The idea should have been to recreate the first game in movie form, as there’s plenty of content, characters and antagonists to utilize. That includes the original characters that inevitably create this convoluted mess. If you’re looking to create a franchise, there’s no reason to cram the events of the first two games into one movie. It doesn’t help when that Sony and Screen Gems logo pops up at the beginning, as these two companies have a bad history of movie releases. Maybe he liked the franchise or just saw an opportunity to capitalize on a dormant movie franchise that needed a reboot. Other than a few bright spots, Roberts’ directing history points to a lot of low level horror films. Yes, Roberts both directed and wrote this film and it almost feels like he hired a consultant who is familiar with the games to give cliff notes of major events in both games and Roberts was left to fill in the gaps. Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City looks to combine the events of both Resident Evil 1 and 2 into one movie, which was no doubt error one on director/writer Johannes Roberts’ part. It ultimately comes down to a convoluted and half-measured cash-in that will anger fans of the franchise and confuse any newcomers looking for an inlet to Resident Evil.
Now, we have Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City and it aims to stick to the video game lore that Capcom had established with the first two games. We already had Mortal Kombat this year, and the direction of that movie was bottom tier with a handful of highlights. It’s hard to fathom that an already structured and developed plot and characters for any franchise that’s successful in the gaming world can get ruined by Hollywood. For some reason, video games never translate well to movie adaptations.
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