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We all remember the Paul Anderson live action Resident Evil films. If not, consider yourself lucky. Well for a long time we were all told the new Welcome to Raccoon City would be the end of all that. And I don't want to give away this entire video right here, but that is definitely not what happened. Let's all get together and find out how WTRC make even bad zombie movies look great by comparison!!

[@TheCriticalDrinker]

Well said, man. This movie was such a wasted opportunity.

[@lucascoval828]

It broke new ground.

[@LazarusRemains]

The actual early Resident Evil games are remarkably tightly plotted.

[@nickswain1426]

@The Critical Drinker…you HAVE to do a chat with @Avalanche on Resi…I’d love that ❤️

[@mosj9876]

The drinker makes his presence. You should invite Avalanche to the open bar and talk resident evil.

[@parissmith5727]

You guys this is the actual Critical Drinker.

[@MrPikaGammer]

Leon's opening scene about him being drunk comes from the instruction manual of RE2, he had just broken up with his girlfriend and got extremely drunk so showed up to Racoon city a day later than he should have.

[@EricToTheScionti]

FIRED

[@MrPikaGammer]

@@EricToTheScionti you would hope he would be, being a cop is a big responsibility.

[@greenherb3229]

@@MrPikaGammer Meanwhile Kevin is at J's Bar getting drunk most of the time...

[@MrPikaGammer]

@@greenherb3229 it's not his first day on the job

[@greenherb3229]

@@MrPikaGammer Still, Kevin's a cop who was going to show Leon the ropes as his partner, and still a damn good person but he literally has alcohol addiction, it's even the reason he wasn't in STARS.

[@andrewuk2781]

The biggest miscast was the town itself. Nothing says like getting away from hordes of zombies and navigating tight alleyways like a small town with few houses and like 10 zombies. You can literally just walk away.

[@troylandzerep8045]

the cast where jumbled around The dude playing Chris redfield is more Wesker than the dude playing wesker that acts more like Chris

[@chaoticzer0688]

What’s funny is that one of the places they shot several scenes in for several several months in my home town of Sudbury Ontario which has a lot of old rustic looking places and they were shooting for awhile. They also shot it in the old hospital in Sudbury too.

[@CaseFace5]

Agreed. it felt so empty. I feel like this was possibly due to Sony giving the director such a tiny budget maybe?

[@PIB2000]

It's so sad because the R.P.D looks so accurate. Why couldn't they do that with the rest of the town? It's like they forgot the "City" in Raccoon City.

[@Delaecress]

@@CaseFace5 Ironically though the director's other movies are in fact low budget, talk about a reputation I guess.

[@DurgisFlak]

How hard can it be to make a reasonable Resident Evil film? Take Dawn of the Dead, add some of Umbrella's shady shennanigans, sprinkle in a Tyrant or two, and profit.

[@mickeymickey9914]

Netflix would have to learn how to make a good... Anything.

[@imperator4973]

Just take SD Perrys book and turn into a movie. Could have been done 20 years ago.

[@Darek_B52]

@BReal23 dude a translation is all we fucking want

[@Gruntvc]

@Mickey Mickey, Netflix's RE live action RE show is gonna be an absolute dumpster fire and is just using the RE name on something completely unrelated/new. Talentless hacks indeed.

[@imperator4973]

@@Gruntvc Why am i not surprised by that either? 🤣

[@nogooglestopaskingformynam3656]

Fun fact: the PDA Wesker uses throughout the movie is actually lifted from the S.D Perry RE novel of the first game with it being Jill who gets it from a mysterious source who uses it to give her hints for the mansion's puzzles.

[@hop-skipthechewtoys1836]

Yeah, Trent was the guy who gave it to her. He's got a decently large role in the novels

[@deadpilled2942]

Trent, strikes again

[@xervis768]

Been a long time since i have heard anyone bring the books up. Warms my heart.

[@CompaDeArranke]

"Public Display of Affection"?? 🤔😅

[@simongranados4170]

they should have based this movie on the novels cause theyre amazing.

[@yurtthesilentgod1225]

Lisa Trevor being in an orphanage with Chris and Claire had me rolling! So stupid on so many levels.

[@CarlosGarcia2]

What was the point of her wearing the face of somebody if they took that part of the backstory away? Did they even explain it in this movie or is the other face supposed to be hers? It makes zero sense.

[@MorrisseyMuse]

It wasn't that funny kid..lol

[@yurtthesilentgod1225]

@@MorrisseyMuse :-)

[@MercilessJoey]

@@CarlosGarcia2 look up her lore if you want more info but it’s pretty sad

[@brycei95]

@@CarlosGarcia2 I loved seeing her at first but I had the same complaint walking away from the movie, I feel like the 20 year gap and lack of backstory made her wearing her classic look completely out of place and redundant.

[@HunterForHire422]

It's funny how the CGI films are so much better than all the live action ones in my eyes

[@Gruntvc]

I agree, the two CGI films were great. The 3rd one tried too hard to be John Wick and the villain was bonkers As for RE Infinite Darkness, it was boring. Hopefully a 2nd season will improve it.

[@HunterForHire422]

@@Gruntvc i have the most fun with the 3rd honestly

[@daves.5589]

Honestly Infinite Darkness was a huge disappointment at least Welcome to Raccoon City was B-movie trash fun to watch.

