Synopsis
Once the booming home of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, Raccoon City is now a dying Midwestern town. The company’s exodus left the city a wasteland…with great evil brewing below the surface. When that evil is unleashed, the townspeople are forever…changed…and a small group of survivors must work together to uncover the truth behind Umbrella and make it through the night.
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Cast
- Kaya ScodelarioClaire Redfield
- Hannah John-KamenJill Valentine
- Robbie AmellChris Redfield
- Tom HopperAlbert Wesker
- Avan JogiaLeon Kennedy
- Donal LogueChief Irons
- Neal McDonoughWilliam Birkin
- Lily GaoAda Wong
- Chad RookRichard Aiken
- Marina MazepaLisa Trevor
Recommendations
- 80
Screen Rant
Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City is a fun and faithful adaptation of the games it is based on, but is lacking in character substance. - 80
CNET
Despite the lack of scares, minor tweaks to the games' lore and overall silliness, director Johannes Roberts' love for Resident Evil is clear in every moment of Welcome to Raccoon City. With a barrage of Easter eggs and fascinating takes on classic characters, the film's a gleeful trip back to the Spencer Mansion and Raccoon Police Department aimed squarely at fans. - 75
New York Post
The film is empty-headed good fun that’s blessedly under two hours and has just enough character development to make you kind of care when someone gets bitten. - 63
Polygon
For all of its limitations and points of departure from the previous series, though, Raccoon City maintains that lineage of B-movies made with skill. - 60
IGN
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City sticks admirably closely to its source material, but an overly stuffed story and rushed third act hold it back. - 50
Slant Magazine
Johannes Roberts’s prequel ultimately remains buried by its indifference to unchecked corporate power. - 42
The A.V. Club
Alas, there’s no covert greatness to the just-plain-underwhelming Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City, a reboot totally bereft of the visual distinction or creative personality that often made its predecessors intriguing diamonds in the rough. - 40
We Got This Covered
Add on another star, or perhaps even two, if you're a fan of the games, but Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City will struggle to win over those who aren't familiar with the franchise.
