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Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City is a 2021 action horror film[7] written and directed by Johannes Roberts. Adapted from the stories of the first and second games by Capcom, it serves as a reboot of the Resident Evil film series and is the seventh live-action film based on the video game series. The film stars Kaya Scodelario, Hannah John-Kamen, Robbie Amell, Tom Hopper, Avan Jogia, Donal Logue, and Neal McDonough. Set in 1998, it follows a group of survivors trying to survive during a zombie outbreak in the small town of Raccoon City.

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohannes Roberts
Written byJohannes Roberts
Based onResident Evil
by Capcom
Produced by
  • James Harris
  • Robert Kulzer
  • Hartley Gorenstein
Starring
CinematographyMaxime Alexandre
Edited byDev Singh
Music byMark Korven[1]
Production
companies
  • Screen Gems
  • Constantin Film
  • Davis Raccoon Films
  • The Fyzz Facility[2]
  • The Tea Shop and Film Company[2]
Distributed by
  • Sony Pictures Releasing (US/UK)
  • Constantin Film Verleih (Germany)[2]
  • Elevation Pictures (Canada)
Release dates
  • November 19, 2021 (2021-11-19) (Paris)
  • November 24, 2021 (2021-11-24) (United States)
  • November 25, 2021 (2021-11-25) (Germany)
  • December 3, 2021 (2021-12-03) (United Kingdom)
Running time
107 minutes[3]
Countries
  • United States
  • Germany
  • Canada
  • United Kingdom[2]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$25 million[4]
Box office$42 million[5][6]

Development took place in early 2017, after Resident Evil: The Final Chapter was released, with producer James Wan expressing interest in the project. Later, Constantin Film chairman Martin Moszkowicz said that a reboot of the film series was in development. In the same month, Wan was called to produce the reboot with a script by Greg Russo; subsequently, Roberts was hired as both writer and director and both Wan and Russo left the project. Filming began on October 17, 2020, in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. The film underwent reshoots in May 2021.

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City had its world premiere at the Grand Rex in Paris on November 19, 2021, and was theatrically released on November 24, 2021, in the United States by Sony Pictures Releasing. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with its faithfulness to the first two games being praised, but was criticized for its script, casting and special effects. It became a modest box-office success, grossing over $42 million worldwide against a $25 million budget.


Plot


In the 1980s, Claire Redfield and her older brother Chris are children living at the Raccoon City Orphanage. Claire befriends Lisa Trevor, a disfigured girl who has been experimented on by Dr. William Birkin, an employee for the Umbrella Corporation, who oversees the orphanage and takes children for his own experimental research. Claire escapes from Birkin when she is selected to participate in an experiment. In 1998, Claire returns to Raccoon City, hitchhiking in a semi-truck. The truck driver accidentally hits a woman in the middle of the road. While Claire and the driver are arguing, the woman disappears. The truck driver's Dobermann licks the blood left behind, and over time begins to foam at the mouth and becomes erratic. At a diner, rookie police officer Leon S. Kennedy notices that the diner's owner has blood coming out of her eyes. Claire heads to Chris's home to warn him about Umbrella's experiments, revealing journalist Ben Bertolucci as her source.

After Chris leaves for the police station, a child breaks into the house, running from his mother, who attacks Claire; both are erratic and bloody. Claire escapes from them on Chris's motorcycle. At the police station, the STARS Alpha team meet with Chief Brian Irons and he explains that Bravo team went missing while investigating a death at the remote Spencer Mansion. The Alpha team, composed of Chris, Jill Valentine, Richard Aiken, Brad Vickers, and Albert Wesker, is sent to the mansion by helicopter to investigate. Unknown to his teammates, Wesker is an operative for an unidentified party, tasked with stealing Birkin's virus, using inside knowledge to navigate the mansion. Inside, Chris and Richard encounter zombies eating the bodies of the Bravo team while Brad gets bitten by a zombie and crashes their helicopter into the mansion trying to fly away. Wesker saves Jill from a zombie before leaving her; Richard is eaten while Chris battles the horde, reuniting with Jill. The pair flee into the secret passage Wesker unlocked.

