Overall: If you want a fun, horror-leaning throwback that respects the source material, watch it. If you loved the Paul W.S. Anderson action movies, this is very different.
If you want a perfect action movie, look elsewhere. If you want to feel the cold rain of Raccoon City, hear the moan of the undead, and relive the panic of hearing a door crash open behind you—welcome home. Resident Evil- Welcome to Raccoon City
: An Umbrella scientist who experiments on children and eventually injects himself with the G-Virus, becoming the film's primary monster. Overall: If you want a fun, horror-leaning throwback
The film makes a daring narrative choice: it mashes up the plotlines of the first game (the Spencer Mansion incident) and the second game (the Raccoon City outbreak). While this creates some serious pacing issues, it allows the film to utilize the full roster of the S.T.A.R.S. Alpha team alongside the Raccoon City survivors. If you want a perfect action movie, look elsewhere