Resident Evil

Netflix has really outdone itself again! And if you think I'm saying this in a positive sense, you're way off. I barely managed to get through one episode; my body just couldn’t handle any more of it, and I’d have suffered a complete breakdown of all vital functions. This project has absolutely nothing to do with the games. Just because zombies are the main feature doesn’t automatically make it part of this well-known franchise (someone clearly hit their head hard). Last year’s film wasn’t perfect, not by any means, but it made an effort, bringing back beloved (Jill, Chris, Leon, Claire, etc.) and despised (Albert Wesker) characters from the original games and taking us back to familiar locations (Spencer Mansion, Raccoon City Police Department). This, however, should never have seen the light of day. The visual effects were atrocious (the giant caterpillar and mutated Doberman? That was a really bad joke...), the main characters were uninteresting (my blood pressure was dangerously high with those two leads in 2022), Wesker was misunderstood, and the story was absolutely pointless. I won’t be finishing it; I want to keep the same number of neurons I had before watching it. For me, it’s a 2/10. (17.07.2022)

The worst "Resident Evil" adaptation, the worst Netflix series and the worst series of the year, an absolute joke, in which Netflix unfortunately failed. I'm not a fan of the game, so the fact that it's not a proper adaptation doesn't bother me, but I can understand the annoyed fans who love the game series and then get this kick in the balls. I, however, just wanted a fun and brutal zombie slaughter with monsters where limbs will fly to my living room like in the much-maligned and beloved Army of the Dead, but no, that doesn't happen here either and with that the developers have signed their verdict. The creators made a teen post-apocalyptic story with two sisters in two timelines and 80% of the show is flashbacks, their relationship with each other, teen problems, well in short stuff that nobody cares about. The zombies themselves are on the scene for about 30 minutes total out of the 7 hour runtime, and that's pathetic. The whole series has uninteresting, dysfunctional and badly acted characters, it has a cheap look (the crocodile at the end was already quite bordering on Asylum), it's all artificial, uninteresting with all the modern trends (The Boys had that too, but they went for it in a smart and bold way), the story is about nothing and the action is at least average, but there is so little of it that it's not even worth mentioning. The spiders in the 3rd episode and the motorbike games in the 4th episode were passable. Maybe if they'd upped the budget, swapped the two central girls for two likeable marines who would make a lot of noise and cut to the chase, I might even be relatively satisfied despite the aforementioned negatives, but as it is, it's a teen soap opera with zombies in the background and with an Resident Evil label. Some people have written that if it wasn't called Resindent Evil, it would be a blast. I disagree, I don't think it matters what the show is called, it’d still be the same shit. I miss Racoon City! 3.5/10. (18.07.2022)