[@HunterForHire422]

@@daves.5589 oh I wasn't even counting that one. That's just boring as fuck I agree

[@Csdabest89]

@@Gruntvc It was still a fun ride though lol

[@djdjdijon]

RE 1 Alice understood the atmosphere and story of RE but didn’t use any of the characters or locations RE:WTRC didn’t understand the story ,atmosphere and any of the characters but used every single piece of iconic imagery but in the cheapest way

[@brycei95]

I did like this movie but I agree that the first in the "Alice Series" was still a really good adaptation, I like how it felt like it could co-exist during the events of the first game

[@mortemtyrannus8813]

The original Resident Evil movie was good. Not great, far from it but good. The later live-action RE films just kept getting worse, but at least you could laugh at how bad they were and the literal case of "my waifu is the best!" This... I don't even think you can laugh at it.

[@mtb5431]

What’s hilarious is how in interviews the director acts like he’s an RE expert and has the nerve to act like they are “improving” the characters.

[@mohamadafifazizizaidi5625]

1st RE movie presented the claustrophobic underground facility in a good way (despite lack of creatures), while 2nd movie presented the lively-turned-chaotic Raccoon City very well too. WTRC failed terribly in presentation of both aspects; it should've called "Welcome to *Raccoon Town/Possumville/Deerbrooke, or whatever sh*thole name Place it is* ", even though small budgets aren't the only issues here. edit: btw, i rather watch Silent Hill: Revelation than this 'faithful-just-for-fans' crap

[@hollywood21639]

Really liked the first 2 RE movies, didn't hate any of the others except for maybe part 3. I'm fine with video game movies telling a new story in the universe as long as it has some respect for the characters. This movie had no respect for anything RE.

[@arkham666]

"4 swat team members enter a big house and get attacked by zombies. Can you make a 90 minutes movie out of that?" "Nah throw in the story from the other game." "Which other game?" "You know... The other one."

[@Csdabest89]

I saw the run time and concept >_

[@palbaselim]

They make these movies for people who play the games,that's why it fails.some director should aproach it for general audience.a real horror movie.4 swat members enter a house to investigate bizarre murders.the house seems to be weird withlocked doors and puzzles(like a funhouse)the swat members split up to investigate and it turns into survival.the director should ask himself"how could i make a good horror movie for people who never heard of umbrella,jill,chris or wesker.

[@bossman4799]

I remember groaning and going “really” when Wesker was given a dumb reason to wear his sunglasses at the end of the movie.

[@brycei95]

That shit was hilarious, I think me and my girlfriend were the only ones laughing out loud in our theater.

[@Invisiblekatana]

The moment Wesker wakes up is actually a reference to the REmake startup scene where a zombie sits up in a bodybag. The fact that they had references that deep are what makes me so upset about how this movie works; they basically went combing through the series for references but left the actual characters behind. And even the changes they made they did nothing with; Chris is basically Sherry's brother, that's a great alternate concept for character dynamics but it means nothing here, and Birkin doesn't even interact with Claire lol, they have that moment when they lock eyes and they don't even have a scene together after that. Chris also should've died at least twice in the mansion because he got a few magic cuts where he suddenly wasn't harmed, despite one scene cutting from him being pinned by three zombies when Richard died and then just running down the hall a few seconds later.

[@EricToTheScionti]

You mean Leon.

[@TunezCottage]

Ah yes, the Game of Thrones strategy of cutting away from a character that's definitely dead, only for them to be fine in the next shot. What a great trend for the movie / tv show industry to hop onto; it's not like everyone hates that or anything.

[@okmate]

Its pretty funny how in the game's storyline, Leon was recruited by the STRATCOM because of his accomplishments in Raccoon City and he literally became a super agent in RE4. Meanwhile, in this movie he acts like a random guy in a cutscene who'd immediately get killed as part of an introduction to the zombies.

[@floshjix02]

I saw this in theaters with my buds and while I recognized almost every easter egg and reference, the movie itself was BOOTY CHEEKS. What did they do to Leon’s character omg they neutered that guy, also the casting was terrible save for a couple

[@MercilessJoey]

they massacred my boy

[@ivanasukjadic1423]

Why on earth did they make Leon an Indian guy? That's anti-white racism. Also, since when do Indians have names like "Leon Kennedy"? FML. Why did white people pay to go see this? Why do they give money to anti-white racists?

[@lingricen8077]

Hollywood seems desperate to only hire people born 1991-2001. People born 1987-90 are the most under-represented people ever. Heck, look at that Uncharted film, based on a character who is suppose to be 31 (people born 1990 would have been 31 when the film came out) And so they DE-AGE the characters so they could hire ZOOMERS to play the roles. Cooncidence? Hell no. Just look at the Mario film casting, only ONE zoomer made the cut, and zoomers have reacted by throwing a collective HISSY FIT - because they have NEVER had to face not being represented before.

[@wymanrtaylor]

I’ve never watched this movie and never will but it is absolutely shocking what they did to Leon. They must have been intentionally trying to irritate fans with that

[@Glaugan]

That seems to be the "cool guy" from Victorious right? He looks more like the shitty remake of Carlos in RE3

[@wymanrtaylor]

@@Glaugan you’re right, he does look a lot like Remake Carlos

[@mrbedford]

I agree, and I think most people over the many years have come to see him the main character, even though there a lot.

[@hangguy209]

I won't watch it either as it would give them ratings. Nah

[@Resimaster]

Leon being a rookie was a flaw that made him overly confident to do his job and made him oblivious to people playing him due to lack of experience. That makes for an interesting character. Instead, the producer probably just heard he was a rookie and said "ah, there's our comic relief then".

[@RickyForITZY]

Glad you mentioned how those references do not mean it is *faithful to the re story* which many have falsely stated (or even more misleading a more faithful adaptation than the Anderson films as if that means something).

[@xNachtmahRx]

Kids, never forget to punch your boulders or you might end up making a 40 million bucks movie that looks like a fan-made D-movie. Also, Latino Jill and Luis..ehm Leon get me every time

[@brycei95]

The fact that you're mad there are 14 white characters in this film instead of 16 is really fuckin' awkward, dude...

