Fun fact: the laser hallway sequence was so popular they actually incorporated it into a certain RE game... Anyway, my backstory with this film was: Based on the trailers, I had 0 faith in this adaptation, lol. We're talking about a decade of bad videogame movies, and now they've gone full Matrix and don't even want to use the main characters?? Oh, it took strong word of mouth to get us to finally rent it when it came on DVD. And...I kinda liked it! I'm a stickler for accuracy, but this was the first time it didn't really matter, because it still had a lot of cool ideas. And that tough chick from The Fast and the Furious was in it, which I loved the year before. I now proudly own Resident Evil and its in my Top 5 Videogame Movies. For me that's a big deal, since it isn't very faithful. There were a few nods, and the ending tease is a banger, but the closest the film gets to truly *feeling* like the RE atmosphere, is when Alice is roaming the eerie mansion for a minute before the commandos arrive.
This movie made me fall asleep while I was watching it. I love the second film only because Jill and Nemesis make an appearance. I hate how Hollywood ignore the SD Perry Book in order to make a good screenplay for the Resident Evil movie. I wish someday they adapt the novels to the big screen.
26:33 That right there was such a blink and you miss it moment but if you caught it you went 'HOLY SHIT! I can't believe they just showed that!' in the theater. I know I did
As someone who has seen all of these movies. I believe the first 3 are the only ones even worth watching. The second being the best imo. But as always Ian just taught me new things and I appreciate it!
Thanks for watching brudda. I enjoy this one and immediately hated the second one, hahaha. I haven't even seen all of them because they lost me so hard.
Thank you Ian for this video....I learned two things in this video 1-what NES stands for and 2-that Marilyn Manson is out here doing things I knew nothing about and kudos to Mr Manson for blocking out the hatred he got back in the day to do more with his skills and for the role that man played in sons of anarchy because he was amazing for those few episodes 💯
This movie got my dad invested in the series, even if not playing the games, so even if it's not strictly game-accurate the flick did SOMETHING right in my books. Umbrella is his go-to comparison for "deeply corrupt corporation"
I watched this in a theater with a friend of mine, we were both 13 and I don't know how we managed to buy tickets but god damn that laser scene stuck with me for a very long time after seeing it form the grid or hearing people scream in that free falling elevator.
I love this movie. And while we know that the later ones get a bit not at good you do get those characters you wanted from the video games. And the task force captain just recently died so it's pretty timely when this video came out. And I don't know if anyone said it before but I think the zombies appearance makes sense. They hadn't been dead for that long so decay hadn't really had a chance to kick in. This is also an office where most of the workers died via gas or drowning so it makes sense they wouldn't have huge gory wounds or chunks taken out of them. I need to go watch this one again because when My friends and I saw it in theaters we accepted it at the time as lore. Like there is another mansion on top of a way more impressive lab our heroes just didn't see that one. I mean the labs in RE2 kind of look like it a bit so it didn't seem out of place. I dunno I just kind of mark out for this movie.
This movie, while not the best, was still SO much fun. Me and my brother enjoyed it so much, that many years later, we still have a blast. I’m glad you did this one, Ian, and the fact you did it on RE4 Remake’s release date, was even more special. I’ve been LOVING this game so far and I can’t wait to finish it.😁 Also can’t wait for CastleVania! Always been curious for your thoughts on it. See you then, Ian, and I hope you have a good one.😊❤️
When I watched the first Resident Evil movie, and I remembered that how much I liked it. The production is good and the action scenes are good too, but it never felt like Resident Evil without those iconic characters we all know and love.
I can’t tell you the last time I watched this movie, but I can tell you about the first. It was on HBO or something one night, and I came across the scene with the laser hallway. When the guy got sliced by the grid I was like “damn I need to know what this is” and was surprised when I figured out it was Resident Evil haha. My only knowledge of the franchise was brief interactions with the first game, so I basically knew zombies, mansions, and dogs. Laser hallways weren’t what I would have expected. Since then I’ve seen all these at various points and they’re all entertaining (not GOOD), and I’m realizing now how it might be time to revisit this one. Great video as always, man!
I honestly loved this movie, still do. And the reason is because it's different to the game. Resident Evil the game always felt cinematic for me anyway, and as the Netflix movie proves, you can't skip important story stuff and slap the cool bits on screen cause it's just gonna be a dumpster fire. I like that they did something different with this movie, cause you don't know what's going to happen! I loved last of us, but I knew what was gonna happen, there was nothing in that show that surprised me (except the amazing episode 3). Games have something movies don't, time. The first game had a speed run target of three hours. You can't do that with film, it'd be boring. You also can't bring those cool moments like finding the itchy tasty note and reading it for the first time (again, see the Netflix movie...). Anyway, loved it, love this (I'm having fun, Ian!) Peace ✌
I honestly think it's because of nostalgia I loved that movie we are about the same age (I'm 32) but loved the games growing up so when you went into the part about seeing the movie coming out I remembered all those feelings as well
I personally love this movie and if resident evil 0 did not exist, this movie could have been easily added to the resident evil canon. I loved the outbreak cause here more than that crazy opera singing sephiroth look-alike in 0. And that Matt being Nemesis and the ending is amazing. The only thing that I don't like is the use of rock music during action sequences. If they had used some horror or intense music like re3's music. It would have been an easy 10/10 for me.
