say you're a racist you little bichh boy

[@Novapoid]

Two things: 1. I expected a lower rating considering I've watched the trailers and it looked like a student film in all regards. 2. No sincere person could look at the casting of Leon Kennedy and how they depicted the character in this movie and say the producers didn't do in on purpose. They HAD to know he's a very iconic character from the game and fans of RE just love him. I know he was a rookie in RE2 but he was in no way comic relief or a useless piece of trash that's there to make Claire look better....just like it happens in this movie.

[@jarrettstevenson2725]

Finally watched it. I wanted to cry because this movie was so bad, like why and how did this happen? A cop gets his gun taken in between bars by a journalist, who’s subject matter expert on zombie within cell with him, but purposely turns his back to be killed. Same cop shoots rocket launcher on train within extreme danger close proximity of everyone and not a scratch on anyone 🤔🤦‍♂️😤 I always get my hopes up with movies like this because a little more common sense from the characters would be nice

[@JORDANLEWISFILM]

It shouldn't have been made

[@shainshartershwate7421]

The guy turning his back to the zombie was stupid and not only that, he had Leon's gun so he could've killed the zombie and then he would've been pretty safe in his cell. That was the worst moment of the movie for me

[@bt0694]

If this was the Resident evil we got way back when, I think I would have really liked it. I stopped watching the "Alice" edition 2 min into whichever one they forgot that they ended the previous one with Ada and company standing on the White house.... It really just felt like a huge rug pull.

[@erintoney7137]

There was only one more movie after that one tho. You basically watched the whole series 😅

[@TheDeadlyefx]

As Erin Toney stated above, there was only one more. And it was pure trash. I agree though: how do you end a movie like that and NOT pay it off??? I was pissed too.

[@michaelramon2411]

@@TheDeadlyefx "I agree though: how do you end a movie like that and NOT pay it off???" I believe EVERY SINGLE one of those movies except the second one starts by undoing whatever the previous one said the next one would be about ("We're going to expose Umbrella" -> zombie apocalypse instead. Alice clone army -> all immediately killed. Established safe haven on a ship -> immediately destroy it. Prepare for ultimate battle for the White House -> start after it's over.) What's even more baffling is that they were all made by THE SAME GUY. It wasn't a ton of creators fighting over control - it was one director who can't ever make up his mind or plan ahead.

[@bt0694]

@@michaelramon2411 dude, totally nailed it! It's like what Rian Johnson did to Star Wars or Micheal Bay to Transformers.... I remember being scared shitless play RE directors cut on my PS1 in my first apartment and thinking damn this would be a great movie. All these ass-hats have to do is follow the GD story that already exists!!!!! Or give one of us 80's/90's kids $130 Mill and we can show them how to adapt an IP

[@jeffrym9625]

I agree Leon was just poorly down, even if the idea is to build him up from being nothing, his chemistry with Claire was lacking

[@jenniferstevenson7180]

Thing is, the games--especially RE2R--did well showing Leon as being 0 and escalating to hero by the end of the game. All without ridiculing him. Just... WHY?

[@shawnfields2369]

