Resident Evil

9 movies in this series

Now Playing Podcast enters the survival-horror world of Resident Evil, reviewing the complete movie franchise from the live-action films starring Milla Jovovich as Alice to the animated features and later reboots. We look at how Capcom’s iconic games were adapted for the screen, what changed along the way, and whether these movies deliver on the monster video game premise.

Movie Reviews

Resident Evil: Apocalypse

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Reviewed Jan 3, 2017
As the city is locked down under quarantine, Alice finds out that the people that died from the previous incident at the Umbrella Corporation have turned into zombies. She then joins a small band of elite soldiers, who are enlisted to rescue the missing daughter of the creator of the mutating T-virus. Once lack of luck and resources happen, they begin to wage an exhilarating battle to survive and escape before the Umbrella Corporation erases its experiment from the face of the earth. Genres: Action, Horror, Science Fiction
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Resident Evil: Afterlife

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Reviewed Jan 17, 2017
In a world ravaged by a virus infection, turning its victims into the Undead, Alice continues on her journey to find survivors and lead them to safety. Her deadly battle with the Umbrella Corporation reaches new heights, but Alice gets some unexpected help from an old friend. A new lead that promises a safe haven from the Undead takes them to Los Angeles, but when they arrive the city is overrun by thousands of Undead - and Alice and her comrades are about to step into a deadly trap. Genres: Action, Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction

Resident Evil: Retribution

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Reviewed Jan 24, 2017
The Umbrella Corporation’s deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of the flesh eating Undead. The human race’s last and only hope, Alice, awakens in the heart of Umbrella’s most clandestine operations facility and unveils more of her mysterious past as she delves further into the complex. Without a safe haven, Alice continues to hunt those responsible for the outbreak; a chase that takes her from Tokyo to New York, Washington, D.C. and Moscow, culminating in a mind-blowing revelation that will force her to rethink everything that she once thought to be true. Aided by new found allies and familiar friends, Alice must fight to survive long enough to escape a hostile world on the brink of oblivion. The countdown has begun. Genres: Action, Horror, Science Fiction

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter

Maybe Anderson should have read some of the previous chap...

Reviewed Jan 31, 2017
Picking up immediately after the events in Resident Evil: Retribution, Alice is the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity's final stand against the undead. Now, she must return to where the nightmare began - The Hive in Raccoon City, where the Umbrella Corporation is gathering its forces for a final strike against the only remaining survivors of the apocalypse. Genres: Action, Horror, Science Fiction

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City

Take me down to the Raccoon City where the folks are gree...

Reviewed Nov 30, 2021
Once the booming home of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, Raccoon City is now a dying Midwestern town. The company’s exodus left the city a wasteland…with great evil brewing below the surface. When that evil is unleashed, the townspeople are forever…changed…and a small group of survivors must work together to uncover the truth behind Umbrella and make it through the night. Genres: Action, Horror, Science Fiction