Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City...Was Not Good

[@GamerThumbTV]

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[@jahdorose8659]

Movie was cool I enjoy it people need to accept the fact we never going to get a perfect faithful video game movie

[@jahdorose8659]

Definitely better than the original movies in my opinion

[@jahdorose8659]

We had nemesis and tyrant in the old movies franchise tho

[@GamerThumbTV]

This movie could used the excitement of a larger threat like the previous attempt did, instead of jamming G Birkin into the last 10 minutes.

[@GamerThumbTV]

Doesn't have to be completely faithful. But what's the point of throwing in a bunch of characters and only make maybe two of them interesting?

[@kenjishishimaru6114]

The general consensus between me and my friends (also die hard Resi fans) is that Resident Evil would work best as a TV series with like... one or two seasons dedicated to one game installment. Gives time to flesh out the story and characters as well as pay tribute to all the iconic moments from the games.

[@RogueDragon05]

I'd be down for this.

[@Smilifacetf]

You and your friends are spot on man.

[@kenjishishimaru6114]

@@RogueDragon05 Just imagine: A Powerhouse animation (the guys who did Netflix's Castlevania and Seis Manos) covering RE1(with some stuff from RE0 and the Perry novels) to tell a cohesive version of the Spencer Mansion Incident.

[@DeltaSpark8]

I think the majority of games out there would benefit from being adapted into shows rather than movies. Castlevania has proven this, and I'll bet a Resident Evil show could make great use of the extra time to build up and develop events and characters. I wouldn't mind seeing what the protagonists get up to when they're not fighting for their lives against zombies and abominations of mad science.

[@Darkseidx]

Yup, I feel the same way about World War Z. There's no way you can try to mash all those stories together in a movie. Love to see a Resi TV series as long as they don't do like they did with Dawn of The Dead...HOLY SHIT.

[@princesssmileyface91]

They made Jill a simp, made Leon an idiot, and gave Wesker a heart, I was totally done with this movie, happy I did not pay for it, I watched it online, and everything you just said, is how I 100% feel about it.

[@saltystalin1063]

What website you watch it on?

[@Lordamraphel]

@@saltystalin1063 Soap2day

[@saltystalin1063]

@@Lordamraphel appreciate it

[@aakshaypatil5105]

Thats soo true leon was such an idiot and wesker was not evil at all , atleast leon from paul anderson movies was more like leon

[@rc59191]

@@saltystalin1063 solar movie and vumoo are 2 good others

[@fpaltenhoff86]

I cant for the life of me figure out why they just dont adapt the sd perry novels. They are very faithful to the games, while taking their own liberties with some things, as well as adding lore that isn’t in the game series that makes it its own universe. They could totally capitalize on the Trent character and finally resolve his plot thread.

[@registereduser]

I still have those! :D

[@Dreadjaws]

God, I like the novels fine, but I fucking hate Trent. He removes the agency of the main characters every time he shows up. In the games the characters triumph out of their own volition and for their own purposes. In the novels, this asshole keeps showing up to tell them what to do and gives them the tools to do it. I hope he never shows up in a movie.

[@stevevanderslice2244]

Wesker had the palm pilot device that Jill received from Trent in the locker room in the Umbrella Conspiracy. Wesker also finds it in his locker in the film.

[@sierraj.1459]

Honestly, if anyone were to review this movie accurately I would trust you to do it after your amazing RE Timeline. Better to just watch your timeline as the movie than this, it's far more enjoyable. Thank you so much.

[@GamerThumbTV]

I always stress that people should form their own opinions but yea....I can't say I was happy with it at all.

[@sierraj.1459]

@@GamerThumbTV Agreed-though I personally despised it already. My expectations were beyond low yet somehow they surpassed it, and I agree with all of the reasons you mentioned too as to why and more. I will stick to your Timeline, I think it's one of the best and most cohesive ways to watch it all and closest thing to a full movie series we will get so far.

[@anthonygrassi4690]

Exactly the reason I clicked this video lol

[@hotboi1718]

The amount of face palms I did during the movie was just insane…..the blueprint is right in front of them…it’s a shame

[@omarirouse5866]

They turned Wesker into Barry, Claire into Wonder Woman, and Leon into a wuss. Leon should have had Chris' personality in this movie.

[@Darknight127]

Sienna guillory as Jill Valentine from the previous films was the best casting choice in the entire film franchise

[@boboboy8189]

She's too old now

[@otavianiluciano7397]

@@boboboy8189, and even if she was still young, I doubt she would agree to come back.

[@jasonvoorhees7288]

She was the best Jill.

[@DevilFan669]

she would of been a great Jill Valentine but she decided to not come back in Resident Evil the final chapter 2016 and i don't think she didn't care for this franchise and Natasha Henstridge was supposed to play that character and i would of prefer her more than Sienna Guillory since i know that actress more than Sienna Guillory and she announced on twitter that she was never ask to join the project of this franchise but she did however knowledge thanks for her fans for the support of that character and its on trivia on imdb i read it on there thats how i know she didn't return in Resident Evil the final chapter 2016

[@DevilFan669]

@@otavianiluciano7397 yeah exactly bro she is too old to play this character now and she didn't came back in Resident Evil the final chapter 2017 since i don't think she even care for this franchise that much and i would prefer Natasha Henstridge as Jill Valentine since i know that actress more than Sienna Guillory and Natasha Henstridge would play a great Jill Valentine and she would of come back as her character in the previous Resident Evil movies and not like Sienna Guilory didnt want to come back

[@neonsponge37]

If only there was a way to go through the stories of RE 1 and 2 accurately in a more engaging, action packed way 🤔

[@rollins4484]

Yeah, Fabian's Resident Evil Lore playlist, haha.

[@neonsponge37]

@@rollins4484 hell yeah xD

[@wargamesmaster]

There's fanmade movies based on the game on the website, hell, one guy managed to mix events from multiple games (including spin-offs like Operation Raccoon City and Outbreak) into one big movie. Edit: I think KZbin got rid of it...

[@justaguyonyoutube]

I mean to be fair there's no real way to adapt the first game without a lot of interpretation and fuckery, it's my favorite game of all time but 80% of the gameplay is managing your inventory and backtracking for items. If you tried to do a straight adaptation it would an hour and a half to 2 hours of nothing but people picking stuff up and deciding what item they want in their pocket 😂

[@mike14987]

Action? I want to see more horror.

