Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021)
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Once the booming home of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, Raccoon City is now a dying Midwestern town. The company’s exodus left the city a wasteland…with great evil brewing below the surface. When that evil is unleashed, the townspeople are forever…changed…and a small group of survivors must work together to uncover the truth behind Umbrella and make it through the night.
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... Claire Redfield
... Jill Valentine
... Chris Redfield
... Albert Wesker
... Leon Kennedy
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Well I cannot say that I I had high hopes for this movie but I have watched the other movies in the franchise and I am a bit of a sucker for horror/fantasy/science fiction movies. Especially if one can expect a decent amount of special effects and gore so…
It is not a great movie. Not even a good movie really but it is a half decent B-movie horror flick. It sure as hell is better than that woke piece of trash that Netflix has produced with their TV-show adaptation of the franchise but then that does not really say very much.
The story is rather non-existent and things just happen for no good reason. It is like the writer just took a bunch of zombie and monster encounters and threw them in a mixer to see what came out. Sure there is a resemblance of a background story there but it is not much.
We never get to know why the zombies escaped into Raccoon City, why the experiments where abandoned or anything else that might enlighten us as to why zombies pop up here and there all the time (apart from the fact that it is a Resident Evil movie and it is Raccoon City of course). There also seems to be a number of characters in the movie that knows a lot about what is actually going on but again, we never really get much of an explanation. I have understood that the movie is based on the story in the first three of the games so I guess those that have played them might understand the why’s better.
The main reason to watch this movie is the special effects, the gore and the action and this is best done with your brain in the off position. There are indeed some decent gory special effects and I have to say that the monsters in the later half of the movie was pretty okay.
I do miss Milla Jovovich though. There is not really any good kick-ass replacement for her although some of the characters tried. Also, for f… sake, will the dumbass Hollywood script writers ever going to stop putting stupid shit in the movies, like firing off bazookas and rocket launcher in confined spaces, say a train car. It doesn’t work unless the goal is to also kill the person firing it you morons!
One thing that annoyed me throughout the entire movie though is the fact that it is really dark. Sure it is a horror movie so some dark scenes is to be expected but the entire movie is really really dark. To the extent that it really is difficult to see what is going on for a lot of the movie. It might have worked in a cinema but on a TV-screen, even with the pretty good OLED that I have, it is really too dark.
So it was pretty much what I expected, a basic B-movie of the gore feast variety. Didn’t feel like I wasted my time but that is a positive as it gets.
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Writer:
Johannes Roberts (Writer)
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Release Date:
2021-11-24
Run Time:
107 min
MMPA Rating:
R
Reviews of
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
Well I cannot say that I I had high hopes for this movie but I have watched the other movies in the franchise and I am a bit of a sucker for horror/fantasy/science fiction movies. Especially if one can expect a decent amount of special effects and gore so…
It is not a great movie. Not even a good movie really but it is a half decent B-movie horror flick. It sure as hell is better than that woke piece of trash that Netflix has produced with their TV-show adaptation of the franchise but then that does not really say very much.
The story is rather non-existent and things just happen for no good reason. It is like the writer just took a bunch of zombie and monster encounters and threw them in a mixer to see what came out. Sure there is a resemblance of a background story there but it is not much.
We never get to know why the zombies escaped into Raccoon City, why the experiments where abandoned or anything else that might enlighten us as to why zombies pop up here and there all the time (apart from the fact that it is a Resident Evil movie and it is Raccoon City of course). There also seems to be a number of characters in the movie that knows a lot about what is actually going on but again, we never really get much of an explanation. I have understood that the movie is based on the story in the first three of the games so I guess those that have played them might understand the why’s better.
The main reason to watch this movie is the special effects, the gore and the action and this is best done with your brain in the off position. There are indeed some decent gory special effects and I have to say that the monsters in the later half of the movie was pretty okay.
I do miss Milla Jovovich though. There is not really any good kick-ass replacement for her although some of the characters tried. Also, for f… sake, will the dumbass Hollywood script writers ever going to stop putting stupid shit in the movies, like firing off bazookas and rocket launcher in confined spaces, say a train car. It doesn’t work unless the goal is to also kill the person firing it you morons!
One thing that annoyed me throughout the entire movie though is the fact that it is really dark. Sure it is a horror movie so some dark scenes is to be expected but the entire movie is really really dark. To the extent that it really is difficult to see what is going on for a lot of the movie. It might have worked in a cinema but on a TV-screen, even with the pretty good OLED that I have, it is really too dark.
So it was pretty much what I expected, a basic B-movie of the gore feast variety. Didn’t feel like I wasted my time but that is a positive as it gets.
