'Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City' - REVIEW

[@OSW]

I was devastated at how poor this was! _"make as many videogame references as you can, as fast as you can, and don't stop for any reason"_ 💔

[@OSW]

btw great vid Ian! Respect for front-loading the video with your summation 2 minutes in

[@SmellTheCanvis]

It's yer boys!

[@616Entertainment]

Dude the amount of references to tiny, useless things being paired with characters that don’t look or act like themselves is KING of the “you just don’t get it” mountain, hahahaha. Thanks for watching, brudda

[@jasonmaclean719]

Question is, was this Doink Mo level bad?

[@jasonmaclean719]

​@@SmellTheCanvisdid you get your Nogger votes in in time?

[@Punisher6791]

the problem with this film was trying to combine the plots of the first game and the second game into one night on screen when in reality they take place months apart in the games. the mansion incident takes place in July of 1998 and RE2 takes place on September 28th 1998.

[@ultimateevilz8937]

yea i had a huge problem with this ....the couldve just concentrated on chris and jill.

[@BrianTXtreme]

They need to make a movie that follows the original game a bunch of soldiers trapped in a mansion with zombies it shouldn't be difficult

[@alec2000]

It sucks that this movie turned out the way it did. So much potential it had, yet it was squandered hard. I remembered how disappointed me and my brother were when it ended, and that’s coming from actual fans of the games. Never again will I watch this, and I’m glad you feel the same way, Ian. Definitely a good video, and I can’t wait for the rest of Scream Sequence😁. I love you and all the DanDans, and I hope y’all stay safe.❤️

[@616Entertainment]

It really is shockingly bad.

[@jimmyrolls37]

Worst part is that this movie's failure will probably ensure the studios never try to replicate the games again. The games already have the right stories, characters, set pieces and all, but nobody can seem to make it work on screen as a movie outside of residence of evil

[@conceitedfication]

​@616Entertainment it shouldn't be shocking wen I seen the trailers I already knew what to expect 😑

[@OneAtFaultMedia]

Let's not speak on the Netflix re remake lol

[@KendallChristiansonYT]

When I found out the dude who made the 47 Meters Down movies as well as that awful Strangers sequel was doing the new Resident Evil movie, I knew it was doomed.

[@adnanasif9538]

One moment i actually hated in this movie was the lady writing "Itchy Tasty" scene. In the game when reading the keeper's diary, you see how the dude was slowly going insane while you are creeped out more and more with each page you flip, and by the time you reach "itchy tasty" part, you realise the moment he lost all his humanity. Its so horrifying to think what was going on with this guy while he was recording his experience in the diary. The only thing that would have made it more scarier is after putting away the diary, the zombie jumped out of the closet then, instead of before even reading the diary. But still great and memorable moment from the 1st game. In this movie, they just throw this easter egg without any context, and whatever there is in the name of "context" is just meh. The she-zombie just spies Claire, writes itchy tasty on the mirror, and then smashes through it to attack.

[@616Entertainment]

Agreed. It’s awful. Dude how about Wesker just being like “oh maybe I should play moonlight sonata on this piano and see if something happens.” Ugh. So bad.

[@adnanasif9538]

@@616Entertainment Dude Wesker was treated terribly in this film, not as bad as Leon but still terrible.

[@marcbradley1985]

I live in Sudbury, where the movie was filmed. Our local radio station has a splitter that goes, "Our city looks so great, we film a zombie movie here" 😂 The intersection that Claire gets dropped off at is literally 100 feet away from my house. I had high hopes for this movie knowing it was being filmed in my hometown. Such a disappointment.

[@616Entertainment]

It's cool that the one scene is right down the street from your house, that's the best part of the movie then.

