Knowing Cregger's movies, I predict the first half being decent and then falling off a high ass cliff

Why it's complicated for Drinker: There is no message, there are no minorities as main characters or girl bosses. It's just a movie. And that's hard for grifter, i mean drinker, to cover.

Zack: "It's for the fans of the game"

I thought it was fun. The humor doesn't hit in a jokey way, but more like relatable reactions and his commentary that is similar to things I've said playing the game. Having played the game we know what is happening. our protagonist is just a regular schmo out of his league

From everything I've seen, it's not an adaptation at all. The 'Resident Evil' title seems to only be there for brand recognition.

I enjoyed it. Starting to think I may be more of a horror-comedy type person than a gory horror for gore's sake type.

"a plot that isn't so much a cohesive story as a series of disjointed encounters strung together by the most bare-bones of connective tissue" pretty much describes every Zach Cregger movie.

It’s a case of wrong story in the wrong world. Silent hill story in an RE world slathered in ill placed humor.

I can get behind the movie for what it was, just like the Anderson movies. I didn't mind the moments of Bryan being sarcy and quippy as that was his character and he did have an personal arc with wanting the child with his girlfriend. But as a "Resident Evil" movie, sorry, but having a few references is never going to be enough to make me accept it as a "Resident Evil" movie. It was closer to being more of a John Carpenter's "The Thing" sequel, than anything to do with RE. This is what we get when new film makers try to put their stamp on a franchise with something fresh and new, ultimately pushing the fan base into the backseat and ignored. As a movie: 8-8.5/10 As Resident Evil movie: 3/10 It's frustrating being an RE fan right now.

I didn't find it complicated to review this movie. After I saw it, I was quite angry. It's the worst video game movie retcon I've ever seen. Even the Super Mario Bros. 1993 movie and the likes of Uwe Bol give more lore shoutouts than Zach Cregger's RE. That's embarrassing...

More like "Tentacle Evil". It was Resident Evil in name only. Decent monster movie sure, but horrible RE movie. I hate it for using the Resident Evil name.

I think this was just a message to the Hollywood “hey, we can make this franchise popular, just greenlight me.”, this movie feels more like a franchise teaser than anything.

If you took out the one mention of Umbrella and told the courier he was going to Chicago instead and the movie was called Pandemic or something else, you’d have no idea this was Resident Evil.

I went and saw it this weekend, and enjoyed it. Was it perfect? No, but I think some are being a bit harsh in their criticisms. Like saying it’s a comedy. It has some jokes for moments of levity in a horror movie; that doesn’t make it a comedy. The only thing I didn’t like was it snowing in RC. Should’ve transitioned to rain, which would’ve been believable and tied in with the games.

It's probably "fine" but the astroturfing is pretty blatant.

Definitely took a turn at Racoon city (even tho some cool elements still). I like the monsters, for the most part, but there was no killing it. Even for side missions in the games, they have more lore. Not sure what the rules were but I like his directing and its well shot

I liked it except when the ending went full goofy. I'm going to approach future Cregger movies knowing the ending is going to dial it up to 11, and it's not going to work for me, and that's fine

It turns itself into a cringe comedy with cheap jumpscares after the first act. No, is not RE.

It’s not complicated tho; it’s a shit film and a shit adaptation

I actually did catch those references in the movie to the game and appreciated them as little nods, but yeah, the lead character was a bit annoying. I still enjoyed the movie.

Is this a repost, because I would swear I saw this around a year ago. Guess the glitch caught up...

I very much enjoyed it, but I’ve never really played any Resident Evil game, so I can’t comment on how faithful it is to the franchise (sounds like it’s not very).

Horrible adaptation that has nothing to do with Resident Evil at all and instead tries to be its own thing rather than adapting the storyline or setting it steals its name from properly. There, simple. No need for shilling.

Fun movie! Marketing missed the mark, but the quality carries it to success.

Exponentially better than Resident Milla.

Cool, I never played it. Might have to someday lol.

Not much more complicated, I think Resident Evil must have its iconic characters, at least for a " " first " " adaptation

How many resident evils are we at now?

Who made the movie? I don't think you said.

Can we get some Ada???!

I think it is absolutely a failure as an adaptation of Resident Evil. It is good if you like Zach Cregger's Reddit irony humor.

It’s not complicated at all actually. You’re just doing your best to recover from being wrong when the trailer dropped and you tried poisoning the well. Didn’t work mate.

It's good!!! Just don't go into it expecting them to retell a story from the game.

It was pretty funny and a nice ode to the games, wish it was longer, but it was funny

I feel like it's the opposite. -Is Resident Evil really as bad as they say? There seem to be more people bashing the movie than praising it. I personally had a great time!

Mate I'd have given it 6 or 7/10 if it wasn't for the resident evil title. It was a comedy