@@jenniferstevenson7180 Makes sense, I guess. I think the games themselves did it well, by showing Leon can be vulnerable, and is forced to grow from rookie to hero, and shows what kind of a cop he WOULD have been, had the zombie apocalypse not broken out in the city. He's forced to grow as a person and cop, and show off his character and vulnerable sides to the surviving people, Ada, Claire, Ben Bertolucci(the reporter who locked himself up because he predicted the T-Virus leaking out and locked himself up to get more information about what was happening), and it does mention in his character bio, that he's always faithful to women, makes the protection of Claire and Sherry his main priority, says although he had little practical experience, he makes up for it with his youth and abilities(he's 21 during the Raccoon City Incident), and there's very little that actually frightens him. His bio also mentions he's got a strong sense of justice, and burns with the pride of being a policeman, and throws all his efforts into rescuing fragile survivors, and became interested in the bizarre hunting incidents that were happening in Raccoon City, so he applied for a position in the RPD. His first day of work was supposed to be September 29th, but overslept because he'd been partying the previous night, trying to get over the breakup with his girlfriend, and spent the previous night partying in a motel, but because he did that, it ironically saved his life, because he'd been saved from the zombies and saved from most likely being a living corpse or the insane police chief hunting down and killing the survivors himself. And he also met Claire on the road this way, and decided to make the protection of Claire Redfield and Sherry Birkin his main focus. He was unhappy about her making her own decisions(probably because of the whole city full of zombies eating people's faces thing), and while searching for an escape route, he became aware of Umbrella's evil secret plot, and threw himself into a long battle against them(I'm directly quoting his bio from the RE Archive here), and it mentions that Leon's actions are because he was in love with Ada Wong, true story. She was aligned with Albert Wesker to steal the G-Virus. Then, as a result of her "death"(spoiler here, Ada's not actually dead), his fighting spirit is rekindled, and he swears to take revenge against Umbrella, for apparently stealing his love from him(that's legitimately how they wrote his character bio, I'm not writing it this way to sound corny or anything, Leon's my favorite RE character, no joke). And after escaping Raccoon City, he saw Claire off, who didn't find her brother in the City, obviously, and she continued her search to find Chris. Leon asked the U.S Army, who were now deployed outside the city to protect Sherry. After he contacted an intelligence officer working for the US government, he began to investigate Umbrella by himself. Then, when he learned Claire was in danger, on Rockfort Island, he relayed that info to her older brother, Chris. When Leon asked the army to protect Sherry, they only did it because they wanted to use her for themselves. Leon was literally forced to become a government agent to secure Claire and Sherry's protection. That's how we get to the events of RE4. But, in-between RE4, we get the Umbrella and Darkside Chronicles, where Leon meets Jack Krauser, a character from RE4. And Leon learns Claire's in danger, during the events of RE: Code Veronica, and tells her brother Chris about this. CV happens before RE4. Sorry for the wall of text, but that's the current whole story for Leon, from 2 to 4. I'm sure you don't care what happened to the guy from 6 and beyond, because nobody liked 6. And the rest of the things that happen to Leon are the CG movies, which I don't know which ones Leon's in, sorry. But there's just a lot to mention at once. Sorry if this is too much, ma'am. I do agree that the games, both the remake and original RE2, as well as 4, do show Leon, going from 0 to hero. He's more of the jack-of-all-trades type of protagonist, but the live action movies don't seem to get that part of Leon's personality right. Something only the games know how to do right, apparently.

[@jenniferstevenson7180]

@@shawnfields2369Leon is my absolute favorite character in the series, and that's why this buffoonery upset me. Leon is an amazing character who, despite being naive and ingenuous, was bright and skilled. I've been following the series closely since I began playing 15 years ago, and I've always appreciated Leon's tough and witty but compassionate character. The movie didn't need to ridicule Leon to show his evolution and vulnerability. The games did a good job of doing that by putting him in situations that forced him to grow and develop as a fighter and a man. I'm thoroughly disgusted with Roberts' take on Leon and the franchise as a whole. Btw, unpopular opinion though it may be, I love RE6.

[@bloomblock2768]

@@shawnfields2369 So theres one question here... Why do Clair had to be a f* ucking terminator then?

[@mr.ditkovich3672]

@@bloomblock2768 I have a feeling you already know the answer to that my man

[@readingcradle2grave]

Many people don’t understand how deep resident evils gameplay actually is and what made it successful, the original trilogy is based on a chess system, each cog affects a whole wheel of effects. Also look at the documents and the lore. Or atleast resident evil 1 remake, original 2 and original 3, not to mention resident evil 4

[@GammamotoPatriono1986]

Couldn’t agree more.. more like building suspense, not straight to actions.

[@jeremyphillips3087]

What about resident evil 5 though?

[@drnanard9605]

Yeah, they're structurally metroidvanias but we never call them that for some reason.

[@hedonisticmisanthrope]

Yeah, my main issue is none of the remake stuff should be in the film at all - the originals were the essential - unless you’re going to give us zombies and disaster like that why bother? Eh, capcom doesn’t know what to do to make this stuff good. They should sell the movie rights to people who give a shit.

[@GammamotoPatriono1986]

In my opinion of what to make it works is: just make it like suspense horror movie (28 Days Later), where the protagonist struggle to find a way out.. and it should be a slow pacing film, minimum action, right amounts of jumpscares, feels of isolations, and good actings… neverminds the right or not of how Leon looks is.