[@Zarsis]

​@@brycei95 lol they didnt even include the black officer from RE2 or Carlos. They had plenty of choices for characters of color but they chose to turn characters that had iconic visuals unrecognizable.

[@brycei95]

@@Zarsis Well I think that probably proves they weren’t going for inclusivity, right? If they wanted a diverse cast they could’ve added more supporting characters from the games, odds are they just picked their favorites from the auditions and Jill and Leon happened to be not white. After watching the movie, it feels like the audience cares more about what race they are than the casting directors did, they all just felt like a different take on these characters to me

[@A_YouTube_Commenter]

That Jill actress would have been a better Sheva. That Leon was perfect for Carlos. Aside from Claire none of them looked like the characters.

[@brycei95]

@@A_KZbin_Commenter Why is Avan better for Carlos? They also look absolutely nothing alike lol

[@TheKingOfAllHorror]

Your RE Retrospective are *chef's kiss*, I know what I'm binging tonight!

[@DeekBoy333]

the mansion was my favorite part. I love that you can hear zombies moving around in other rooms of the mansion while they are exploring

[@2996Cloud]

Definitly the review the movie deserves! I came into the movie with the thought that after all the movies before, they CAN'T make it worse. And I learned that the bottom is way deeper as it seems.

[@2996Cloud]

And as he mentions there are still moments and sets in the movie that are very good. That just makes it for me personally even worse. It could have been so much better.

[@ajhhc]

This movie is a clear argument in favor of gatekeeping. This is what happens when the popular kids from school grow up and realize that the nerdy stuff you were so much into is actually cool, and try to get into it, ruining it entirely in the process.

[@Beatofblues]

I think Leon being drunk and late is another easter egg. Not mentioned in the game, but that setting was in "Biohazard 2 Official Guide Book" (272 page one). So the writers somehow thought of taking the info from the dev Q&A section of that book and implementing it was a good idea lol. This of course has been retconned in the remake.

[@AvalancheReviews]

Every time I think I know everything about RE, there's some cool little tidbit I end up learning.

[@lucascoval828]

If you look at early concept art, Leon was originally supposed to be Indian.

[@horrorfanforlife8664]

This film was obviously made by people who do know the game. Did they do it perfect? Hell no, but for people to say they didn't know or care is just wrong imo.

[@teriosshadow17]

@@horrorfanforlife8664 Did they succeed? I'd wager that they fucked up badly even with "trying to make faithful" as possible but they did almost every single wrong decision in the book.

[@crimsonite09]

@@horrorfanforlife8664 cope

[@cloudoflore3997]

Jared, you are just getting better and better at your craft. Great video!

[@cloudoflore3997]

@Bradley Harper I'm 16 minutes in. If Jared shits the bed in the next 17 minutes ill be very surprised.

[@parissmith5727]

You were FAR fairer to this film than it deserved. Even if I'd completely hid under a rock during the film's lead-up, I would've checked out immediately when the trucker put his hand on Claire's leg. I knew that was going to happen and called it to the moment when it would. I knew exactly how they'd structure the film, I knew exactly the specific ways they'd change the characters, and I knew exactly how the film would end as soon as I saw that scene.

[@tadpolegaming4510]

What a pile of shit movie

[@MorrisseyMuse]

You knew the plot from a trucker's hand placement?! give this man the sequel to make..! lol It wasn't a bad film, vastly better than the W.S. Anderson messes we got at least.

[@parissmith5727]

@@MorrisseyMuse You can just about predict any film of the last ten years if you know how venture capital and esg work, so you can sometimes nail an entire film just from knowing the cast in advance. For the new Resi, I saw who was playing Claire, called the scene, predicted the film. I'm not praising my ability; I'm saying contemporary Hollywood really, really sucks. One note films with one note tone.

[@horrorfanforlife8664]

Wow do you also call out all the homages and direct ripoffs that the actual games stole from Italian horror films and George Romero?? I mean this line of thinking makes zero sense. This movie is held under some microscope and torn apart, yet we hold the games as some untouchable Godlike entity. I love love the RE games, but the amount of hate this movie is getting and the gatekeeping of the community is super sick at this point.

[@horrorfanforlife8664]

Funny kinda like Capcom had no original ideas and stole from Romero and Fulci. Exact same as saying Hollywood has no ideas now. Guess Capcom has no ideas either.

[@OfficialBioDevil]

Leon being drunk and late was actually a thing in the original continuity. The reason being was that his girlfriend broke up with him the night before so he got drunk and then arrived late to Raccoon City. However that said Leon and Jill are the absolute worst part of this movie imo also I think had the movie been more about RE1 and 0 it would've have been a little more consistent and potentially not feel so rushed.

[@AvalancheReviews]

In my head cannon, Leon would never touch a drop of alcohol. HA!

[@WarDogMadness]

Yep leon is stright-edge AF.

[@lordravenblade]

I’ve heard people say that, but was it ever in the final game? I haven’t played thee original in forever but don’t remember him being late for the day, and it’s not like being even 12 hours late would have let the city get to the the state it was in

[@chrisbfreelance]

Source?

[@ericcartmanofborg8669]

@@chrisbfreelance It's the RE2 remake version of Leon which proves the point that any change should consider original cannon first before introducing contradictions that will f up a character

[@imperator4973]

I knew it would suck as soon as i saw the first shot of Claire and Leon and then later the trailer... With Whats goin on as background song. And surprise suprise, Anderson is still the exectutive producer so now i know that Capcom arent even interested in making it good.

