Resident Evil Review Rating:
Star Cast: Austin Abrams, Zach Cherry, Kali Reis, and Paul Walter Hauser.
Director: Zach Cregger
What’s Good: The cinematography delivers some strong visuals that powerfully convey the horror of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
What’s Bad: The main character is not that interesting, and like all previous Cregger movies before, the film devolves into a comedy, deleting all the horror from itself.
Loo Break: This is a lean-and-mean experience, running at only 90 minutes, so there is no break.
Watch or Not?: Watch if you like Cregger’s previous work, or if you want something fun in theaters.
Language: English (with subtitles)
Available On: Theaters
Runtime: 94 Minutes
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Opening:
The Resident Evil franchise is one of the most popular ones in the world of video games, placing Capcom, its creator, among the most popular and respected companies in the industry, but their journey in the world of film has been a bit rocky, with a Resident Evil movie franchise that did money but was ridiculed at every step and a Monster Hunter adaptation that just failed completely. Now, in this year, 2026, Capcom sees two of its most popular franchises back on the screen, and we all hope this time the results are different.
Resident Evil Movie Review: Script Analysis
Zach Cregger is one of those popular new talents in the world of cinema, and although he has been working for a while, he has only found recent success with his work on Barbarian and last year’s Weapons. Both films were incredibly successful and made Cregger a household name thanks to his fresh approach to filmmaking, which basically involves writing the script in a stream-of-consciousness kind of way, which increases the element of surprise by sacrificing consistency and coherence.
Cregger’s work on Resident Evil finds itself on the same road, and I knew this was going to be the case, so, while I openly dislike both Barbarian and Weapons, I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, knowing he would go into this adaptation of Resident Evil as someone trying to adapt the feeling of playing the games instead of adapting characters or the world itself, and that is just what he did, resulting in a movie that, while suffering from the same inconsistencies of his previous work, remains fun in a way those other two did not, for me.
Cregger keeps the writing as simple as possible, meaning that there is basically no character development of any sort; this is a movie about a situation and nothing more, and as such we follow our main character, Bryan, as he has the worst day of his life, in what felt a bit like watching the horror version of Gravity, which results in an unrelenting number of situations being thrown at the main character, and we watch it play out.
And so, Cregger has decided to adapt the way we play this game, which results in funny jokes on the nature of their design, and as the movie progresses, the comedy overtakes any sense of horror. It is still fun, but it is not a horror movie anymore; this should have been titled “Playing Resident Evil” because that is what the movie is about, which is cool, but there is not much to it after, which makes the movie quite superficial, in my opinion. Maybe one day we’ll get the House of Horrors adaptation we want so much from the first game.
Resident Evil Movie Review: Star Performance
Austin Abrams is the star of the show; he carries the film completely, from beginning to end. He is there, and while we know so little of him, his presence is compelling enough that we want him to be successful in his escape from Raccoon City.
There are other characters popping up here and there, but they are there mostly as flavor, almost as NPCs in a video game, but there is very little to talk about them in terms of characters or performances, although there are a couple of creatures here and there that look excellent and make for some of the best moments in the film, and in that regard, they do give good performances on that level.
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Resident Evil Movie Review: Direction, Music
As I said before, Cregger does his own version of Gravity with this Resident Evil film, and he proves a couple of things in the process. The first is that his writing still needs some work: while unexpected developments are key to enjoying the film, the script’s inconsistencies destroy the movie the moment you start thinking about it outside the theater.
And second, Cregger knows how to build a film through visuals; this is his greatest strength, and he pulls it off here. There are many great shots and some cool camerawork that make the film stand out from all other horror films in recent memory. Although taking into account this is more like a ride than a proper film, the visuals do make the film, and in the end, the result is a fun movie to watch.
Resident Evil Movie Review: The Last Word
Resident Evil ends up being my favorite film from Cregger, not only because I’m a fan of the franchise but also because I really like him throwing himself into adapting the feeling of playing the games instead of adapting the lore and the characters of the game itself, although, let’s hope that doesn’t become the standard for video game adaptations, but nevertheless, this is a fun film and one to watch in theaters.
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Resident Evil released on 18th September, 2026.
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