Great retrospective! I loved the first film, even though I also expected it to be closer to the games. I feel as though the movies became Michael Bay with zombies after the 2nd film and were simply chasing big box office returns. I have fond memories of watching this with my mother, and while it wasnt the live action RE I wanted, it's one I frequently revisit.
I like the idea of familiar, but very different for a video game movie. Don't insult Jill and Chris by putting them in an odd plot that doesn't resemble the game like Mario, make a new story that franchise fans might enjoy. Bold, but different and appreciated. Alice is awesome and having her own story is a very cool thing to me. Great restrospective, as always.
I used to be afraid of Resident Evil back in the day. What was my problem 😅. Anyway, these movies are honestly better than what we have now. And yeah I like the animated Resident Evil movies a bit more but still. This movie is also the reason why I ended up being in Night of the Living Dead play back in Highschool. Also R rated movies back in the 90s and early 2000s we're tame compared to now don't understand why
Hey Ian, loving the scream sequence series! I was just wondering if you were considering anything outside of the slasher subgenre for future videos (Silent Hill aside, I mean for films and comics)? You do say, in the intro "your favourite" so I understand the icons of horror, in recent memory are slasher heavy. I'll continue watching and enjoying, either way, just wanted to ask :) Edit - yeah Resident Evil isn't really a slasher, more an action horror, I guess I was thinking more supernatural stuff or maybe even one of the classic movie monsters - love the shirt btw XD
We’ll see, we’ll see. I’ve only done one slasher, the first episode! Hahaha. I don’t know what’s next after Castlevania, but I’ll give it some thought.
@@616Entertainment that's fair Child's Play didn't become a full on slasher till the later iterations - you did do Freddy vs Jason vs Ash in the pilot though ;)
Back in the day, I remember getting a UMD 2-pack at Walmart for my Psp with Resident Evil and Doom on it. I use to watch the shit out of them too! Awesome retrospective bro 🔥🔥
For years I assumed Mila Jovovich was playing Jill Valentine in the movie! Serves me right for not watching it for so long. My girlfriend at the time wore Mila's outfit to a fancy dress party and as a 17 year old impressionable lad, I appreciated it... 😂
I always enjoy your retrospectives and I agree with your take. The first one is not that bad at all. You've got to tackle the Silent Hill movie next, Ian!
I remember this film I liked it when I was 12 but as I got older I realized that it sucked. But it had some fun moments and the creature designs and effects weren't that bad.
Paul W. S. Anderson is actually a really impressive director. Not long after the 2002 Resident Evil movie he made a really good indie film with Bill Murry called The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. But my favorite movie of his has to be Starship Troopers. It's an all time classic!
Starship Troopers was directed by Paul Verhoeven! "The life aquatic ..." was directed by Wes Anderson! Those are different people than Paul W.S. Anderson! Paul W.S. Anderson might be a decent director BUT he is a terrible, terrible screenwriter and that is why his Resident Evil and AvP movies suck!
The movie maybe not be like how the game is, but it definitely took bits and pieces from it, and it was enjoyable to watch! We all know that when it comes to movie games they don't always go by lore of the game, but try to make it the best movie possible. The video game movie curse still stands, but with movies like Mortal Kombat '95, Sonic The Hedgehog, that curse could be broken! All in all, Resident Evil was not bad.
You know what, I didn’t go looking for it. But that’s a damn good idea. I may have to do a little digging. I got too wrapped up in Romero’s script! Hahahah
As a RE fan I thought this movie was a lot of fun & still do. There are some fun elements in some of the movies that follow this as well but at the time this movie was so exciting.
Am actually a fan of all of them man! Trust me an aware that they're not masterpieces by any means necessary but I enjoyed them for what they were. This one tho was the best one for sure. Now I gotta go see it man lol #ThanksForWhatYouDo #WeAreTheDanDans #MuchLove #ResidentevilRetrospective
Yea this is the best one, as far as I know. I haven't seen them all, lol. I hated the second one, I barely remember the third, I saw the fourth in theaters and remember none of it, hahahaha
I've always waffled hard on whether or not I like the live action RE movies. Even so, I'm glad you gave this movie some respect. Can't wait for the Castlevania retrospective.
I was 12 when this came out, so it ticked off a lot of the right boxes for me. I do remember being disappointed by the lack of characters from the game and the lack of a mansion setting, but I enjoyed it for what it was.
Another awesome video Ian, I'd love to see a retrospective of the series of movies, but the original will always stand out as the best. I never panned it as not being RE, as it is RE at it's core and adds to the universe rather than just recreating it. We saw them try that later in the series and in Welcome To Raccoon City; which never quite worked. Stick to an original story and tie in connections along the way. The zombies not being that gross looking, I think they did that because they just died recently. And they weren't turned by another zombie eating them, so their bodies would look pretty normal albeit pale. Just my 2 cents. :)
I’m sure you already know this but there were earlier drafts of this movie that leaned into the Alice in Wonderland references a lot more culminating in Alice waking up at the end not knowing what was a dream and what was real for the sequel. Alice being the name of a starring character, the white rabbit getting tested on and the waking up scenes are all that made it into the final script. The Romero one certainly sounds good as it was based on the Arkley Mansion incident from the first game and he watched someone play through it twice but it did have some strange things in it. Weskers heartbeat was supposed to be connected to a device controlling bombs so if he dies the whole mansion go up with him. Ada Wong shows up even though it’s only supposed to be the first game. There was a bizarre romance between Jill and Chris for some reason. Leon wasn’t even a cop at all… he was a farmer… yeah. The ending they used that said “The Dead Walk” as the newspaper headline from Dawn of the Dead seemed sort of disrespectful since they fired Romero from the project because his script wasn’t good enough but then they used it anyway. I like the movie fine but just some random tidbits of stuff I’ve picked up. P.s. The lasers sucked. What we’re they thinking!? Lasers in Resident Evil!? Don’t you just love all the lasers in the RE games? What would the first 3 games have been without lasers!? lol
Honestly, full transparency, I’ve considered it. But not anytime soon. Between this show, TXSO and the 2023 History Of (which, the first hint was in this video) my retrospective plate is pretty damn full.