[@MrVreyes20]

As someone who liked the movie i think it's biggest problem was combining RE1 and RE2 into one story instead of focusing on one game. I feel like they were trying to rush into a shared cinematic universe by establishing all important RE characters in the first movie then branch them off later. Also idk why they merged RE1 and RE2 when RE2 and RE3 take place roughly at the same time

[@DMCMaster550]

Fellow liker of said film, 100% agreed. I respect Johannes Roberts and his John Carpenter approach to filmmaking. He should have just done an RE2-Make adaptation, which the movie is clearly most inspired by, rather than combining RE, RE2 and neglecting RE3.

[@kriskirst-cy9mo]

Lmao you two clowns liked the movie? No wonder these dog shit movies keep getting made morons like you two end up liking them

[@kriskirst-cy9mo]

You two shitheads actually like this movie? Lol what are you both 9 years old? The reason these dog shit movies keep getting made is because dumbasses like you both like them

[@michaellepp5445]

The writers should have figured out that combining the stories of RE1 and RE2 into one movie was impossible. There are too many characters at different locations. It just didn't work. I think they should try again. Also, don't make Leon look like an idiot.

[@LaffinKing]

Me and my brothers had a good time watching this movie. So many laugh out loud moments.

[@dylanmijer2890]

Paul WS Anderson did an amazing job with the adaptations, he actually turned the video game into a movie that catered to both video game fans and horror movie fans, that’s why it grossed so much money, people wanting the movie to be exactly like the video games, don’t understand how drastically different movies and video games are from each other, imagine watching a horror movie about zombies and none of the 5to6 main characters die, make it make sense because that’s what y’all asking for, horror movies typically have a main character that survives while everyone around them dies, that’s the formula, and that’s what PA did, he took a survival horror game and adapted to the survival horror movie formula.

[@DongCorleone]

The community owes you a debt of gratitude for preventing the viewing of this film. I have submitted your work and tireless effort for the Nobel Prize sir. Great video as always. Cheers

[@CaptainMcKayRandom]

Mountain Man HAAAAATED Leon in this one haha. He’s a big fan of the character and couldn’t handle this movie. Me? It’s garbage, and I love garbage. This and that Netflix live-action Resi series are both my kinda nonsense hahaha. In fact, I think Ada Wong shows up at the end of that series too, hyping a follow-up that will never happen. Insanity. Love this video!

[@616Entertainment]

Dude, Ada showing up to tease sequels that never happen could be a new bit.

[@BurnoutInc]

Dude, I watched that whole series just to see that giant crocodile go nuts. Wasn’t disappointed.

[@Ka_Five]

I remember being excited for a movie that was going to go closer to the plot of the games, and when they said it was going to combine RE1 and 2, I was like "oh no" I'm usually fine with changes to characters in adaptations but whatever they did with Wesker wasn't it, man

[@sevartt9046]

2 words: "where's Barry?"

[@ocdman3910]

That's 3 words, but I agree with you😂

[@aaroncaldwell6841]

You know a movie is bad when you cant even remember it. I've seen this movie and forgot about it completely. The 2001 resident evil may not have even been that good, but at least i remember it and I'm still able to enjoy it.

[@AubreyTheKing]

Mashing Resident 1 & 2 together was a HUGE mistake from the start. When I heard they were combining two of those games together while filming, I KNEW right then and there, that was a bad idea. Making Resident Evil 1 all on it's own, IS worthy enough of a full length film! There are SO MAY ideas you can do with the first game to make the film work! The characters, the haunted feel of the mansion, the history of the mansion, solving the puzzles of the mansion, surviving the attacks from the zombies, the many clues and journals the characters find and trying to discover what everything means! SO MANY THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH THAT FIRST GAME ALONE! Resident Evil should be one of the easiest games to ever adapt into a motion picture! Fans can literally make a better Resident Evil movie! If there's ONE positive thing about the director of Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City, he is a fan of the games. The police station looks very accurate to the game. SO MANY Easter Eggs and references to the games are really charming to see. But it feels like he was way too focus on making easter eggs and references to the games, rather than focusing on making a good movie. And that's just not enough.

