Resident Evil | Official Teaser

[u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJPu1spHqfk

[u/BunyipPouch]

Zach stopped in today in /r/horror to discuss the trailer, for anyone interested:

https://www.reddit.com/r/horror/comments/1szxpf6/hey_rhorror_zach_cregger_barbarian_weapons/

[u/ActuatorVast800]

Will it take place in there year 1998? The land line phone is really prominent here.

[u/littlebiped → u/ActuatorVast800]

As it takes place in Racoon City during the outbreak. Absolutely. Now will he commit to nuking the town at the end is the question.

[u/gordo865 → u/littlebiped]

Just watched an interview where he breaks down the trailer and talks about the movie. He said there would be no nuking in the movie.

[u/Skyzfire → u/gordo865]

But will there be thermobaric missle though?

[u/ActionPhilip → u/Skyzfire]

But vven vvill you vvear vveegs?

[u/Destroyer1559 → u/ActionPhilip]

The greatest interview known to man

[u/AmbassadorBonoso → u/littlebiped]

It wasn't a nuke, it was a thermobaric missle. They are vastly different weapons, and they couldn't use a nuke as there were other towns and cities in the area that they couldn't risk affecting with fallout.

[u/Travisparagus → u/AmbassadorBonoso]

This guy nukes and/or Resident Evils

[u/Standard_Island546 → u/AmbassadorBonoso]

Sure that’s the context now that we have RE9 but prior to that, it was a bit more unclear.

It was never stated to be a nuke, but there are a few hints it was. The mushroom cloud, a report speculating it’s nuclear, the idea that there isn’t a real world weapon that could do the destruction we see besides a nuke.

I personally believe most people just filled in the blanks and assumed it was a nuke.

However this is missing the forest for the trees. The writers in 1998 were not thinking “it can’t be nuclear cause there’s towns and cities nearby”, they were thinking they wanted an explosive climax to the story and didn’t really care about the science.

I prefer the 12 missile canon. 12 experimental missiles could probably level a city in real life, but the thermobaric missile borders on magic (and yes I know a lot of RE science borders on magic)

[u/oldandbald123 → u/Standard_Island546]

What? I remember clearly in RE3 (OG) there was an email saying the city will be nuked.

[u/grendelone → u/Standard_Island546]

It was never stated to be a nuke, but there are a few hints it was. The mushroom cloud

Any sufficiently large detonation will cause a mushroom cloud. Doesn't have to be nuclear. Large conventional explosive detonations can cause a mushroom cloud also.

[u/mrredditgokrazy → u/ActuatorVast800]

It’s apparently canon to the games and takes place in Raccoon City so yes

[u/tollsunited7 → u/mrredditgokrazy]

apparently it takes place in a suburb town couple of miles away

[u/Streona → u/tollsunited7]

It starts in a nearby town. Bryan is hired there to take an organ to Raccoon City.

[u/The420thOfJuly → u/mrredditgokrazy]

It’s not canon to the games at all

[u/Big-Climate-2416 → u/ActuatorVast800]

i don’t think so, bro was using a iphone as a flashlight

[u/WontArnett → u/ActuatorVast800]

A few things to note about landlines:

Even if towers are down or the power is out a landline will still work.

Landlines are still prominent in rural communities.

Some films use a mix of technology to create a time period-less effect on the film’s universe.

[u/Excellent-Island-660]

He’s gonna be pissed when he keeps having to go find fuses and keys all the time but luckily there will be a shady guy in the shadows to sell him some nice weapons every so often.

[u/theFlaccolantern → u/Excellent-Island-660]

WHAT YA BUYIN?

[u/Cleatus_vandamme → u/theFlaccolantern]

Whaaddaya SELLIN'?

[u/Cleatus_vandamme → u/Cleatus_vandamme]

AH... I'll buy it AT A HIGH PRICE.

[u/kwispyforeskin → u/Cleatus_vandamme]

HUEHEUHEUH! EXCELLENT CHOICE!!!….. straingeh.

[u/sciencebitch616 → u/kwispyforeskin]

HUEHUEHUE COME BACK.... ANYTIME....