You forgot a side note...the amazing soundtrack to the movie, but as I imagine you couldn't include any of the great songs due to copyright stuff, I still think including the soundtrack would have been a nice little extra. Btw been loving GM Showdown. Quick random.closing question, what video did u upload explaining bathroom money Tim mewers iconic nickname as I was trying to tell a friend the lore behind it and laughing
I mention the score in detail! If you mean the CD soundtrack that had Slipknot and whatnot, yea, it’s a bummer. It would be nice to play some of that (and even the score!) but RUclips is so strict, it’s asking for trouble, sadly. Glad you’re liking GM Showdown! And oh man I don’t remember the Bathroom Money story video, I’ve told it so many times, I can’t remember, hahaha
@@616Entertainment ya not the score score was great but that soundtrack that brings me back ya know as a fellow him fan and loving bands back then of that era it was a smash. And if I remember the story about Tim he found money in ur bathroom that u left and he was like oh hey bathroom money is just as good as any money or something lol. But hey it's hella cool to see u on "camera" more man. I remember back in the day u saying it wasn't your thing but your really growing into your own with it man. Hard to take steps outside the comfort level zone ,trust me when I say that as I have dinner with in laws lol. Btw I've asked before but never got an answer to it how long have you had your beanie and how long is your hair now? I asked about the beanie awhile back as I've had one since highschool so that's almost 20 years and it's the same make as the one you wear as I grew my hair to my shoulders then. Anyway I really liked this scream sequence btw. Huge fan of the first movie just like the mk movie so thank you
I'm gonna disagree with you on one point. In no way am I defending this movie because I still hate it, but I disagree with your assertion about the look of the zombies. This is a trope that has actually long bothered me in zombie films and games. They were mostly freshly dead and hadn't really done a whole lot, it makes sense that they'd have minimal effects. Most of them hadn't died in gruesome ways, so they wouldn't really need that. If this was more of the setting of Apocalypse where it had spread through the city and we're seeing weeks later, then yeah. But not here.
I thought the same. Most of them was freshly dead and died of lack of oxygen from what I assumed was a fire suppression system that'd keep that data intact. So they wouldn't look that bad. Now the 2nd movie would be another story. But for what we saw here they was spot on.
This is the same thing as my complaint about the coagulated blood, though. It makes sense that most of them wouldn’t look ravaged, but that’s NOT WHAT I WANT! Hahahaha
I know the Paul W. S. Anderson RE films get a lot of hate at times. I enjoyed watching most of the entire movie series. Alice was a cool character since she wasn’t in any of the games. Then we got Jill, Claire, Carlos, Nemesis, wesker and Chris and Leon. But Alice was the star. Nice retrospective Ian I really enjoyed it.
"1994's Double Dragon and Street Fighter films are...I mean...the less said, the better." Show some goddamn respect when you're talking about Street Fighter The Movie!
The RE movies are my guilty pleasure. Sure, they have no link to the games, but I still have fun with it. Also, this is just theory, but I don't think Capcom cared who was making the RE movies or even the recent Netflix TV show. I think they told the Hollywood people "Give us money and you can do whatever you want with Resident Evil". They even sold their other properties like Monster Hunter to Paul W.S. Anderson and he made a crappy movie out of it without following the source material.
Not any time soon. 2024 will have The History of Friday The 13th, that's going to be awesome, but this show really didn't perform the way I'd hoped it would. Made me feel like I don't have a big audience for assorted horror, has to be focused.
Thanks for the kind words. Unfortunately, the amount of hours that went into this video compared to how it performed, it would be a horrible decision to do more of them. Sucks, but I gotta use my head, ya know? Gotta make stuff you guys want to watch.
As a fellow huge and longtime fan of the Resident Evil series, the way I look at the live action movies is this: As standalone horror/over the top action movies, they're great. Entertaining even- as long as you're not putting in too much thought into them. As faithful adaptations of the games to the sliver screen, these movies suck. All in all, the movies aren't bad...it's just that they're not Resident Evil films- at least in the eyes of hardcore fanatics. It's like the Terminator movies: you only acknowledge the first two movies as true canon, everything else is meh. Doesn't count.
The first one was alright, it's not the best, but at least it was tame compared to the sequels, I mean, I like the different take of the R.E. movie and have Alice as a normal, not powerful, not a complete OP character, but instead l, what we have is a complete mockery of the Resident Evil franchise and have Alice as the main star and the main characters are nothing but side characters, a.k.a. Alice's Cheerleading Squad, and making the entire live action movie series a complete mess, and interesting enough, the hive was seen again in Resident Evil The Umbrella Chronicles, and also, that guy that was diced into a million pieces in the laser room also played Robinson in the 007 series as well.