[@Red_Dawn_Radio]

I was a let down being that Resident Evil 1, 2 and Nemesis are my all time favorite video games from the 90’s. Anyway, a series is for sure the way to successfully make Resident Evil work!

[@jeebs621]

They literally could have done a super spooky secluded Spencer mansion mystery horror film based off of resident evil remake.

[@anubusx]

The PS1 intro proves it can be done.

[@raf686]

The director just needed to do the first game as a movie simple. Not do two games in one movie

[@monkey_pox5902]

Omg they could of done that!

[@anubusx]

@the ugly duckling I did.

[@mrbubbles8743]

I met the director Johannes Roberts back in 2010 at university when he did a seminar on his current movie at the time 'F', which was basically a horror movie jumping in on the 'Hoodie Horror" craze, such as Eden Lake with Michael Fassbender. The director was a nice chap, though early in his career you could tell he was passionate about being a filmmaker. He was a massive John Carpenter fan and he said he Ghosts of Mars was one of his favourite movies even going as far to have a poster of the movie up in his house.

[@Reign_Fire2022]

Ya know its funny you mentioned John carpenter here being i just watched a review of a liker of this film....i laughed,cause he said this movie was made in a way to honor John,and i dunno if he seen your comment here,but this had me rollin tho😄 John was 15 yrs before r.e and movies like the thing or the fog this never had the class of a carpenter film once🤨 it is its only mash up of games here, and only good part was the mansion and pd dept..lol so just thought id outline your carpenter statement here cheers🥂😁

[@biohazard737]

He still made a shit film

[@SuccessforLifester]

No wonder this film has John Carpenter's vibes

[@arrownoir]

You mean in college?

[@bjudah]

Ghosts of mars was trash too… I guess I’m not surprised at what this guy thought was a good film when he was done directing it…

[@LB81395]

" I thought this was that Resident Evil Movie, i was hoping for in the 90's" LMAO 😂 I feel you bruh. Every Resident Evil Movie is pretty much a dud

[@NatureXwars]

I still can't get over the fact that the actor of phoney Leon looks more fitting in the shoes of Carlos...

[@b-ikecali5655]

Bro, this was the most accurate movie review ever. Spot on how I felt about the whole movie.

[@angelofsolitude7951]

I love how you've promoted awareness of Legacy of Kain a few times now. Thank you! I hope it is remade or adapted one day.

[@DropBear2099]

I would like to see chrono trigger get the Arcane treatment. That's how you do a video game as a show, and I feel like the series format works better with a game than trying to cram everything into a 90 min movie. Also can't wait for tye Arcane review man. That show blew me away and I don't even play league of legends.

[@tomylim6022]

"The word 'fuck' doesn't offend me. Lazy scripts do" - Jeremy Jahns 2021

[@argentii_]

You should definitely watch Arcane after all the praise it’s been getting. God-tier show.

[@mattkrause1573]

I just watched the first two. Good God I'm in!

[@Matkatamiba]

Finally breaking the video game curse that this movie is oh too much a part of

[@liveac3694]

@@Matkatamiba The curse was kinda broken already. Castlevania was pretty good. Sonic and Detective Pikachu where also decent.

[@MetalJuggler]

@@liveac3694 true that. Tho Arcane, im so shocked Netflix managed to make something god tier this day and age. Some of the best stuff ive seen this decade.

[@fatezero8662]

@@MetalJuggler Seriously all riot had to do was follow their own lore and make good art style and animation. They didn't have to go this hard, I'm just simply amazed how they went above and beyond, biggest surprise of 2021 for sure.

[@mistermars9534]

The first 2 Resident Evil games are really easy and really good to make suspensive movies about. You can make such a good zombie horror movie about the first game specifically. I don’t understand why Hollywood has such a stupid amount of trouble with this.

[@davidmhh9977]

Unfortunately, video game movies and horror movies are two genres that Hollywood knows they can put no effort in, and still make a quick buck. In theory, a good Resident Evil movie could be made, but Hollywood will never be able to resist going for a soulless cash grab instead.

[@domotormate]

The fact that we got the first trailer just a month before the premiere should have been a red flag already. It didn't help that the trailer looked like something made by good old Uwe Boll back in the day.