[@saschaberger3212]

For the first time in my life I couldn't bring myself to watch a Resident Evil movie. I'm sorry you had to do this. Brave man

[@demnbrown]

Hey I found a copy for free in a dumpster

[@SpaceManSpliffz]

this movie was so bad i had forgotten it existed. what a disappointment, great review as always!!!

[@DMTInfinity]

OMFG........ ALL THE SECRET VIDEOS!!!!!!!!! 😍 . . . . This was an amazing purchase..! I'm proud to be one of your channel members..! 💜

[@AvalancheReviews]

My man!!

[@mickeymickey9914]

@woooudo you spamming this bro?

[@jeremycherry6762]

@woooudo thank you for the lecture, now I can go back to paying for horrible movies

[@monkeybone1080]

Absolute champ making it through this. I tried warning people about it but all I got was BS in return so it was nice to see the same people realize what I had been telling them. I think we can all agree though that this was an absolute neccasary evil as we got to hear that good 'ol "RE retrospective" another time.

[@FumblsTheSniper]

I completely forgot this was a thing. Pretty sure my entire friends group just shrugged and knew to avoid it.

[@horrorfanforlife8664]

I loved it and I'm a lifelong RE fan.

[@HeathenRenegade]

Welcome to Raccoon City absolutely has to have been an experiment to technically kinda tell the stories of the first 2 games while actually being inaccurate on every level below that. Every single character is wrong. Every event, every location, everything, to such a degree that I'm convinced they couldn't have done it without it being on purpose. Honestly, as a joke KZbin project or script, it's a pretty fun idea, but as a theatrically released film it feels like an insult to as many fans as physically possible.

[@parissmith5727]

Even Chris, who people act like is "decent"," was emasculated and made out to be a doofus. Thank God they left out Barry so they didn't ruin him too.

[@cloudsombrero]

@@parissmith5727 idk Claire was pretty good

[@nerd-mask723]

Portraying the characters in a good way, would grant they were good characters in the games - which most of them weren't. I'am a fan of the games, but i'm not so blindly obsessed with them, that i don't notice how ridiculous they are from a sober perspective. Come on guys, let's be honest now: nobody likes Resident Evil because of great storytelling or deep realistict characters. LMAO hell no! I like them for the atmosphere, the gameplay and the different disgusting creatures in each game. But Resident Evil never had a master class in great story telling or making you fall for the protagonists. Like you are complaining about Leons and Chris' portrayal in this movie? Well let's look at Leon and Chris in the games - those aren't great or well thought out characters. They are ultimate badasses, almost comic-like superheroes that can do anything and will succeed with everything. You seriously want a movie with those Marvel-type over-the-top badasses? I like the characters in this movie BECAUSE they are different than in the games. Because the makers tried to make them human, instead of ... guardians of the galaxy 2.0. And the story? Well yeah the story is weak ... but again: the game wasn't better on that part. Really what are people complaining about? We are talking about a movie, about a game where you have to fight off zombie-plants and zombie-sharks and the main villain wears sunglasses at night. What did you expect? XD You got a trashy movie to trashy games. It's the closest RE Film to the source material ever, and you know it.

[@howiegruwitz3173]

Maybe if TRUMP would've got a 2nd term Hollywood would stop molesting people and focus on good movies again. Thanks Biden!

[@cloudsombrero]

@@howiegruwitz3173 yeah and if my grandma had wheels she'd be a bicycle what's your fucking point

[@blu42nj]

They picked the most GOOFY person to play as Wesker, which I'm quite sure he was choose due to being in UMBRELLA Academy.

[@A_YouTube_Commenter]

The gorilla guy? I knew he looked familiar!

[@harmonixdraws5298]

Watched this movie on a flight home and by God was it so frustrating, the director touted this movie like it was an amazing movie that did the "this movie is just like the games" and I do like the other RE movies, they're so bad they're good and they give me a good laugh. This movie just was so... gross. It makes Jill a shallow representation of who she was in the game, just making her some pretty face to look at in the movie. They remove everything that made the games good, absolutely made Claire a really dumbed down character and the fact that Chris was even there made my blood boil just.. everything about this damn movie.

[@sukamadik5983]

You should have walked out on the movie. And yes I am aware you were on a plane.

[@harmonixdraws5298]

@@sukamadik5983 I wish I had walked out

[@mickeymickey9914]

Check out the cgi movies. They're cool.

[@harmonixdraws5298]

@@mickeymickey9914 I've actually seen all of them, I enjoyed them for what they honestly were much like how I enjoyed re6.

[@mickeymickey9914]

@@harmonixdraws5298 Same. Have you seen 4d executor?

[@reaverofjillsandwiches]

I don't see how it's that difficult to adapt the stories from the games to movies.

[@palladiamorsdeus]

Because they aren't making them for fans, they are trying to reach a 'wider audience '. They haven't realized yet that doesn't usually work, not every movie can be Iron Man or the Dark Knight.

[@reaverofjillsandwiches]

@@palladiamorsdeus Exactly

[@FBI-ju5no]

It's not like they don't have a general script to work with either. The novels are a thing.

[@reaverofjillsandwiches]

@@FBI-ju5no Heard a guy read the first one a few years ago. He did a really good job with it.