[@guardianbeardizer6361]

Wesker being played by Dick-on Tulley from GoT...can't take him seriously

[@ColonelCarnage]

Billy Bones haha

[@thisisnotachannel]

Oh, man... as much as I love to hear your take regarding movies that you LIKE... I may equally enjoy hearing your thoughts regarding movies that you do NOT like! Good stuff, Ian!

[@JCLopez209]

This to me was one of those video game movies where the mentality was "you guys wanted a faithful adaptation of the video games? Well there you go"

[@ivangordy8957]

Except for that part where this isn’t anything close to a faithful adaptation.

[@JCLopez209]

@@ivangordy8957 compared to the Alice versions. It kinda was but the problem was that they did what Hollywood should never do, which is combined the first two into one movie. They shouldve just did the first video game and that's it.

[@ivangordy8957]

@@JCLopez209 Combining them wasn’t the problem. Shitty writing was. Everything is wrong. You can split this into two movies and it would still be garbage. Chris and Claire are Birkin’s adopted kids? Like, what? That’s FUCKING nonsense. The most common argument I’ve seen is “ThEY ShOuLdNt HaVe CoMbiNeD bOtH gAmEs” They didn’t. They may have tried to present it that way, but no. And claiming that to be the case only excuses the mishandling of nearly every aspect of the franchise lore. I’ve been playing resident evil since ‘96. I can ASSURE you they didn’t combine both games. They took recognizable imagery from each game and mashed it into garbage for the average person to consume. I get what you’re trying to say. But the writers completely shit the bed with how they handled the lore. I’m just glad they kept Barry out of this absolute late term abortion of a movie.

[@JCLopez209]

@@ivangordy8957 well from what I heard, they can't adapt the 3rd one anymore because of what they did in this one. They've already introduced characters that weren't supposed to be introduced yet, one of the characters basically had an origin story even tho they should've already had looked they way they did already (Wesker).

[@Lex-up6mg]

Didn’t even know this was a 616 review. Dis done be good. What a giant POS movie that made fans more annoyed than ever.

[@vincentmoran4821]

I sincerely don't know how the freak these movies up so much - THE HARD WORK IS DONE, GUYS!

[@cjsher90]

I remembered enjoying the movie in spite.... but now I think I was just happy to have a new RE movie.

[@sidauthur7836]

A sucker born every minute. These studios can always count on you to be a good boy and consume product

[@AdamSMessinger]

I remember watching this in theaters. It came off as if someone told the people who made the CW Arrowverse shows to go make an RE movie. I forgave it for that and thought the plot and acting were okay. I'm not big into RE as I've never beaten one but I did wonder if this movie was a "cult classic" among RE fans or reviled. This episode was interesting to get insight into that.

[@kendellawsonsr]

That was a great review! Spot on!

[@dragonrana88]

RE is my favorite game series, this movie is not good, but I enjoy it. I saw it in theaters and have it on Blu-Ray.

[@scullmancometh]

Love the SplatterHouse music in the intro 😁

[@jasonkoepenick2533]

I wanted this movie to be good!

[@616Entertainment]

Man I think we all did. =/

[@jasonmaclean719]

As they say only way to do it is to do it yourself. No way we'd ever have the chance but just imagine if you were put in charge of your favorite franchise for a movie and had COMPLETE creative control. Zero studio interference.

[@trustobey1016]

12:30 "I wear my sunglasses at night".

[@jahdorose8659]

Should of been better least it's was more faithful to the source

[@zacharyscott6779]

Paul Anderson's first 3 Resi movies are a damn good time. One had an interesting story. Two had some grear sequences pulled straight from the game. And the third was a good conclusion to the characters we met. Everything after, was just goofy to bad. WTRC had ideas... FAR TOO MANY ideas. Putting re 1&2 stories together was a bad idea from the start because no great character had a chance to shine.

[@ssaunders1122]

Yes! I got the Killer Klowns 4K and couldn't have been happier to hear it's next.