[@SolarDNA]

They totally squandered an opportunity. They could have focused the first film solely on the Spencer Mansion, then done the sequel focusing on RE 2 and 3 simultaneously. It could have been epic. Oh well.

[@jarrodmcdermott9109]

Yes but make Leon the brave white dude with John conner hair cut he was supposed to be

[@omgjimmyboy]

They could easily just follow Jill and Chris in the mansion, make it more like a horror movie not an action

[@GamerThumbTV]

Exactly

[@the1bizkit]

@@GamerThumbTV Hell, they could do it the Alien franchise formula. 1/Mansion Incident is your slow paced, dark horror movie. And then 2/Raccoon Outbreak is your action packed movie, but still with horror elements

[@boboboy8189]

Because Constantine film want to milking this franchise so nobody can have this IP

[@demetriusprime1505]

@@the1bizkit Yep they could set up an entire movie around each game but nobody ever does. They always try and change something.

[@the1bizkit]

@@demetriusprime1505 There was a George Romero script way back when (Yes, THAT George Romero), that was just the Mansion Incident. They decided naw

[@lopirobinson1991]

They need to make a dark, gritty, slightly cheesy trilogy based off of 1, 2 and 3. If those do well they can continue. People don't want too many original story ideas when it comes to a story we already know and love.

[@oddballskull1941]

It’s especially sad, when you have that second chance to set things right, as you have a bunch of examples to look at on what not to do, and you still don’t put any heart into it. Shame

[@adancontreras6383]

Why Wesker isn't wearing his sunglasses? Why Claire doesn't have her ponytail? Why Leon uniform looks like a cosplayer? This movie was a money grab. At least Anderson got it little more accurate

[@Smilifacetf]

Everything you said was spot on to how I feel about the movie. Leon is my favorite RE character and to see him get turned into comic relief was kind of disheartening. Also Birkin is my favorite villian. I love how the videogames show his gradual transformation and it was so rushed. Some smaller notes...the CGI was cringingly bad and the characters don't react to anything. Chief Irons got killed by a Licker and they just move on without a second thought. Sherry literally watched her parents die right before her eyes and she just took it like a champ. ...but I did like the Chris gunfight scene you mentioned and I actually liked the flushed out orphanage backstory for Chris and Claire (minus the father connection with Birkin).

[@mosj9876]

Everyone told me not judge the movie by its trailers. So I went in open minded. I went in with low expectations and I still left disappointed. This was Subverting expectations the movie. Every character are opposite from the game characters but this is what people argued with me about because they said they didn't want the same from the game and wanted it to be different...Well, that's what they got and they still hated it. lol. Even if they didn't race swap the characters and stayed true to the characters looks it still wouldn't have saved this film from its script. The virus acts more like the virus from Romero's 'The Crazies' and not the virus from 'Night Of The Living Dead'. So the zombies you see on screen are still aware and not technically deteriorating until the 3rd act where they are just full on Romero's Living Dead. So it's like a mix of Crazies and Living Dead virus's. I felt it should have stayed more with Living Dead. The director said he was gonna stay faithful to the source...BY DOing THe exact Opposite? But after re evaluating his comment I think he just meant the sets, music, foley, colors, eerie environment and aesthetic. lol. Because he did piss poor on story and characters. My only disagreement with you is that it needs to be as faithful as possible. Look at RE1 remake...It not only perfected the game graphics wise but it added to the lore but still staying true to the source material. When I think something needs to be changed in a game adaption I think of getting rid of shoulder pads and the beret because no special unit in police departments went out with that in the 90's. So aesthetically It will be just a vest and maybe a ball cap. I would even use the alternate costume that she has in RE1remake. Things like that. but not Race swapping or removing environments or characters from the main story line. Let alone changing character traits in order to be 'Different from the games'.

[@mycleawesome6643]

This movie feels like the director played the 2nd game remake and fell in love with it and wanted to make a movie about it, then remembered it wasn’t the first game so he had to tell that story too but wanted to be more faithful to 2.

[@GamerThumbTV]

No joke, I think that's exactly what happened. There was an obvious rush to get to the Raccoon City story, without developing the story to get there.

[@blueb0mber87]

Yep that sounds pretty spot on. Roberts admitted the studio had no idea what direction they wanted to take for this movie until the remake of 2 released.

[@redvelvet5374]

Yeah, played the RE: 2 remake and still casted Leon terribly...

[@JeraldOsborn]

I bought tickets twice to see this movie to give it a chance. After the flrst viewing I had a sinking feeling that what I just watched was not just a bad RE film, but a bad film in general. The 2nd viewing all but confirmed it. The first RE movie with Alice was a better made film than this and actually represented Umbrella better.

[@adancontreras6383]

I agree. Anderson version was more accurate

[@redvelvet5374]

You paid not only once... but twice?

[@miguelperez9906]

When the Paul’s Anderson movies are closer to the source material you know you dropped the ball

[@JAnchorYouTube]

They aren’t closer dude

[@KassieKane]

That’s definitely a reach…the main character in those films isn’t even in the source material smh

[@JAnchorYouTube]

@@KassieKane exactly.

[@miguelperez9906]

@@KassieKane I mean other than Jill the charaters in the show are different enough that it feels more like they took the names and left most other things about the character. At least with the Alice character it’s not a established character being altered.

[@boboboy8189]

@@KassieKane except Alice, every other character look like their game counterpart.

[@TiotiopJ]

i agree with u for the most part, leon was just comic relief, and jill was the "power of love/friendship" kinda character, the design of the city and the mansion were really on point, and the mansion was actually scary, i wouldnt go to the theater to watch this movie, but i would watch it in a boring sunday during afternoon movies special on tv. thats my opinion on it

[@RMystery212]

I already had VERY LOW expectations for this movie just based off some of the casting choices. Now hearing from an legit fan of the Resident Evil franchise say this movie is trash; I definitely believe it🤦🏾. All that being said, begrudgingly, I will still go see the movie🙄.

[@jonathanrichmond8612]

I agree that instead of a movie, just make it a TV series. If they did one game for each 2 are 3 seasons they could easily have a successful 10 are more seasons. Maybe a HBO series. I think they could manage it better then any other but maybe Amazon. I don't think Netflix would have the money are the will to make it right.