**The director’s love for the games is apparent, but too many poor decisions ruined what could have been the best and most faithful Resident Evil yet.**
Welcome to Raccoon City marks the first live-action Resident Evil adaptation to stick close to the original games in story and feel. Character costumes looked like they were plucked right from the games. Sets and locations were identical to levels I spent hours playing. Easter eggs and nods throughout the film celebrated hardcore fans. Unfortunately, its flaws overshadow its victories. An overcrowded story with too many characters prevented developing the characters or making the story have any real impact. Forcing two full game stories into an hour and 47-minute run time had consequences. I enjoyed the movie’s attention to the slow descent from human to zombie, which showed the dread and hopelessness as the victims felt their humanity drain away. There is also a fantastic action scene in complete darkness where the muzzle flash provides the only light for the survivors to see. There were some wonderful moments that Resident Evil fans will enjoy, but nostalgia is really the only thing Welcome to Raccoon City has going for it.
Cast & Crew of
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
Cast
... Claire Redfield
... Jill Valentine
... Chris Redfield
... Albert Wesker
... Leon Kennedy
... Chief Irons
... William Birkin
... Ada Wong
... Richard Aiken
... Lisa Trevor
... Vickers
... Ben Bertolucci
... Truck Driver
... Sherry Birkin
... Annette Birkin
... Young Claire
... Young Chris
... Kevin Dooley
... Enrico Marini
... Waitress / Louise
... Sickly Mother
... Sickly Boy
... Nurse
... Ashford Twin #1
... Ashford Twin #2
... Chernobyl Zombie #1
... Chernobyl Zombie #2
... Female in Crowd (RCPD)
... Man in Crowd (RCPD)
... Labcoat Zombie / Dining Hall Chernobyl Zombie #1
... Dining Hall Chernobyl Zombie #2
Crew
... Executive Producer
... Executive Producer
... Producer
... Stunts
... Original Music Composer
... Executive Producer
... Director of Photography
... Executive Producer
... Executive In Charge Of Production
... Stunt Driver
... Stunts
... Stunts
... Stunt Coordinator
... Producer
... Unit Production Manager
... Stunts
... Director
... Writer
... Stunts
... ADR Supervisor
... Production Design
... Casting
... Producer
... Art Direction
... Casting
... Associate Producer
... Post Producer
... Editor
... Key Hair Stylist
... Sound Mixer
... Sound Re-Recording Mixer
... Additional Photography
... Special Effects Supervisor
... Additional Colorist
... Special Effects Makeup Artist
... Set Designer
... Utility Sound
... Supervising Sound Editor
... Stunt Double
... Modeling
... Art Direction
... Graphic Designer
... Set Designer
... Production Manager
... Local Casting
... Stunts
... Visual Effects Supervisor
... Special Effects Makeup Artist
... Clearances Consultant
... Dialogue Editor
... Production Coordinator
... Stunts
... Contact Lens Painter
... Creature Design
... Sound Mixer
... Sound Re-Recording Mixer
... Sound Designer
... Prosthetic Designer
... Online Editor
... Dolly Grip
... Stunt Double
... Stunt Double
... Stunt Driver
... Costume Supervisor
... Music Supervisor
... Stunts
... Second Assistant Director
... Assistant Makeup Artist
... Colorist
... Stunts
... Stunt Double
... Casting Associate
... Unit Publicist
... Key Grip
... Stunt Double
... Stunts
... Special Effects Makeup Artist
... Prosthetics
... Boom Operator
... Best Boy Grip
... Set Production Assistant
... Sculptor
... Production Assistant
... Visual Effects Compositor
... Sound Mixer
... Animal Wrangler
... Stand In
... Costume Design
... Camera Operator
... Additional Photography
... Assistant Director of Photography
... Assistant Art Director
... Stunts
... Stunt Double
... Special Effects Makeup Artist
... Stunt Double
... Utility Stunts
... Costume Coordinator
... Mix Technician
... Costume Assistant
... Production Coordinator
... Special Effects Makeup Artist
... Travel Coordinator
... ADR Mixer
... Finance
... Special Effects Assistant
... Co-Executive Producer
... Makeup Artist
... Stunt Double
... Key Makeup Artist
... Foley Recordist
... Costume Supervisor
... ADR Recordist
... Assistant Sound Editor
... Assistant Camera
... Set Dresser
... Script Supervisor
... Prosthetic Makeup Artist
... Online Editor
... Art Department Trainee
... Makeup Artist
... Transportation Coordinator
... Additional Photography
... Costume Assistant
... Costume Set Supervisor
... Assistant Hairstylist
... Post Production Supervisor
... Makeup Artist
... Makeup Department Head
... Prosthetics
... Dresser
... Set Designer
... Coordinating Producer
... Graphic Designer
... Props
... Digital Compositor
... Painter
... Concept Artist
... On Set Dresser
... Key Scenic Artist
... ADR Engineer
... Utility Sound
... Data Wrangler
... Cyber Scanning Supervisor
... Stunts
... Gaffer
... Camera Trainee
... Lighting Supervisor
... Second Assistant "A" Camera
... Assistant Camera
... Assistant Editor
... Post Production Coordinator
... Production Assistant
... Assistant Production Coordinator
... Finance
... Stand In
... Actor's Assistant
... Production Assistant
... Production Assistant
... Production Assistant
... Assistant Accountant
... Production Assistant
... Cast Driver
... Cast Driver
... Assistant Director
... Assistant Director
... Assistant Director
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