I think it's just a "cool" thing to say anything is bad. If you like it you like it , I wish more people wouldn't be influenced by other people's opinion. Buttttt....... once again ..... Great vid !!! And don't forget , my plague by slipknot was heavy used 2002 was great BTW have you watched 28 days later a British zombie movie, if not , seriously give it a go it's great
It’s also easy to say something is bad. And people click on videos that are negative. I’m sure if this video was “EVERYTHING WRONG WITH RESIDENT EVIL 2002” it would have done way better, lol
For the longest time, I hated this film. I’m sure many original game fans were. But over time I’m like, okay, it’s a sincere love letter. I do believe Anderson was a fan of the games. I reckon if he had a bigger budget, he would have had more stuff from the source material. I mean, Event Horizon is reason enough to think so. And yeah, I dog piled on Anderson. But I was an asshole. He’s a decent chap who’s lived the dream a lot of us would have liked; making art alongside people he loves. I wish him the best The sequels to this film are fucking dogshit tho
I liked the first one well enough back in the day, but let’s be honest, this film has not aged well. Paul W.S. Anderson’s best film will always be Event Horizon.
Great video. Was never big resi evil game man so i always came in neutral to the film watched it on copy on pals old pc so visual effects ovs wasn't great quality but even so i could see poor make up n lack of blood. Never got the hype of the film average at best i prefared the 2nd ones story of trying to escape a zombie city but old pws Anderson just had to make a super hero gf
😂 Steve Harvey at the end… Initially watching this movie, I didn’t like it, but over the years and a couple of rewatches, I do agree it’s a cool movie. Milla Jovovich being as hot as she is was a plus. I think I liked the sequel as well but anything after that was straight garbage…
The scene that stuck with me forever was when the guy got cut by the lasers. That was awesome. Also, Mila is smokin hot.
Fun fact: the laser hallway sequence was so popular they actually incorporated it into a certain RE game...
Anyway, my backstory with this film was: Based on the trailers, I had 0 faith in this adaptation, lol. We're talking about a decade of bad videogame movies, and now they've gone full Matrix and don't even want to use the main characters?? Oh, it took strong word of mouth to get us to finally rent it when it came on DVD. And...I kinda liked it! I'm a stickler for accuracy, but this was the first time it didn't really matter, because it still had a lot of cool ideas. And that tough chick from The Fast and the Furious was in it, which I loved the year before. I now proudly own Resident Evil and its in my Top 5 Videogame Movies. For me that's a big deal, since it isn't very faithful. There were a few nods, and the ending tease is a banger, but the closest the film gets to truly *feeling* like the RE atmosphere, is when Alice is roaming the eerie mansion for a minute before the commandos arrive.
This movie made me fall asleep while I was watching it. I love the second film only because Jill and Nemesis make an appearance. I hate how Hollywood ignore the SD Perry Book in order to make a good screenplay for the Resident Evil movie. I wish someday they adapt the novels to the big screen.
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Phenomenal Top notch video of Resident Evil Scream Sequence🎉🎉🎉🎉🤖
Thanks man!
@@616Entertainment You're Welcome Ian because We Da Ones ☝🩸🩸🩸
I love that Slipknot My Plague music video to promote the movie. It's the perfect music for the madness in the movie.
Good choice indeed.
Yes, it was with the madness that was the movie and the London concert in '02. One of Slipknot's greatest live shows that they did.
26:33 That right there was such a blink and you miss it moment but if you caught it you went 'HOLY SHIT! I can't believe they just showed that!' in the theater. I know I did
It was absolutely blink and miss it, yea. I remember going frame by frame on my DVD remote-
never mind
@@616Entertainment It was the Who Framed Roger Rabbit of the next generation in paused moments
Gosh this is wonderful and we missed this. I love everything you do but man do i love these retrospectives!! Have a great day guys!!
Thanks for watching, man. Many more to come.
That soundtrack for this film was so good 😁😁😁
It was!
As someone who has seen all of these movies. I believe the first 3 are the only ones even worth watching. The second being the best imo. But as always Ian just taught me new things and I appreciate it!
Thanks for watching brudda. I enjoy this one and immediately hated the second one, hahaha. I haven't even seen all of them because they lost me so hard.
Thank you Ian for this video....I learned two things in this video 1-what NES stands for and 2-that Marilyn Manson is out here doing things I knew nothing about and kudos to Mr Manson for blocking out the hatred he got back in the day to do more with his skills and for the role that man played in sons of anarchy because he was amazing for those few episodes 💯
Yea he's got some... he's got some troubles right now.
I didn't know that, to be fair I'm practically living under a rock and I hope the best for him
Fun Fact: Did you know the W.S. in Paul Anderson’s name stands for Wide Screen, true story.
Hahahaha
This movie got my dad invested in the series, even if not playing the games, so even if it's not strictly game-accurate the flick did SOMETHING right in my books. Umbrella is his go-to comparison for "deeply corrupt corporation"
I watched this in a theater with a friend of mine, we were both 13 and I don't know how we managed to buy tickets but god damn that laser scene stuck with me for a very long time after seeing it form the grid or hearing people scream in that free falling elevator.
