u/Bhavan91

I was one of those who supported this movie since its announcement. When I watched Barbarian and Weapons, I mentioned in my reviews that Zach must really like RE7 because IMO both those movies had tonal and narrative similarities to that game. And I was excited when it was revealed that Zach will be directing the RE movie.

Even after hearing people trash this movie after the script got leaked, I was still positive about it. I didn't argue with people, but I didn't dogpile on the movie either. I still pre-booked a slot for an advanced screening in my town.

Now that I have seen this movie. All I can say is that it started strong, but it got more painfully disappointing as it progressed. And the ending was a literal joke.

Had this movie been titled "Deadly Delivery" or something like that, and not Resident Evil, I would have claimed this movie is an okay horror comedy with some fun video game references here and there.

However, this is called Resident Evil, and I am gonna rate it like a Resident Evil flick.

Let me start with what I liked about the movie.
- The presentation of the story feels very much like how a player progresses in a survival horror campaign (although compressed to fit the runtime).
- The set and sound design sold the atmosphere well.
- The lead actor was good in the physicality of his performance.

Now, there are a lot of things I didn't like about the movie.
- The comedic tone of the movie got old pretty fast, and held the movie back. The last scene in the lab felt like a Simpsons skit with goofy body horror.

- The main character cusses WAY TOO MUCH. People who complained about the F bombs in WTRC and Netflix's DMC are in for a ride with this one. The main character drops at least 2 F bombs in almost every sentence. It's not the swearing that I disliked but the fact that the excessive use of F bombs held back the dialogues from having any depth.

- Except for the borderline gratuitous references to items found in RE world (typewriter, ammo, weapon case), and Umbrella, this movie is Resident Evil in name only. The Gorge feels more like a faithful modern adaptation of RE1 than whatever this movie is supposed to be.

- The monsters are LAME and generic. I was enjoying the movie when the first 2 zombie attacks happened. But after that, the movie reveals how the B.O.W works and it made me go "Wait. That is it? Out of all the cool RE monsters you could have copied from, you chose to make this?". The fat monster in the sewer was super random, and didn't add anything to the movie.

- The ending seemed pretty anti-climactic. It seemed like they ran out of budget and just wrapped it up.