A couple of weeks ago, I was lucky enough to get an early look at the trailer for Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil. A brand new, radical adaptation of the classic video game series, it’s Cregger’s follow-up to the one-two punch of Barbarian and Weapons. No news yet on when the trailer we saw at CinemaCon will drop online, but a new website is live. So far, all that’s been revealed is the logo.
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In Resident Evil, Austin Abrams plays a medical courier forced to survive a horrifying night. It was co-written by Cregger and Shay Hatton (Army of the Dead), and this is what is believed to be the concept:
Bryan, a laid-back organ courier, is sent on a late-night delivery to Raccoon City General Hospital. En route through a snowy mountain road, he accidentally hits a strange woman with his car. She survives—but something is very wrong. As he tries to help, Bryan stumbles into a full-blown outbreak involving horrifying tentacle-based mutations and bio-engineered monstrosities.
Based on the footage I saw, this is unlike any of the other Resident Evil movies, with it not relying on the established mythology or universe. Rather, it’s something more like a horror movie version of Mad Max: Fury Road, where it’s one propulsive ride, with the rumour being it’s a lean and mean ninety-minute (or so) experience that should rock audiences when it comes out this fall.
The footage I saw was all killer, no filler, with Cregger explaining at CinemaCon that the movie aims to replicate the experience of playing the game, with it centering around a lone protagonist who has to survive a situation he’s completely unprepared for, with things like collecting resources and weapons key to his survival.
Unlike his other movies, Cregger promises there’s no playing with the narrative, with it being a Point A to Point B type experience.
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