Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City is a 2021 survival horror film that serves as a reboot of the live-action franchise, moving away from the action-heavy style of the Milla Jovovich era to return to the series' atmospheric horror roots. Movie Overview Release Date: November 24, 2021. Johannes Roberts, known for 47 Meters Down
But it is authentic. For the first time since 2002, a Hollywood film looked at the zombies, the puzzles, the weird doors, and the cheesy dialogue and said, "This is what we love."
Verdict Resident Evil – Welcome to Raccoon City is a love letter to the early games that largely succeeds on atmosphere, design, and tense set pieces. It’s not a perfect transition to film—its ambition to condense sprawling game narratives into a single movie leads to pacing and character depth issues—but for fans craving a faithful, grisly return to survival-horror aesthetics, it’s a satisfying, occasionally chilling ride.
The narrative is split between two iconic game locations: the Spencer Mansion