Meanwhile, the truck driver, bitten by his dog, transforms into a zombie and crashes his truck into the police station. Chief Irons tries to drive out of the city but is fired on by Umbrella guards attempting to contain the outbreak. Returning to the station, Irons is attacked by the truck driver's zombie dog but Claire rescues him. Claire and Leon retrieve weapons and encounter Bertolucci locked in a cell, who is then bitten by a zombie inmate. The station becomes overrun by zombies, and Leon, Claire, and Irons escape to the Orphanage, looking for a secret Umbrella tunnel leading to the mansion. A Licker kills Irons and attacks Leon, but he is saved by Lisa who recognizes Claire and gives them the keys to the secret passage. The pair discover the secret lab where Umbrella was experimenting on children like the Ashford Twins. Wesker encounters Dr. Birkin and his family deep inside the building. In the ensuing scuffle, Wesker is shot by Birkin, shoots him back, and then kills Birkin's wife in self-defense. When Wesker hesitates to pull the trigger on their child Sherry, Jill shoots Wesker.

Before dying, Wesker tells Jill to escape via the underground train before the Umbrella Corporation destroys the city, while Birkin injects himself with the "G-Virus". Birkin begins to mutate and attacks Chris, before being shot down by Claire who has arrived at the lab with Leon. Chris, Sherry, Jill, Claire and Leon escape and board the train, but are derailed when Raccoon City and the Spencer Mansion are destroyed, allowing a mutated monster version of Birkin to reach them. It attacks the train and grabs Claire, but she stabs its face with her knife and gets released. Chris shoots the monster but runs out of bullets; Leon then destroys it with a rocket launcher. As the Corporation states that there were zero civilian survivors in the aftermath of the destruction, the five survivors walk out of the train tunnel, leaving Raccoon City behind. In a mid-credits scene, Wesker awakens in a body bag, unable to see anything. A mysterious figure hands him sunglasses and introduces herself as Ada Wong.


Cast


Additionally, Lily Gao cameos as Ada Wong, a mysterious spy, during a mid-credits scene.[9] Marina Mazepa portrays Lisa Trevor, one of Umbrella's experiments.[10] Janet Porter plays Annette Birkin, William's wife, and Holly De Barros portrays Sherry Birkin, their daughter. Chad Rook portrays Richard Aiken, and Nathan Dales plays Brad Vickers, two members of the STARS Alpha Team, while Sammy Azero appears as Enrico Marini, and Dylan Taylor as Kevin Dooley, two members of the STARS Bravo Team.[11] Josh Cruddas portrays Ben Bertolucci, a conspiracy theorist investigating the Umbrella Corporation, and Pat Thornton plays the trucker who helps Claire. Heloise Catherine and Sophia Ann Pead Gavin appear as Alexia and Alfred Ashford, respectively.


Production



Writing



Greg Russo's version

Pre-production took place in early 2017 while Resident Evil: The Final Chapter was still in theatres, with Constantin Film chairman Martin Moszkowicz saying that a reboot of the series was in development, and producer James Wan expressing interest in the project.[12][13] Greg Russo was attached as writer in 2017. Russo, who was also attached to write the script for Mortal Kombat (2021) at the time, worked with Wan in creating a Resident Evil story he considered to be "brutal and horrifying", and drew inspiration from the 2017 video game Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, though he would later clarify he only drew on the tones of the game – "scary, isolated, alone" – rather than the story itself.[14] Russo wanted Moonlight Sonata, a composition featured in several Resident Evil games, to feature in the opening credits.[15] At one point, it would have been an actual sequel to the game continuing on from Ethan and Mia Winters' experiences in Louisiana. Constantin, however, was not happy with this script, feeling the game was too recent and its potential failure could harm film sales. Seeking alternate story ideas, Constantin proposed the incorporation at one point of time-travel. Ultimately, Wan and Russo decided to leave the project citing creative differences and their departures were confirmed at the end of the year.[16][17]


Johannes Roberts' version

In December 2018, it was announced that Johannes Roberts was attached to write and direct the film.[18] In August 2019, Roberts told Screen Rant that the reboot would be "super, super scary" and more faithful to the games than the previous films.[19] In a statement to Deadline Hollywood, Roberts said the film would be based on Resident Evil (1996) and Resident Evil 2 (1998):

I really wanted to go back to the original first two games and re-create the terrifying visceral experience I had when I first played them whilst at the same time telling a grounded human story about a small dying American town that feels both relatable and relevant to today’s audiences.[20]

