If there’s one type of entertainment I’ll sit down and watch almost every day, much to my parents’ dismay, it would be horror, action-horror or something along those lines. So imagine my delight when I found out the new “Resident Evil” movie would be playing in a theater near me.
I didn’t grow up playing the games. I was formally introduced to the series through “Resident Evil: Requiem” earlier this year — I could talk about that game for hours. Instead, I initially learned about the terrifying Umbrella Corporation through the eyes of the highly trained, ex-Umbrella employee Alice.
The newest installment in this franchise doesn’t feature the classic characters we know and love, or anyone with immense combat training; instead, we experience the Raccoon City outbreak through the perspective of a guy who just wants to complete his job and go home to his girlfriend.
In my professional opinion, an average person trying to survive the horrors of the Umbrella Corporation was the restart the “Resident Evil” movies needed. Don’t get me wrong, watching the iconic original characters coming together to fight a mutated monster is beyond cool, but there’s something so refreshing about watching someone who’s just as scared as I am trying to survive the night.
If you’ve been a diehard fan since the beginning, don’t fret. There are a ton of little easter eggs scattered throughout the movie, like the beloved typewriter, the conveniently placed weapon, the green herbs and the locks you have to go on a separate two-hour journey to be able to unlock — just to name a few.
The film did really well in how it portrayed all of the different monsters. They were beyond scary, but they were scary with a purpose. It didn’t feel like the monsters’ only job was to be gory, bloody, terrifying creatures. More and more horror movie villains are being created without backstory, symbolism or nuance; when I was watching the movie, that wasn’t something that I experienced at all.
Besides the horror elements, another aspect of the film I enjoyed was the comedic elements sprinkled within — those moments didn’t make me feel less immersed in the film, it did the opposite. It sort of reminded me that if an apocalypse ever happens, the chance of the human race turning into Leon S. Kennedy — one of the main protagonists who enjoys backflipping unnecessarily and spewing cheesy one-liners — is extremely unlikely. If anything, we’re all going to be running around scared out of our minds.
Whether you fell in love with the series during the “Mansion Incident,” or if you only just discovered the series because of a terrified FBI agent, this isn’t a movie you’re going to want to miss.
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