[@TheRealAdaWong]

If they treated the series like an anthology, they’d easily have a full trilogy on their hands by telling 1-3 separately as they’re meant to. Trying to combine two stories into one ruins all the character perspectives because no one gets to actually have a role in the story. Claire never got to save Sherry nor fight Mr. X Leon doesn’t meet Ada and get fully informed on Umbrella’s conspiracy Jill doesn’t have her last escape nor encounter Nemesis Wesker isn’t at the helm of the conspiracy, betraying STARS and Umbrella. Ada doesn’t get to portray a double crossing spy, so she’s depicted as Wesker’s handler which is the opposite of their dynamics. Ultimately, everyone is just depicted as the character they’re portraying, they don’t actually get to perform or enact any of the feats that made them who they are in the story. It’s like a fanfiction where everyone does ideally what they’re supposed to but doesn’t have any actual meaning.

[@ls-zv5lq]

Thanks for making me remember this movie my brain completely forgot about it as soon I as finished it

[@jackdavis5139]

Off topic. When are we gonna get some more Triangle X Squared O retrospectives?

[@616Entertainment]

After October.

[@jackdavis5139]

@@616Entertainment awesome thanks.

[@McClane105]

The movie was made to give a watered down recap of the first two games and it suffered greatly for it. The only thing I liked about the movie was the setup of Raccoon City and how it was becoming a ghost town. I loved the small midwestern town feeling and an impending sense of doom. Unfortunately, that all happens in the first 10-15 minutes - the rest sucks, unfortunately.

[@jasonshouseoffunandvideoga7169]

I tried really hard to enjoy this as well. I was glad to see a bunch of resident evil things on screen that jogged my memory but it just couldn't overcome a lot of the points you just made. It feels like one of those movies that had major interference from the studio like crow city of angels, Halloween 6, Jason VS Freddy, development and release speaking but it's not. At least not that I have heard or read. They had a really great opportunity to do something awesome, completely dropped the ball. I didn't even remember half the things you pointed out until watching the vid. I hope someone, someday can get this right. The other ones, a lot of it was great, the story was faulty but not to this level, in most of the incarnations. Great review and different from your others but I'm sure most will agree, how could it not be with this subject matter.

[@dnllrnt]

I don't understand how studios screw this up The only way a live action Resident Evil succeeds, is to make it a series. Like True Detective, every season would be different: Season 1: Arklay Mountains/Spencer Mansion Season 2: Raccoon City's descent Season 3: Nemesis/Escape from Raccoon City 8 episodes per season, gives plenty of time for character development and the plot to marinate. This prevents the 10 pounds of shit in a 5 pound bag of force feeding every conceivable reference to the games in the movies.

[@thumpasounds]

I don’t know…seen this at the movies and I enjoy the hell out of it. This movie is the most faithful to the resident evil franchise….this isn’t Dead or Alive

[@TonyGearSolid]

As inaccurate the Paul W S Anderson movies were, they at least got most of the characters down and were mostly fun to watch. I tried watching Welcome to Racoon City and made it a half hour before I had to turn it off, it's somehow worse than The Final Chapter and that's really saying something.

[@FreshBakedGaming]

Albert Wesker looks like an off-brand Glen Powell.

[@1fulsniperlegend]

I had high hopes for this film but when I watched it again I was like oh yeah this is bad

[@lordvlygar2963]

I'm that one dissenting opinion in the comments. I really love this movie. Saw it in theaters twice and have it on DVD and Blu-Ray. About 45 minutes were cut for the theatrical release and it was rushed out because Covid really messed up the filming schedule. It's as if John Carpenter saw the original cutscenes and he made a movie with that cheesiness. Half of the movie is Assault on Precinct 13, with parts of The Fog and Big Trouble in Little China. This is a comedy horror film. I'm hoping that it gets enough of a fanbase that we finally get a director's cut, someday. There were plans for a sequel with Johannes Roberts. It was going to mix together Code Veronica and RE4. This other movie you mentioned, if it is still in production, has nothing to do with Johannes.

