Spoilers RESIDENT EVIL (2026 movie)

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I saw the film on the weekend and it might be the most fun I've had in horror movie.

Personally I hadn't seen any of the previous films all the way through and have probably only ever played a couple of chapters of a couple of the games (back when you could rent games from video stores). So, I guess I'm coming to this as a fan of movies rather than the franchise itself. But, the use of horror/survival video game tropes was done really well.

I think it's already the highest rated video game adaptation of all time.

I loved Weapons and Barbarian, but I think this was funnier, scarier and gorier than either of those films.

 

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Just to put things into perspective…

 

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Just to put things into perspective…

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Yeah the original franchise kept truckin but I have no idea how. I did like the Netflix series for the hot min it was on. Though, probably for the best it got cancelled since Lance Riddick passed away.

 

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Yeah the original franchise kept truckin but I have no idea how. I did like the Netflix series for the hot min it was on. Though, probably for the best it got cancelled since Lance Riddick passed away.

I can’t even really knock the previous films as I haven’t seen enough of them. I’m not meaning to dump on the original movies. The contrast in scores does a good job of showing just how different this new film was in approach and execution.

 

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I had 0 expectations going into this movie and honestly I was pretty darn impressed. I don't even play the video games.

It was just a great combination of solidly funny with solidly horrific and tense moments (jump scares actually got me and my gf a few times which very rarely happens), and even human connection and emotion to keep you careing about the main guy.

Yeah just a pretty darn solid movie.

 

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One aspect I really liked abut this film was how it integrated videogame-isms, capturing the feeling of a video game character if they were in a movie.

There's some nice details, including little things like his inability to shoot a lock, leaving a message on his gf's answering machine, etc...

The movie felt like the origin story of an end-game boss monster which is pretty cool in itself.

Was there anything else you noticed that reminded you of playing a video game?