Resident Evil 2026 Film SPOILER FILLED Film Review

Right now horror is having a fantastic couple of months with Obsession becoming a mainstream hit film and Buddy being a fun film. This trend is one that really does actually continue on with the film that i'm going to be talking to you all about today as really by all rights this film should have been really bad as every other live action film adaption of the game has been at best OK and at it's worst just downright bad and yet here we have one that not only feels like the games brought to life but is also a really good movie in it's own right and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED review of the film that really had no right being as good as it is with the film in question being called simply just "Resident Evil" enjoy.

The plot is film is a medical courier called Ben has to deliver something to Raccoon City General Hospital whilst also fighting of hoards of monsters and just trying to survive the night. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. Whilst yes it could well be argued that this films plot is simple as it's just one man trying to get something to a hospital this is something that does work in the films favor as it allows the characters to be charming ad it allows the world of the film to breathe. Yes this is a film that very well could have helped with having a more stronger plot but it wasn't one that was needed in this film as the simple set up of the film is more then enough to make it work in the first place and heck one could argue that this film not having that much of a strong plot does make it feel like the games as the first game doesn't have a strong plot as that's just two characters exploring a house and yet much like with that game the fact that this film does have simple plot does work in this films favor however tho there is no denying the fact that this films plot doesn't feel like the plot for a feature film rather it feels like the plot of a Resident Evil short film as there are no stakes in this film for a large portion of the film and when the film does introduce the stakes into the plot it's to little to late this is something that would have worked if this was a short film but or a feature length film the stakes did need to not only be higher but also be set up earlier on in the film with this films plot also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Austin Abrams as Bryan , Zach Cherry as Carl , Kali Reis as Maxine and Paul Walter Hauser as Paul. Also staring in this film is Will Merrick as Dave , Andrea Miltnerová as A Pedestrian , Karel Dobrý as A Farmer , Zoé Bellas as Birdie , Chris Lew Kum Hoi as Stanley , Griffin Newman as Wade , Sara Paxton as the voice of Michelle , Emily Piggford as Dr. Maria Stokes , Johnno Wilson as Wilson and Doctor Who star Jo Martin as Andrea Vasquez.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. This is something that should come as no surprise to anyone as this films co-writer, co-producer and director Zach Cregger really does know how to get a good performance out of his actors a skill which he again shows in this film as all of this films actors even those that are playing characters with no names or have very limited screen time do still manage to turn in a good performance in this film and while alot of this is due to the fact that the film does have some really good actors in it alot of it is also due to the fact that Zach Cregger does know how to get a good performance out of his actors. With this films best actor being Austin Abrams as Bryan as he is in pretty much every single scene in this film and he knocks it out of the ark every single time  with him being perfectly cast in this film as he does get the chance to show if just what it is that he could do as an actor in both a comedic sense and a dramatic as well as obviously what he can do as a horror actor with him making what could have been seen as being a really unlikable character come across as being a likable person who is just trying to do his job with his own natural charm and and charisma really shining through in this film. With the acting that's in this very film really being helped by the fact that this films script is just so good that all this films actors have to do is just say the line as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.

The characters in this film are a very mixed bag as there is only one character that does stand and that's Bryan with the rest of them not really getting a chance to shine. This is something that does in it's own way make sense as Bryan is meant to be the main character of the film but in saying this tho the rest of the films characters should have been give more to do in the film rather then just show up or a few minuets and then never be seen or heard from again as all this does is make it harder for us the audience to truly connect with them as we don't get to spend alot of time with them and yet we get to spend alot of time with Bryan as the character does appear in quite literally every single scene of the film and while that's great for putting across his character and getting us to like him it does nothing for the rest of the films characters who do come across as being forgettable as a result of it. This approach to telling the story is ne that worked Weapons as that film was essentially told in chapters but here due to the fact that the film is telling it's story in a more traditional way therefor there should have been more time given to these other character as while Bryn is a really good and fun character to be around having him be the sole focus of the film and be the one that appears in alot of the film does rob the film of giving us more different characters, however on the plus side tho by taking this approach it does give Austin Abrams a true chance to shine in this film and it is something that he does take full advantage of as he does make Bryan be this really likable person that you do want to know more about and while the characters life prior to the events of this film weren't that great we do get to see how the things that he said at the start of the film effect him later on in the film.