[@616Entertainment]

I'm glad that you're such a big fan, but I can't say I see literally any of what you see in it. That's an opinions based thing. I would wager it's a fact though that this is not a "comedy horror" film at all, that's a stretch of all stretches.

[@ZeroCashProductions]

I paid money to see this in the theater, knowing it looked bad but hoping for the best. It was SO BAD! The Jovovich movies look like Oscar performances next to this one!

[@killerVeNoM101]

OOHHHHhh , THERE it wasn't Dan-dans....

[@CagedGAMING42]

Loving the scary content right now. Hey are you going to have a playthrough of khaos Reigns? Tower adventure with ghost face.. Tear list of the characters in mk1? #impatient4MKMonday😵‍💫

[@DialSforSam]

I might be in the minority that sorta enjoyed Welcome the Raccoon City. Sorta decent in my opinion for what it was. Can't wait for the Killer Klownz episode!

[@chrisbiggs5415]

KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE RULES!! The theme song alone slaps hard. I agree with the casting. Didn’t matter to me but what does matter is having the cast act like their characters and the movie failed on that. The potential was there but it was wasted.

[@michaelsantana7018]

The guy stuck in the jail cell looked like a less smelly Asmongold.

[@bZman]

I actually prefer Welcome to Raccoon City to any of the Paul WS Anderson films. It actually tries to get the game plots in there even if mashed together poorly

[@ColonelCarnage]

Everyone complains about Leon and Jill ends up getting overlooked with how horrible this portrayal was.

[@jeffreybarker357]

This is the honest we need for these movies. Jesus-Borderlands REALLY hurt my feelings for the same reasons as this one. Cash grab. Fuck the fans.

[@robertfrazier6563]

[ 1st off ] If i was at that diner ( gotten my food ) noticing the waitress's eye is leaking blood I have my food to go ( Then walk to a nearest dumpster & toss the food in there ). Problem with the movie is the character's personalities although Chief Irons get a pass ( I rather Irons being a clueless chief don't know what's going on than a chief being bought by Umbrella ).

[@chaddixson8398]

Thank god they are re-remaking it again again.

[@devyndowling689]

Ayye it’s Beck from Victorious

[@robchuk4136]

Felt a bit like a glorified fan film, but the most frustrating thing was hearing some people say they were accurate and we still didn't like it- "See, fans can never be satisfied!" This offended me more than the movie itself.

[@robbyhenderson3909]

There was WAAAAYYYY too much going on for this to be any kind of good.

[@EGommer1994]

I remember trying to enjoy what I could of the movie and leaving the theater thinking it was "okay." But the more I sat with it, the worse it got. 😂 It has many weaknesses, but I think choosing to jam multiple games in one movie was, and always will be, a mistake. There's too much there and nothing can breathe. Of course, subpar writing would have resulted in a messy movie regardless.

[@ther0n1nnamed47]

Not surprised honestly. But I'll counter that and say, I enjoyed it, I personally loved it more than the Anderson RE movies after Apocalypse (thats a whole other thing for me). Favorite scene by far, the dark room zombie fight scene with Chris in the mansion. But I get it, it felt weird, something about it I didn't like, besides how Leon was portrayed, which was how they mashed RE 1 and 2 together and how it felt soooo rushed.

[@616Entertainment]

Of the Anderson movies, I’ve only seen… I think the first 4. I enjoy 1, 2 is horrible, 3 is awful, and 4 I remember practically nothing about it at all. I have no idea how that story concludes, hahaha

[@ther0n1nnamed47]

@616Entertainment it doesn't conclude lol I don't remember 3,4, 5 because they kinda sucked, and the last one was soooooo bad yeesh (maybe to a retrospective on them? If you haven't already) I loved the first movie and the second pissed me off for changing RE3 but after the rest i enjoy it more

[@Magic6GMC]

Just another cash grab IMO they literally could’ve made the RE2:Remake with live actors and it would’ve made me happier than this shit did. When tf has Jill had a crush on Wesker?! Why is Leon a complete dunce? Jesus they just put a bunch of actors into their similar character outfits and crammed as many references they could into this thing and said…”we fucking did it!!!” This movie was just a RE trailer that they stretched to 1hr+ shit show 😒

[@Floptart]

14:29 was literally the only good part of the movie. My friend said the same thing as Irons 3 seconds before he did and then we all busted out laughing.