[@doomwalker9934]

You are a weird are of saying are.

[@MrVreyes20]

I actually liked the movie alot more than I thought I would but I agree with you on some parts. The third act felt hella rushed and tbh I feel like the movie should've been a bit longer because of it. I also agree that Wesker and Leon were out of character however I think Wesker would've worked better if he were Barry instead.

[@umbrella12]

The first one from the Paul Anderson movie wasent really and adaptation from the games, but it was a good horror movie, the jumpscare were good, the desperation of the character trapped inside a fucking deathtrap lab, the lazer scenes, the zombies were more scarier than this.. i really enjoy thta movie..if we focus on that, if we focus of been a adaptation from the games, yeah its not good

[@princespode]

definitely wasn’t expecting much from this movie to be honest, they had some easter eggs I liked but it was just a mash up of the different games. I think it should have been a netflix series with hour long episodes that covers each aspect of the game separately!

[@nickd1978]

This movie definitely had a chance. The soundtrack was pretty solid, and as you noted the cinematography is actually pretty great and meshes well with the tone and setting of the movie. And speaking of setting, the location scouts did a great job picking the town they used for filming. It felt very true to games. I think because of that, when they did actually get scenes right (like the Chris scene in the mansion you mentioned) it works really well. All of the "1998" touches were great too! The music, the guy playing snake on his phone, the cars, the computers. It felt authentic. Really, most of the early parts with the cast were pretty good. I thought the scene in the diner with them eating dinner before their overnight shift was cool. It really humanized them and grounded the whole incident in some reality. Also the guy who played Irons did a great job and really brought some energy to the whole thing considering how lifeless most of the cast felt for the rest of the movie (the script was pretty horrendous so I don't blame the actors). I dunno, overall I left the movie thinking it was a bit of a letdown but not a total disaster. I got the sense the director tried to make a movie that was faithful to the series but ultimately a bad script, a low budget, and cramming too much into one movie was too much to overcome. BTW - loved your complete history of Resident Evil videos.

[@karlluigi1987]

They swap Lisa and William, Lisa is suppose to be in the Mansion, and William is suppose to be in the RPD..

[@breedofone23]

super appreciate the non-click-bait Thumbnail. Not being sarcastic genuinely mean that. Also loved the video dude.

[@yes-meninc.]

First of all, the look on your face right as the video starts is absolutely priceless! Second, which is worse, Welcome to Raccoon City, Doom Annihilation, or Terminator Dark Fate? Third, at least the Paul Anderson movies did a good job with the monsters.

[@GamerThumbTV]

Raccoon City is a masterpiece compared to the other two.

[@dirkthejerk88]

You pretty much explained my thoughts on the movie. I enjoyed the original resident evil movies because they were their own thing and they didn't rush through the story. This movie seemed more like an echo of the first 2 games.

[@IrezeI]

Going into this movie, I was super excited. From the trailers to the Easter eggs, everything seemed to be on point. Then I watched the movie. Everything you touched on I agree with. I was mad when the Anderson movies turned Wesker into a side character, but in this? He's just wrong all the way around. My biggest complaint is that they had so much source material that they still managed to bomb it. You can tell they did their research with the amount of Easter eggs, but thats about it. With Jill being in the mansion at the same time as the outbreak, that leaves no room for RE3 and nemesis to become a thing. Everything just happened way too fast. They should've taken their time with the movie

[@calebhall7691]

Gotta say man, you took the words right out of my mouth, it doesn't irritate me that they changed so much, it's that they said from the get go, it was gonna be source accurate and faithful, and it's just not.

[@jackjax7921]

Gamerthumbtv's RESIDENT EVIL Timeline is the DEFINITIVE RE movie everyone should watch. Fabian made me love RE games more than any KZbinrs cause he's not biased

[@GamerThumbTV]

Hey thank you for that, glad you found enjoyment in the series.

[@wesker2007]

I saw it opening day… 🤦🏻‍♂️ You can do 0 & 1 together, then do 2 & 3. But mixing 1 & 2 is impossible! Focusing on the Arklay Forest/Mansion then Raccoon City would’ve been logical. What will they do next? RE4? I hope they don’t do a live action Ethan Winter’s

[@GamerThumbTV]

Rumor is if there's another one it'll be RE4 and Code Veronica mixed. It's 100% internet rumors but my head hurts trying to think how that would even work.

[@grahammaxwell2112]

@@GamerThumbTV i hope not they are killing me ruining this franchise

[@DanteMasaru]

I appreciate your assessment on this, Fabian. Well said. I've yet to see the movie and still am on the fence. However, I plan to eventually, but mostly out of morbid curiosity. I'm a huge RE fan and am okay with RE-interpretations and RE-imaginings and whatnot, but straying too far from the source material, especially narrative and plot wise, is a major caveat for me.

[@GamerThumbTV]

I always stress people should make their own opinions so check it out and report back! As for me, it was a huge miss.

[@akapotatobrad]

@@GamerThumbTV I’m watching it now and for me right now the cinematography and practical effects and camera work are really strong. Another strength is what they choose to do with Lisa Trevor, who is one of the most unfortunate characters in the RE series. I’m actually really glad to see her recieve some mercy in this adaptation. The weakest part for me isn’t the reshuffling of character traits (at least so far) but specifically the basement prison scene where that one dude turns his back to his infected cell mate AND the CG fx. I really am enjoying it though. It’s really funny.

[@GothMermaidGamer]

I was already angry over the changes to the characters But then when you got to how they massacred Wesker... I wanted to ram my head through the fucking wall

[@HunterTigerX]

