Resident Evil Movies

In recent times, Resident Evil finally hit the mainstream as a Hollywood movie series.

The first movie was released in 2002, and was not a true interpretation of the Resident Evil games. The movies in order are as follows: Resident Evil, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Resident Evil: Extinction, and Resident Evil: Afterlife. The last movie in the series is to be released September 2010 as a 3D movie. In theory, the movies follow the video game progression. The only real similarities between the two series are the fact that zombies created by the T-virus exist, and so do a few characteristic enemies and villains (mostly in namesake). Though the movie characters shared the names of the video game characters, their backgrounds and mannerisms differed enough to make them almost impossible to see as the same people.

Originally, the movies were scripted to be almost direct adaptations of the games into film media, but Capcom believed that the original script was simultaneously not close enough to the games to satisfy hard core fans, and not interesting enough to satisfy an audience just being introduced to the series. The final product, though successful enough to justify a full series of movies, was disappointing to the game's fans and generally received negative reviews by critics.


Resident Evil
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Resident Evil: Extinction
Resident Evil: Afterlife