Nov 29, 2021

I didn't feel welcome at all in Raccoon

It was a much better experience than the time I went with Leeloo Dallas Multipass... I'm not sure if I mentioned this before but I've hated the Milla Jovovich Resident Evil movies. Well, this one is still awful... Sure, it's better than the Jovovich, but that's like saying Street Fighter 1994 is better than Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li. And there's a common denominator here: Capcom Reboot with Neal McDonough as the villain... a surefire sign that your movie is crap... nothing against Neal McDonough as a person, or as an actor, since his Damien Dhark was a delightful villain on the CW We can't afford to have Batman in here so let's go with the verdant knock-offverse.


This Bastardization KNOWS Resident Evil Lore and there were elements that show some sort of reverence to the games... but at the same time, by trying to cram Resident Evil, Resident Evil 2, and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis into one  107 minute film was a HUMONGOUS Mistake. 

If you needed MORE than 1 game to adapt into a movie, here's how you should've done it:
Resident Evil: Zero AND Resident Evil. Then The sequel would've dealt with Resident Evil 2 and 3, which happen roughly simultaneously.

I know Leon was a rookie during RE2 but being a Rookie doesn't automatically mean being a dumbass. Avan Jogia played Leon like a nickelodeon character for a Dan Schneider series...
The Jill/Wesker thing was ridiculous bullshit!!
Not only Jill and Wesker were horribly miscast with a horrible chemistry... there was much better chemistry between Chris and Claire.
Also, woth Leon the Dumbass, Claire becomes the Strong Independent Woman trope.

They wasted Ada Wong for a cameo with Wesker when he FINALLY gets his glasses.
No Rebecca Chambers and worst of all, no Barry Burton... since there is no Barry, we miss out on the MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT OF RESIDENT EVIL 1!!

Sure, there is a scene with "Jill" and a sandwich but it's not the "Jill Sandwich" scene.
The movie HAD potential but for the sake of "current year" trends, they screwed up. I guess the second movie will deal with Not Spain, because that would be the next game in the series. Code Veronica is pointless since Claire already found Chris.

Honestly you should have go to the cinema to watch this, but once it hits DVD and streaming knock yourself out.

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