Resident Evil

[Jassassino]

Saw it on release night in the BFI Imax, honestly I really enjoyed it. I think it felt like a real welcome change of pace and idea for Resident Evil (and horror video game adapations in general) films and had some beautiful elements. The first half was gorgeous, and played with light and colour so nicely, and whilst it retained a lot of the silly tropes of Resident Evil and some really fun easter eggs, nothing felt so agregious that I was taken out of it thinking about the "Marvelisation effect of cinema".

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Ending was fine to me, honestly also thought that was a welcome change - it felt better that it ended in the way that it did than if he had managed to get the cure in time, and it felt much more tragic as well considering he'd completed his emotional and character-driven journey/growth only for, shortly after his realisations, to be totally snatched away from him. Anything more would've felt like bloat. I may have even ended it earlier if I was Producing this I think, maybe right as he begins to turn, but the onslaught and carnage was fun anyway.

Hopefully the next film is just Leon making nonstop one-liners and backflipping constantly.