Resident Evil
Screen Gems | Release Date: March 15, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
35
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
10
Negative:
11
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
While computer games can boast an abundance of nifty graphics and odious villains and plucky protagonists on long journeys, they're invariably a tad wanting in the cinematic essentials -- you know, stuff like plot and characterization and theme. Read full review
30
Washington PostRichard Harrington
In the end, it all looks and plays like a $40 million version of a game you're more likely to enjoy on a computer. Read full review
30
The New York TimesStephen Holden
The movie has a frantic staccato style that is more game-oriented than cinematic. Read full review
30
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
Too grim and humorless to even qualify as trashy fun. Read full review
30
L.A. WeeklyJohn Patterson
The interchangeable males all resemble Freddie Prinze Jr., and Anderson's direction is no less anemic, making one yearn for an Escape/Quit button that, sadly, doesn't exist in this medium. Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The movie is "Dawn of the Dead" crossed with "John Carpenter's "Ghosts of Mars," with zombies not as ghoulish as the first and trains not as big as the second. The movie does however have Milla Jovovich and Michelle Rodriguez. Read full review
25
Boston GlobeLoren King
A video game cum movie that substitutes shrieking decibel levels for a coherent plot and any resemblance to originality. Read full review
25
New York PostLou Lumenick
It's so incoherent that at first you wonder if the reels are being shown out of order. Read full review
20
Los Angeles TimesJan Stuart
A ditsy and dizzying spook-house thriller in high-tech, high-hemline gear. Read full review
10
SalonStephanie Zacharek
Mildly grisly, assaultively noisy and tremendously boring. Read full review
0
Miami HeraldCharles Savage
Such a bad movie that its luckiest viewers will be seated next to one of those ignorant pinheads who talk throughout the show. Read full review
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