Resident Evil Reboot (not Netflix)

Wrongway1985 · 09-12-2021 07:16PM

So ya...this is indeed a bad movie.

Now it was a very simplistic watch and I was intrigued and even mildly entertained throughout if only due to constantly comparing to the games and it was over before I knew it.

There was numerous mistakes or perhaps maybe they were just genuine changes either way they were either poor or not done to any real impacting effect.

The Actors of Wesker (Hopper) and Chris (Amell) could have swapped roles and it wouldn't have made a blind bit of difference.

Claire and Jill ended up basically being the same character strong women willing to snap at the slightest...makes sense for Jill given her work environment, Claire on the otherhand was born out of a frosty relationship with Chris seemingly instead of the caring one in the games.

Barry where's Barry? We never got to find out here wasn't even in the film same goes for Rebecca.

Leon was an over exaggerated comic relief character, just hopeless on all counts.

Time frame of events were noted throughout, waste of time.

There is a mid credits scene (total crap too btw), seemingly setting up a sequel.

Overall watch it out of interest with low expectations and you'll be grand for a one time popcorn watch, it's better than 2 possibly 3 of the Paul WS Anderson movies (who is actually an executive producer here ffs) which I know isn't saying much. It's a real wasted opportunity and a shame they never delivered a more genuine horror film which I was led to believe was the point of the exercise.

I wouldn't be surprised if a sequel actually doesn't come to fruition, it looks to have flopped and may just about claw back the 20m or so budget, The last Paul WS Anderson one made over 300 feckin' million!!

Homelander · 10-12-2021 04:49PM

Not as bad as I expected and way more faithful to the games than any of the previous movies.

Budget though was just way too small for the scale and ambition of the narrative.

Looks cheap, bad effects, weak ineffective zombie scenes. And it utterly completely fails to portray Raccoon City as a real, living town.

More like a bunch of people wandering around a few deserted buildings with the odd zombie thrown in.

Still somewhat entertaining, not as bad as any of the Anderson movies post Extinction.

If you knew nothing about the games I'd say it'd be a flat out 3/10.

For me, I'd say 5/10 is about right. It feels and looks like the first two episodes of a Resident Evil tv show on the CW.

As faithful as we've gotten to date, but the budget is just not there.

The White Wolf · 10-12-2021 05:30PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118301822#Comment_118301822

CW? Yikes. :(

Had a feeling from the casting of the film it could end up like that.

12-12-2021 10:44AM

I saw this last week, preferred it to all the other RE films put together but it was disappointing. I thought it looked great though, a cheesy creature feature from the 90's, they really nailed that vibe. After the trailers showed the mansion and RE2 events I wondered how that would work but they tied them together well. The whole thing is let down by the budget though. They must have spent all the money on Birkins effects. Lots of easter eggs from the games which were cool. Leon was a joke, what were they thinking there? 3/5 from me.

fritzelly · 22-12-2021 03:43AM

Well that was pretty bad all round - nothing like the first film

Follow the game story but to have zombies that literally grab hold of you and then just shake their head around - ermmm

Honourable mention to the worst cgi cow ever presented on screen - your sacrifice is remembered

Surprised they didn't go full on POV with some scenes

Hard to believe the original is 20 years ago and was far better than this

Skerries · 22-12-2021 02:34PM

they referenced the Jill Sandwich :)

CastorTroy · 28-12-2021 05:46PM

Needed more Slipknot. 😀

They really liked to remind you of when it was set with the references and tech.

Was thinking if they really wanted to be loyal to the games they would've had very convoluted methods to get to the armoury and all like collecting 2 pieces of a coat of arms but then they did have the piano lock.

Having only completed the Remake of the first and original second on the gamecube, I may get another couple played before the unlikely sequel to this.

Overall though I liked it for what it was but didn't think it did too much to set itself apart from many other zombie films.

Underground · 07-03-2022 08:09PM

Rented this on YouTube last night. It is indeed a bad movie.

If you're not familiar with the games it's not worth watching at all but I have to admit that I had a blast for the first 30 minutes or so spotting Easter eggs, you can tell that the director is a fan of the games which is a nice change of pace from the Paul Anderson movies.

The casting and depiction of certain characters just left me scratching my head. Claire is a college student at the time of RE2, was a 30 year old the best choice of actor to play her here? As an aside I don't rate Scodelario but I have only seen her in Skins when she was very young and she wasn't terrible here in fairness, just a strange choice for the role imo.

Chris and Wesker - generic soldier boys. I would say that's a fair enough depiction of Chris because that's basically what he is but Wesker is kne of the most eccentric long running villains in any game series out there but his personality is just missing here. Big misstep.

Jill has been re-imagined as African American. I'll be careful with what I say here. There is obviously a desire to see greater representation of ethnic minorities in movies & TV shows these days, which is grand. The world has changed and almost a quarter of a century has passed since RE2 was made, so it would make sense that if this story were to be retold, there would be greater diversity to be seen amongst the characters. However, this movie goes absolutely out of its way to remind you that it's set in 1998, so the retrospective reimaging of Jill doesn't make any sense here.

Jill (the character) is actually of Japanese descent so if there was desire here to make her a different race and clearly there was, then she probably should have been Japanese, but hey, that's just my opinion.

Leon, hoo boy. He has also been relieved of his whiteness and is now of Indian descent. Not saying any more on the race thing but the depiction of this character, it really seems like they went out of their way to annoy fans of the series, which kinda runs counter to everything else they did with this movie. And again, a 30YO actor playing a 21 year old character, not ideal.

Jill and Claire are unflappable badasses. Makes sense in Jill's case, makes no sense with Claire, not at this point in the story. Leon is a totally incompetent idiot who doesn't know how to shoot a gun but somehow manages to figure out a rocket launcher by the end, go figure.

The set design looks cool initially, especially the RPD. However the RPD and mansion ultimately end up just feeling hollow and are never really explored beyond a surface level.

Theres a really, really stupid scene in the mansion with Chris and his lighter.

The movie runs out of steam after about an hour and limps toward its conculsion. 4/10 for me and that's only because I enjoyed the Easter eggs at the start. Without them it's a putrid 2/10.

Greyfox · 03-04-2022 08:30PM

Watched this last night and enjoyed it, much better than any of the Anderson films.

The first half is much better than the second half. It was a half decent horror film with loads of very important references to the games, the director clearly understood the appeal of the games.

Glad to see the film made a profit and hope to see a sequel.

Resident Evil Reboot (not Netflix)

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