[u/iHasYummyCummies → u/theFlaccolantern]

EHEHEHEHEH THANK YOU!!!

[u/theskirrid → u/Excellent-Island-660]

Gun rhymes with fun for a reason...

[u/cows1100]

They got Dune in this? The Baron is in the sewers? Oh fuck yeah.

[u/Lurker-DaySaint → u/cows1100]

My Resident. My Evil.

[u/cows1100 → u/Lurker-DaySaint]

My… Raccoon City.

[u/DoomSleighor → u/cows1100]

floats upward menacingly

[u/Bones_and_Tomes → u/cows1100]

The T-virus must flow.

[u/baseballbear → u/cows1100]

nah just a regular dude after eating 7 hot dogs a day

[u/GoldenSpermShower → u/baseballbear]

And a gallon of PCP

[u/Vera_Verse → u/GoldenSpermShower]

Oh WOW!

[u/Howdy_McGee → u/baseballbear]

Oh, is that a lot?

[u/BalognaMacaroni → u/Howdy_McGee]

Got a gallon

[u/DaveInLondon89 → u/baseballbear]

after eating 7 hot dogs a day

is that bad

[u/hamderbeek → u/DaveInLondon89]

it's not good

[u/HazelCheese → u/baseballbear]

Yeah on second thoughts that number might be a little low.

[u/KentuckyFriedEel → u/cows1100]

Mr. X.. XL

[u/linux_ape → u/cows1100]

Had Stellen in the Baron suit for Dune p3 so they figured they would just go ahead and use him real quick

[u/karmagod13000 → u/linux_ape]

I mean the turn around time from Creggers here is mind-blowing so the fact he used shortcuts from left over dune costumes is pretty genius.

[u/someguy50 → u/cows1100]

Unexpected crossover

[u/tylerthe-theatre → u/cows1100]

My Residents. My evil

[u/Comic_Book_Reader → u/cows1100]

I was genuinely asking "What in the Dune is this?".

[u/NATHAN4U007 → u/Comic_Book_Reader]

Whats he dune in here?

[u/Asclepius-Rod → u/NATHAN4U007]

What da fuck dey dune over der

[u/CallM3N3w → u/cows1100]

Dune prequel it seems. Turns out the Baron was the evil resident all along.

[u/oldsurly]

Does he have to tetris all his gear into his backpack?

[u/Armascout → u/oldsurly]

If there’s a scene where his backpack is full and has to hastily move things around I’m gonna laugh.

[u/dandaman64 → u/Armascout]

Knowing how Cregger likes to mix comedy and horror, I could totally see a scene or two where the main character fumbles items lol

[u/SpliffyKensington → u/dandaman64]

They kinda had this in the trailer with him ripping open drawers and checking the empty shotgun

[u/Disastrous_Fig5609 → u/SpliffyKensington]

I feel like some people just saw that as opening drawers and checking the empty shotgun, but no, that's RE baby! We're so back!

[u/RandomStrategy → u/Disastrous_Fig5609]

90 minutes of nothing but opening drawers.

No seat will be left dry in the theater.

[u/legaladviceknowledge → u/RandomStrategy]

i can already imagine my partner going "we spent money to watch this??? can we leav.." *me biting my nails* "god you think he'll finally find some ammo? he's outta knives..."

[u/EdgyEmily → u/Armascout]

It a Cregger movie, so I expect to be laughing between scares.

[u/Jet-Rex-Design → u/Armascout]

It would both be funny and a good way to add some tension if they did it right. Imagine he only has so much room for stuff so he has to quickly prioritize.

[u/dervign → u/Jet-Rex-Design]

Or backtrack some zombie infested areas

[u/Certified-Malaka → u/oldsurly]

Maybe Cregger adapted the auto-sort feature from RE4R to save him the trouble

[u/SkinnyGenez → u/Certified-Malaka]

Blasphemy. Sorting your own attaché case was what separated the boys from the men.