It wasn't THAT bad, like last Paul Anderson adaptations, and there were some good moments. The good things were: Mansion, piano puzzle, classic zombie scene, police station, Jill sandwich joke, claire riding bike, zombies at the police station entrance, Lisa Trevor, Ashford Twins and Ben. But there were a lot of bad things like when zombies draw words with their blood, Leon was really dumb and everyone trolled him too much, he even didn't hear explosion of the truck in front of him, he caused the death of Ben, and etc. Zombies sometimes walk or run straight at people, and sometimes they are like sneaky predators, hard to understand if they are smart or not. No bravo team or their backstory in the movie. Zombie broke helicopter's glass, like how? G-Birkin dialogues were so bad, it was painful to watch. Valentine's curly hair and no blue beret. Ben's death was dumb, if he new about T and G viruses and held a gun, why wasn't he shooting or at least watch for his cell mate. Rocket launcher explosion in the train near Chris and he was ok and everyone was ok. Exposion in a little metal room is not good for the ears you know. Racoon city destruction animatio was awful. Fights in the mansion were messy, at one scene Chris was cought by three zombies and shouting "Aiken", and the next scene he is running away and shooting. How he survived? I don't know. Like how Claire sneaked to the Police Station parking lot and armed herself with a fire distinguisher, or how she escaped orphanage or where are other policeman, only two special teams, their Chief and no person to look at the cameras in the police station? Or how Birkin injected himself with G-virus? He was shot three times in the chest, than we saw a syringe in his hand, then his wife gave him a vial and then in front of Vesker he filled syringe with G-virus and made an injection and Vesker DID NOT SEE THAT. Or how Birkin knew that Chris was there? Too many questions, but I didn't feel bad after the movie, I expected much worse after watching "The Final Chapter" that was much worse even that "Extinction" and so I can give sequel a chance. But only if they won't ruin characters like that. That's not Resident Evil games Leon, but Leon from Earth "random numbers".

[@arsene6623]

I went to go see this movie with my s/o, me being a massive RE super fan, and her only really knowing about as much as what she's seen me watch, and while I was basically seizing up at every creative liberty taken with this movie, and the awful characterization and plot, she was just confused beyond comprehension, and walked away not knowing what an Unbrella, a G virus, or a Lisa Trevor even was.

[@GamerThumbTV]

Same with me, my wife didn't know at the end that the G and T Virus were two different things or understand at all what the difference was. Movie explains nothing about most things.

[@Grayfox251]

How is it so hard to make a good adaptation of Resident Evil? it can't be hard, can it? I mean the S.D Perry novel of Resident Evil was adapted from the PS1 version of Resident evil and every time I read it; it feels like the gamecube remake. If anything they should have used either the game, the book, or a combination of both for the basis of the 1st movie (taking place in the mansion), then have a teaser for Raccoon City by showing Hunk and delta team getting the virus from Birkin and him mutating leaving it at that.

[@austinskywalker92]

My god....I did not expect that they would butcher this even more then what Paul Anderson did. Wesker and Leon.....I mean what the FUCK?! They butchered my most favorite RE male character and that there is a rage inducer for me! And given they said how faithful this is, it's now taught us a lesson. We cannot trust the words from directors anymore, a false sense of security just to lure us in with excitement only to be left disappointed, bitter and angry at now they just didn't get it right....AGAIN! Yeah I ain't seeing this now. Another video game movie failure to join the others, sooooo disappointing. They fucked it up indeed.

[@SuperMurray2009]

Paul WS Anderson is a still a hack. Afterlife, Retribution, and The Final Chapter was still worse

[@franjaime200]

@@SuperMurray2009 Not by much.

[@SuperMurray2009]

@@franjaime200 No. By a landslide

[@franjaime200]

@@SuperMurray2009 No, not even by an anthill.

[@SuperMurray2009]

@@franjaime200 well that is complete bullshit. Something tells me you haven't seen those are are trying to heavily defend them

[@weightycarlos]

The reason why the Anderson RE movies are a guilty pleasure of mine is because they are basically fan fictions and not an attempt at a direct movie adaptation and is mostly definitely canon.

[@NekroGhoul]

If they adapted the novel “The Umbrella Conspiracy” it would’ve been a great film

[@GamerGuysReviews]

I was cautiously optimistic about the movie when information started coming in, but ultimately I've decided to just wait and rent it. When you try and combine two separate stories into one, the results never turn out well. You can pepper as much fan service in as possible, but fan service doesn't make up for a lack of good storytelling. I'm all for a new interpretation that's more faithful to the games, but you need a good writer and director to make it work.

[@akapotatobrad]

(Most of my in depth analysis about RE lore comes from your videos - keep up the great work, can’t wait to see more.) I agree that the transition for Wesker from friend to traitor was very sudden and built up poorly. When I really think about it, the movie’s greatest weakness (and it’s greatest strength) is it’s knowledge and reliance on detailed RE lore. If you spend time outside of playing the video games to know more about the world of RE, this movie can be a delight depending on how much slack you want to cut it for its brisk pacing. For those who are only vaguely aware of the mainline entries (1-7 and 1-3 remakes) the movie could easily be written off as confusing, rushed and underdeveloped. As for the happening of RE1 and RE2 simultaneously, I think it’s in universe explanation of Racoon City being a corporate town, where the entire existence of the town is predecated and determined by Umbrella’s presence, is enough. It definitely could’ve been explored further (the move could have used an extra 20-30 minutes to get more into the espionage and calculating nature of Umbrella C-Suite officers), but is the one of the movies biggest issues? I would have to disagree with that strongly. Also there is a blink and you miss it acknowledgement of Umbrella’s military presence in the town; when Irons is leaving, the UBCS soliders that gun down civilians radios containment confirmation to someone offsite. Small, but it exists in the film. Leon being inept actually makes a ton of sense. He IS actually a rookie. The movie drags a bit showing AND telling that to the audience, but Leon survives Raccoon City because the player controls him. You have to die over and over again to overcome certain challenges in the game. But this leads into the movie’s real biggest weakness - you have to actively and readily adjust how much of the video game lore you apply to each element presented in the movie. Lisa Trevor? I’m presuming her backstory is the same as the video game (somebody give her a hug). No Barry? That’s OK, we got Jill sandwich in the first five minutes. The Ashford Twins? Weird flex, but okay. Only an RE lore historian would have the privilege of being able to generously apply any greatest context to other hints and mentions made in the movie. But to those who are saying that this is a “bad” film, or that the Anderson live adaptations are more faithful, I just completelt disagree with and think are wrong on both takes. It was a fun movie, it understands the campiness of the RE franchise at large, and at the end of the day, if you want to spend twenty, or ten, or even five hours exploring the Spencer mansion, you’re in luck!! The creator has a clear appreciation for the detail of RE lore and the major backlash in the commentd and across the web only leave me wondering: What movie did you guys watch?

