Ep1254: Here We Go Again! RESIDENT EVIL (2002 / 2026) - Movie Reviews
For decades, movie studios have struggled to translate Capcom's Resident Evil video games into a consistent and compelling franchise.
Sadly, the quest continues.
Zach Cregger, hot off of Weapons, has lent his...erm, unique horror/comedy sensibilities to this Great Value version of the T-Virus outbreak--wherein a blood-borne infection turns humans into mutants, zombies, and all manner of Stranger Things knock-off monsters.*
Brian (Austin Abrams) is a hapless medical courier tasked with delivering a Top Secret package to Raccoon City. In pure fetch-quest fashion, he's sidetracked by undead dogs, rabid pedestrians, shady scientists, and his own mathematically improbable ineptitude at just about everything.
Resident Evil is a horror game; Cregger's movie is a 90-minute episode of "Ow! My Balls!" wrapped in CGI tentacles.
On this week's show, Ian and Jeff will review this latest "adaptation", as well as Paul W.S. Anderson's 2002 film, which launched too many sequels and too many imitators.
Who did it better?
And how the hell did we get here?
Join us as we take control of the video game discourse and answer your questions and comments in the chat!
*Don't worry: we also talk about the chicken-and-the-egg questions surrounding Resident Evil's relationship to horror media past and present.
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Show Links
Watch the Resident Evil (2026) trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNd1gb19A-c
Watch the Resident Evil (2002) trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhBAIDHvRTc
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