As far as Resident Evil movies go, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City isn’t a complete disaster – but it proves to be nothing more than the lesser of many evils.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 6, 2025

The story moves at a pretty fast pace not really giving viewers a chance to delve into all the dark secrets of Umbrella, or even enough time to focus on developing any of the characters.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jul 16, 2024

A bang up reboot, one that revels in the inherent terror of the games, in spite of its flaws.

| Oct 20, 2023

The attention to detail of each location was so spot on but god the characters, the SCRIPT, the CGI, & even the tension…. I’m so let down….

| Jul 26, 2023

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City wasn’t too bad an experience, but after it being hyped up as being closer to the games to see Wesker and Leon so badly butchered hurt even more than it did in the barely Resident Evil-like Anderson films.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 24, 2023

It doesn't allow us to spend enough time with any of the characters to suitably flesh them out or make us care for their outcomes.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 16, 2022

Director Johannes Roberts sticks close to the games, which might please fans, but the film's disparate stories don't mesh, and the script merely offers up clichés and identikit characters.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 30, 2022

Add on another star, or perhaps even two, if you're a fan of the games, but Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City will struggle to win over those who aren't familiar with the franchise.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 28, 2022

This too-faithful adaptation is strictly for game purists as casual fans will find the plot nonsensical and the characters non-existent. It's a shame because the cast is great and the Jennifer Paige's 'Crush' needle drop is inspired.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Mar 9, 2022

It's a solidly constructed movie that manages to evoke scares and suspense. That's more than any earlier entry in this screen franchise can say.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 12, 2022

Don’t expect any deep and meaningful hidden messages here, instead just sit back and enjoy having your heart rate elevated at every turn.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 11, 2022

Although the cast all put in some decent performances, the material they’re working with is weak. These characters are mere whispers of actual people, and virtually impossible to connect to on almost any level.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 2, 2022

Resident Evil: Raccoon City barely bothers. We, on the other hand, shouldn't bother at all.

| Jan 22, 2022

Kaya Scodelario is a fun protagonist that makes the most of dropping F-bombs and splattering zombie brains.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 5, 2022

Struggles to hit the low bar set by the previous Resident Evil movies.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Jan 4, 2022

If it weren't for two pretty significant questionable decisions it could have been the best video game movie adaptation yet.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Dec 30, 2021

I'm being hard on the film because it has all the tools to kick ass, yet it still comes up short. A disappointing movie bothers me more than a straight-up awful movie.

| Dec 27, 2021

While the movie nails the tone and atmosphere, the story and characters are all underdeveloped.

| Original Score: C | Dec 23, 2021

You have to know the video game to really get it and I did not know the video game.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Dec 22, 2021

Johannes Roberts has crafted a video game adaptation that's bursting with love for those games as well as the horror genre, and it's his enthusiasm and attention to detail, plus Scodelario's performance, that saved the movie for me.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 20, 2021