The New Resident Evil Movie Captures The Survival Horror Magic Of The Games
The director of Weapons has crafted a new horror classic.
Dušan Martinček for Sony Pictures
Despite touting the name "Resident Evil," the movie adaptations of Capcom's series have mostly ignored the best elements of survival horror games: the sense of dread as you creep into a new location; the desperation you feel when you're running low on ammo and health items. The six Resident Evil movies starring Milla Jovovich were more interested in bombastic action. So leave it up to Zach Cregger, the director of Barbarian and Weapons, to crack the code of making a genuinely great adaptation: Just make it feel like the best games in the franchise.
And to be clear, I'm not talking about delivering fan service. There are a slew of terrible CG Resident Evil movies that exist to do just that, including the failed 2021 live action reboot, Welcome to Raccoon City....
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