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Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City – Movie Review

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City – Movie Review

Uncover the secrets of Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City. Follow Claire Redfield as she returns to the haunted city and joins forces with the local police to survive the horrors within.

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Director: Johannes Roberts

Writer: Johannes Roberts (Screenplay)

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Plot: Set in 1998, this origin story explores the secrets of the mysterious Spencer Mansion and the ill-fated Raccoon City.

Runtime: 1 Hour 47 Minutes 

There may be spoilers in the rest of the review

Story: Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City starts when Claire Redfield (Scodelario) returns to Raccoon City. Her brother Chris (Amell) is part of the local police force along with Jill Valentine (John-Kamen), Albert Wesker (Hopper) and rookie Leon Kennedy (Jogia).

The police officers and Claire are going to need to band together to face an infection spreading across the city. It follows them heading to the mysterious Spencer Mansion, in search of answers. However, what they discover has a much more disturbing outcome.

Verdict on Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City is a soft reboot of the horror franchise bringing together a large number of the favourites from the game series. It sees them investigating an incident in Raccoon City, which has unleashed the undead. They must use their skills to escape and solve the mystery of things being unleashed.

This movie uses the more popular characters better than the original series. The core game characters feel like they get to shine more and offer more in dealing with the problems. However, it does mean they feel safe compared to any other characters we meet. The idea of going into the mansion feels a lot more claustrophobic, playing into the game’s strengths. It is more interesting than dealing with endless hordes of zombies. There are a few wacky scenes and the 1998 timeline takes us back to an environment when the series just began. When I first saw this, I wasn’t overly impressed, but on rewatches I have grown to enjoy the movie.

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Final Thoughts – Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City follows the games much better.

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Resident Evil: Welcome to Racoon City (2021) Movie Review ‘Lacklustre Reboot’

Resident Evil: Welcome to Racoon City – Lacklustre Reboot

 

Director: Johannes Roberts

Writer: Johannes Roberts (Screenplay)

Starring: Kaya Scodelario, Robbie Amell, Hannah John-Kamen, Tom Hopper, Avan Jogia, Donal Logue, Neal McDonough, Lily Gao

Plot: Set in 1998, this origin story explores the secrets of the mysterious Spencer Mansion and the ill-fated Raccoon City.


Tagline – Witness the Beginning of Evil.

Runtime: 1 Hour 47 Minutes

There may be spoilers in the rest of the review

Story: Resident Evil: Welcome to Racoon City starts when Claire Redfield (Scodelario) returns to Racoon City, where she was raised with her brother Chris (Amell) in the local orphanage. Claire’s return sees the up rising of the first outbreak from Umbrella, leading her to work with Jill Valentine (John-Kamen), Albert Wesker (Hopper), Leon Kennedy (Jogia) as they search for answers in the Spencer Mansion.

As the reluctant soldiers start working together more, they will find themselves diving into the darker secrets of the mansion, learning of a new threat Umbrella had been working on for years, now unleashed in the world.

Thoughts on Resident Evil: Welcome to Racoon City

Thoughts – Resident Evil: Welcome to Racoon City takes us back to 1998, entering into the early stages of what Umbrella were doing in Racoon City, deciding to throw as many different popular characters from the video games into one film, with Claire & Chris Redfield, Jill Valentine, Albert Wesker and Leon Kennedy. This has one positive, with the younger versions, we never met in the non-infected world, but it offers up next to nothing in the bigger picture of everything, trying a painful reboot, instead of trying to just do the simple horrors that made the game franchise so popular for so long. The story doesn’t offer much, which has never been what made the original franchise entertaining, but it could have something exciting to watch. The special effects look weak too, with the CGI coming off too clunky for a franchise that did give us moments of practical effects before. The one interesting idea in the film, is the returning to the 1998s, using the music to make us feel like we are there, but sadly missing a chance for more.

Final Thoughts – Resident Evil: Welcome to Racoon City is a weak reboot that doesn’t gain the horror it should.