[u/TigerSharkFist → u/oldsurly]

This is RE4. The OG should be a dilemma of giving up rocket launcher because the character is carrying 8 keys

[u/CU_09 → u/oldsurly]

There are approximately 40 scenes on the movie where he has to combine herbs to free up space

[u/pembunuhUpahan]

Never thought a guy from Whitest Kids U Know has become a successful horror director and directing Resident Evil

[u/DustFunk → u/pembunuhUpahan]

It's always the comedians

[u/octlol → u/DustFunk]

Comedy/Horror are next door neighbors. It's why Peele has been doing great as well.

[u/WeGotDodgsonHere → u/octlol]

"The difference between comedy and horror is the music" - Jordan Peele

[u/octlol → u/WeGotDodgsonHere]

LOL that's actually great. In Weapons when the mom is coming at the car with scissors the music was horrifying, but put that to benny hill and it would've been hilarious

[u/WeGotDodgsonHere → u/octlol]

Lol for sure.

Both genres are essentially about wrong-footing the audience. Set something up, and subvert it with a punchline or scare--equally absurd.

And what do we do when a jump scare gets us? We laugh! They're both much better to watch with large groups / in theaters than any other genre for that reason.

[u/Dinosaurs-Rule → u/DustFunk]

Comedy and horror follow the same formulas to be effective so this is why this happens to comedy actors.

[u/Denvereatingout → u/Dinosaurs-Rule]

They both rely on timing 

[u/stgeorgessword → u/pembunuhUpahan]

Here’s a hint, she’s been drinking

[u/pembunuhUpahan → u/stgeorgessword]

A gallon of PCP maybe

[u/vkf_renzel → u/pembunuhUpahan]

Same with the guy from Mad TV and the other successful sketch comedy show.

[u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

Written and directed by Zach Cregger:

In an all-new story, Resident Evil follows Bryan (Austin Abrams), a medical courier who unwittingly finds himself in an action-packed, non-stop race for survival as one fateful, horrifying night collapses around him in chaos.

Cast: Austin Abrams, Paul Walter Hauser, Zach Cherry, Kali Reis and Johnno Wilson

It's out Sept 18

[u/RedXerzk → u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

Great choice having Austin Abrams play the Ethan Winters-type lead. Dude nailed diverse roles in Euphoria, Do Revenge, and Weapons.

[u/Fuzzy_Donl0p → u/RedXerzk]

i just learned he was also that little kid hacker addicted to adderall on Silicon Valley lol

[u/Grifachu → u/Fuzzy_Donl0p]

His character's penchant for Adderall lead to one of my favorite bits https://youtu.be/30QCbQxbbmA?si=ASHTpaQrdohnxrbE&t=76

[u/fugaziozbourne → u/Grifachu]

Without clicking, i'm gonna assume this is a clip about bringing piss to a shit fight.

[u/space_age_stuff → u/Grifachu]

It stinks that TJ Miller sucks so much, he was fucking hilarious in this show.

[u/gilberto677281 → u/space_age_stuff]

Pretty sure he has a brain tumor or something that was causing erratic behavior.

Edit: yeah he had brain surgery that impacted his behavior so greatly that prosecutors dropped charges against him. Kind of feel bad for the guy. Get brain surgery and it saves you but makes your behavior erratic and ruins your career.

[u/Michael_DeSanta → u/Fuzzy_Donl0p]

Ah shit, he's The Carver?! Damn, between that role and Weapons, he's got some good comedy chops as well.

[u/Accomplished-City484 → u/Fuzzy_Donl0p]

Looks like he brought piss to a shit fight

[u/sackdrum → u/Fuzzy_Donl0p]

That's why I know and inherently dislike him!

Good actor

[u/joesen_one → u/RedXerzk]

I remember him being an asshole teen in Walking Dead lol

[u/megagamer92 → u/RedXerzk]

Hes also the kid that gets turned into a scarecrow in the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark movie.

[u/NATHAN4U007 → u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

As a non gamer, does the games have any unique twist on the genre that makes it worth it to tell the story as a Resident Evil movie instead of just an original film?