Dude yeeessssss
I love this movie. And while we know that the later ones get a bit not at good you do get those characters you wanted from the video games. And the task force captain just recently died so it's pretty timely when this video came out.
And I don't know if anyone said it before but I think the zombies appearance makes sense. They hadn't been dead for that long so decay hadn't really had a chance to kick in. This is also an office where most of the workers died via gas or drowning so it makes sense they wouldn't have huge gory wounds or chunks taken out of them.
I need to go watch this one again because when My friends and I saw it in theaters we accepted it at the time as lore. Like there is another mansion on top of a way more impressive lab our heroes just didn't see that one. I mean the labs in RE2 kind of look like it a bit so it didn't seem out of place.
I dunno I just kind of mark out for this movie.
This movie, while not the best, was still SO much fun. Me and my brother enjoyed it so much, that many years later, we still have a blast. I’m glad you did this one, Ian, and the fact you did it on RE4 Remake’s release date, was even more special. I’ve been LOVING this game so far and I can’t wait to finish it.😁
Also can’t wait for CastleVania! Always been curious for your thoughts on it. See you then, Ian, and I hope you have a good one.😊❤️
I hope you enjoy the Castlevania episode, I'm excited to get to work on it.
When I watched the first Resident Evil movie, and I remembered that how much I liked it. The production is good and the action scenes are good too, but it never felt like Resident Evil without those iconic characters we all know and love.
Thank you, I needed that
Happy to provide.
I can’t tell you the last time I watched this movie, but I can tell you about the first. It was on HBO or something one night, and I came across the scene with the laser hallway. When the guy got sliced by the grid I was like “damn I need to know what this is” and was surprised when I figured out it was Resident Evil haha. My only knowledge of the franchise was brief interactions with the first game, so I basically knew zombies, mansions, and dogs. Laser hallways weren’t what I would have expected.
Since then I’ve seen all these at various points and they’re all entertaining (not GOOD), and I’m realizing now how it might be time to revisit this one. Great video as always, man!
Oh fuck yes! Castlevania! My favorite video game series next to God of War.
Hope you enjoy it, my dude. It’s going to be tough to tackle.
@616Entertainment with all your videos and retrospectives I have faith you will do it justice in this format.
Hyped for this I love Castlevania.
I honestly loved this movie, still do. And the reason is because it's different to the game. Resident Evil the game always felt cinematic for me anyway, and as the Netflix movie proves, you can't skip important story stuff and slap the cool bits on screen cause it's just gonna be a dumpster fire. I like that they did something different with this movie, cause you don't know what's going to happen! I loved last of us, but I knew what was gonna happen, there was nothing in that show that surprised me (except the amazing episode 3). Games have something movies don't, time. The first game had a speed run target of three hours. You can't do that with film, it'd be boring. You also can't bring those cool moments like finding the itchy tasty note and reading it for the first time (again, see the Netflix movie...). Anyway, loved it, love this (I'm having fun, Ian!) Peace ✌
Glad you're having fun! Hahahaha. Thanks for watching, man.
I still love this movie for what it was. Especially that soundtrack.
Great soundtrack.
I watched it when i was 12 or so and it came out on DVD which was still a new thing at the time, scared me but I loved it
Hell yea, hahahaha
Excellent video as always! Cheers
Thanks Lex!
Great video man , now I gotta go rewatch it lol
Dude enjoy it!
Your retrospectives are my favourite content. Can’t wait for more of these
Always have fun watching your videos, keep up the great work.
I definitely enjoyed your coverage of this movie more than the movie itself haha
Hahahaha
Here we go 😎 Thats going to be one of your best retrospective , no doubts.
Thanks man!
@@616Entertainment hey thanks to you for pumping out so much quality content 🤘
Best one yet! In my opinion
Best Scream Sequence yet? I appreciate that. Why do you like this one best? (This could be helpful feedback, hahaha)
I honestly think it's because of nostalgia I loved that movie we are about the same age (I'm 32) but loved the games growing up so when you went into the part about seeing the movie coming out I remembered all those feelings as well
I personally love this movie and if resident evil 0 did not exist, this movie could have been easily added to the resident evil canon.
I loved the outbreak cause here more than that crazy opera singing sephiroth look-alike in 0. And that Matt being Nemesis and the ending is amazing.
The only thing that I don't like is the use of rock music during action sequences. If they had used some horror or intense music like re3's music. It would have been an easy 10/10 for me.
This movie was planned to be a prequel at one point. But they scrapped the idea. Probably due to how it’d mess with everything else.
Great retrospective! I loved the first film, even though I also expected it to be closer to the games. I feel as though the movies became Michael Bay with zombies after the 2nd film and were simply chasing big box office returns. I have fond memories of watching this with my mother, and while it wasnt the live action RE I wanted, it's one I frequently revisit.
Yea I hate the second movie, hahahaha. Hate it.
Love this channel
Thanks for being here!
So glad to see how close you are getting to 100k you deserve it!! Well worth being a Patron to see ypu hit that milestone this year!!
I was disappointed that not one character from the game made it into the movie
Yea, it's a bummer.
I like the idea of familiar, but very different for a video game movie. Don't insult Jill and Chris by putting them in an odd plot that doesn't resemble the game like Mario, make a new story that franchise fans might enjoy. Bold, but different and appreciated. Alice is awesome and having her own story is a very cool thing to me.