[@TheUnoxx]

i really came to the conclusion, that there will never be a "good" re movie. and i think that's because it's too much story for a movie, all the files and stuff in addition to the main story can't be satisfyingly told in one movie, not even in a trilogy, because there simply isn't enough time. i think that movies in general are the wrong medium for re - it's much more a series-kind-of-thing and here's why: imagine one season per game with around 12 40-minute episodes. i guess they could solve the "file-issue" by just doing flashbacks to the actual event described. so, using "itchy tasty" as an example: have an episode end on jill walking into the room and picking up the keeper's diary, starting to read, hearing noises out of the closet. end of episode - then have the next episode start with a flashback to the keeper's last days, show what's written in the diary in short delirious sequences, have him say "itchy tasty" then cut back to present day, back to jill, put in a jumpscare with the zombie shooting out of the closet - that's how i'd do it at least. the best thing is: this would work on every single file you find in the game. and it wouldn't ruin the atmosphere or suspension, because when you'd see those sequences you would be just as clueless what it is about as when you first read the file in the game. you could utilise them to build the atmosphere throughout the season and to give the audience a feeling of which impact those files and journals have on the characters, how it influences the way they think and act subsequently. and if the producers of any re movie so far really cared about the source material they would've already acknowledged that and would've done it this way. i'd love to hear your opinions on that - thanks for reading :)

[@randommanwill802]

Perhaps one of the biggest sins of this movie, if not THE biggest sin of this movie, is how in interviews the director touted how he was basing the movie on RE1 (1996) and RE2 (1998), but then based his movie heavily and almost exclusively on the RE2R game.

[@chrisbfreelance]

And still got it wrong.

[@peterbruin5154]

Whenever a director/producer says they're a fan of a relevant series they're working on, I always get nervous...

[@mickeymickey9914]

Movie rocket launchers: Incinerate the people you don't like, safely toss all of the people you do like.

[@Muffinpurplegurk]

I'd rather rewatch SHR than WTRC again 🤣 Seriously I went in with the lowest expectations possibly I still came out of it baffled and confused. RE is perfect for adaptation and I just don't understand how they keep messing it up.

[@MrFlame133]

Can’t wait for your infinite darkness review, great reviews as always Jared!

[@russdellapenna]

Described it perfectly. Well done, and thank you for the metro videos btw. I bought them and started them last week

[@Evan15]

7:24 Canonically Leon shows up late for work because of a hangover though...

[@SerpentineJack99]

If they had just made this Re:Outbreak it would have been decent. But those CGI muzzle flashes are horrendous; how’d they have the money to buy the property but cut corners on that?

[@SlimBeebo]

13:16 I fucking pissed myself laughing at this scene. It’s such a perfect encapsulation of the dumpster fire that is this film. I’ll take six more Alice films before letting these hack filmmakers take a second swing at the franchise.

[@Gabthar]

William Birkin puts baby Chris and Claire to bed. Yep, it’s official. This movie is dumb as fuck

[@agent74113]

I enjoyed this movie (despite having NUMEROUS complaints about it) because i stopped comparing the movies to the games back around Apocalypse. I went in to this movie comparing how close it was to the games as opposed to the Paul " West Side" Anderson movies were., and in that context, it was the closest thing we'll get to a proper Resident Evil movie.

[@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control]

I thought it was a sufficient guilty pleasure movie, like Silent Hill Revelations.

[@DaveVoyles]

Your filter looks like something out of a SegaCD game. I love it.

[@willrands1532]

I watched this movie opening night. Literally had to wait 40 minuets because the theatre was having “technical difficulties”. It was not worth it

[@holy9781]

Wierd u say that so did my theater,maybe it was a sign 🤔

[@willrands1532]

@@holy9781 or maybe you also went to the Regal cinema at Village of the Peaks in Longmont CO. Probably not tho

[@dls3939]

OK SO....for Claire to come across as the ultimate Mary Sue they just had to dump all over Leon, continuously. RIGHT GOT IT... Nice one team....How did they feck this up so badly AGAIN. Need to go check out who all was involved in writing this masterpiece..Fecking Hell...............I did enjoy the old RES EVIL film a bit but this I don't know man. Now do I actually watch it just to see how bad it is or skip entirely? Hmmmmm decisions, decisions

[@forroboros]

I saw this movie in theaters with one of my bros, somehow (and thankfully) no one else was at our showing so we got to just shoot the shit and have a stupid fun time. It was absolutely horrible but I have not laughed harder than I did in the scene where the tanker explodes and the zombie walks, literally strolls, into the RPD with that tonally inconsistent music blaring while Leon is somehow missing it ALL. Funniest shit I’ve ever seen, 10/10. My main problem with the movie is that pretty much none of the characters feel remotely similar to their game counterparts. Leon is a total loser and I hated every second he spoke, he’d be better if he just shut up and actually put some though into his actions. Wesker is a goof of the highest degree (I yelled a hearty fuck you at his post credit scene), an absolute rube. Jill just... hoo-wee. No character acts with any sort of rationality and thought, and that’s just infuriating. I could go on but I wanna have a good day lmao. Shout out to Donal Logue and my Letterkenny boy, Nathan Dales. Horrible movie, get drunk with some friends and rag on it, it’s the only way you’re gonna have any semblance of a “good” time during this.

[@Pendragonthegreat]

And what the absolute F was that about? Making Leon a total DOOFUS ????????? Whoever made that choice should be sued by the production company

[@matthewurban7031]

"it's fine and fun" - a wiseman, who was wrong

[@mickeymickey9914]

Lol

[@kingkold]

Na. I agree with world famous Tony from Hack the movies.

[@matthewurban7031]

@@kingkold I was hoping someone would get it lol

[@UrbanLoadouts]

PS: they didn’t “wrong us”, they bent us over a barrel n didn’t even have the courtesy to give us a reach around; let alone use lube🤕

[@sukamadik5983]

This movie was so bad even the reviews we're painful to watch. The fact that you not only subjugated yourself to watching this movie but analyzing it and writing up an entire script for our entertainment is a sacrifice that cannot be repaid. Thank you Jarred.