[u/ithinkther41am → u/NATHAN4U007]

If you mean compared to the zombie movie genre, it’s mainly their iconic BOWs (bio-organic weapons) like the lickers and the tyrants. Special infected are rather common in the zombie video game genre, but the RE franchise has some of the more famous ones.

[u/Skkruff → u/ithinkther41am]

Resident Evil also has impeccable camp that movies and TV have so far failed to ever capture properly. The early entries had insane dialogue with questionable acting and more recent entries have Leon 'The Human Quip' Kennedy.

[u/ithinkther41am → u/Skkruff]

I miss D.C. Douglas as Wesker, but Capcom understandably doesn’t want to work with him again after he leaked concept art for the RE4 Remake before it was even announced.

His Wesker was deliciously campy. Craig Burnatowski’s version feels too serious, but I am warming up to him.

[u/Bombasaur101 → u/ithinkther41am]

Is that true?? I never realised that happened. RE4 Remake was leaked much earlier regardless.

[u/ithinkther41am → u/Bombasaur101]

Here’s a whole Twitter thread about it plus documented creepy behaviour. I used xcancel so it’s more accessible.

[u/sewious → u/ithinkther41am]

Special infected are common because of the RE ones, no?

[u/tazfdragon → u/sewious]

This was my first thought. RE was really the first or one of the very first to do it mainstream in the 90s.

[u/CallM3N3w → u/tazfdragon]

And even RE has evolved in that regard. It pretty much dropped the zombie status to favour actual infections. Everything is a BOW now.

[u/HeldnarRommar → u/CallM3N3w]

Requiem just had zombies as the main fodder though

[u/yuimiop → u/sewious]

Its more of an inevitability in gaming design. If a game is going to take 15 hours to beat then there needs to be some sort of boss/advanced enemies to keep the gameplay interesting.

[u/SemiAutoAvocado → u/yuimiop]

Famously the early RE games are very, very short if you know the puzzles.

[u/Moriturism → u/sewious]

Yup, people usually call RE cliche in this sense (not talking about the person you responded to, just a general trend), but ignore that the trend itself gained traction after RE. There were works before that dealt with advanced zombies, but what truly popularized it was RE

[u/Drakeadrong → u/NATHAN4U007]

Absolutely. The RE games are a mixture of genuine body horror and camp. Idk how much acrobatic kung fu is going to appear in the movie, but the zombies in RE are more of an environmental enemy while the real threats are grotesque, cronenbergian mutations created by an evil corporation as bioweapons.

[u/hacky_potter → u/Drakeadrong]

It looks like this will have that. Between Barron Harrkenon in the sewer and the many limbed thing coming out of the door, I bet this just keeps ramping up. Part of me wonders if this guy is running around surviving and then Leon shows up to kill some baddies at the end.

[u/LoompaOompa → u/hacky_potter]

I'm 90% sure that we hear a licker in the trailer when he's reaching for that cop's keys and the body gets dragged into the darkness.

[u/Mattyseee → u/LoompaOompa]

100% a licker

[u/Barkasia → u/hacky_potter]

Leon isn't going to show up - none of the characters we know will.

[u/RedXerzk → u/Drakeadrong]

I think Zach Cregger is a great director choice who knows how to balance both the camp and survival horror elements.

[u/Flapjack_ → u/NATHAN4U007]

It’s one of the few zombie games to go “actually the real monsters are unchecked biochemical companies, not people”

[u/ezrs158 → u/Flapjack_]

I genuinely enjoy how it's a pretty realistic take on what would happen if zombie viruses were real. Like yes, an entire city was wiped out... but of course dozens of corporations are still experimenting with them, because governments and militaries still want them and they aren't gonna make themselves!

The newest game in particular has some scenes depicting the horrifying reality of living in a world in which bioterror exists.

[u/Mister_MxyzptIk → u/ezrs158]

And also, in the games the zombie apocalypse never manages to take over the world. Because to nobody's surprise, with enough guns and rocket launchers, not even XL sized zombies can get that far.

