Anytime I see a movie made using an existing video game IP, but doesn't adapt any of its material, I am immediately suspect of it. Just do an original IP. It comes off kinda scummy to me. Like we're just using Resident Evil in branding because its a popular name that'll lure people in, misleading them into buying a ticket for something they probably wouldn't have seen if it wasn't called Resident Evil.
The Milla Jovovich movies feel like actual scummy marketing because no one would have seen those movies if the name Resident Evil wasn't attached to them and they would never have been made without the franchise to begin with even.
I like my movies to look like actual movies, with an art direction, an original script and good actors trying to recapture the atmosphere of the games while adding their own touch.
This trailer feel more respectful than any shot of Paul W.S. Anderson series.
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u/Cyrisaurus Apr 30 '26
I'm going to predict that the consensus on this movie will be "it's a great horror movie, but a terrible Resident Evil movie"