So as with all video game, movie adaptations, you have to allow for a certain level of disappointment.
Whether it's a filmmakers belief they can tell the story better than the original game, editing out or putting in plot lines and characters has never worked.
That's why it is refreshing that Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (RE:WTRC) doesn't attempt this. Instead the film tries to tell the story of Resident Evil 1 & 2 in 104 minutes.
To do this, the film moves at break neck speed, never building any of its characters up beyond their looks and their names. The plot threads rarely build up, they just appear and disappear like the view from a moving car window.
It's as if the filmmakers have taken all the cutscenes from the game and edited them together. By doing so not only is the film an incoherent mess, but it's forgotten that the most enjoyable part of the games and the actual story is how you get their through the gameplay.
All in all, this ranks possibly as the worst Resident Evil film in the franchise, as well as being one of the worst game adaptations of all time.
Definitely one to avoid.
Resident Evil: Welcome to Racoon - 1 star