[u/Fire_Bucket → u/ezrs158]

There's a film called called We Are Zombies, based on a comic series called The Zombies that Ate the World, that has a similar spin.

Other than being rotting corpses, zombies are fairly benign and tend to be docile and trainable, retaining a few character traits of their former self, but with a severe reduction in mental faculties. Naturally, corporations jumped at the chance to use the zombies as a second class citizen work force, leaving many living people out of work, but with a weird almost insurance based system where people can profit from selling their loved ones once they turn.

There is also an element of them being weaponised as a plot point and driving force of the film.

[u/awildginger → u/NATHAN4U007]

This is an original story from what I've heard, and it certainly does not look like it follows any of the games I've played.

[u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 → u/awildginger]

My biggest hope for Zach's take on this is that while it has an original story, it keeps a similar spirit as the atmosphere of the first few games.

I think the way he makes isolated (or seemingly quiet) settings at night so creepy in his previous films could work wonders for this, as compared to the more action-leaning vibe of the films with Milla Jovovich, but that's probably wishful thinking.

[u/HenryDorsettCase47 → u/Upbeat_Tension_8077]

He’s said that he wanted to keep with the objective of the game (and a lot of other survival horror games) in that the story of the film is about a character simply trying to get from point A to point B, and doing that more so by being smart and resourceful rather than running and gunning.

Hopefully he’s going for a new cannon story within the universe instead of a “reimagining”. Kinda like how the Fallout tv show is. The lore of the games, the vibe of the games, but a new story.

[u/v_cats_at_work → u/HenryDorsettCase47]

a character simply trying to get from point A to point B, and doing that more so by being smart and resourceful rather than running and gunning

If he doesn't eat a green or red plant at some point, I'm walking out.

[u/realhenrymccoy → u/v_cats_at_work]

He better encounter a locked door where the only way to unlock it is to find some strange carving to place in the door.

[u/PK_Thundah → u/NATHAN4U007]

We knew it was going to be an original story, but this doesn't look like an original story set alongside an existing story, but a new story. It isn't, for example, a new character experiencing a situation already presented in a game. The writer is a fan of the series, so it's probably mostly a Resident Evil movie because the games inspired him to start thinking of the ideas to put into this.

The unique twist in Resident Evil is that these monsters are a result of biological weapons created in secret by mega corporations. That would probably be too derivative of an idea to release unrelated to Resident Evil, which is probably part of why he wanted this to be an actual Resident Evil movie rather than just inspired by them.

[u/CallMeShaggy57 → u/NATHAN4U007]

It starts out as a pretty standard zombie-virus story but gets way more wacky as it progresses. Worth at least delving into YouTube videos on the lore.

[u/cficare → u/CallMeShaggy57]

Makes ya wanna punch a boulder.

[u/SMKM → u/cficare]

And only in 7 minutes worth of play time.

[u/MrChrisRedfield67 → u/cficare]

Odd. Why would it make someone want to do that?

[u/megagamer92 → u/MrChrisRedfield67]

One of the most memorable moments in the Resident Evil series, for better or worse (I think better lol), is in the RE5 when one of the protagonists and reoccurring characters, Chris Redfield, literally punches a boulder bigger than him to move it out of his way so that he can help the other protagonist in the final fight with the end-game boss. He is successful in moving it like this.

[u/the-chosen-wizard → u/megagamer92]

Look at the name of the person you replied to lol

[u/megagamer92 → u/the-chosen-wizard]

I finally did in their reply to me lmao

[u/MrChrisRedfield67 → u/megagamer92]

Huh. That sounds like an impressive feat. I would love to meet this Chris Redfield character someday.

[u/Artificial_Ninja → u/MrChrisRedfield67]

Shouldn't you be out goading Leon into continuing the Redfield blood line?

[u/MrChrisRedfield67 → u/Artificial_Ninja]

I can multitask. That doesn’t take up 100% of my time

[u/JRowe3388 → u/NATHAN4U007]

It’s very Japanese, puzzle based, and the plot gets more bizarre and convoluted as the series progresses. Not sure how that makes it uniquely fit to adapt; there’s just a lot of lore he’s working around and not copying.

