Warning: This post contains spoilers for Resident Evil .
For a movie based on a video game series that’s made a name for itself as a testament to human resilience and survival against impossible odds, Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil sure serves up a brutal kick in the teeth of an ending. For fans of the video games’ traditionally triumphant resolutions, it’s a narrative decision that’s likely to be divisive. But if you’re willing to lean in to the Weapons filmmaker’s penchant for expectations-upending final acts, it’s one that offers some good old fashioned horror nihilism.
Cregger’s adaptation tells an original story in the Resident Evil…
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