[@ScaredStraightProductions]

My thing is they thought it was a big enough movie just to be in theaters when it should of been a straight to vod

[@chantintin10]

i sometimes like the fact that they mashed the first game and the second. i also like the fact that they incorporated their own unique thinking. but in some cases, that doesn’t work out too. i sometimes wish that they separated the first game and the second. because it makes much more sense. and the movie felt so rush for me because of the brief span of time they had. resident evil 1 & 2 by itself is a long story already so having it all in one movie is too much. maybe if they split it two parts it would’ve been better or made the movie 2 and a half hours to get extra time for each character and storyline. and kind of the biggest issue for me, is the change of personality and looks of the characters. which is hard because the franchise is so big that it’s hard to adjust to the differences of the movie and the original. and with that issue, the relationships are so different. but i would say that if a horror fan and you’re not a fan of the original game series then you’d like it. lastly, if someone knows, why did they cancel ada?

[@KiSTekken]

Leon being a complete idiot literally made me cry in the theater.

[@shawnfields2369]

Hey, It's ok, dude/lady, I would've cried too, and I'll cry with you if nobody else will. Because Leon Scott Kennedy is my favorite RE character, and has been since his first appearance in RE2(the original, not just the remake, although that is great too). Leon is the perfect RE protagonist, and just kept getting cooler and better with each game. Even RE6(even if you, like the majority of the world, hate 6, at least Leon looked cool in that game, still had the cool jacket, cool hair style, and cool voice and personality, and best story in 6). And when I literally sat down for 5 minutes to see the awful, cheaply produced, direct-to-DVD style editing of the trailer, I knew it would be a crapfest of a movie. I knew it would suck. It's not that hard to see, but still. I was a bit hyped up, hoping they'd fix some of these errors before launch, but down in my heart, my gut, I knew that they wouldn't, and that this movie was going to straight up SUCK some serious s**t. Seriously, as a longtime and hardcore fan of this series, ever since the original RE 2 on the n64, playing it as a kid, with my dad, it was the first horror game I'd ever played. Something about the box art just made me want to play it. I loved every second of it. Plus, seeing how cool and brave Leon was, was something I wanted to be like. Also, the reason he was late to his first day of work on September 29th, was the fact that he'd been partying the previous day, in a motel, trying to get over the pain of breaking up with his girlfriend, and overslept. That's legitimately his reason for being late. Taken straight from the RE Archive book I've owned since 2005. But it also states that that mistake might've saved his life from being a zombie. He also didn't leave for work until sunset as well. He was only 21 at the time of the Raccoon City Incident. How hard is it to properly adapt Leon Scott Kennedy's character from game to movies correctly? Paul W.S. Anderson failed at this, and now whoever the director/producer/writer/actors, shoot, you can even add the craft services of this crapshoot to the list as well. Paul Anderson did get Leon's look right in his crap movies, and the hairstyle, but got his personality wrong, because he literally swapped it with another character, for seemingly no reason. Why can't they adapt Leon's character correctly in a movie? It's not impossible to do. Guess only the games know how to do it right. As usual, Jeremy's right. The RE2 remake, original, and definitely RE4 and 6 gave us the true portrayal of Leon we all THOUGHT we needed to look for, high and low, when the REAL answer to how we could find a seriously awesome portrayal of Leon Kennedy was right in front of us the whole frigging time. Especially if you've ever played RE4. Sorry if this is a bit too long of a message. I just really enjoy RE and it's my favorite horror game series, and Leon is my favorite RE character.

[@hedonisticmisanthrope]

And this is how you know you fucked something up - when you make true fans cry,

[@shawnfields2369]

@@hedonisticmisanthrope agreed.

[@dannyjack659]

To be fair Leon was an idiot in Resident Evil 2 who was easily manipulated by Ada. He was admirable because he was a good person, He starts getting better in resident evil 4.

[@teriosshadow17]

@@dannyjack659 Leon was inexperienced sure and quite gullible, but he still had that strong sense of justice. He wasn't butt of the jokes in RE2 who can't even handle a gun because he was perfectly capable with those in RE2

[@monkeyjoe70]

Jeremy mentioning Arcane got me so happy

[@drumaticpageofmusic4148]

I think Brett Dalton would make a good Albert Wesker. He basically played the later version of Wesker in Agents of SHIELD season 3. He’s a tall guy in a trench coat with a mostly monotone voice who has an intense personality and fighting abilities, who also mutates to some degree by the end of the season. To me he‘s be perfect.