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Whilst this film does just borrow a few names from the games this is perhaps the most like a survival horror game that these live action Resident Evil films have ever been. As we do get to see Bryan not only find a gun in a house but also struggle to find ammo for the gun and have to find ways to save on the bullets that he has all of these are things that were missing from all of the other Resident Evil live action films as a lot of them either focused to much on action or just weren't that good in the first place and yet with this film we do get to see all of those things and they are things that the fans of the game might like as they are done do well in this film and while yes none of the games characters appear in this film this is something that does help the film as now you don't have to spend time in introducing to a none gaming audience who these game characters are. Heck this film does poke alot of fun at video games like the fact that when ever you shoot a lock on a door in a video game the lock always comes loose and yet here in this film it's played as a running joke that that doesn't happen with Bryan even yelling that he loves video games when something that can do in a game happens in the film none of these are meant to be seen as being an insult to he games rather they are meant to be a fun little reference to games in general yet even tho there are nods to cliches in video games there is nothing when it comes to nods and wink to the Resident Evil games and while this is something that doesn't really effect the none game fan such as myself it is something that could make the die hard fans of the games angry but in saying this tho this is a film that is clearly meant to be doing it's own thing and just so happens to be set within the world of the games but the fact that the makers of this film did manage to get the survival horror game aspect of this film down perfectly is something that does help to make this film stand out as no other Resident Evil has done that as alot of them did forget that these games are first and foremost a survival horror game and that does mean collecting and saving things like ammo something which we do have get to see Bryan do in this film.

To be frank this films cinematographer Dariusz Wolski has done such an incredible job on this film with the film looking very visually stunning time. This is something that even those that don't like this film have to surely admit with there being alot of scenes in this film that are just stunning to look at with the best of example of this being the scene where Bryan first gets out of his car to check on the girl that he just hit as the lights from the back of his car light the whole scene with them hitting the snowy back in a way that does make them look very pretty to look at and heck the film even has alot of one long shots that would have been hard to pull of in a film with out snow but when you add snow into it it becomes harder as now you have to hide the crews footprints and yet those shots still look good. It's clear as day that the makers of this film put alot of thought and effort into making this film look as good as it could have done as every single frame of this film looks so stunning to look at as there is alot of care put into the film when by all rights that wasn't needed as the film would have made a ton of money in the first place and yet the fact that the makers of this film did go that extra mile just show us the audience that they wanted to create a film that was a really good and judging by alot of the reviews for the film and the fact that tis film has already made back not only it's production budget but also it's marketing budget does say that they did exactly that as people are not only going to see this film but there also getting there friends and family members to go and see it with the film being a visual treat for the eyes to look at as there are alot of visually stunning shots in this film so much so that it wouldn't be surprising if alot of them shows up on the One Perfect Shot account in a few months time.

