The cast is strong with some amazing talent and above average performances (and most of the main characters are gorgeous), but unfortunately that couldn’t save the plot and editing.
Longtime Resident Evil movie partners Milla Jovovich and Paul W.S. Anderson depart the series for the latest installment, which puts the focus back on game characters Claire Redfield and Jill Valentine instead of original character Alice, and moves the tone back to horror. In theaters Nov. 24.
So concerned with cramming in references and Easter eggs, Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City fails to produce many scares or capitalize on its good ideas.