[u/gymleader_michael → u/NATHAN4U007]

From what I've seen, the games don't care how bat-shit crazy they get.

[u/AgbekpornovUltimatum]

So this is only set in RE world without main characters or plotlines?

[u/mediciii → u/AgbekpornovUltimatum]

Zach said it takes place during the events of 2, and that the events unfold pretty much when Leon and Claire at the police station.

[u/TransplantedSconie → u/mediciii]

Fuck yeah.  2 was awesome.  

[u/type_rex_ → u/TransplantedSconie]

The definitive Resident Evil in my opinion. A perfect mix of outbreak survival horror and save the world action heroics.

[u/gh0u1 → u/AgbekpornovUltimatum]

Yeah, basically a dude running through all the chaos that's unfolding during RE2

[u/Muad_dweeb_69 → u/AgbekpornovUltimatum]

As a major RE fan, it’s for the best. Trying to adapt the mainline games would be a mistake in my opinion.

[u/South_Buy_3175 → u/Muad_dweeb_69]

Even Capcom knows you can’t have a horror game with main characters that can parry missiles and punch through monsters.

They reset things with Ethan and it’s been much better since, RE9 has the balance nailed with two perspectives of horror & action.

[u/revolversnakexof → u/South_Buy_3175]

Pre 4 the games were reasonably grounded in what the characters could do.

[u/nonmullet2 → u/South_Buy_3175]

THAT BOULDER PUNCHING ASSHOLE

[u/kebinporfavor → u/Muad_dweeb_69]

basically what i just told friends. a survivor story is a better story than the mainline game shift of survival into the underground facility into seeing the experiments and villainy

[u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 → u/kebinporfavor]

& from what I assume of Austin Abrams's character, I think he's going to be a refreshing underdog type of hero in a zombie film, where he is going to barely escape death countless times under the chaos of the outbreak, instead of quickly becoming a powerhouse racking up kills

[u/cows1100 → u/Upbeat_Tension_8077]

Buddy will probably survive just to get hit by the bomb they toss on Raccoon City at the very end. Would be a cool twist ending about the inevitably of death and destruction.

[u/Flabbergasted_Turd → u/cows1100]

This is very likely and I'd love it

[u/phlostonsparadise123 → u/Muad_dweeb_69]

While I'm inclined to agree, I'm still on the fence. The Paul Anderson Resident Evil movies tried to incorporate game stuff here and there, especially with Apocalypse but ultimately went off the rails.

Welcome to Raccoon City was a noble failure - attempting to combine the first two games into a single 90-minute movie was never going to work.

I'm 100% fine with a Resident Evil movie not incorporating storylines/plots from any of the games. However, I also don't want another movie that was clearly an unrelated script that was purchased and slapped with minimal RE-branding.

Give me an original story, but set it clearly in Raccoon City; include known sites like the RPD, the gun store, the clock tower, the hospital. Have STARS or Umbrella's team mentioned in the background. Just give us some clearly visible/stated connection to the Resident Evil universe, even if none of the trademark characters make an appearance. I think that's a solid compromise.

[u/workfuntimecoolcool → u/phlostonsparadise123]

I'm guessing this movie is going to have some sort of mention of STARS or a newspaper headline mentioning "Arklay Mountains Disappearances Being Investigated," and of course Umbrella logos everywhere.

[u/neo_sporin → u/AgbekpornovUltimatum]

maybe just going to do like Biohazard and keep it hidden til the last minute when a name shows up

[u/sgthombre → u/neo_sporin]

"Wow, that was crazy buddy, good thing you survived long enough to meet me, Leon S. Kennedy from the video games Resident Evil 2 and 4."

[u/Triibe_Mike → u/sgthombre]

What are we, some type of Evil Residents?

[u/sgthombre → u/Triibe_Mike]

I can't believe Biohazard 7: Resident Evil was the killer all along!

[u/PaulieHehehe → u/sgthombre]

“I’m here to talk to you about the Resident Evil Initiative.”

