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This movie was surrounded by bad reveiews. Few peopel like it. Honestly just by hearing the plot and seeing the trailers I was already disappointed and didn't expected much. But in order to give a proper review I had to watched it. Like any movie I will give it a chance and my honest opinion.
First of all the Movie starts weird and later gets weirder. Just from beginning the Resident Evil timeline and characters are a mess up. Chris and Claire Redfield together under Dr. Birkin supervision since childhood? Ok. Probably another take ofnthe story. Like any Film they try to do an adaptation ofnthe original project. But next comes another major change. Raccoon City was evacuated before the incident? Then it was evacuated again after the..... guess another incident. The story starts with that weird flashback. Then moves on to the present time with Claire hitching a ride with a Truck driver. The same Truck driver from Resident Evil 2 but now with Claire. Oh and he starts to touch Claire on the leg before running over a Zombie. Typical Hollywood movie? Then the whole steping out of the truck, Letting your dog eat human remains and drink the blood! Oh well. They really needed to force that scene. Leon oh well, Leon was destroyed on this movie. Leon meeting Jill at a dinner before even starting his job at the Police Station. This is definitely "up to a great start." This is what I was worried about. They didn't just make a few changes or adaptations they just use the Resident Evil name to make their own comedy movie. Leon getting bullied by the police and Star Team. Claire getting a ride by the truck that later crash in the city. Oh and the Truck crashing/turning right in front of the Police Station but Leon not noticing because he was into his music. Ok. Leon was supposed to be a rookie officer not a civilian that was offered the job. He is supposed to have some training and not be a scary little crybaby. Also, Wesker wasn't supposed to be a stupid highschool boy style Wesker. Jill definitely wasn't a clown, out of control, crazy Jill. Here Jill wasn't a strong fearless Stars Member but a show off and annoying Stars Member in love with Wesker. People said this movie was game accurate and that's what saved this movie. Well no. Definitely Not. It does has some mentions and showed some references to the game but it was still a disaster. Also, the CGI was very cheap and pathetic. They had the CGI of the old Crocodile, Giant Spiders, Zombie Beavers or even Sanake movies. The CGI and prosthetic make up were also a disaster. They look bad, real bad. The Zombie designs was a cheap and bad copy from EvilDead. Then Wesker having the cheat codes of the game. Why? He did had a "secret agenda" but as a metaphor. He was involved with Umbrella and had secret communication. But he also was the one who give orders and definitely wasn't this dumb. I heard the trailers didn't do justice to the movie or actors. But there was so much overacting and silly scenes that were pretty bad. We notice it on the trailers and just confirmed it on the movie. There was so much overacting on this movie. They made so many dramatic, serious, crying or worry expressions for silly reasons. Their "serious, dramatic" closeups were very mess up. I'm not sure if something can be saved from this movie. Tried to include important Game references but they were very forced and ultimately unnecessary. Again Jill, hating Chris and wanting to be with Wesker but when she founds Wesker betrayed them she suddenly changed her mind and worried about Chris. Now Chris is very important for her. So much for good character development. Because as soon she sees Wesker again she rushed to him after shooting him. Wesker, Jill, Leon were a complete mess. Chris was ok. Claire could have been ok but she really really way overacted. Don't know the actress but it was just soo much. Her expression looked very exaggerated at all times. Simple news or surprising events for her and she always looked the same as if someone was being burned alive in front of her. Same with Jill actress. Probably was the director's fault? I saw her on Ant-Man and she was great. But here Hannah was bad. Her character even worse. Here Jill really loved Wesker, hated him for betraying them, looked for Chris for support, then found Wesker and was very worried when She shot him. But after leaving him, she went back with Chris as if nothing happened. Then Dr. Birkin (Leon's enemy on the game) Was given to Chris. Chris the top Soldier, Leader couldn't beat him. Ok maybe he was traumatized because on here Dr. Birkin was like a father figure to him. But Claire comes and saves him because Chris couldn't do anything. Claire, the young sister and not as experienced as Chris. But at the end Chris decides to give the final shot, guess he wasn't as traumatized or was just not as good like in the games. It goes on until the train scene. Dr. Birkin comes back fully mutated. Actually, that was probably the best CGI fo all the movie. It still wasn't that good but way better than all the other scenes. Probably saved their budget for that final scene. Then Leon using a Rocket Laucher. Great, except he uses it when Chris and Claire were just besides the monster. Of course, nothing happens to them. Mixing ResidentEvil 1 and ResidentEvil 2 in one movie was the worst choice. They took Sherry Birkin with them, all of them Chris, Leon, Jill, Claire. Ohh and the final scene, post credits. Wesker, scared and accepting what Ada told him. Also, Ada looked older than Leon but oh well. They were probably thinking of getting together Leon with Jill and Chris with Ada. Who knows anymore.
I said I would watch this movie because already had an idea of how it would turn out. But actually it was way worse than I expected. I still have to be honest about it. I don't recommend anyone watching this movie. Not new Resident Evil fans that are just getting into the story and definitely not classic fans from the whole franchise. Not even people that don't know anything about ResidentEvil. Not even as a standalone movie was this worth it. It has been a long time since I seen such a bad movie. Don't know what they were thinking. I feel bad for Robbie Amell. He is a good actor but always ends up in minor roles or bad projects. Also, Donal Logue, Neal McDonough amd Hannah John-Kamen. All I can think of is the movie was so bad it made them look bad too. This definitely has to be canceled and probably finally give up on giving live-action a chance. Much like DragonBall and Mario gave up. Hey, just so you have an idea this was worse than DragonBallEvolution and probably the same or worse than the SuperMarioBros movie.
I kind of get what they tried to do. They tried to make a new EvilDead style with the ResidentEvil franchise. Well don't do it. Just stop there and erase this movie from existence. Even the last ResidentEvil franchise movies were better than this and was way less game accurate. But they were at least good action movies. Definitely now more convinced that the Series will also fail. Also, has the same feeling and looks bad from the tease and leaks we seen. They should either work with someone that really likes the ResidentEvil franchise and someone that makes great quality projects. Or else just forget about ResidentEvil completely. The Japan CGI movies are great, maybe just support that.
Overall Game Accuracy was lame, very forced. Actors performance was pretty bad. CGI and Prosthetic Makeup was very poor. Script, plot, directing, character development were a disaster. Now the rating. Wow. Honestly, can't even think of a proper rating. I feeling like a 1.0 but honestly not even sure of any movie has been given a 1.0. Well, IMDB gave it a 5.2. But for me that feels to high. I'm sure the crew did what they could with what they had. This must have had a very low budget or else I can't understand it. So based on that and the very few good moments it had, I will give it a solid 3.0.
Rating: 3.0
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