[@granthamlin8126]

With rumors of a Mass Effect show, I think he'd be a good Commander Shepherd.

[@drumaticpageofmusic4148]

@@granthamlin8126 or Nathan Drake 😂

[@drumaticpageofmusic4148]

@Moa Moa true

[@doctordeath9336]

Why don’t they just bring back the Wesker from RE Afterlife and Redemption? I thought he looked good for the role

[@drumaticpageofmusic4148]

@@doctordeath9336 true. Idk about his acting tho. Maybe it’s good, idk. I haven’t watched it in years 🤷‍♂️

[@daBIGcheesefries]

The characters are among the worst part of this movie. However I thought they portrayed Chief Irons fairly well along with Chris, who was hilariously bland and clueless exactly how he was in RE1 and RE1 Remake. Idk if that was intentional or just bad writing but they nailed him lmao

[@daBIGcheesefries]

@My names Jeff very true, I’m very open minded and can enjoy things that aren’t true to the canon/lore but for me the characters have to somewhat resemble the source material. Leon was heavily exaggerated on the rookie part. Claire was spot on. Jill was too cocky and arrogant. Wesker was an entirely different person altogether. Birkin was mehhh. I wish they had Barry, Rebecca, and Mr X but I think it was already too bloated of a cast as it is.

[@farlonmuentes6004]

@@daBIGcheesefries yep, it's hard to fit in the characters of a franchise that is known to have too many characters. it's difficult to translate it into a movie without alienating the ones who haven't played the games but i appreciate what they did here putting major settings from the games unlike the original ones which has literally nothing to do with RE. i mean if they put too much 1 to 1 from games, it would be ridiculous and cartoonish.

[@daBIGcheesefries]

@@farlonmuentes6004 you’re right. They wouldn’t have been able to coexist with so much going on when it was already a disaster combining 2 games into 1. The scenery and that 90s feel was much appreciated. I think if the director got another stab at it, he would be receptive to the criticism and might be able to pull it off a second go around.

[@anandnaik9632]

Probably best part of this review is, when he mentioned he was going to review Arcane SMH

[@Caden_Williams10]

I mean no one expected it too be good…

[@Randomguyply]

They need to make games like these into tv series and keep it to its lore.

[@field-armada]

Tv shows don't reach to much of audience than movies in theater and rarely became a blockbuster.

[@jamesgabriel7132]

one word: resident evil 4. probably one of the best RE game. anyone who played that game would know who is Leon. once i saw the leon in this movie, i know it's game over.

[@RorekSkyfall]

I didn't expect much at all but I was hoping they would leaned into B horror movie cheese that the first game accomplished. Jeremy made a really good point about games of today scratching that itch of what we wanted back in the 90s. Oh well, anyways at least we got the amazingness that is Arcane. My easily among my favorite experiences of this year.

[@tommytownsend183]

The only person's opinion I trust aside from my own... Goddamn you jahns for being so accurate and correct. Truly, as a fellow resident evil fan, I wish you were wrong

[@ALL_that_ENDS]

I'd throw stuck an in there, personally.

[@Ra3_ar1adnE]

Though the WS movies were…definitely something, it did had it moments here and there and tried something different with the Alice character and such.

[@izayoi2006]

For all we can blame those movies for doing wrong, they are at least memorable. This movie will be forgotten as soon as you finish watching it.

[@SuperMurray2009]

They were mostly still ass. I will say the best Resident Evil is the original but they got progressively worse and worse.

[@SuperMurray2009]

@@izayoi2006 We can blame those movies for being bad because of the fans. The reason they kept getting made is because the audiences kept paying for it.

[@izayoi2006]

@@SuperMurray2009 I am not saying they were good, memorable =/= good. Just saying at least you can remember them. This one is just plain boring and forgettable.

[@Lmwpitt]

I honestly didn't mind it. I respected their attempt to get somewhat closer to RE2. With the budget they had, I reckon they did pretty well. Except that god awful CGI monster at the end, that was horrendous. Instead of shitting on it and sequels getting cancelled... I reckon it has promise, so I'll support the sequel, and hope they get better.