Unlike the Paul W.S Anderson Resident Evil films which weren't meant to be funny but ended being so bad that you laughed at them in the first place. This film does have alot of jokes in it and while it is debatable on if those jokes worked or not as that is something that will always change from viewer to viewer they were jokes that to me did work as they felt true to this films characters whilst not undercutting the scene they are in or any of the films horror elements like for example we have a scene where Bryan and Paul argue over who should go and get the keys from Paul's dead friend Maxine which is something that does feel true to both of there characters as they would do something like that with Bryan reluctantly agreeing to go and get them only to get more annoyed when Paul keeps on blasting the cars horn at him every few seconds. Believe it or not there was going to be more jokes in this film but Zach Cregger actually removed alot of them when during testing he found that audiences loved the film more when there wasn't that many jokes something which he later thought was a good call as it made the film all the more better and while this might sound like i'm a fan of his as I do like this film and I do love Weapons but he was right in this case as having to many jokes would have made the films more horror scenes seem less scary as there would have been a character cracking a joke every five minuets and therefor only saving the jokes to scenes where there really isn't anything scarry happening is something that does allow for us the audience to have that moment to just breathe and catch our breaths before the next horror scene begins, while it could be argued that the film would have worked just as well if not better if it was a straight up horror film having those moments where the characters can make a joke is still something that does make this film alot of fun to watch not only for the mainstream audience that this film is trying to get but also for some horror fans that this film does end up winning over.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour an twenty five minuets and fifty seven seconds. This is something that might possibly make it one of the more shorter live action Resident Evil films altho there is a good chance that that might not be the case but either way this is a still a really solid running time for this film to gave as this is a film that really doesn't need to be that long due to how simple that it's main plot is and to be fair to this film there are no scenes in this film that do feel like filler as they do come across as moving the plot of the film forward in a way that does make sense and even those that are just there to build up tension do so in a way that makes them feel needed for the film with the film having the right amount of plot there to really cover that amount of running time in the first. With this film not really using its running time all that wisely due to the fact that this film really doesn't take the time to fully develop its plot which granted would have been hard to do given how simple the plot of the film is but its not impossible as we don't even get to find out what caused the outbreak in this film as all we find out is that it was was caused by Paul doing something in the Umbrella labs and that's it and while fair enough other films haven't really explained how a zombie virus started either it would have helped this film stand out all the more if they did take the time to explain some of that with the makers of this film being more focused on giving us alot of jokes then they were in giving us a well thought out an well developed plot. This is also something that does effect the films character as while only Bryan gets character development as he does learn that actually he does want to have kids with Michelle that never really effected his actions both prior and after he comes to that realization which does make it feel like the makers of this film thought it up five minuets before they shot it and heck it's only Bryan that gets character development as none of the films other characters both named or not get character development in this film with the makers of this film being more focused on making sure that we know that Bryan is the main character of the film then they did in giving the films characters some character development but I really will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a horror film that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual scares that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual scares that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. With the film making alot of use of practical effects or it's scares which was a refreshing thing to see with there bein not that many CGI effects used to create the films scares with the scares themselves being very well done as the the film does spend alot of time in making you think where the scare is going to be coming from and nine times out of ten it's the one place that you forgot about and while yes all of this films scares are mainly jumps scares there being very few body horror scares the jump scares work very well and the body horror scares are just as effective in there own way. With the best scare in the whole entire being when Bryan searches a house for something and he comes across a girl who's mother has been absorbed into this creature with the girl herself starting to mutate and Bryan does eventually get her out of the bathroom she was hiding in her face splits apart with tentacles coming out of it and she starts to attack Bryan that right there is such a good scare as it's one that you don't think is going to happen as you think that something is going to happen with her foot as that was what was shown to be mutating and therefor when it turns out it's her face that's going to attack Bryan it is something that does catch you off guard and is a very effective scare because of it with the rest of the films scares being just as good as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

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Overall look if you haven't done already go and see this film on the biggest screen possible and even if you have done go and see it again as this film is just that good as it does prove that if you get the basics down then you can make a good live action Resident Evil movie in my freaking opinion anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old core of exactly a 7.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got al of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Tenor , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images simply because Google Images actually has images from this film really are up and on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.

Resident Evil: Apocalypse Film Review

When we think of bad video game to movie franchises we always come back to the live action Resident Evil films and fair enough alot of them are bad. However there are some that are dumb but enjoyably dumb and those films do deserve alot of praise for knowing just what kind of film that they are and not being afraid of being exactly that and that is very much the case with this film as this film knows full well that it's a dumb film and because of that the film can be alot of fun watch and so then join me as I review the film that sees the Resident Evil films start to lean away from being horror films and start becoming more action films with the film in question being called simply just "Resident Evil Apocalypse" enjoy.

The plot of this film is several hours after the events of the first film Alice escapes the Umbrella Corporation and finds herself in the middle of a Zombie apocalypse where she and a bunch of other survivors have just a few short hours to find a way out before the Umbrella Corporation blows the city up for good. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. This films plot is one that is yes a dumb plot but its one that is enjoyably dumb as you get to see the characters struggle to do the most basic things all the while trying to escape from several zombies and heck no one goes to one of these movies for the plot anyway as we know that its going to be a bad plot. Yet with that in mind this films plot could have been alot more stronger as the film doesn't really have a plot for a lot of its running time with the characters just wondering around Raccoon City for alot of the films short running time with it only being when the film reaches the middle of the second act that a plot does somewhat start to emerge by which point its far to little to late to be starting a plot proper this is something that does make the film alot less enjoyable to watch as it robs the film of a reason for existing in the first place this is despite the fact that he film does have some good ideas in it and yet the film doesn't focus on any of them whereas if the film did have a more stronger plot then this film would come off as being all the more better because of it with the plot of this film being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Milla Jovovich as Alice , Sienna Guillory as Jill Valentine and Oded Fehr as Carlos Olivera. Also starring in this film is Thomas Kretschmann as Major Timothy Cain , Sophie Vavasseur as Angela "Angie" Ashford , Razaaq Adoti as Sgt. Peyton Wells , Jared Harris as Dr. Charles Ashford , Mike Epps as Lloyd Jefferson "L.J." Wade , Sandrine Holt as Terri Morales , Matthew G. Taylor as Nemesis , Zack Ward as Nicholai Ginovaef , Stefen Hayes as Yuri Loginova and Iain Glen as Dr. Alexander Isaacs.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. Much like with the films plot no one goes into of these films expecting the acting to be OSCAR worthy and whilst this films acting was never going to be winning any kind of awards it is alot more better then what it really had any right to be as due to the fact that tis films actors are all either unknown actors or at the time were very little known actors this films acting does end up only slightly being alot more better then what it rally should have been as yes there are still some truly wooded performances in this film. With the best actor in this film being Iain Glen as Dr. Alexander Isaacs as even tho he's not in that much of the film he does make each scene that he's in count as he does act his socks off in those scenes while Milla is of course the franchises main star she is still very wooden in this film she is better then what she is in the first film tho but with Iain he does nail his character right out of the park even down to the almost condescending way that he talks to Alice near the end of the film and it all adds up to a performance that is actually better then the film that it's in. With the acting that's in this film not really being helped by the fact that this films script is just so bad as it gives none of this film absolutely anything to work with interms of what it is that there actual characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which is something that really does harm the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.