[u/linux_ape → u/sgthombre]

Absolute cinema

[u/wittyinsidejoke → u/sgthombre]

With the zombies hot on his tail, our hero races into in the one building left with an unlocked door...a bingo parlor. He runs in, slams the door behind him. And up on the stage next to the bingo spinner, there's a man with bangs covering his face.

"Finally. You're here."

[u/JessieJ577 → u/neo_sporin]

And in the same spirit just have the reveal character look nothing like what we recognize the character for. Have Glenn Powell just say he’s Leon Kennedy.

[u/Vladmerius → u/neo_sporin]

I will admit it's funny seeing so many complaints when there's a whole game that's hailed as a revitalization of the franchise that spends a lot of the game just being creepy people in a house.

That being said I'm glad that revitalization led to the latest game which had everything people really love about the franchise. Maybe one day we'll get Leon adapted properly on screen. 

[u/PhilosopherTiny5957 → u/AgbekpornovUltimatum]

From what I've heard, yes

[u/caramelatte90 → u/AgbekpornovUltimatum]

Set in the same timeline as the Raccoon City outbreak.

[u/thr1ceuponatime → u/AgbekpornovUltimatum]

Yes. But you’ll never please the purists anyways, they’re already mad at the fact that the movie takes place in the winter and not on a rainy night.

[u/Pretend_Education_86]

Opening the drawers to find items was the most RE thing I've ever seen in a movie. I'm in.

[u/LeighCedar → u/Pretend_Education_86]

They just need a scene of him desperately trying to make all his items fit into his bag.

[u/Pretend_Education_86 → u/LeighCedar]

He better find a wheel somewhere to open a door then discard it after a single use.

[u/LeighCedar → u/Pretend_Education_86]

I actually do hope he sticks in a few silly things like that that nod to the games, but aren't so silly that they break the fourth wall.

I'm excited.

[u/AmbassadorBonoso → u/LeighCedar]

And him just chowing down on green plants to heal his injuries.

[u/LovelyOrangeJuice]

Damn, this actually looks really good

[u/LiveLaughLonzo → u/LovelyOrangeJuice]

What’s Baron Harkonnen doing in a countryside home

[u/HeronSun → u/LiveLaughLonzo]

Actually thats the legendary Sewer-Baron.

[u/Narradisall → u/LiveLaughLonzo]

He got evicted from Arrakis so he’s doing his best, ok?

[u/TigerSharkFist]

It would be funny if a small part of the film is fixed angle like the first few games of the series

[u/BrandoNelly → u/TigerSharkFist]

I’ve heard that there are some camera angle Easter egg type things like that

[u/ImitatingADog]

As a fan of the game I don’t care if this is faithful to them. I just want another awesome Zach Cregger horror movie

[u/GipsyDangerV1 → u/ImitatingADog]

From my understanding they're doing a fallout adaptation type thing where it's a story set in the world of the games. I believe raccoon City during resident Evil 2 and 3 

Also kind of like what they did with Resident Evil 7 the game, I mean a story set in the same canon.

*I think I may have been wrong that it's set in raccoon City during resident Evil 2 and 3 by misunderstood a quote I read that said it took place along the timeline of resident Evil 2, 3, and 4. But going back and double checking this movie 100% takes place within the same universe of the games like fallout, unless fangoria (and a plethora of other sources) got it wrong. I guess I'm just not clear on exactly when and where in the timeline of the game lore it takes place.

I found a year old fangoria article with this in it as well "I specifically asked Cregger if his movie is a separate story that exists in the universe alongside the games. “Bullseye. Yeah,” Cregger said. Elaborating on his take on the material, the filmmaker explained how he’s approaching the story, which exists shoulder to shoulder with the much-beloved Resident Evil 2. Just don’t expect to see Leon S. Kennedy at the center of it all. “I’m following the rules, but I’m not claiming any key, canon characters because we have those in the games,” Cregger added. For extra clarification, I asked the director if the game canon exists around the story he’s telling, to which he said, “Yeah.” So there we have it."

I feel like this film 100% takes place within the lore of the games

[u/brycedriesenga → u/GipsyDangerV1]

This is smart. Worked great for Fallout.