[@smoothcolors9257]

Like at least they are trying. All I see are people being racist towards Leon's actor and thats not helping anyone. I had a fun time watching it and I've only played an hour of RE2, now I want to get back to the game thanks to how much fun Leon's character was in this movie. I mean so far in the game he's a pretty generic hero protagonist 🤷‍♂️

[@Darth_Revan25]

@@smoothcolors9257 there's nothing racist about the Leon comparison. Leon Kennedy is an established white man with dark blonde hair (straight by the way). I've heard the upcoming Resident Evil series/film to be released is casting Lance Reddick (a black man) as Albert Wesker (a white character) Don't you see how this makes ZERO sense and isn't faithful to the original character? Like if Sergeant Johnson from Halo was played by a white actor - I'd absolutely have an issue with that.

[@lukenydam3772]

“Under a blanket of straight to dvd” this statement has been goat’d

[@rc59191]

This is why I didn't get my hopes up the casting choices were warning enough. We need a reboot of the reboot.

[@ShonenJapan]

Or maybe just stop trying. Cuz I don't think anyone can do it.

[@rogersjgregory]

I would love someone with actual talent and movie-making experience to make a Legend of Zelda movie. I feel that Resident Evil would work better as a limited TV series. That way you can develop the characters better, as long as you have writers who are worth a damn.

[@Tyrisalthan]

Yes, if they could make a decent Zelda-movie it would be sweet. What I worry is that they would not do it justice, but butcher it like so many game movies had been in the past. Unfortunately they just seem to not know how to adapt video games into movies.

[@ceeb420]

Zelda as an animated movie would be sick.

[@MisthiosofLodoss]

Yeah unfortunately the live action Resident Evil TV series that IS in the works is already a cluster f^k.

[@deadnorth8648]

Zelda in this time line would be trashhhhhhhh...👎 Maybe in time

[@goonietunes5962]

Not only do they have to be worth a damn. But they have to be fans of the games who give a damn about making a good Zelda adaptation. I hate when they hire people like "I've been a huge fan of the games" like are you really though? Those "our interpretation of..." people need to get lost

[@AdemOmerovicBA]

Yeah, regarding the Leon... I think they wanted to show us (in compressed timespan) transformation of the character from clumsy and incompetant in to the fearless badass. From prison scene and onward, he is actually ok.

[@vilemk69z98]

Yup, just what I was expecting. Not surprised at all. No I know for CERTAIN not to waste my time. ENJOYED your reviews as usual, keep it up!!!👍👍

[@EMXQUIN]

Imagine the tension that a good director could build with the RE1 scene where the zombie dogs chase the second Stars team to the Spencer mansion. Arcane is amazing.

[@NTWoo95]

I had the same issue with Castlevania’s dialogue, when everybody throwing f bombs in every other word it just sounds like white noise after a while. It comes off “I’m 15 and I’m writing a story for adults.”

[@kell0999]

As a hardcore Resident Evil fan, saying that this movie was a disappointing train wreck is an understatement. Casting was horrible, acting was awful, movie was way too fast-paced. It felt NOTHING like Resident Evil. It tried to rob some of the best aspects of the games and utterly failed in doing even that. This isn't even an enjoyable movie if you're coming in with fresh eyes as a non-Resident Evil fan (I could be biased, but still). I wore my favorite Resident Evil tee into this theater and felt so embarrassed walking out LMAO.

[@BaDinkaDink211]

I watched RE last night and felt the same way. I got home and re-download RE2 remake. So when he said " I'd rather play the game then re watch the movie " . I was like feel that 😆

[@angelchang5194]

This movie was obviously going to be terrible. I was extremely surprised the amount of people that were supportive about this. Not just the casting but the wardrobe was horrible. 🤮

[@deananderson3883]

The zombies in the mansion were actually terrifying

[@jamesedleymusic]

They were in a sense, but they looked more like raving lepers than actual zombies. The bald one that did the iconic head turn looked appropriate to what you’d see in the game, but that was about it in the zombie department.

[@jacquesjames6226]

No they weren’t

[@Shirai_Ryu92]

They didn’t even look like zombies or even the zombies from the games for that matter.

[@DavMCycle]

Well.... I'll play those remakes, thanks for saving me time Jeremy.