Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021)
When I heard about the recent version of Resident Evil a thought crossed my mind: "Didn't this happen already?" I wasn't a huge fan of Paul W. S. Anderson's original series of films but each one was enjoyable. Definitely not great movie making, but they entertained, even if they had little to do with the games. They managed to tell a story of sorts and, after they ended, I frequently heard about the possibility of a reboot. I didn't remember anything about it until Zach Cregger's movie came out this year. What surprised me is that Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City was already five years old. 2021 was a year when many movies were still coming out on streaming due to the COVID-19 pandemic and those were by and large films that were already completed before the shutdown in 2020 and the writers' strike shortly afterward. It is no surprise that a reboot to a series that was more of a cult phenomenon would slip through the cracks, especially one ...