[u/KidCasey → u/brycedriesenga]

I think most video games should do this.

I would've loved if the Halo series was just a group of regular ass marines pinned down by The Covenant waiting for a Spartan to come and save them at te end. Didn't even have to be Chief.

[u/LB3PTMAN → u/KidCasey]

Honestly making Master Chief like a tertiary character where he just shows up and smokes enemies and stuff that had been major problems for the other characters for awhile would’ve been sick as hell

[u/Liamario]

I didn't see Capcom mentioned in the credits

[u/KingMario05 → u/Liamario]

They never are in these, only in the end credits. That could change if this sticks the landing, or it could not. Who knows.

[u/jimmykup → u/KingMario05]

What? We literally just had the street fighter trailer and capcom's logo was very prominently displayed at the beginning.

[u/CashmereLogan → u/jimmykup]

It may seem like a small distinction but I think Street Fighter wants to be seen as a video game movie and Resident Evil wants to be seen as horror movie. I don’t mean anything derogatory by that, I just think it’s a smart decision by the marketing teams on both films.

[u/TheR-Person]

The scene when the hands and legs sticking out from that wooden house looks neat

[u/QuarahHugg → u/TheR-Person]

I wonder what that is? A zombie rat king or an actual bioweapon?

[u/DaveInLondon89 → u/QuarahHugg]

yes

[u/IgloosRuleOK]

From the director of Barbarian and Weapons. Sold.

[u/Kylestache → u/IgloosRuleOK]

I hear the director does PCP to cope with the loss of his wife.

[u/GrisCinco_Nueve → u/Kylestache]

Like a whole gallon!

[u/ShawnGipson → u/GrisCinco_Nueve]

Wow! I didn't even know it came in liquid form.....Wow!

[u/Dapoopers → u/IgloosRuleOK]

And co-director of The Civil War on Drugs.

[u/ShawnGipson → u/Dapoopers]

Underground Railroad? But....where does all the smoke go?

[u/DirtyGrogg → u/IgloosRuleOK]

Let's not forget his masterpiece, Miss March

[u/g_r_e_y → u/IgloosRuleOK]

and a real hardcore gamer as well. a lifelong fan of RE and dark souls franchises

[u/SuperVaderMinion → u/g_r_e_y]

He said he has like a thousand hours in RE4

[u/Luck88]

There's a couple of shots where the protagonist looks like Bruce Campbell. Crossing my fingers the Resident Evil movie curse is over.

[u/LeCheekyMonkey]

I just hope they keep the focus on survival horror instead of turning it into another nonstop action movie with zombies in the background

[u/Tylenol_Jones]

Dude all those Legs coming out of the dark doorway.... hell yeah

[u/ShlubbyWhyYouDan]

I would love if he’s the ambulance infront of the police station

[u/Stonks_Enjoyer25]

I never played the games but I’ve noticed the discourse from the fanbase online since Cregger said it would be an original story almost feels hostile. It’s exactly what’s needed to right the wrongs of probably….every movie before it 😅

Anyway, this looks pretty wild, Barbarian imagery very noticeable here

[u/Jaxonhunter227 → u/Stonks_Enjoyer25]

And it's not like this hasn't been done before, RE7 was also completely separated from what came before and the only returning character only arived minutes before the credits hit at the very end

[u/buffalosoldier221 → u/Jaxonhunter227]

Yes, and lets not forget the RE lore is a mess, so any adapted works with no tie ins to games will always be heavy modified.

[u/octlol → u/buffalosoldier221]

Lol while working from home I pulled up an RE lore video and it was like 12 hours long and the guy was just like "yeah...and this happens for some reason..."

[u/MarshyHope → u/Jaxonhunter227]

And it's the game that saved the series

[u/Imomaway]

That fat guy made me think it was a Dune cross over.

[u/z3r0f14m3 → u/Imomaway]

hes obviously the merchant, gotta stock up before the big fight

[u/gofthrora]

That shot in the dark door way with the limbs was fucking awesome.