Great restrospective, as always.
Thanks brudda. Man you must love the later RE movies where they straight up do exactly what you said with Jill and Chris, hahaha
@@616Entertainment I haven't seen more than the first one lmao, I didn't follow the series. That scares me
This makes me so happy….
Hope you enjoyed it!
I used to be afraid of Resident Evil back in the day. What was my problem 😅. Anyway, these movies are honestly better than what we have now. And yeah I like the animated Resident Evil movies a bit more but still. This movie is also the reason why I ended up being in Night of the Living Dead play back in Highschool. Also R rated movies back in the 90s and early 2000s we're tame compared to now don't understand why
Dude that's awesome that you were in a NOTLD play!
@@616Entertainment Yeah it was a lot of fun being a part of something for my high school. Being a zombie was the best fun I had
Hey Ian, loving the scream sequence series!
I was just wondering if you were considering anything outside of the slasher subgenre for future videos (Silent Hill aside, I mean for films and comics)?
You do say, in the intro "your favourite" so I understand the icons of horror, in recent memory are slasher heavy.
I'll continue watching and enjoying, either way, just wanted to ask :)
Edit - yeah Resident Evil isn't really a slasher, more an action horror, I guess I was thinking more supernatural stuff or maybe even one of the classic movie monsters - love the shirt btw XD
We’ll see, we’ll see. I’ve only done one slasher, the first episode! Hahaha. I don’t know what’s next after Castlevania, but I’ll give it some thought.
@@616Entertainment that's fair Child's Play didn't become a full on slasher till the later iterations - you did do Freddy vs Jason vs Ash in the pilot though ;)
Back in the day, I remember getting a UMD 2-pack at Walmart for my Psp with Resident Evil and Doom on it. I use to watch the shit out of them too! Awesome retrospective bro 🔥🔥
For years I assumed Mila Jovovich was playing Jill Valentine in the movie! Serves me right for not watching it for so long.
My girlfriend at the time wore Mila's outfit to a fancy dress party and as a 17 year old impressionable lad, I appreciated it... 😂
Alice confused me cause I never played the Resident Evil games except Code Veronica though as an original character, I always thought she was badass.
Yea it's definitely confusing when you adapt something and bring over ZERO of the characters, lol
I always enjoy your retrospectives and I agree with your take. The first one is not that bad at all. You've got to tackle the Silent Hill movie next, Ian!
Castlevania is next, but I’ll agree that the first Silent Hill movie is also pretty good.
I remember this film I liked it when I was 12 but as I got older I realized that it sucked. But it had some fun moments and the creature designs and effects weren't that bad.
The effort was certainly there.
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Thanks man!
Paul W. S. Anderson is actually a really impressive director. Not long after the 2002 Resident Evil movie he made a really good indie film with Bill Murry called The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. But my favorite movie of his has to be Starship Troopers. It's an all time classic!
Paul Verhoeven did Starship Troopers. Not Anderson. Same director as the OG Robocop.
Starship Troopers was directed by Paul Verhoeven! "The life aquatic ..." was directed by Wes Anderson! Those are different people than Paul W.S. Anderson! Paul W.S. Anderson might be a decent director BUT he is a terrible, terrible screenwriter and that is why his Resident Evil and AvP movies suck!
Yea as others have stated, he didn’t direct either of the movies you’re talking about, my dude.
lol wtf. this is wrong on sooo many levels
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Amazing job as always, Ian!!!!
Thank man!
Very dope work Ian!
I know I'm probably in the minority here but I loved each and everyone of them and own all 6.
DEFINITELY in the minority, hahaha
The movie maybe not be like how the game is, but it definitely took bits and pieces from it, and it was enjoyable to watch! We all know that when it comes to movie games they don't always go by lore of the game, but try to make it the best movie possible. The video game movie curse still stands, but with movies like Mortal Kombat '95, Sonic The Hedgehog, that curse could be broken! All in all, Resident Evil was not bad.
I have Detective Pikachu in the intro as well and I think that's also really good.
Sláinte Ian! Has Anderson's Resi rip-off script "Undead" ever seen light of day? I'd love to know esp. if it just condenses RE1 into a film.
You know what, I didn’t go looking for it. But that’s a damn good idea. I may have to do a little digging. I got too wrapped up in Romero’s script! Hahahah
As a RE fan I thought this movie was a lot of fun & still do. There are some fun elements in some of the movies that follow this as well but at the time this movie was so exciting.
Am actually a fan of all of them man! Trust me an aware that they're not masterpieces by any means necessary but I enjoyed them for what they were. This one tho was the best one for sure. Now I gotta go see it man lol
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Yea this is the best one, as far as I know. I haven't seen them all, lol. I hated the second one, I barely remember the third, I saw the fourth in theaters and remember none of it, hahahaha
@@616Entertainment I hear ya brotha lol I remember watching the second one so many times! Looking back at it, yeah it had issues haha
I've always waffled hard on whether or not I like the live action RE movies. Even so, I'm glad you gave this movie some respect. Can't wait for the Castlevania retrospective.
I think it’s a fun movie even if it’s not accurate to Resident Evil! Nice job!
Yea, it's definitely fun.
Hell yeah.