In the same article, Resident Evil producer Robert Kulzer stated:

After a dozen games, six live-action movies and hundreds of pages of fan fiction, we felt compelled to return to the year 1998, to explore the secrets hidden in the walls of the Spencer Mansion and Raccoon City.[20]

In early drafts, the screenplay was ambitious, incorporating a variety of mutants from the first two games into the narrative even if only passively. The story was from the start intended as an ensemble piece comparable to Resident Evil: Apocalypse, following several major characters in the film as their paths converge. Over the course of 2019 and 2020 the film script was repeatedly altered, keeping the main story but removing a number of CG-heavy elements, condensing the supporting cast and tweaking the protagonists' arcs. Earlier drafts also included more original characters, monsters and locations from the games, before Roberts had to make changes to his script after the budget was cut from $40 million to $25 million.[21] Some of the cuts and changes were made so late that most of the concept artwork done by Daniel Carrasco for the monsters to be featured was finished, including Hunters, Chimeras, Crimson Heads, Pale Heads, giant spiders, Neptune (giant shark), Tyrant (aka Mr. X), and others.[22][23][24]

Previous drafts also had more character and plot scenes, including more backstory for Raccoon City and build up to the outbreak, more scenes which took place in the mansion, and additional scenes with Leon, chief Irons, and Birkin and his family. Ada Wong had more scenes between her and Wesker, and there was more of a focus on his betrayal and friendship with Jill and Chris. He was killed by a mutated Birkin during the ending battle, not by Jill like in the final film, and his resurrection was meant to be part of the ending and not a post-credit scene.[25]

Originally, Claire and Chris had no connection with Birkin or Ben Bertolucci, this was added later to help streamline the story after other script changes. The characters were also closer to their original video game versions; Jill wasn't written as a reckless wildcard and Claire wasn't a conspiracy theorist who already knew of Umbrella's intentions. Barry Burton, Rebecca Chambers and other characters from the games were originally in the scripts, and some had death scenes written for them. Some of the action scenes were cut down or changed, mostly due to budget cuts, such as a scene where Lisa Trevor sacrifices herself attacking Birkin while everyone else escapes on the train.[26][21]

On October 8, 2020, a few days before filming started, Robbie Amell posted a picture of himself on Twitter with a script for the film, when it was simply titled Resident Evil. The script's cover page was dated 30th September, 2020, and was listed as shooting draft "Version 7.2", meaning there were at least six earlier versions, which still had several revisions done to it that same month.[27][original research?]

During an interview with IGN in March 2021, Roberts said he wanted to give the film a darker tone:

What I loved about the games was that they were just scary, and that's a lot of what I wanted, that atmosphere. It's raining constantly, it's dark, it's scary, Raccoon City is a rotten character. I wanted to put [it] and mix it with the fun side, especially with the narrative style of the first game. We had a lot of fun, we even used the fixed angles that the first game has when the characters are at Spencer Mansion.[28]

Inspired by John Carpenter's films, including Halloween, Assault on Precinct 13, and The Fog, the filmmaker explained that the story was divided between two main locations: Spencer Mansion from the first game and the Raccoon Police Department, which first appeared in Resident Evil 2. Roberts chose the tone for the remake of the second game as a model for the film.[28] Although director Paul W. S. Anderson and Milla Jovovich released six commercially successful films based on the games between 2002 and 2017, Roberts emphasized that his version was different from the series that preceded it:

It's a totally separate story that is based on the roots of the game and the world of terror. I fell in love with Milla Jovovich, that first film is a lot of fun... but it was a real pleasure to get the reins of a new franchise. I had never seen the horror and atmosphere of the games [in the movies], what I felt when I was playing those games or watching from behind the shoulders of people playing games. I never felt it on the screen, and this is something I wanted to tell you about.[28]


Casting


In early 2020, casting was underway but was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. In a February 2020 interview with Starburst Magazine, Roberts confirmed that casting details were set to be announced in March.[29] In April 2020, Full Circle Cinema reported that the studio was eyeing Brenton Thwaites, Kaya Scodelario, and Harris Dickinson for the roles of the Redfield siblings Chris and Claire and Leon S. Kennedy.[30]

