Resident Evil (2026)
Directed by Zach Cregger
Medical courier Bryan unwittingly finds himself fighting for survival as one fateful, horrifying night collapses around him in chaos.
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The live-action Resident Evil movies are widely considered bad adaptations of the game, prioritising generic action spectacle and doing away with the nerve-shredding survival-horror atmosphere of the video games.
With a clear appreciation for odds stacked against the protagonist and all manner of freaky foes to stand against them, Cregger ably adapts the spirit, if not the letter, of the Resident Evil games into a jet-fueled horror experience…
Gamers of Resident Evil have been like redheaded stepchildren when it comes to adaptations on the big screen. 99% of the time, when Hollywood comes calling, they want to make a movie that resembles the game, for obvious reasons. But nah, that wasn’t the case for Capcom’s iconic horror, which got a franchise that only resembled it on a surface level, and less so as time went on.
Regardless of whether you’ve seen them all, most people are at least familiar with the six live-action Resident Evil features from creator Paul W.S. Anderson and starring Milla Jovovich which ran from 2002 to 2017.
Admittedly, the competition is nothing close to formidable: Mortal Kombat, Sonic the Hedgehog, Minecraft, Super Mario Bros., Uncharted, Prince of Persia, Tomb Raider, the previous six Resident Evil movies.
As the eighth installment in the Resident Evil film franchise and the second attempt at a reboot following producer Paul W.S. Anderson’s 2002-2017 series and Johannes Roberts’ 2021 reboot…
También hay ecos de The Thing y Alien en su manera de aislar al protagonista y convertir el entorno en una amenaza constante.
The visuals feel inspired by John Carpenter’s remake of The Thing with a healthy dose of H.P. Lovecraft fare like Color Out of Space, seamlessly blending the two with such realism that it’s hard to say what’s practical and what’s CGI.
It’s not just your Zombieland or World War Z kind of undead, it’s a The Thing (1982) kind of terror.
If anything, the filmmaker’s wild, gory redo owes as much to John Carpenter’s remake of The Thing as it does to the namesake series.
Cregger’s infected are gooier and tentacled like something out of John Carpenter’s The Thing.
Cregger has openly cited Evil Dead II as an influence, and that influence is clear in the mix of bodily horror, slapstick, and escalating misfortune.
The character and performance are reminiscent of Bruce Campbell's slapstick Ash in Evil Dead II, mixing out-of-his-depth everyman with a Wile E. Coyote-style streak of bad luck…
Fewer will remember the failed attempt to reboot the series in 2021.
As the eighth installment in the Resident Evil film franchise and the second attempt at a reboot following producer Paul W.S. Anderson’s 2002-2017 series and Johannes Roberts’ 2021 reboot…
…even the 2021 reboot, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, which was written and directed by Johannes Roberts (47 Meters Down)…
Then came Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City. While the Anderson films weren’t masterpieces, this one made them feel like bona fide works of art.
In another odd choice, while Salisbury and McGregor discuss the Anderson films, the reboot, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City and the live-action Netflix show, they completely ignore the four animated films and the miniseries Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness.
…the series was recently rebooted in 2021 with Resident Evil: Welcome to Racoon City…
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…it’s the kind of deft and empathetic storyline that completely eluded the makers of Evil Dead Burn, 28 Years Later and almost every other plague-related film…
Every bit as graphic as the most recent Evil Dead Burn, RE 2026 is infused with humor that forgoes sacrificing the stakes; you laugh because you really need to.
…a woman (Adrea Milnerová) points at him and walks into the road in front of his car (very “Evil Dead Burn”).
…en el universo repleto de vísceras y humor negro de ‘Braindead. Tu madre se ha comido a mi perro’ y ‘Mal gusto’.
…and, of course, in Peter Jackson’s 1992 genre classic Braindead…
There’s a springy physicality to this immensely committed performance (comparisons to Bruce Campbell in “The Evil Dead” films make complete sense now), paired with an incredulous sense of vulnerability that seeps into every scene.
It’s not exactly The Evil Dead for this generation, but it’s of that lineage.
At its best, the film resembles a collision between Na Hong-jin’s The Yellow Sea and Martin Scorsese’s After Hours, filtered through the splattery comic chaos of Evil Dead II.
El resultado tiene algo de After Hours de Martin Scorsese trasladado a una pesadilla de supervivencia, con una tormenta de nieve, zombis y criaturas mutantes sustituyendo la noche interminable de Manhattan.
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The Fury Road comparisons are apt: Resident Evil is paced to perfection, moving from one environment and grisly encounter to the next at a thrilling clip.
Of all the inevitable comparisons that will call this film a Mad Max: Fury Road no-frills, relentless onslaught of chaos, one of the more fascinating commonalities is a surprisingly moving story.
Si a la incomprendida Return to Silent Hill le cayeron palos por tomarse libertades con el videojuego en el que se inspira, a esta nueva adaptación de Resident Evil le espera una penitencia acorde a la inventiva que despliega.
Several game titles have made strides toward successful screen adaptations in the last year alone, including Mortal Kombat II, The Super Mario Bros., (Return to) Silent Hill, etc.