[@Ghost06ix]

I liked the movie because it was closer to the video games than the other movies, but it still could have been a lot better. This movie had potential but they dropped the ball. They shouldn’t have tried to combine the stories of RE1 and 2 into one movie

[@RCROX]

This may be controversial but i really liked this movie... other than Leon looking more like Carlos, i really enjoyed the game references

[@lordvlygar2963]

Not controversial for me. I also love it.

[@OneAtFaultMedia]

I was never on board with this movie to begin with the minute they made Carlos Leon, now I agree race swapping happens all the time basically and I don't really mind as long as the acting and characters good at the same time but Leon, Jill and Wesker never looked like themselves to which they really could've done so with these actors, anyways they also squeezed an entire trilogy worth of games into 1 movie, something my High-school self would've raged over considering the fact I always wondered what the perfect Resident Evil movie trilogy covering the 3 games would've looked like 👍🏼

[@MightyKombat]

Yeah I feel like half the references in this movie were so fans could do the Jay Bauman "I CLAPPED!" when they come up. Is there a reason that one zombie screams "ITCHY TASTY" in Claire's face? Because usually in the games zombies can either only moan or if they do say something its a dead wheeze. Look at Forest in the Biohazard pachislot or RE3make Brad. They don't SCREAM it out. Also fuck what this movie did to Leon with both fists. The only good thing coming out of this film was Lily Gao voicing Ada in RE4make (even though that led to its own can of worms) and, well not to be blunt but both yours and Phelous' reviews.

[@HerbertShippee]

Ian i am like you. I am an OG resident Evil fan. It was so bad. I love your channel tho. Easily my favorite

[@jordanstuck747]

I honestly liked this movie ONLY on a "I like trash zombie movies* level

[@lamNoJedi]

Chief Irons was the best part of this whole dumpster fire.

[@RaDicAL808]

I don’t want to watch this movie or anymore live action adaptation to RE. I’m all set. I like what the games bring already, plus the gameplay. I’ll leave these movies to fans who seek that experience outside the games. Does anyone even acknowledge the Netflix series that came a couple years ago or has that been wiped from everyone’s memory? lol.

[@mikeabney2527]

This movies opening night was on my birthday. So for my birthday I watched this movie. It was a bad birthday that year 😔 By the way, them race swapping Leon and Jill was a totally horrible idea.

[@chris_t2020]

Was it so hard to adapt the first novel from SD Perry? I hate movie producers so much for ruining this film potencial.

[@RedCometXIII]

I never understand why so many video game movies go out of their way to make subtle references to the source material while the main story/characters/whatever is absolute garbage. Like the Bob-ombs, Bullet Bills and Big Bertha in the SMB movie or the half hearted moves in Street Fighter (I love this movie despite it being awful). I've never seen this movie, but it looks so bad that I feel like I want to.

[@616Entertainment]

Hey now… the Mario movie was awesome.

[@RedCometXIII]

@@616Entertainment I mean, I'd watch it over a lot of other stuff.

[@SkyViews-hd6bw]

When they killed off jill valentine.... bro she is one of the survivors of Raccoon City smh😒

[@616Entertainment]

They don't kill Jill in this movie, dude.

[@Michael-wb]

I was just disappointed by how much time they spent trying to make stuff look like the games but not one character is played right! Not one acts like they do in the game, seeing Jill first time almost made me rage quit 😂

[@bashcrash9148]

Raccoon City? More like Raccoon Shitty...AMIRITE!?!?!?