[@Jyoelmejor]

Agreed 3000...I have also stated on other channels that with this movie, I have officially given up hope that Hollywood would ever make a decent RE film..I literally needed a few days to recover after I saw it.I saw a few people try to defend the changes in characters like Wesker and Irons and ultimately defend the lack of character, most of the characters had, as though they were being so intelligent in changing those aspects up. Well, it's not intelligent. It's just lazy writing. The script was horrific and if you enjoyed that crap, you are shallow and plain weird. They completely bombed every character not named Claire in this movie..

[@59nerevar]

Wait until you see the new Black Wesker.

[@antoniocuocci6508]

Totally agree and too bad that in this movie there is no horror feelings at all, you re never scared or anxious!! RE fans want to feel shivers down the spine, goosebumps, like when you were playing this videogame and you were 14 (in 1998) and suddenly you jumped and freaked out because mister x showed up! They should've done a way better job!

[@Tzen03]

I had completely forgotten this film was even coming. After your incredible in-depth RE Timeline series I'd happily trust your view and opinion on this. Some of the things you said they'd done disappointed me, and when you showed that shot of "Leon", I said to myself "THAT'S Leon?". Yeah... not sure about seeing this, now. As someone else said in the comments, this style would have lent itself better to a TV series, rather than try to cram the story of two or three games into less than two hours.

[@JohnWilliams-cr2sz]

I really enjoyed it. Was not without its flaws, and they could have done a better job of combining the two stories, but overall had a lot of fun watching it and I am hoping for a sequel.

[@akapotatobrad]

Likewise. It’s a movie - they take different creative liberties to achieve certain results

[@gh0zt5]

The movie was really bad. Very disappointing, especially for someone who was there for the ride since the beginning of the game series.

[@marmax321]

The movie makes umbrella corps look like a masterpiece in comparison. Running back to that iconic timeline of yours

[@GamerThumbTV]

Umbrella Corps being a masterpiece is going a bit far haha.

[@chadwickporter9662]

I watched it. While it fell short in so many areas, overall I enjoyed it & left the theater feeling positive about it. The character they messed up the most to me (IMHO) was Claire. She came off as the much older sibling & the most far removed from her character.

[@doomwalker9934]

It’s funny how Claire is the one character that everyone agrees is closest to the source material. You think they messed her up *the most*. Did you have your eyes welded shut during this movie? Were you high? I’m genuinely worried about you.

[@zuljaras]

All I liked in the movie were the Easter eggs to the games. Nothing more. But Leon's depiction of how utterly incompetent he is was so damn brutal. They made me think that Leon can't go to the toilet by himself or he will shoot himself :D

[@GamerThumbTV]

That's kind of all they focused on, is filling it with easter eggs. Otherwise it just felt like an empty shell of a film.

[@demetriusprime1505]

I quite liked the movie for the actors, story (even if it's squished together unfortunately) and Easter Eggs I only noticed a couple though so shame on me. My friend told me there was like 50 in the movie. Couple things that bugged me was that Leon's actor made me IMMEDIATELY think it was friggin Carlos 🤣 the entire time and when I'm suppose to say Leon I said Carlos to my friends. No offense to the actor but the dude had that big ass gorgeous crazy hair it's not really a bad thing I just find it hilarious. Then there's not enough people out on the streets to give that zombie outbreak feel or like what GamerThumb said. Last problem I had was like I mentioned they tried squeezing 1 and 2 together. They could have either made the movie a little longer or made it separate but all in all I'll at least look forward to the next movie. I'm definitely forgetting a couple of things. Oh yeah and Wesker being a sympathetic character Sssss yeah that dulled the movie a little for me. But because I never played all the games to really enjoy Wesker, I only played 5 as my first resident Evil game with my sister so I'm not too attached to him like most might be. I can already see however that with the ending they gave Wesker of coming back from the dead and now turned (probably) super human like in the video games he'll see this as some eye opening thing and try to change the world through the virus.

[@KushinadaAngel]

Dear god...all I could think while watching this movie was " this is Dragonball Evolution all over again". So glad I didn't pay to see this since like the movie I mentioned, it shits on the source material. Hell they could've had better luck making a movie based on the Outbreak series but noo... I need to drink to forget what I saw 😖

[@GamerThumbTV]

They had about the same budget as DragonBall Evolution too lol, no joke.

[@hyrulecastl0kingdoom]

when he said umbrella and racoon city are so important. omg you are so right about it. this movie is so bad its just copy pasting certain cutscenes from games and thats it . it lacks so much only chris is the good character here. really from ALL of them anette ,william,chief,leon,jill,wesker,even sherry all bad and pointless . X'D

[@GamerThumbTV]

I was surprised how tiny of a role Annette and Sherry had. They were crucial to the RE2 plot.

[@y_b_c_g_m9559]

I just didn't like that Lisa Trevor was in the police station and not the mansion. That made no sense to me.

[@nickd1978]

Didn't they find her at the orphanage? And she showed them there was an elevator down to the labs? Maybe I'm misremembering.

[@y_b_c_g_m9559]

@@nickd1978 yes I'm the beginning that's where she met Claire as a child but then they ran into each other again when Claire was an adult at the police station with chief irons.

[@nickd1978]

@@y_b_c_g_m9559 When they run into each other again that was actually at the orphanage and not the Police Station. Leon, Claire and Irons go there to find a way out of the city. Then Lisa shows them the elevator. I

[@almotorolas7973]

😆😂🤣😂🤣😂 that picture of Wesker laughing at us is what made me click on here and was waiting for the good laughs "it is faithful to the game" ....it's NOT! 😆🤣😂😂😂😂 when you said that could just see the picture of Wesker laughing again zoomed in on the cruel joy of laughter he got from that one 🤣🤣😂, felt the pain for sure, as a fan and going back to play the classics grew up on, they totally went in different directions, but just like you said, some parts were alright, was hoping more action at the mansion, more of the S.T.A.R.S could have been awesome and really brought more to the film, Roberts could have asked the sharks from 47meters down to come back and play a role as Neptune🤣🤣🤣😂 to have given Richard Aiken a heroic dive to save Chris 🤘🤘 just so much potential they had, but Anderson as a executive producer was thinking the whole time "no new director is gonna make a better movie than my Franchise with Milla" and sadly he pretty much MADE SURE of it to lack that great success they could have had if kept to the actual games... But instead we got Wesker laughing at us on the picture for this video🤣😂🤣😂🤘🤘🤘🤘great review, all the thumbs up for you Brother 🤘🤘

[@henryvargas5833]

You got yourself a new subscriber loved your Metroid history ! Wish Netflix would cap on this and give us a series

[@RogueDragon05]

I assume your talking about a Metroid series since Netflix is already making an RE series?