[@codieomeallain6635]

5:03 the double entendre is that he ploughed into a woman, just not the way he wanted to.

[@troylandzerep8045]

Kinda weird giving Albert Wesker's role to Number 1 of Umbrella Academy.. the dude is technically a Teddy bear well teddy gorilla guy who has daddy issue.. The dude should have played Chris Redfield the RE 6 and 8 depress military guy.. plus he loooks like Chris Redfield and has the boulder shoulder punching body.. and the dude who played Leon is supposed to be Carlos

[@Shifty00]

The scene with the truck exploding and the driver walking into the RPD made me burst out laughing in the theater, more so than any scene from any of the previous RE films lol

[@DirtyMonkeyIndeed]

Weird how this film has a lot of effort in some random places, while also having so much lack of talent on top of it.

[@deadpilled2942]

The easter eggs were all over the fkn place too.

[@PragmatikReviews]

I think this summary was much more entertaining than this movie could of ever hoped to have been. This feels like too much was tackled at once. I don't know why they feel the need to work in two games at once. And I'm taking points for no "Repeat: All employees proceed to the bottom platform" message as well. Nice summary dude!

[@LardoAG]

Jared, you don’t get it, let me explain how movies work in 2020s: since in the games Leon is a badass, smart and and resourceful, while being a straight white man, therefore, in a modern movie, he should be as close as the polar opposite of that as possible. You’re welcome. :)

[@lingricen8077]

AND they only ever cast zoomers. Name one franchise that hasnt. Oh right, the Mario film cast announcement had the AUDACITY to only have ONE zoomer in it…and look at how zoomers reacted to that: To this day they are still crying about it, because they’ve never had to handle not being represented before

[@SlightlyInactive]

Ehh new leon wasnt that bad, sad they didnt include bary

[@lingricen8077]

@@SlightlyInactive See. The Leon actor was one of the few NON-zoomers AND they obviously didn’t include Barry because Zoomers would be too young to play the role of Barry. This isn’t a coincidence, I know what I’m talking about, it really goes to show how zoomers are just handed every role despite their lack of talent.

[@calebmapp7096]

@@lingricen8077 What the actual fuck are you talking about dude?

[@demontorch]

This film is the equivalent of watching Dead Rising 4 developer interviews

[@SIGNOR-G]

What do you mean?

[@sukamadik5983]

LMAO 🤣

[@demontorch]

@@SIGNOR-G Blokes going on about things they clearly don't get....just like Hollywood and Videogame movies

[@SIGNOR-G]

@@demontorch the worst thing is that IT KEEPS GETTING WORSE. They just want to fuse movies and games and this is getting out of hands. Thanks God there are still exeptions.

[@colivas8414]

Great review, Jared! Thorough and well scripted, much better than having to endure the pain you did actually watching it.

[@daveKoRnfan]

Making Claire a badass and Leon an incompetent fool makes me think whoever wrote this was a big fan of RE2 and Claire was there favourite character and they were super butt hurt when Leon went on to become a much more used and we'll beloved character lol

[@residentgrigo4701]

The film didn´t turn a profit in cinemas. You need to make about 2.5 times the budget to go in the black. Less with ultra-low budgets and more with mega budgets but the number is still a rule of thumb.

[@seb4512]

This was probably my favorite theater-going experience in a long time. Having an empty theater and a fellow RE nerd to make fun of the movie with was just a great time.

[@michaelpalma6346]

I’ll be honest I haven’t watched in a while but this drew me back in to your channel lol. How could the greatest video game movie not!? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TheMovieslingers]

I don't think we need video game to movie adaptations anymore. It made sense in the 90s and 2000s with Mortal Kombat, Resident Evil movies and the Angelina Jolie Tomb Raider movies because videogame storytelling was still in its infancy back then. The movies could offer something the games couldn't. But nowadays, most videogames have cinematic storytelling, characters and performances on par with movies. Why watch an Uncharted movie with fake CGI action when I can just play the games? What is it offering me the games couldn't? Absolutely nothing. I think the only thing that makes sense to me anymore is to do more Warcraft movies. That first one by Duncan Jones is easily the best video game movie and there's so much more potential to explore that world and bring the characters to life with performance capture that the games have never done up to this point.

[@lolnope992]

I’d love to meet the person who had even the slightest bit of hope in this lmao. It looked absolutely garbage from the first time they showed anything.

[@CaseFace5]

I had hope simply because it looked like RE visually. and I still think the film had plenty of RE atmosphere... it was just the fucking horrid writing and obvious lack of budget that killed it for me...

[@brandonchavis9218]

While i was watching this i felt this rage bubbling up inside of me. I have never felt this pissed at a movie.

[@carltonpowell5313]

Claire: Hated her, which sucks cause she’s my fav, but it was not Claire Chris: Great, good, fantastic, worked, happy with him Leon: Actor did fine, but it was NOT Leon But the actor was likeable Jill: Fail, barely existed, wasn’t Jill, just plain SUCKED Weasker: who? he bad Will Berkin: meh, kinda cool Irons: okay No one else stands up

[@hangguy209]

Claire: Alice but without the kung fu. Knows more than Chris himself. Actually babied a failed Leon. This movie is a fail all around. Nothing about it is good. Even the Itchy Tasty bit with extremely out of context and cringe worthy.

[@kingkold]

Claire was so freaking horrible. The worst of the bunch. Which is an irony cause she looked like her video game character but was the furthest from it. She didn't even look at Sherry.

[@carltonpowell5313]

@@hangguy209 lol couldn’t agree more

[@carltonpowell5313]

@@kingkold yeah, I mean the hair was off but details details But she legit abandon that child who went under the table!!! Claire who now?