Doing the CGI for this film is Mr. X , C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures , Frantic Films , Double Negative and Soho VFX. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. While the film doesn't really use alot of CGI with them mainly using Matte Painting to extend things like the films sets when the film does use CGI it is something that does stand out as they can either be really good or really bad. With a good example of this being the Lickers as when they are stood still or hidden mostly in the dark they do look pretty good with this being due to the fact that as was just mentioned they are mostly hidden in the dark and therefor we the audience don't get that good of a look at them but it's when we see there tongues being used that things do start to fall apart for them as while there is no way to get perfect recreation of a tongue especially given the fact that Lickers are essentially mutations they do look a little bit weird with them at best looking like very early PS3 graphics as they do look pretty fake an while there is no way that they could have done practically there still should have been some effort put into making there tongues look as good as they could gave done for a film that was released in 2004. However to the films credit the ending explosion does look really good with the makers of this film putting alot of thought and effort into making that explosion which is something that does make sense as it is technically a key plot point in the film and while yes the explosion itself does look dated by today's standards baring in mind that this film wouldn't have had a huge effects budget in the first place that ending explosion does look as good as it was ever really going to look. 

Whilst the first film did have Alice taking part in some fight scenes and some stunts here in this film it did feel like that that became her entire character. Which is just odd as they have Jill who in this film is all about talking part in fights s the film basically has two versions of the same character with the makers of this film quite clearly favoring Alice over Jill which from the point of view of the mainstream audience is something that does make sense as they won't know who Jill is and what her story is and therefor won't mind that Alice is beating up alot of people in this film but those who did play the game and are watching this film because of the love that they have for those games will find it weird that there's two versions of the same character both of whom are meant to be the best fighter in the group with the only difference being that Alice was given her skills as a fighter whereas Jill wasn't. This is somethin that while it does make the fight scenes in this film alot more fun to watch as now we have not but two very beautiful women beating up zombies it also just makes the makers of this film not only lazy but also arrogant as they are saying that there creation is far more better then the character the fans of the game have come to know and love an while people would over the course of the films come to like Alice as a character they already loved Jill coming into this film therefor it would have made sense for the makers of this film to not focus on Alice as much and give some of the focus to Jill and heck they could even gave Alice play the same kind of role that she did end up playing in this film but in a more reduced capacity. However tho the mainstream fans who didn't play the games but just wanted to see this movie would be missing out as alot of the really cool stuff does happen with Alice and while there us nothing wrong with making Alice more of the bada*s of the group its something that does only work when there already isn't a bada*s in the group as then you cold have the group and Alice conflicting on how to handle a situation but given the fact that the group essentially has to leaders both of whom are bada**es that just doesn't get to happen in this film.