On October 6, 2020, Deadline Hollywood reported that Scodelario and Hannah John-Kamen had been cast as Claire and Jill Valentine, alongside Robbie Amell, Tom Hopper, Avan Jogia, and Neal McDonough as Chris Redfield, Albert Wesker, Leon S. Kennedy, and William Birkin, respectively. The reboot was described as serving as an origin story set in 1998. That November, Donal Logue was cast as Chief Brian Irons,[8] alongside Chad Rook as Richard Aiken,[11] and Lily Gao as Ada Wong.[9]

In Japan, Capcom later confirmed the characters will be dubbed by voice actors different from the Anderson films. For example, Chris and Claire are voiced by Subaru Kimura and Fairouz Ai instead of Hiroki Tōchi and Yūko Kaida.[31][additional citation(s) needed]


Filming


Principal photography began in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada on October 17, 2020,[32][33][34] with Maxime Alexandre serving as cinematographer.[35] Filming was completed on December 24, 2020.[36] In March 2021, Roberts revealed the full title as Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City.[28][37] In May 2021, Amell revealed that the film was undergoing reshoots in Toronto[38] and Hamilton.

While it wasn't revealed what was cut, added or changed during reshoots, trailers for the film show several unreleased scenes, including an additional scene with Lisa Trevor in Raccoon City Orphanage where she is moving her arms unnaturally, more daytime shots of Raccoon City, an extended road block scene showing citizens being fired upon by Umbrella soldiers, and an additional scene with William Birkin in the lab. Trailers also include cut dialogue from Claire, like her saying they have to expose Umbrella and that "it's going down".[39][40][41][42] Behind-the-scenes photos also show Gun Shop Kendo, another location from the original video games not in the final film, and no details are known about any deleted scenes involving the gun shop.[43] Other promotional stills and behind-the-scenes pictures show more deleted scenes, like Ada talking with Wesker inside RPD station before he and others go to the helicopter, and the head of Tyrant (Mr X) in a jar inside Birkin's lab.[44][45]


Music


The film score was composed by Mark Korven. Milan Records and Sony Classical has released the soundtrack.


Release



Marketing


Official images of the film were released on August 31, 2021, and were met with a mixed response.[46][47] A trailer was released on October 7, 2021, and was met with mixed reaction from fans, who praised its faithfulness to the first two games, but criticized its casting and special effects.[48][49] Prior to the film's release, the characters were criticized by Metro based on the film's trailer, who called them "bad cosplay" and further said that their acting was "too authentic to the games".[50] Summarizing the film's marketing results, RelishMix said fans of the franchise noticed Milla Jovovich absence while "questioning the logic, the look of the effects, and comparing the film to the game's CGI."[51]


Theatrical


Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City had its world premiere at the Grand Rex in Paris, France on November 19, 2021, but was theatrically released on November 24, 2021, by Sony Pictures Releasing in the United States.[52][53] It was delayed from its original release dates of September 3 and 9, 2021.[54][55] The film was a modest financial success.[56]


Home media


Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City was released on video-on-demand on December 21, 2021,[57] and was the top-rented film on Vudu during its first weekend.[58] The film was released on DVD, Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray on February 8, 2022 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.[59] The film grossed over $3.4 million from North America video sales.[60]


Reception



Box office


Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City grossed $17 million in the United States and Canada, and $25 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $42 million.[61][62]

In the United States and Canada, the film was released alongside House of Gucci and Encanto, and was projected to gross $8–10 million from 2,803 theaters over its five-day opening weekend.[4] The film opened nationwide on Wednesday, November 24, 2021, and made $2.5 million on its first day—including $935,000 from Tuesday night previews—from a total of 225,000 theater admissions. The film went on to make $8.85 million in its first five days, placing fifth.[63][64] Audiences were 64% male as well as 68% between the ages of 18 and 34.[51] In its second weekend, the film earned $2.69 million.[65][66] In its third, the film made $1.66 million and finished sixth at the box office.[67][68] The film was tenth in its fourth weekend, earning $316,480 from 719 theaters.[69][70]

Outside the U.S. and Canada, the film earned $5.1 million from 15 markets in its opening weekend.[71] It made $4.2 million in its second weekend and $2.3 million in its third.[72][73] In Thailand, the film earned $253,735 from the box office.[74] Japan was the film's highest-grossing foreign market, contributing $5.1 million from the box office.[75]