[@palladiamorsdeus]

...that's not Leon. And seriously? No badass Claire? No motorcycle? No 'Let me live'? They couldn't even get the most basic of things right.

[@broodwars64]

Well, if you thought this one was bad, grab the liquor for when you sit down for Infinite Darkness because it's just awful. It embodies everything bad about the RE5-6 era of the franchise.

[@AngelDustSimp69]

Probably not as bad as that upcoming live action Resident evil show which looks more like a CW Show then Resident evil.

[@nippy6203]

infinite darkness was fun and had good cgi imo. cant please eveyone ik but it felt like degeneration 2.0 which was cool. re5-6 were fun action romps just like the show. this film however is just a waste of the RE name lol

[@SambaJones97]

@@nippy6203 @broodwars I enjoyed the first episode, that set-up some good suspense. The mansion sequence was great. The rest.... went places for sure

[@alejandromolinac]

HAHAHAHA..... As Soon as I saw the Jill and Carlos I mean Leon's Casting... I was like.... NOOOOPE!!!!!

[@dustygozangas8191]

Everything about this movie just screams "we had to make this in order to keep the rights." At worst, it's a money laundering scheme (the budget for this was 26 million dollars and it somehow looks shittier than most Blumhouse movies)

[@goimei]

I could make a better movie than this trash

[@dustygozangas8191]

@@goimei How is it that Night of the Living Dead (made on a budget of jackshit) is scarier and more well made than a 30 million dollar studio movie?

[@goimei]

@@dustygozangas8191 how is it George Romero never got to make his re movie instead?

[@dustygozangas8191]

@@goimei eh i doubt it would've been good but definitely better than this shit

[@bernardorodrigues7048]

This movie is a fanfic of a guy that really loves Clair and hates Leon

[@mxed1916]

So... the most obvious and easier explanation of why Claire knows how to handle guns (her ex-militar and elite police older brother) is replaced with Mary Sue powers? Alright. I hate it.

[@DaveFu]

Thanks for taking one for the team Av!

[@chloewebb5526]

I was a homeless orphan after my mom died when I was 15 in Detroit, and I never became GI fcking Jane. I learned how to use a pistol, and always kept some type of weapon for self defense if I got into a bad situation, and I'm an average shot, but thats not so uncommon for people who are a little scared of their situation - it doesn't mean *instant-action-hero* lol

[@lingricen8077]

Umm…considering your background, you are legitimately more badass than ANY of these so-called ‘empowered’ characters in modern media, but I guess your humility is part of the badassery.

[@tadpolegaming4510]

I just realized Claire having the shotgun is referencing the marketing for the original RE2, including the Romero commercial.

[@Zoobird]

Trying to combine 2 RE games into one movie was the biggest mistake. Too much story, too little budget, too many characters. They should of planned for a trilogy. Use the first movie to gain a larger budget for RE 2 and RE 3. Set the first movie in the mashion, follow the plot points of RE 1, and setup for RE 2. Save as much as possible on budget by having less locations, CGI, and cast. Assuming the first movie made enough money, then get a larger budget for the next 2 movies. Then maybe they could of tried to do more with 2 and 3 to shoot them both at the same time, to reuse locations, and actors. Would of been cool to have 2 pickup pretty much after 1, and connect the movies closer. Then finish with 3 that takes place before/during/and after 2.

[@FumblsTheSniper]

The first movie could have been shot in a single building for a set, so super cheap. The mansion doesn’t have to be perfectly copied because it’s changed a few times anyway. The traps could be CGI and toned down in terms of ridiculousness. Make it a suspenseful murder-mystery following Jill as she searches the mansion for what remains of her team. A cast of, what, four leads and some zombie extras? It would be laughably easy to find cast and crew who are fans that would get passionate about the project. It could not possibly cost even half what they put into this dumpster fire and the effort alone would see the entire fanbase appreciative.

[@SlightlyInactive]

They shuldve cut the mansion entirely, i get they wanted to split chris and Claire up, but jesus christ why the fucking mansion. Vendetta already did that, shuldve done re2 and 3. Do nemesis properly this time live action, its literally been a decade since we got a nemesis and paul anderson kinda fucked that up. Having stars busy with nemesis wouldve been way more action than the shit mansion helicopter crash

[@PerunaMuayThai]

Disappointed is the best way to describe it. Unfortunate...

[@UponDemise666]

Not only am I glad I went with my gut & never watched this movie; but I believe it has been made as good as it possibly can be being presented/surmised to me by, not only a true RE fan, but actually being Avalanche Reviews that’s telling me…. Once again I find my opinions directly reflected in your narration. Thank you for making lemonade of the pile of sour lemons RE continues to be via the Silver Screen (live action at least).

[@AlhazredsGamingGoo]

I think I think Wesker's PDA might be an easter egg for the Resident Evil *novels,* where the main characters are frequently aided by an Enigmatic Figure™ named Trent, who in the adaptation of the first game gives Jill a PDA with information about the mansion.

[@sukamadik5983]

This movie was so bad I could be watching it on a plane and I would still walk out.

[@Halden.]

“Mission f*cking accomplished boys!” Can we get this on a t-shirt?

[@forrestredd2706]

When they made Jill and Leon 100% completely unrecognizable. I swore not to watch. Still haven't. Won't. Resident Evil should be one of the easiest video games to translate to a movie, when they can't even make a character resemble their source material, aesthetically, it is immediately a failure.

[@AvalancheReviews]

Agreed. The story is already written and would translate to a movie script with barely any alterations.