This is the film where we do find out not only who crated the original T-Virus but also what it was originally meant for. With being revealed that Dr. Ashford created it to help his daughter walk again something which he is unable to do and yet when Umbrella found out about this they took it of him and turned into what we know it to be this is a really good idea as it not only gives us some lore for the film but it also makes Umbrella be even more evil then what they already are as they took something that was meant as a way for a father to help his daughter and they just saw dollar signs and they took it of him and changed and muted it into something completely different which is a really good idea in the first place. Yet the film doesn't do anything with this idea as they never mention it after Dr. Ashfords daughter Angela mentions it when she mentions that both she and Alice have huge doses of the virus running through there bodies and yet that is something that really could have been explored more as it gives Umbrella more of a tie to alot of the characters then what they already have in the first place and it makes them appear to be all the more evil then what they already are in the first place. Heck even the fact that both Angela and Alice have huge doses of this apparently deadly virus running through there bodies and yet it doesn't kill them is something that whilst it does get explained as they are both immune to the virus which does create a problem when it comes to creating tension its also something that isn't that well thought out as the makers of this film not only don't go into that much detail about why that's the case in the first place but they also do nothing with it as it doesn't create any tension between Alice and the other survivors and we don't get to find out why we should care that the blood of these two people might hold the cure to this deadly virus in the first place but if the film did go into more detail then it does run the risk of making the film be alot less fun to watch.

Whereas the first film was a horror film and an action film second from this film onwards that does pretty much stop being the case. As they become and action film first and a horror film second with this being something that does happen in this film as while there are plenty of creepy moments in the film like at the school for example or the entire scene at the church both of which are very good examples of that as they do take the time to build suspense and while the scares themselves are nothing more then jump scares we do get some really fun deaths in them all of which do make it clear as day that the makers of this film do still know how to make a good horror film but then for no reason the film will just show us a really over the top action scenes. Granted this is a good way to get people excited during the film but alot of the time tho the films action is just there to show off what either Milla Jovovich or Sienna Guillory can do as while alot of the films other actors are taking part in the films action it is mainly them and Oded Fehr alot of the really cool stuff and all this does is make the film feel uneven as a film like this one should treat both the action and horror equally good and not favor one other the over but given the fact that the makers of this film do cram in alot more action scenes then they do scary scenes it is pretty obvious that they did favor being more of an action film then they did being an action horror film and this is something that didn't stop with this film as with each passing film they upped the action but downplayed more of the horror to the point where you could say that the last few Resident Evil live action films weren't horror films but they were action films and you'd be right and that is something that did start with this film and while fair enough you do want to show off what Milla Jovovich can do in a fight scene you can still do that whilst also having her be scared for life when a zombie comes to attack her.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty three minuets and forty eight seconds. This is a solid amount of time for this film to have as the films plot is a really simple and therefor it doesn't need a longer running time in order to do its story any kind of justice and whilst yes fair enough it would have helped the film out quite alot if the film was a a little bit longer but at the same time tho that would make alot of the films issues seem all the more bigger as we would be forced to focus on them alot more then what we are in the first place with the film having the right amount of plot there to cover that amount of running time in the first place. Yet at the same time this this film really doesn't use its running time all that wisely as the film doesn't take the time to develop its plot as the makers of the film seem to be more invested in literally anything else in the film then they are in not only giving the films plot some much needed development but also in starting the main plot of the film as with this film having such a short amount of running time really every single scene needed to be about advancing the films plot and the film can't do that when it's main plot is started deep into the films second act with it being clear as day that the makers of this film cared more about giving us the same flashback scene over and over again in this film then they did in giving us a well thought out plot. The same thing is also true for the films severe lack of character development as none of the films characters including the returning who it could be argued doesn't need character development due to her being in the first film as none of them get any character development even the films new characters and yet they are the ones that really did need it the most and yet this is something that the makers of this film very easily could have done by not giving us an action scenes every five minuets and instead giving us a scene where the character just sit and talk and are given the chance to get across just what it is that makes them tick as people but the makers of this film seem to be more focused on giving us lots of action scenes but I really will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is an action film that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really god. Heck you could very well make the case for tis films action being the best thing about the film as a whole as its where this film does get to be more alot of dumb fun to watch as we get to see all of the characters doing these really cool things with the only major thing that does let down this films action being the fact that the film cuts several times inbetween each shot which is something that does make it hard to work out just what it is that's going on in alot of this films action scenes. With the best action scene in this whole entire film being the scene where Alice runs down the side of a building just to meet back up with her friends which is just such a cool as heck stunt that it was featured in alot of the films marketing and it's not that hard to see why as its a stunt that does look really good with the version in the films trailer actually being alot more better then then the one in the final film due to the fact that the one in the trailer has "Not Listening" by Papa Roach playing over it whilst in the film it just has a more generic instrumental track playing over it with this really going to show you that even tho a stunt is cool you sill a good piece if music playing over it to make be all the more better with the stunt itself being a really impressive one with Milla herself doing the end part of the stunt and its that dedication that makes it better as you get to see the characters face in the shot for real with the rest of the films action scenes being just as good as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall no matter what people think of this film the one thing that we call agree on is that it's better then whatever Welcome To Raccoon City was trying to be as this film knows full well that it's a dumb and bad video game movie and isn't afraid to be exactly that with the film being alot more fun to watch because of it in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in his very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a gran old score of exactly a 6 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Tenor , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images simply because Google Images actually has images from this film really are up and on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.

Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City Film Review

Film reboots are sadly nothing new as they happen all there time but what is new is video game getting a reboot adaptation just a few years after the previous franchise ended it's run. While most remakes can be seen as being good heck one of them being Scarface is so popular that not alot of people know that it's a remake the same thing cannot be said for the film that i'm going to be talking about today as this film was forgotten about a week after it came out in 2021 and it's film that also got rather rightfully alot of hate when it was first being released as well and so then join me as I review the film that let's be real here all of those forgot was even a thing in the first place with the question being called simply just "Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City" enjoy.

The plot of this film is several years after escaping an orphanage Claire Redfield finds herself back in Raccoon City and looking for her brother Chris only to be caught up in a Zombie out break that both she and a bunch of other survivors have to try and survive. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about thew actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I inn all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad but at the exact same time tho the plot of this film really isn't all that good either with it being the kind of plot that you'd expect to find in a really low budget zombie horror film only with none of the charm that makes a plot like this one work in the first place and while the plot of this film does get some credit for being more faithful to the plot of the fist game what might work in a game might noy always work out well when it comes to the movie version and as a result of that is the fact that we end up with a plot that really isn't that good and that makes the plots of the previous Resident Evil live action films which weren't that good in the first place seem all the more better when there compared to the plot of this film with the plot of this film also being not really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging either in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Kaya Scodelario as Claire Redfield , Robbie Amell as Chris Redfield and Hannah John-Kamen as Jill Valentine. Also starring in this film is Tom Hopper as Albert Wesker , Avan Jogia as Leon Kennedy , Donal Logue as Chief Irons , Neal McDonough as William Birkin , Lily Gao as Ada Wong , Chad Rook as Richard Aiken , Marina Mazepa as Lisa Trevor , Nathan Dales as Vickers , Josh Cruddas as Ben Bertolucci , Holly De Barros as Sherry Birkin , Janet Porter as Annette Birkin , Dylan Taylor as Kevin Dooley and Sammy Azero as Enrico Marini.

Now then  interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. Which for this film is a good thing as alot of things about this film are just straight up bad and while yes this films acting won't be on par with some of the best acting from the previous or even the animated films for that matter given the fact that this film has a bunch of very little known actors starring in it the acting that's in this very really could have been alot worse then what it actually ended up being part of that is due to the fact that this films actors are a bunch of really solid actors in there own right but some of it also goes to this films writer and director Johannes Roberts who really does know how to get a really good performance out of his actors with the acting that's in this very film not really being helped by the fact that this films script is just so bad as it give none of this films cast absolutely nothing to work with interms of what it is that there respective characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which is something that really does hurt the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.

Doing the CGI for this film really is the true legends and the really greats that are currently over at Mr. X. Now the interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad however the issue is is that this films CGI isn't all that good either as while they do use for CGI in the right way by extended what was already there on the day of the filming and only using for things that you couldn't possibly do practically like with the doberman for example where half of it does look like a real dog and because of the fact that it would be wrong to put heavy makeup on a dog to make it look like a zombie they instead use CGI but it doesn't look all that good and granted they do mostly hide it in the dark but what little of it that you can see does look to be really cheap looking and this is true for all of this films CGI as well as alot of it does look cheap looking which granted is mostly due to the fact that this film really did have a really small budget production budget and as a result of that is the fact that this films effects budget would have been really small as well and thus of course of the CGI will come across as looking cheap looking but at the same time it really is telling when effects from the earlier movies look better then the effects that are in this very movie.