I’d like to see a retrospective of Tenchu. That was my first M rated game with gore. I was 6 or 7 lol
Oh man, no plans for that at the moment, but it'd be nice to have an excuse to play it again, lol
I was 12 when this came out, so it ticked off a lot of the right boxes for me. I do remember being disappointed by the lack of characters from the game and the lack of a mansion setting, but I enjoyed it for what it was.
It's definitely been a while since I popped it in
Worth another watch.
This movie introduced me to the man who would become Mark Antony in HBOs Rome.
Another awesome video Ian, I'd love to see a retrospective of the series of movies, but the original will always stand out as the best. I never panned it as not being RE, as it is RE at it's core and adds to the universe rather than just recreating it. We saw them try that later in the series and in Welcome To Raccoon City; which never quite worked. Stick to an original story and tie in connections along the way.
The zombies not being that gross looking, I think they did that because they just died recently. And they weren't turned by another zombie eating them, so their bodies would look pretty normal albeit pale. Just my 2 cents. :)
I’m sure you already know this but there were earlier drafts of this movie that leaned into the Alice in Wonderland references a lot more culminating in Alice waking up at the end not knowing what was a dream and what was real for the sequel. Alice being the name of a starring character, the white rabbit getting tested on and the waking up scenes are all that made it into the final script.
The Romero one certainly sounds good as it was based on the Arkley Mansion incident from the first game and he watched someone play through it twice but it did have some strange things in it. Weskers heartbeat was supposed to be connected to a device controlling bombs so if he dies the whole mansion go up with him. Ada Wong shows up even though it’s only supposed to be the first game. There was a bizarre romance between Jill and Chris for some reason. Leon wasn’t even a cop at all… he was a farmer… yeah.
The ending they used that said “The Dead Walk” as the newspaper headline from Dawn of the Dead seemed sort of disrespectful since they fired Romero from the project because his script wasn’t good enough but then they used it anyway.
I like the movie fine but just some random tidbits of stuff I’ve picked up.
P.s. The lasers sucked. What we’re they thinking!? Lasers in Resident Evil!? Don’t you just love all the lasers in the RE games? What would the first 3 games have been without lasers!? lol
Unpopular opinion but I actually like this movie and enjoyed it
I think you'll find that we agree. =)
If there’s resident evil in the title I watch it…call it guilty pleasure or guilty pleasure
Hahahaha
Awesome the day the RE4 remake is released
Very much a purposeful move, hahaha
Honestly the violence & gore was missing in this film & the MK film as well
Do you plan on doing the rest of RE History at all?
Honestly, full transparency, I’ve considered it. But not anytime soon. Between this show, TXSO and the 2023 History Of (which, the first hint was in this video) my retrospective plate is pretty damn full.
@@616Entertainment that's understandable. Either way, it's some of the best content on the site, so I'm happy. Keep up the badass work man, love ya
You forgot a side note...the amazing soundtrack to the movie, but as I imagine you couldn't include any of the great songs due to copyright stuff, I still think including the soundtrack would have been a nice little extra. Btw been loving GM Showdown. Quick random.closing question, what video did u upload explaining bathroom money Tim mewers iconic nickname as I was trying to tell a friend the lore behind it and laughing
I mention the score in detail! If you mean the CD soundtrack that had Slipknot and whatnot, yea, it’s a bummer. It would be nice to play some of that (and even the score!) but RUclips is so strict, it’s asking for trouble, sadly. Glad you’re liking GM Showdown! And oh man I don’t remember the Bathroom Money story video, I’ve told it so many times, I can’t remember, hahaha
@@616Entertainment ya not the score score was great but that soundtrack that brings me back ya know as a fellow him fan and loving bands back then of that era it was a smash. And if I remember the story about Tim he found money in ur bathroom that u left and he was like oh hey bathroom money is just as good as any money or something lol. But hey it's hella cool to see u on "camera" more man. I remember back in the day u saying it wasn't your thing but your really growing into your own with it man. Hard to take steps outside the comfort level zone ,trust me when I say that as I have dinner with in laws lol. Btw I've asked before but never got an answer to it how long have you had your beanie and how long is your hair now? I asked about the beanie awhile back as I've had one since highschool so that's almost 20 years and it's the same make as the one you wear as I grew my hair to my shoulders then. Anyway I really liked this scream sequence btw. Huge fan of the first movie just like the mk movie so thank you
I'm gonna disagree with you on one point. In no way am I defending this movie because I still hate it, but I disagree with your assertion about the look of the zombies. This is a trope that has actually long bothered me in zombie films and games. They were mostly freshly dead and hadn't really done a whole lot, it makes sense that they'd have minimal effects. Most of them hadn't died in gruesome ways, so they wouldn't really need that. If this was more of the setting of Apocalypse where it had spread through the city and we're seeing weeks later, then yeah. But not here.
I thought the same. Most of them was freshly dead and died of lack of oxygen from what I assumed was a fire suppression system that'd keep that data intact. So they wouldn't look that bad. Now the 2nd movie would be another story. But for what we saw here they was spot on.
This is the same thing as my complaint about the coagulated blood, though. It makes sense that most of them wouldn’t look ravaged, but that’s NOT WHAT I WANT! Hahahaha
@@616Entertainment I definitely heard that in your voice. I can't argue about what you want, though, so fair play.
I know the Paul W. S. Anderson RE films get a lot of hate at times. I enjoyed watching most of the entire movie series. Alice was a cool character since she wasn’t in any of the games. Then we got Jill, Claire, Carlos, Nemesis, wesker and Chris and Leon. But Alice was the star. Nice retrospective Ian I really enjoyed it.