[@moniquemorris5481]

Yea I just wanted to hear you talk😂😅😅😅😂 you are hilarious 😂 I know of the video games bc of my son and watched this movie with him and he basically said the same but without the cursing

[@hitmanmonaghan6633]

Want to see a great adaptation? Read the SD Perry books.

[@glennwelsh9784]

This movie tries to cram the first two games into a single film. But in doing so, it never really seems to fully commit to either one. There are two different stories going on populated by too many characters, so there's no time to go into any real depth with most of them, and the ones who do have any semblance of depth are just horrible.

[@starrsmith3810]

My question is…..why the fuck are they combining Part 1 and Part 2 despite the fact that Part 2 takes place MONTHS after Part 1 in the games and it would’ve made 10x more sense to combine Part 2 and Part 3 because they both take place within the same fucking time frame and place. Logic isn’t alive with RE when it’s live action I guess. I don’t get why they can’t get it right. RE in live action sounds pretty damn cool.

[@imafgc]

Why is it so hard to make good live action Resident Evil

[@brucepetrie1343]

I honestly shut this movie off when they were in tge diner and never turned it back on

[@wolvesamongstroyaltyband]

It had some good scenes like the first look at a zombie in the mansion part and first look at a licker like in re2. But whole story kinda sucked bc each of the characters would never have met like Leon and Claire wouldn't met the stars officers. Which kinda funny how Leon shows up at the meeting and chief tells him to get the fk out of here. Which nods to that Leon would never meet Chris, Jill, Wesker until later on. But at least Ben got a better deal on his death instead of Mr X..which by the way was supposed to been in the movie but scraped.

[@Mankey619]

I've watched the 2002 RE movie on Netflix last week, and it was fun rewatching. Despite not being followed by the game's original source material. At least it wasn't bad as Welcome to Racoon City is. That movie's story is a huge mess. The director couldn't even decide weather he should follow RE1 or RE2 game's story here. The film's production is very cheap, and the cast is bad to portray them.

[@HantuAmir]

I liked this movie despite its flaws.

[@robemery4335]

ok, not the best RE movie sure, but definitely not the worst haha Most of my love for this movie is solely based on the fact that it was filmed in my hometown aka Sudbury, Ontario, like there were reshoots in North Bay but a lot of shots were almost distracting, like "hey, I've been there" kind of stuff lol luckly no zombies around though haha

[@trevorkennedy4762]

The movie better then the last action movies

[@gjergjaurelius9798]

Yeah let's get dhalism to play Leon. This director got his Capcom franchises mixed up 😂

[@WheeledHamster]

The live action cutscene from RE 1996 is infinitely superior than all this shit.

[@reaperr8750]

Kaya Scodelario as Claire and Robbie Amell as Chris are peak casting. Aside from that not really a good movie.

[@616Entertainment]

Kaya Scoledario can do no wrong.

[@personatodo]

The worst portrayal of Leon Kennedy ever. Not only did the filmmakers race swapped him, they also made him lazy, dumb and clumsy. Claire is totally unlikeable and is there just to boss the incompetent Leon around. And yeah the Jill in this version is nothing like the games at all. The only character that comes close to the games is Chris. The whole movie is just an unredeemable mess.

[@joshuagriffith9191]

They cast Neal McDonough to play William Burkin and give him generic lines. Feels like a huge waste. Similar to casting Willem Dafoe and putting a mast over his face for a large chunk of the movie. I guess the latter was at least good besides the dumb wardrobe mistake.

[@DW3010]

Our Heroes 😂

[@Jorpen410]

They purposely went "Woke"by making Leon a klutz hiding behind the female character.The writer made him useless and didnt have brain to asked himself why Leon Kennedy was hired by the city PoliceDepartment in the first place.The resourceful and well thought agent JillValentine has been made in a"hothead baddie"saying baddie things with no character or purpose unlike in the video game.Another problem was the video game references that the casual movie goer may not know were not discussed leaving the viewer in limbo.The incoherent actions of the characters leaves the viewer disconnected as writer/director Johannes Roberts got cute-funky fresh with something that works and destroyed it that includes the ending of this film.Its hard to be original so we could only make something just as good so stick to the story of Resident Evil(Biohazard in Japan)a franchise which was destroyed thanks to"Woke".