[@henryvargas5833]

@@RogueDragon05 yup Metroid done with RE

[@koolme666]

100% agree with everything you said here, you and I pretty much everything had the same thoughts after watching this movie. The characters, there isn't that many of them in this movie and still, the director and writing had such a hard time developing what they wanted to do with these characters. Claire is the main character, which was fine I guess, but there's no chance to even get to like anyone cause everyone was written poorly. Chris was actually my favorite considering he was closer to the games than anyone else was. There is also a big issue with the pacing, the horror is there but the zombies and outbreak take too long to even happen. By the time the zombies actually come the movies over. The pacing is somehow dragged out by the flashbacks and wide shots of the city the same shots throughout the whole movie, no explosions no zombies wandering the city except towards the end. And to be honest, the outbreak wasn't bad lol umbrella contained the city, they had no issue using lethal force, there was no reason to destroy the city when you think of it. The outbreak in apocalypse was much better and much bigger. The reason the first original movie did correctly the virus started in the lab under the mansion and was let out by curious and arrogant scientists. You can simple make the resident evil spencer mansion into a whole movie no problem, you can build up that tension leading up to the mansion. The mansion scenes in this movie were the best thing I seen in a resident evil movie, the claustrophobia was there the atmosphere, the running out of bullets the darkness. The joke of that scene though is the budget didn't let them go past certain areas, the dining room, library and main hall. Would've loved to see them explore more, instead of doing the dogs attacking them once they find the jeep of bravo team. You can have the dog crash into the Mansion ala the first game and kill Richard or even just another non important character. As much plot armor the main characters had they weren't likable lol. I can go on and on but I think we can write something better 100%

[@giggles10126]

I watched this with a guy friend who doesn’t know RE… I think he purposely fell asleep just so he doesn’t have to listen to me say “no… no… no, what?!” I agree with how horrible Leon and Wesker were written but also the relationship between the Redfields… WTF was up with Lisa Trevor? Irons just looked like a chicken… I just can’t… told my brother it’s fine if you didn’t know the game… Edit… I was so upset when Brad crashed into the mansion… I actually said wtf out loud… and Ada showing up at the end acting like a wesker… 🤦🏻‍♀️ Final conclusion… you should be involved in writing the script… YOU!

[@RaxonXVI]

I personally hate how Jill was in here and for a quick example of why compare the scene from the game and this movie outside the mansion *spoilers* The game: she’s very hesitant to react in shock and fails to save Joseph but you see the pain in her eyes about the loss of a friend The movie: the team sees a zombie crow and wesker is looking at it in confusion Jill shoots it and is like teehee birdy go bye bye and gets scolded for being so trigger happy This isn’t Jill in any way other then name…Jill is my favorite character in the series and it’s heartbreaking seeing her done dirty like this…

[@GamerThumbTV]

They basically invented her personality in the movie and then did nothing with the character except have her follow Wesker around.

[@RaxonXVI]

@@GamerThumbTV I really feel Chris and Claire were the only characters that felt like themselves I also feel Berkin had potential but he was barely in the movie

[@Jforrester90]

They could of done the first half resident evil one and second half resident evil 2. The second game didn't take place until 2 months after the first. If they did it like the movie then Clair would of found Chris easier then she did in the games. Get it right or don't do it at all. There are 9 main series games. That would make for 8-9 movies if done right. You could do 0 and 1 together then have the other 7 as stand alone movies. Look at that I figured it out without much thought. If your going to do a game movie then appel to the fans of the series and not the studios that haven't played the game and are just looking for a cash grab.

[@popcornninja7983]

i honestly felt the same way you did about this film and i really wanted to like it but it was just kind of a let down really hated what they did to Wesker

[@DinoDave150]

After 7 movies, two attempts, and 0 success, I think at this point they should just give up making any Resident Evil movies anymore. At least in terms of live-action. The CG direct-to-video movies are actually pretty decent.

[@dchardinaycole5944]

This is a solid review man I thought that you were just going to talk s*** in rail like everybody else but you actually back straight up very good review thank you

[@GamerThumbTV]

You'll only find opinions on this channel backed up with information. Thank you for watching.

[@wesleyharris1723]

A very massive shame. It really did showed to have good promise. But I REALLY think and believed it needed more time to cook in the oven and just focus on one thing. 1. Make the Spencer Mansion as 1 movie with lots of horror elements and tense moments you that keeps you guessing with small bits of 0 and show a small sign on what to come for Raccoon City near the end. 2. Then make the Raccoon City portion for a sequel and not rush and balance it with both lots of horror and a bit of action but ALL of horror galore with mass chaos. The groundwork was fully there like you said but they’ve fumbled it big time. All I can say is had promise but OOF.. 😞

[@boboboy8189]

Agree, for me they should focus 1st game because 2nd game need a bigger budget

[@justinstone4633]

So the movie Birkin is game Wesker and movie Wesker is game Barry.

[@GamerThumbTV]

That's actually pretty damn accurate, I didn't even think of that lol.

[@br.writerdiary2905]

And P.S. if the movie studios was really want to save money on budging this film they should just really stick for resident evil one and they wouldn't spend too much money because again one location a mansion some wooded areas and laboratory underneath the ground and that's it

[@chrisrenfroe4393]

Havent seen the movie yet but will this weekend most likely but im still gonna go in it as nothing is perfect and give it a chance cause of my love for resident evil, but good ,bad or ugly i will still go watch and enjoy it

[@filcoco5916]

I think the lighter scene is super stupid. Like if there is no light, no zombies will attack Chris, but Chris keeping to light his lighter to get this zombies attacking him…. Like why? Is his sane? In the game, Chris is not super intelligent, but he is no dummy…

[@ak-ub1ym]

Saw it a while back and like most movies nowadays it's like everything is nostalgia reference collection than a movie. Grindhouse: planet terror Was much better movie than this tbh , even if char were just moving from point to point but kept us invested in movie atleast.