[@trafalgar47official66]

I watched the movie for the first time a few days ago, before watching your review^^ I liked the way that some moments from the games were recreated. The fact that they tried to present the locations like straight from the official artwork and that they tried to encompass a 5 part video game story (by the time of RE0) into a single movie. Other than that the role of Leon wasnt fleshed out with 0 to no character development and I really hope the movie gets a sequel to at least get some sort of pay-off to all of this

[@xmaa9x]

people seeing the casting before the film aired: yeah its gonna suck other people: OMG DONT JUDGE IT BEFORE ITS OUT AWDJAIWJDIOAWJAWD the same "other people" now: wait u guys were right

[@lingricen8077]

Theres a pattern, films that prioritise inclusivity always sacrifice quality to do so. Its not racist to be wary of the pattern. If hyper-liberals don’t like this then they should PROVE us wrong. If all they can do is scream and shout ‘NAZI!’ then thats indicative of the fact that they have no proof.

[@brimstonesulfur5013]

Its nice seeing Sudbury Ontario in a movie like this

[@JXZX1]

You know it’s bad when the Anderson films look like they aged like fine wine in comparison.

[@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control]

Honestly you're smoking crack if you believe that.

[@TheSecondcitysaint]

Cope

[@JohnTheBaptist87]

Why do film makers feel the need to switch up n tweak the story like it needs it? Chris n Claire being orphans to umbrella in some sort of way adds nothing, Leon being a doofus adds nothing

[@hollywood21639]

Went to the theater to see this. Couldn't believe how bad they messed it up. Give me the Anderson movies anyday.

[@AvalancheReviews]

Yeah, it was.....an experience seeing it in a theater.

[@CaMypau]

Why was there an RPG on a train? And why Leon, who couldn't manage a pistol, knew how to use it?

[@anonymousperson2337]

I was watching your stream when you first starting tearing Welcome to Raccoon City to shreds, and I told myself that there is no way it could be as bad as you were saying. It was.

[@synaesthesia2010]

unfortunately, no review can give you a true picture of how bad this movie is, it's something you really have to see for yourself

[@horrorfanforlife8664]

No it wasn't I enjoyed the hell out of it. Quit acting like all Resident Evil fans need to hate this. Just like anyone who enjoyed part 5 or Remake 3 aren't real fans. Such a toxic fan base.

[@anonymousperson2337]

@@horrorfanforlife8664 Get bent dude. I never said that people “need” to hate this. If some people liked it, good for them. I personally thought it was awful, and have the right to say so.

[@zach3276]

This seems like a good movie to watch while you’ve got a fever

[@thebizzle413]

A parallel way to think about it is to imagine this movie came first in like 1993 as a made for video flick that was adapted into a best selling video game series.

[@alecduquette7500]

This movie is legit what happens when the director takes half assed fan theories/fiction as the truth. For a series over 25 years old now with a well established canon and very little non canon narratives the fact nobody in Hollywood can get this right is completely pathetic at this point

[@QMMarc]

I have no idea why they NEEDED to make RE1 and 2 at the same time, I've read people say ''oh 1 is just a mansion so it'd be boring'', alright, ok, i don't aggree, but how about this : Start with Zero, the train part, a lil crew with Becca looking for Billy, so, first act is Becca and the Train, then Becca gets separated from Billy and she meets both Chris and Jill and the others as the second act happens, instead of a lot of people dying in the woods they all make it to the mansion and split up as they get picked off by monsters, find Wesker, betrayal, fight big bad, escape to helicopter, hook for a sequel with Raccoon. If you're gonna cram 2 in 1, at least pick the ones that ACTUALLY happens near each other, plus, taking the best part of Zero and cutting the fluff that most people dropped anyway cause that game goes to shit after the train in my mind makes a lot of sense, sure it'd be a bit Becca focused in the beggining, but once they all converge we're back on track. Changes do have to be made for adaptations right, but Welcome to Raccoon feels like change for change's sake, the easter eggs almost feels like they're going ''oh we're sorry here lil egg threats for you nerds ignore how fucked everything else is! Just clap! Clap when you see thing!''. It's crazy cause both Zero and 1 being very localized sets it'd just leave a bit more wiggle room to put money on other more important things, leave 2 and 3, the BIG city outbreaks for the next one, and make the first one as good as possible if you're really banking on having a NEXT ONE. Just wasted potential, honestly, rather watch Alice, at least its so different that i stop giving a shit and just enjoy the silly stuff.

[@adamdavis1737]

I really given up on video game movies ever getting any kind of serious treatment in Hollywood

[@heavymetalmixer91]

Just the fact that movies are short makes it incredibly difficult for a good story to be told, everything is too rushed and Hollywood loves explosions so deep stories are a No-No.

[@romelsoyza4160]

The recent Sonic movie did incredibly well with critics and audiences.

[@andrewuk2781]

Typical process: find old dusted script no one cares about, buy not so expensive semi dormant game IP, change names of characters to game characters, give few actors clothes resembling those in the gane and recretae some famous elements from the trailers you just checked on YT. Voila!

[@adamdavis1737]

@woooudo I didn't do anything wtf are you on about

[@adamdavis1737]

@woooudo no I didn't pay for this movie at all LOL 🏴‍☠️

[@michaelbittner7509]

The back story to Leon being late for his first day was changed to him being hungover for the RE:2 remake. It sounds like they took a few liberties with that. I've been debating actually sitting down to watch this ever since the release. I think you helped me make up my mind.

[@Jes9119]

This movie failed in every way imaginable except for one. Making people appreciate the Anderson movies way more.

[@gomeyla]

Ahhh! I was surprised to have not seen a video from you about the movie, really wanted to hear your thoughts about it so thanks for this 🙌🏼

[@richardharrison5467]

Probably one of the best movies iv watched. Once the g virus came along though the video went rushed and b rated. Definitely the best resident evil though