"1994's Double Dragon and Street Fighter films are...I mean...the less said, the better."
Show some goddamn respect when you're talking about Street Fighter The Movie!
I did… by not saying much. Hahahaha
The RE movies are my guilty pleasure. Sure, they have no link to the games, but I still have fun with it. Also, this is just theory, but I don't think Capcom cared who was making the RE movies or even the recent Netflix TV show. I think they told the Hollywood people "Give us money and you can do whatever you want with Resident Evil". They even sold their other properties like Monster Hunter to Paul W.S. Anderson and he made a crappy movie out of it without following the source material.
Bro nice shirt. Kohls rules.
Damn right it does.
Wow This Is Awesome!
Mortal Kombat 95 stuck to landing bro, your wrong
Will we see another episode of scream sequence
Not any time soon. 2024 will have The History of Friday The 13th, that's going to be awesome, but this show really didn't perform the way I'd hoped it would. Made me feel like I don't have a big audience for assorted horror, has to be focused.
I am having fun.
Heeelllllll yea.
We could of gotten a BADDASS & ACTUAL LEGIT RE movie...........instead we got.........something...
Hey I'll take this movie over RE6.
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I like this movie and the sequel overall as well. Side note I liked the Super Mario Bros movie too.
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Heyooooooo
Wish you would’ve did a retrospective on all the movies
Thanks for the kind words. Unfortunately, the amount of hours that went into this video compared to how it performed, it would be a horrible decision to do more of them. Sucks, but I gotta use my head, ya know? Gotta make stuff you guys want to watch.
I'm having fun
Heyooooo
Still having fun!
As a fellow huge and longtime fan of the Resident Evil series, the way I look at the live action movies is this:
As standalone horror/over the top action movies, they're great. Entertaining even- as long as you're not putting in too much thought into them.
As faithful adaptations of the games to the sliver screen, these movies suck.
All in all, the movies aren't bad...it's just that they're not Resident Evil films- at least in the eyes of hardcore fanatics. It's like the Terminator movies: you only acknowledge the first two movies as true canon, everything else is meh. Doesn't count.
I ❤ resident evil. Probably the scariest games I’ve played. Don’t really like the movies. Are you playing re4 remake?
21:12 Ian, it’s mine too 😊
Yes I did have fun
Squidward?
…what?
Hey Ian you just threw shade on Street fighter the movie? How dare ya
Dude it's lucky it even got mentioned, lol
@@616Entertainment oh you kinky bastard Ian
The first one was alright, it's not the best, but at least it was tame compared to the sequels, I mean, I like the different take of the R.E. movie and have Alice as a normal, not powerful, not a complete OP character, but instead l, what we have is a complete mockery of the Resident Evil franchise and have Alice as the main star and the main characters are nothing but side characters, a.k.a. Alice's Cheerleading Squad, and making the entire live action movie series a complete mess, and interesting enough, the hive was seen again in Resident Evil The Umbrella Chronicles, and also, that guy that was diced into a million pieces in the laser room also played Robinson in the 007 series as well.
I think it's just a "cool" thing to say anything is bad.
If you like it you like it , I wish more people wouldn't be influenced by other people's opinion.
Buttttt....... once again .....
Great vid !!! And don't forget , my plague by slipknot was heavy used 2002 was great
BTW have you watched 28 days later a British zombie movie, if not , seriously give it a go it's great
It’s also easy to say something is bad. And people click on videos that are negative. I’m sure if this video was “EVERYTHING WRONG WITH RESIDENT EVIL 2002” it would have done way better, lol
This movie was a really good starting point, but it was all downhill after this one. I absolutely loathe these movies
I hate the second one and none of the others come close this one, so I hear you.
@@616Entertainment I’ll never forgive them for making nemesis a total bitch in the second movie lol
I'm having fun!
For the longest time, I hated this film. I’m sure many original game fans were. But over time I’m like, okay, it’s a sincere love letter. I do believe Anderson was a fan of the games. I reckon if he had a bigger budget, he would have had more stuff from the source material.
I mean, Event Horizon is reason enough to think so.
And yeah, I dog piled on Anderson. But I was an asshole. He’s a decent chap who’s lived the dream a lot of us would have liked; making art alongside people he loves. I wish him the best
The sequels to this film are fucking dogshit tho
Dude the very next one, Apocalypse, is terrible. Anderson didn’t direct it but either way, it’s terrible.
I liked the first one well enough back in the day, but let’s be honest, this film has not aged well. Paul W.S. Anderson’s best film will always be Event Horizon.
Great video. Was never big resi evil game man so i always came in neutral to the film watched it on copy on pals old pc so visual effects ovs wasn't great quality but even so i could see poor make up n lack of blood. Never got the hype of the film average at best i prefared the 2nd ones story of trying to escape a zombie city but old pws Anderson just had to make a super hero gf
I will still take this over the bullshit that was Welcome to Racoon City.
😂 Steve Harvey at the end… Initially watching this movie, I didn’t like it, but over the years and a couple of rewatches, I do agree it’s a cool movie. Milla Jovovich being as hot as she is was a plus. I think I liked the sequel as well but anything after that was straight garbage…
And in most of these movie she wakes up naked. Must have been a contractual thing