[@shetskitter3149]

I saw a video about what they planned to do for this movie. Not even 1/5 through the video, I had to stop watching. They got to why Claire was going to RC... And I fucking CRINGED. Claire breaks the number one rule of survival horror: If you hear something is wrong with a place, DON'T GO OVER THERE. Leon, my favorite RE character, looks more like Carlos than Leon. And Chris Redfield looks more like Piers Nivans from RE6 (which was a good game. Change my mind) And the whole RC outbreak was fucked up. Instead of it happening over the course of the summer like in the games... The shit happens in one night. It's like they've only heard a basic concept of Resident Evil, and decided to impress fans who never even heard of the series by just writing a zombie story with that concept. Why not just stick with the OG lore?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!

[@Dreadjaws]

Combining the first two games into one story was a majorly bad idea, considering the complete difference in tone they both have. Basically, RE1 is Alien and RE2 is Aliens. The first one is slasher horror and the second one is an action film. You can't just copy and paste them together and expect a coherent product. But Jesus, what they did to the characters regardless of plot is unforgivable.

[@GamerThumbTV]

Great way to put it

[@thelittlebosniaexperience8181]

Hollywood shells always say that it’s faithful to the source material even when it’s not so that when the movie fails they can just blame it on that and say oh see it’s impossible to make a video game movie good it’s not our fault

[@frankrabbit2247]

Saw it, hated it. Its the Hollywood equivalent of your aunt making a collage for your birthday.

[@HorrorMovieFreaks]

I saw the film for a second time last night. I will say I enjoyed it a bit more than the first time, but still overall felt like it was poorly done in some aspects. I dont blame Roberts for every flaw. You can tell this movie was cut heavily from how some of the abrupt edits are. However, I do fault him for his choices of combining the first two games. The two games hold WAAAYYYYY too much story to be shot in one film. It kills overall story and character development. I just really wished they had focused on one game. Due to this choice it made several characters completely useless, such as Sherry and Annette. Wesker, I was not a fan of. I didn't like the way his character was written. If wesker isn't a very calculated person, who was already working for Umbrella, then it just doesn't work.. for me that totally ruined it. Up until we saw the palm pilot info was correct, he was a good guy who was considering taking the offer if it was legit. I will say I liked the palm pilot nod to the book series, as that's what Trent gives Jill in the locker room at the RPD. Chris I thought was great. I loved his character, and thought it was very true to the game version of early Chris. Jill was just there. And really nothing more. I actually like the actress, and think she could make a good Jill. But the only time i felt like she was remotely relevant is when she introduced herself to Leon. Past that she was just very bland and nothing like the Jill we all know. I really like Akin and Vickers. I thought they were done well in the telling of the story. They fit the roles, and played them well. They did my boy Leon dirty though. I think the actor did great with what he was given, and I think he could have been a perfect Leon. However, they over played the rookie thing, and made him an inept fool for most of the film. He was apathetic about his job, never came across as trying to step up til the very end. The Leon we know was a rookie, yes, but he was also trying really hard to be the best that he could. He wanted to be a good cop. I didn't get that feeling at all from the Leon. Irons was good, but I miss the very disturbed Irons we all know. I blame rushed writing for this. Simply not enough time to flesh out that character, and also by it all happening in one night it didn't give him time for his limited morality to degrade to the phsycho level. Cause in the game they were fighting and barricaded for a while. Birkin was done very well. I love the actor, been a huge fan of his for a while. I think he did a great job, I just wish there was more. Only complaint I have, is all the talking after he transformed. Lisa Trevor could have been removed and I'd have be very happy. I didn't feel she added anything to plot and was a waste of time. I feel like the licker moment would have been a great time for Leon to have stepped up and started his growth as a character. Ben Bertolucci i actually liked. I was ok with his character chance and thought it worked great until the jail scene. They was just cring worthy. He knew exactly what people were becoming, had a gun and just backed right into the zombie in his cell. That whole scene was just bad.

[@79Hellgate]

I watched it a few hours ago,man how this movie can be worse than the Anderson's ones(the first two the rest are trash)?faithfull to the source material my ass adding easter eggs for the fans will not save this movie and what is the point of that after credits scene since this movie won't have a sequel?worse think a friend of mine want to go watch this movie with me even if i told him that is not worth our time or money.

[@wullahblack6452]

Haha. I am not surprised at all. When the trailers were showing so much Lisa Trevor, who was merely a minor side story in the REmake, I knew this was gonna be more of a "shove in all the familiar things to fans!" deal rather than a competent story. And the shot for shot replications of in-game cutscenes.

[@GamerThumbTV]

Lisa was barely in the movie...

[@wullahblack6452]

@@GamerThumbTV As it should be! I had mild curiosity to see this movie, and still probably will. But I never held out much hope. I look forward to the next disaster which is that...series I think? About Wesker and his...daughters...

[@GamerThumbTV]

@@wullahblack6452 I haven't met anybody excited about that series.

[@JAnchorYouTube]

If it was a shot by shot replica then they weren’t gonna make a movie because you can just use the games dude.

[@wullahblack6452]

@@GamerThumbTV Which is gonna be all the more fun when you take the time to watch it and review it for our entertainment :D

[@GAMINGMASTERO]

Having seen it I said it on twitter and I'll say it again if they wanted to do both games in one go, make it be 2hrs30mins-3hrs. Have the mansion be briefly told in 40mins then have the rest focus on the outbreak.

[@Joshuwa80]

Nice kid Icarus shirt. Them dang eggplant tossing toots.

[@LensMusicBox]

Ugh I hate that movie! I was so sad and frustrated with Leon!! The actor is fine, I just wish he had cut his hair and shaved cuz as a cop in training, you'd want to follow police dress code to a "T". Leon in game is a kind, compassionate person that would try to protect anyone he came across. He took a bullet for someone for crying out loud!! Even when the odds were agents him he still powered through the nightmare he found himself in!! He could also shot a mf gun!! The guy we got in the movie was some incompetent daddy's boy that was given his position by association...... and to make matters worse, he was a cowardly idiot. I guess to the writers a man who is kind and protective = a weak loser. I'm literally crying cuz Leon is a comfort character I played with when I would sneak into my brothers room to play resident evil. The game was scary for a 12 year old but knowing that Leon was there with me all they way was comforting. Having this movie shit on my favorite character just pissed me off. I'm not recommending this movie to anyone! I'm going to recommend your RE timeline playlist instead!!

[@coldfusionwaffles]

Leon? I'm pretty sure that's David King wearing Kevin's uniform.

