Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City

Name: Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Mystery, Thriller, Horror
Released: November 24, 2021
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 44
Cast: Avan Jogia, Chad Rook, Donal Logue, Hannah John-Kamen, Kaya Scodelario

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Screen Gems | Release Date: November 24, 2021 | R

Starring: Avan Jogia, Chad Rook, Donal Logue, Hannah John-Kamen, Kaya Scodelario, Kearstin Plemel, Lily Gao, Marina Mazepa, Nathan Dales, Neal McDonough, Robbie Amell, Stephannie Hawkins, Tom Hopper

Summary: In Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, 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, a group of survivors must work together to uncover the truthIn Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, 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, a group of survivors must work together to uncover the truth behind Umbrella and contain the danger, while trying to make it through the night.… Expand

Director: Johannes Roberts

Genre(s): Action, Sci-Fi, Mystery, Thriller, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 107 min

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CNET Sean Keane

Nov 23, 2021

Despite the lack of scares, minor tweaks to the games' lore and overall silliness, director Johannes Roberts' love for Resident Evil is clear in every moment of Welcome to Raccoon City. With a barrage of Easter eggs and fascinating takes on classic characters, the film's a gleeful trip back to the Spencer Mansion and Raccoon Police Department aimed squarely at fans. Read full review

Matt Donato

Nov 24, 2021

Everything I’ve been asking for from a Resident Evil movie? Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City accomplishes. Read full review

Polygon Jesse Hassenger

Nov 24, 2021

For all of its limitations and points of departure from the previous series, though, Raccoon City maintains that lineage of B-movies made with skill. Read full review

Mark Hanson

Nov 22, 2021

Johannes Roberts’s prequel ultimately remains buried by its indifference to unchecked corporate power. Read full review

Empire James White

Dec 3, 2021

This latest visit to Raccoon City captures the games’ spirit but fails to translate that to cinematic thrills. Read full review

Slashfilm Chris Evangelista

Nov 24, 2021

Whatever the flaws of the previous "Resident Evil" series, those films were never as dull as "Raccoon City." Roberts doesn't seem to know how to milk anything resembling genuine horror out of the material here. Read full review

William Bibbiani

Nov 24, 2021

“Welcome to Raccoon City” overstuffs itself with so many characters and plot points that nothing has room to develop. The pretty-good cast gets buried alive in a rushed and ill-conceived screenplay, and it doesn’t help that the film is murkily photographed and tonally dreary. Read full review

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Matheus1995

Nov 25, 2021

the movie is not perfect bad cgi but I liked it a lot, it reminds me a lot of the game and a lot of fan service

6 of 37 users found this helpful631

zoeysaurusrawr

Aug 7, 2022

This movie well adapted from its source material. In seeing the other criticism, I’m convinced this might be one of the few video game movies where sticking to the source material gets held against it. This is the backstory I always wanted.

0 of 1 users found this helpful01

Boxcarracer

Dec 11, 2021

Great adaptation. Nailed the atmosphere. Story a bit rushed and some things were translated oddly and poorly. But overall a fun Romero esque zombie movie more inspired by resident evil than anything.

1 of 5 users found this helpful14

mclaureano13

Dec 24, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. as a big fan of the resident evil franchise this one dissapointed me leon here is just so bad it felt like he wasnt even in the damn movie they made him look like a dumbass plus william birkins death was so fast they just killed him like 2mins ago now he evolved and now that he evolved he only got killed with a 1rpg bullet they shouldve just made 2 seperate movies for re1 and 2 this one has the two combined but it felt really fast

Good eastereggs tho like the jill sandwich one… Expand

0 of 1 users found this helpful01

Stalkerxkid

Dec 4, 2021

I don't even have much words to describe what that film has done wrong. I mean, why is it so hard to look at a Videogame... Play it through and then took everything you just witnessed and write in at least 90% as a movie script?

And why are Leon and Jill humans with another ethnicity andI don't even have much words to describe what that film has done wrong. I mean, why is it so hard to look at a Videogame... Play it through and then took everything you just witnessed and write in at least 90% as a movie script?

And why are Leon and Jill humans with another ethnicity and charakters as in the games. God if I start now I couldn't stop with ally why questions.

Thats just another movie where they took everything from the game, changed things massively, changed the story, changed charakters, raccoon city itself. Please guys... Don't do another one.… Expand

8 of 13 users found this helpful85

NicoCC

Jan 1, 2022

These people are serious mentally ill. I'm sick and tired of these bs movies. This is NOT a "faithful adaptation". This is more cultural-marxist garbage, just like the Witcher series. Stop changing the race of the God d**m characters and stop changing the story!! This was by far the worst REThese people are serious mentally ill. I'm sick and tired of these bs movies. This is NOT a "faithful adaptation". This is more cultural-marxist garbage, just like the Witcher series. Stop changing the race of the God d**m characters and stop changing the story!! This was by far the worst RE movie I've seen so far! Another franchise ruined because mentally ill far-leftists can't stop injecting their degeneracy into movies.… Expand

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cane

Nov 26, 2021

Absolutely awful movie with little to no redeeming qualities. Everything from the black washed cast to the rushed plot and terrible CGI brings this movie into the corner of yet another awful game movie.

14 of 17 users found this helpful143

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