Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City [Blu-ray] [2021]

No spoilers.First thing to understand is this is a reboot, and is not connected in any way to the film series or Netflix series.If you played the original games, this film will feel very familiar. The characters are dressed the same and some of the locations are taken directly from the game.It also includes a load of Easter eggs from the games, including objects (typewriter, which was used as a save point in the game) and recreating the video sequences from the game.This was clearly created by a fan, who wanted to stay close to the original source material. But we have to remember that the source material was a game, so it not an amazing story.This movie was based on the first 2 games, to reboot the film series, leaving more source material from the later games for any future sequels.It is good enough as a stand alone movie and would rate around 3.5 stars, so I have rounded it up to 4 stars.Note: At this stage I prefer the original film series, despite the nostalgia in the reboot.The original film series was not as close to the source material, but still included the main characters and iconic monsters.The original film series was panned by critics and loved by fans. The story was completed. But there was space for a TV series or additional movies in the same timelines. Possibly as prequel or in-between and around the films, possibly using some of the film footage or outtakes to tie in to the films.

Enjoyed this movie immensely and would have liked to see further sequels.

Excellent film

Not a bad film but nothing special either.Lots of blood and gore (just like the games), typical storyline and ending.

This is easily the best live action Resident Evil movies, though Though Resident Evil was quite good also in my opinon as it was the only film in the other film series that was anything like the source material (games).This movie covers the events of the games resident Evil 1 & 2, and sets a good tone and definately has that 80's racoon city feel to it all, and fans will like how familiar a lot of it is.I would have enjoyed this film a lot more if there weren't a couple of poor casting choices for a couple of the main characters, i don't know what the casting people were thinging, but frankly they should have been fired. Firstly, the way they way they portray Leon in the movie is downright disrespectful and fans will not approve or reconise the Leon in this movie, both in how he looks and acts, he comes across as incompotent to a borderline moron, and Jill Valentine doesn't rersemble the game character in the least, they weren't even trying, and Wesker doesn't come across as either scheming or intimidating, but the funny thing is, the rest of it is done so well, this just about makes the movie decent overall, but like i say, it would have been so much better if the characters i mentioned were cast and portrayed better. I will add that Chris and Claire Redfield were pretty spot on, especially Chris, excellent casting choice there.Is this movie worth getting and watching? Everything taken into account, yes, but i hope they re-cast and change how Leon and Jill are portrayed in a sequel/s if there is any.

I'm well aware that a lot of people don't like this movie. I'm not the picky, fussy or overly-critical type so I've no real issues with it, including it's deviations from the canon. It has a lot of references to Resident Evil 2 (2019) which as one of my favourite games in the series, appreciated a lot. There is one thing I didn't like however, and that is that really do treat the character of Leon like a complete idiot. I understand it's first day just like in the original game, but he's still meant to be able to hold his own and and know what he's doing as a police officer, but this is not the case in this movie; they've completely hammered his character into the ground, while the others were done justice, especially Claire who I feel almost carried this movie. If they were going to treat him this way, it would have been better to have not included him in the movie at all, as his not being there would not have affected much anyway except a scene at the very end. Anyway, it's a fun movie and I enjoyed it a lot, but be aware, if Leon is your favourite character, you're probably going to be annoyed at his treatment in this film.

As a resident evil fan I like how they followed the story of the game but at the same time it could have been so much better. It’s not bad but it’s not great.

I wasn't expecting much from this movie as heard pretty bad reviews of it. But I was pleasantly surprised. Its closer to the games than the WS anderson movies. The effects and story were pretty good. Check it out its not half bad.