[@mialatish9836]

I’m honestly happy i watched your review before i spent a ton at the movie theater! I would’ve been upset and felt cheated 😂 i love your content. It’s so accurate. Why didn’t they add you to the writers room! I’ll wait until it comes out on other platforms

[@GamerThumbTV]

I would absolutely LOVE to write a Resident Evil movie lol.

[@primononeya2486]

@@GamerThumbTV I would like to help.... I would just do the 1st one by itself & just focus on the mansion. I would cast actors that actually look like the characters & the costumes would be alot closer to the game versions, without being exact. I would also make less action based & more horror. I would try to put my own spin on certain events, just to keep things fresh & unpredictable. Plus even with SLIGHT tweaks to some of the story, I would stick to the source material... The story would be what it's supposed to be. The characters would be what they're supposed to be. I would have Jill at least picking locks & pressing her own bullets.... I would have the "itchy tasty" written in blood on a wall in the mansion & get rid of all the extra corny diologue Easter eggs (Jill Sandwich).... Theres more I would do to stick to most of the source material without relying on Easter eggs, but that would take forever to type. Lol. But the characters would be written to showcase their unique skills & what separates them from each other... Plus their personalities would be more accurate.

[@brianoconnor9105]

Honestly, I would have got over the compression of two games if it was resident evil 0 and resident evil 1, they were both a couple days apart rather than a couple months which would have helped.

[@GamerThumbTV]

At least those two games were basically the same incident.

[@brianoconnor9105]

@@GamerThumbTV right. And if they compressed it into one night. It wouldn't have felt as....rushed? I guess I can say. Overall it would have been way easier to compress two stories that were a day or two apart from each other rather than trying to compress something that happened in July of 1998 and late September of 1998. Yeah its a couple months, but that's a large time frame to try squeeze into an hour and a half.

[@sebastianyoshikage6352]

I just watch the movie yesterday and I was massively disappointed. My biggest grip with the movie is not just some of the lore changes but how they did the characters they did my boi Wesker dirty. The movie felt like an average horror movie to me with some Resident evil elements and that’s it. You know what’s funny, when I watch the Wesker trailer on Twitter where they talk about the character I kinda assume that they were going make Wesker a sympathetic guy which I was a bit concerned about and guess what they did! I might make a really long review/rant on google docs because I have a lot of things to say about the movie.

[@dljworks]

So Jill is biracial in this movie? Ya’ll may say brown Leon and biracial Jill isn’t a big deal (let’s aside tokenism for a second), but it speaks volumes on the effort they were going to put into the casting in the first place. I’m a black guy and I like my Jill as, well, Jill. That’s just like Capcom telling Marvel Vs. Capcom fans, that Magneto was merely a placeholder-avatar and anyone could be him (hence Dr. Strange).

[@boboboy8189]

Jill is indeed biracial in game. She's half french, half japanese. But in remake, they make her more like typical Caucasian features. In this movie she's half black

[@jenniferstevenson7180]

@@boboboy8189 Which is why this change-up is a stupid. Half Japanese and half Caucasian is worlds away from WtRC's Jill.

[@getsugatenshou4309]

Wtf man!?!?!? NO motorcycle superhero gun-blazing sequences ... #nooooooooo!

[@ShadowMk3]

You hit the main point early in the video ... 'It looks like the game' is what someone in the production convinced other people of .... 'Look we got some stuff just like the game! Itll be fine'. Which leads to this absolute garbage of a movie. ANd the zoom ins were just weird and awkward.

[@GamerThumbTV]

With the zoom ins it felt like it was trying to be one of those gritty, shock exploitation films like the original Texas Chainsaw. Problem is the tone of the rest of the movie didn't really match up to that.

[@ShadowMk3]

@@GamerThumbTV Very good point. Which further makes me think that scene to scene felt tonally disconnected

[@michaelfloodine]

For april... Resident Evil Timeline MOVIES VERSION!

[@Gobblin215]

That's Hollywood in a nut shell... They take the name of a popular franchise to make a quick buck. You cannot fit to stories into one... Its to much information to fit in a movie. They should of focused on one storyline leading into part.2. They just blew it.

[@jalenikezeue4114]

The director should of Stuck with the Spencer Mansion Incident 😭 It's a Real Shame the 🎥 looked really good

[@GamerThumbTV]

That could easily be an entire, well developed movie right there.

[@areallifewaifu]

If you're going to combine ANY games. Resident evil 2 and outbreak. 0 and 1 can be combined but they can act as stand alones

[@dethlovepippop202]

I know the timeline and proper events in RE and the movie just took some of it and destroyed it with a fire if it were something standalone no wearing the name Resident Evil maybe it would be passable but disgusting

[@Tomcat_Coyote]

Initial thoughts : I'm not expecting much of this , the Paul W.S. Anderson put the bar very low . After thoughts : Didn't expected much , was still disappointed . To fail an adaptation so bad , you actually have to do it on purpose .

[@SamsarasArt]

Wow if the Paul Anderson movies are the better resident evil movies compared to this, it really fucked it up. And the funny thing is there's something that already exists that can easily be transferred to a movie script and that's the resident evil novels. They follow the story and characters exceptionally well. Literally all they would need to do is read the books and go off that.

[@Leontmp98]

Why am I not surprised smh

[@WolfHreda]

Never could've seen that coming. 🤣 Edit: To be fair, the first two Resident Evil movies are the best in the series. Especially the first.

[@colinkaichou]

You forgot that they showed Alexia Ashferd in the movie with Berkin. Or am I the only one that noticed that? The scene where Claire and Leon are looking at the old video clips. Part of the scene is literally taken from Code Veronica.

[@GamerThumbTV]

Not gonna lie, I completely forgot about that scene with the Ashford twins. It was so brief and played 0 point in the plot of this movie.

[@patienceane9477]

I’m all late and wrong to this but this movie made me so mad! They had so much potential with the set designs and how they initially tried to portray this and could’ve done it and don’t seem to realize we don’t mind a live action by the games portrayal

[@GamerThumbTV]

Sadly, I think this was it. I don't think there's gonna be another try

[@ZoeKavanagh]

The film is a dumpster fire. Imagine spending 1 hour setting up the story and then rushing into a 40 min cliff notes version of RE1 and RE2. Pathetic. Act 3 was 5 mins The Nest was the size of an office

[@GamerThumbTV]

You nailed it