Say what you will about the Paul W. S. Anderson series of Resident Evil but at least those films even when there at there worst were at the very least entertaining to watch. Where as the same thing cannot be said for this film as this film is just flat out boring to watch and is not even bad in a way that makes it entertaining either it's just flat out as while this film is more true to the game it's not a good representation of the first game as there's nothing interesting in this film be it from a plot point of view or a character point of view that make this film worth watching as it's clear as freaking day from the first shot of the film that no one involved with the making of this film has not only ever played the Resident Evil games let alone been a fan of them because if they were a fan of the games then they'd make some actual effort to make this film at least somewhat entertaing something which was done with ease with the Paul W.S. Anderson as even tho alot of those films just straight up weren't that good you could at least tell that he was a fan of the games so much so that even admitted to playing them for hours at a time so he knew to make those movies entertaing to watch where as the same thing cannot be said for this films writer and director Johannes Roberts who despite putting the effort more on the horror aspect of the film failed to make a film that people will actually like and the fact that this film seems to be forgotten about proves that the makers of this film really didn't care because if they did care then people would not only like this film lot more then what they already do but this film would still be talked about three years after it's release.

This film does try to give us interesting characters but it fails to do so because of the fact that all of this films just aren't that good and aren't that interesting in the first place. With both Claire and Chris having next to nothing personality wise with Claire being a slightly headstrong character except when she's not and Chris being a somewhat competent cop except when he's not but they get the golden treatment as when it comes to all of the other characters none of them are nothing like they were in the video games with Albert Wesker now not being the cool bad guy that you love to hate but is now one of the heroes for no reason whatsoever and Leon goes from being this cool spy type of character who can do everything and pull of everything that he wants to now being someone who can do nothing all for no reason whatsoever both of which ate things that go against the ideas behind both characters and Jill doesn't get much in the way of personality either her being there just for the sake of being there with her character being robbed of anything that made her at least somewhat likable in the previous films and now being replaced with nothing all of which leaves us the audience with characters that aren't that interesting and leaves them in a film that's not that interesting nor entertaining either and while yes there some good moments in this film and some good ideas in this film those are very few and far between.

To give this film at least some sort of credit it does a good job of showing us the relationship between Leon and Claire. With the two of them going from strangers who don't know each other to friends who even tho they have no choice but to trust each other as they have to survive a zombie attack the fact that they do so does course a bond to form between one which we know in the games does last for years and years and that is something that's handled really well in this film but at the same time the relationship between Claire and her brother Chris Redfield isn't built up all that well at all and heck if you didn't play the games and watch the other films it would be very easy for newcomers to this franchise not to pick up on the fact that they are related as it's something that's not built up upon at all in this film and heck the first time thar they meet back Christ acts somewhat like an antagonist towards Claire something that a brother would never do to his sister even if they are estranged from each other or not and yet it's something that this films versions of the characters have no problem and this is something that really doesn't work as these two characters are meant to really care for each and yet they very rarely if ever show any kind of affection towards each other and heck Claire shows more affection towards Leon then she does Christ but when the Claire and Chris do show affection towards each other it is something that makes this film actually feel like a Resident Evil film.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and forty seven minuets and forty two seconds. Which for this film is a tad bit on the long side as even the film really does more then enough plot to really cover that amount of running time at the same time tho this film really could have done with being a little bit longer as that would allow for the rules of his world that the film takes place in to be fully fleshed out and and for the films characters to to be fleshed out alot more then what they are now and that would mean that the characters would get the chance to display at least some form of a personality treat which is something that really go a long way to help make these characters appear to be at least somewhat likeable something that really isn't the case in the final cut of film and given that the fact that this films running time is one of the short side of things it means that the film can't set up it's characters , it's world and still tell a good story and as a result of that is the fact that we do get a film that does feel really undercooked even at the best of times and as a result of that is the fact that all of the films ideas can't be as developed as they would have been if the film was even five or perhaps even ten minuets longer then what it actually is but I really will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a horror film that means that I have to actually talk about the actual scares that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual scares that;s actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. As the film does have some really creepy looking creatures but at the same time tho all of this films scares just boil down to jump scares which are fine every now and then but when the entire film is made up of jump scares that even that well built up then all it does is make this films very few actual scares seem boring and predictable because of the fact that you can see them coming a mile away and as a result of that is the fact that we get scares that on paper should have been good but because of the fact that we can see them coming a mile away they don't work as well as they perhaps should have done and while yes this film will always get credit for at the very least trying to take this franchise back to it's horror routes it still needed to create good scares and give us things that are actually scary and while the previous films didn't focus on the horror aspect of the franchise as the films went on when they did do something scary they at least tried to build up really well to that jimp scare something that isn't the case with this film in anyway whatsoever in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall it's not hard to see why this film is forgotten as it's bad example of how to do a video game movie and feels like a video game that would have been better off if it was made in the nineties as it's just that bad of a video game movie that it would have been right at home with something like Mortal Kombat: Annihilation then it does now when we've had much more better video game movies in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of images that I personally used in this very review from the official Resident Evil fandom wiki page , Tenor , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images really simply because the official Resident Evil fandom wiki page actually really has images from this film really are up and on the official Resident Evil fandom wiki page and really plus pretty  much all of the images that I personally found on the official Resident Evil fandom wiki page really were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we really do end this review as we really always do with really our one and really true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.