Critical response


On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 30% based on 87 reviews, with an average rating of 4.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City is an affectionately faithful adaptation that further proves its source material is ill-suited to the big screen."[76] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 44 out of 100, based on 21 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[77] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C+" on an A+ to F scale, while those at PostTrak gave it a 61% positive score, with 48% saying they would definitely recommend it.[51]

In a positive review, Johnny Oleksinski from the New York Post gave 3 out of 4 stars and said the film is "empty-headed good fun that’s blessedly under two hours and has just enough character development to make you kind of care when someone gets bitten."[78] Ferdosa Abdi from ScreenRant called it a "fun and faithful adaptation of the games", but felt it was "lacking in character substance."[79] Sean Kane from CNET praised the film: "Despite the lack of scares, minor tweaks to the games' lore and overall silliness, director Johannes Roberts' love for Resident Evil is clear in every moment of Welcome to Raccoon City. With a barrage of Easter eggs and fascinating takes on classic characters, the film's a gleeful trip back to the Spencer Mansion and Raccoon Police Department aimed squarely at fans."[80]

Taylor Lyles of IGN gave the film a 6/10 score, explaining, "Director Mr. Roberts does deserve some credit for sticking much more closely to the source material than the Paul W. S. Anderson films, but a short runtime, a rushed third act, and lack of elements to make it truly scary to watch in the dark hold it back immensely. Nevertheless, it should serve as decent fun for fans".[81] In a mixed review, Mark Hanson from SLANT wrote "Roberts clearly establishes the hauntingly depressed industrial environment of Raccoon City while methodically spacing out his zombie attacks, which, while not especially innovative, at times put a pit in your stomach like the Resident Evil games do."[82]

Charles Bramesco from The A.V. Club gave a C+ and called it "totally bereft of the visual distinction or creative personality that often made its predecessors intriguing diamonds in the rough".[83] Nick Schager from Variety criticized the "bevy of unexplained details, dropped subplots, paper-thin characterizations and fright-free mayhem."[84] Kimberly Myers from the Los Angeles Times also gave a negative review, noting the film "may reward longtime fans of the video games by returning to the series' origins, but others will find themselves wanting to leave town, much like the movie's characters."[85]


Future


Director Johannes Roberts stated that if a sequel were to be developed, he would like to adapt the story from Resident Evil – Code: Veronica and then Resident Evil 4:

I could very much see [Resident Evil 4] becoming part of the next installment. There's a lot of interesting lore and tiny details that we have brought into this movie, but would be amazing to expand on. There are characters that we didn't use in this game that we would love to expand upon in the next movie.[86]

Roberts also expressed interest in adapting Resident Evil 7: Biohazard and Resident Evil Village in the future:

There's also a different side of Resident Evil with Village and Resident Evil 7, where it's a much darker, more horrific world.[86]

Robbie Amell stated he hoped to return as Chris in a sequel that included his boulder-punching scene from Resident Evil 5.[87] By June 2022, Tom Hopper confirmed Sony and Constantin Films were pleased with the film's success on video-on-demand and said he hoped to play Albert Wesker again in the future.[88]


See also



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На других языках

- [en] Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City

[es] Resident Evil: bienvenidos a Raccoon City

Resident Evil: bienvenidos a Raccoon City (en inglés: Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City) es una película perteneciente al género de horror de supervivencia estadounidense-alemana dirigida por Johannes Roberts y escrita por Roberts y Greg Russo. Sirviendo como un reinicio de la serie de películas Resident Evil, que se basa en la serie de videojuegos del mismo nombre, la película está protagonizada por Kaya Scodelario, Robbie Amell, Hannah John-Kamen, Avan Jogia, Tom Hopper, Lily Gao, Neal McDonough y Donal Logue. Según Roberts, será una historia de origen, ambientada en 1998, y se basa en elementos del primer y el segundo juego.

[ru] Обитель зла: Раккун-Сити

«Обитель зла: Раккун-Сити»[4] (англ. Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City; с англ. — «Обитель зла: Добро пожаловать в Раккун-Сити») — американо-германский боевик и фильм ужасов, снятый Йоханнесом Робертсом  (англ.) (рус. по сценарию, написанному совместно с Грегом Руссо. Является перезапуском киносерии о зомби-апокалипсисе, основанной на одноимённой серии видеоигр. История происходит в 1998 году и её сюжет основан на элементах из первой и второй игры.


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