For fourteen years, Resident Evil’s theatrical presence was dominated by the work of Paul W. S. Anderson, whose contributions had notoriously little relation to the source material. Following the release of the sixth film, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, work on a reboot of the film series began with the idea that the new film would be more accurate to the games. After a rocky start, the final product would see a wide theatrical release as Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City to mixed reception. Once I finally played the two games it was based on, Resident Evil (RE1) and Resident Evil 2 (RE2), I decided to give this film a try while the stories were fresh in my head just to form my own opinion. Unfortunately, Welcome to Raccoon City does a good job at showing that while video game adaptations have come a long way, they still haven’t cracked the code on this series.