[@616Entertainment]

Not everything you don't like is "woke." The movie is bad, but it has nothing to do with being woke.

[@bernardp.7932]

There was an idea here, and it was a good one, because I liked a lot of the references and the fact we got stuff like Lisa Trevor and the actual Spencer mansion. But the execution was ALL wrong. Their first and huge mistake was combining RE1 and RE2 into one movie. You're just asking for the writing to make zero fucking sense by doing that. The characters sucked and were by name alone. And you can't do a proper RE film on a 25 mil budget and hire some notable names like McDonough and Logue, among other recognizable faces. While they're not big A-list actors, I'm sure some of them weren't THAT cheap either. Add in that with cgi, makeup, reshoots, among many other things, and 25 million is pretty fucking far from enough. But even if you hire no name but talented actors to save money, or just get more than 25 million, fixing the budget would not fix the shit writing, or the movie as a whole. Real shame.

[@ChaosReacon137]

Ultimately, it's not the race-swap that's inherently bad, but it's usually why it happened. Because if the movie was good and not just a thrown together cash grab, some people won't like it, but a lot of people liked Samuel Jackson's portrayal of Nick Fury. But unfortunately, the people that made this abomination were lazy with their "accuracy" that it overall hurt the other sides of the movie's production. Because, I won't lie, the "accuracy" was surface level for an attempt at a cash grab. A movie accurate to the games can work, but not by this group's creatives

[@georgethimakis4710]

Its was one time good watch but I haven't went back and don't think i will lol

[@TheJokesterSCR]

Honestly, I didn't HATE this movie. I'd rather watch it than most of the original RE franchise sequels. However, certain aspects were just head-scratchers. Like, why combine the stories of the first 2 games and not just go in chronological order? Why are all the main characters so unrecognizable in looks and in personality? Making Leon a joke character was unforgivable. But... I can say that I definitely didn't hate it as much as a lot of other people. I'm a sucker for fan-service, so those easter eggs were awesome to me. I dunno... it blows my mind how wrong these studios ALWAYS get these video-game adaptations. It's like... you already HAVE the material written for you. Just follow it and make it live-action. And my GOD... that Netflix series had to be the most laughably terrible RE shit I've ever seen by a LONG shot. I hated the orginal RE 4-6 movies... the first 3 were okay just as zombie movies. But, that Netflix one was just so god awful that it makes me really appreciate the WTRC movie even more.

[@ColonelCarnage]

I think it’s better than the last two Anderson movies, the Netflix series and Infinite Darkness. That’s about where I’d place it.

[@alexfoote1310]

Still like it better than some of the Paul Anderson films but it'd be nice if they actually stuck to the script of the games all of these movies HAVE BEEN PEAK CRINGE

[@whill0216]

Lol, you're not wrong in your assessment. But ima play devils advocate...i didn't hate it as much as many others. Although I was downright offended by the portrayal of Leon (it's my #1 gripe with the movie) but let's move on, I liked Robbie Amell as Chris, Kaya as claire, & Tom Hopper as wesker, & Donald louge is always welcome in any media I consume same for Neal Mcdonough. But chief irons is horrible casting for Donal IF! You stick to the character from the games because he's such a likeable character actor, & Neal's character was simply a director problem (spoiler alert its all a writer/director problem). & wesker, Claire, Chris & even Jill aren't acted poorly (tho I'd prefer a more appearance accurate Jill simply cuz the other 3 look the part). This is simply a writing & direction problem & i think there are still good bones here. If they bring on a competent writer & director I think the sequels can be worlds apart in quality, with the 1st one being a forgotten stinker (like the wolverine movies) & you can retcon most of it later . As devils advocate I'm TRYING! to make an argument for not throwing the baby out with the bathwater lol. I guess I'm arguing for a soft reboot.