Resident Evil: Death Island Film SPOILER FILLED Film Review

 

Resident Evil fans it's been about six years since we last got an anime Resident Evil film and well a New one has just been released. I will very much admit that i've been looking to seeing this film every since I first found out about it and well you all just new that I was going to check out this film the very first chance that I got and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED review of the film that sees a bunch of the franchises protagonists team up with the film in question being called simply just "Resident Evil: Death Island" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when a scientist is kidnapped Leon has to find him and in the process help Christ , Jill and Claire stop the world from a new deadly virus. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt that about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad altho it did feel pretty generic and just wasn't all that interesting in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Nicole Tompkins as Jill Valentine , Kevin Dorman as Chris Redfield and Matthew Mercer as Leon S. Kennedy , Stephanie Panisello as Claire Redfield , Power Rangers star and  legend Erin Cahill as Rebecca Chambers , Salli Saffioti as Ingrid Hunnigan , Daman Mills as Dylan Blake , Voice acting legend Cristina Vee as Maria Gomez , Frank Todaro as Antonio Taylor and Lucien Dodge as JJ.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in his very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. With all of this films cast members turning in some really good performances which is to be expected as alot of this films cast members are a bunch of really good and really well known voice actors and so of course they are going to turn in some really performances in this film.

Doing the animation for this film is the true legends and the really greats that are currently over at Quebico. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good with this films animation really blowing me away with just how good it well and truly was.

SPOILERS START HERE!!!!!!!!!!

One of the things that I hated about this film is what they did to Jill Valentine as they turned her into somebody who is always right no matter what. To make things worse is the fact that they gave her the stereotypical side haircut which just makes her look like a girl boss type of a character and not an actual interesting character which is a shame because they do give an in story reason as to this sudden change in her character but they do nothing with that story which is a shame because the story behind her change which was she was basically brainwashed by Wesker into killing people could make for an interesting character arc but the film does nothing with it whatsoever which means that a great story arc just gets wasted for no reason whatsoever.

One of the things that you'd expect a zombie movie to be is scary and that's one of the things that this film sadly isn't for the most part. While yes we do get some jump scares in this film those re very rarely effective with them instead just being annoying and not scary all of which makes me wonder why the makers of this film just didn't bother to prioritize making this film scary as that would make your audience want to see your characters succeed instead all it does is take your audience out of the movie because it just reminds them that there really just watching a movie and nothing really of the more then that. 

One of the things that I was worried about was that some characters would get lost in the shuffle as there are quite a few main characters in this film. However for the most part that actually isn't the case with pretty much all of this films main cast of characters not only getting close to equal screen time but also having their own moment to sine in the films third act and the fact that all of the characters are teaming up is a smart way to give all of the characters equal screen time as it means that none of the characters are left with nothing to do.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty minuets and forty three seconds. Which is a bit on the short side for this film as it means that alot of the films plot points and even the main villains big reveal doesn't really feel earned as the film doesn't really let them sink in and this is also true for the some parts of the films animation which moves far to quickly all because of the fact that the film has to hit it's next plot point in time but I will admit tho that this film does have some really good pacing to it tho so there's that at least.

So now then since this is an action film that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really freaking cool. With the above picture being perhaps the coolest looking shot in the whole entire film and when your film is just filled to the brim of just really cool action scenes it really is saying something that one monster taking out a bunch of people in one shot is the coolest of them all in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

SPOILERS END HERE!!!!!!!!!!

Overall while this film is quite easily better then both the live action Resident Evil Netflix TV series and Welcome To Raccoon City it's not as good as Degeneration was in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review that means that this very film earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Resident Evil fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images simply because Google Image actually has images from this film up on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.