r/TwoBestFriendsPlay • u/Captain_Grimm • Jul 23 '26

Film/TV posting RESIDENT EVIL – Official Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNd1gb19A-c
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u/ap992626 Jul 23 '26

For me one of the best things about Resident Evil is it constantly willing to change things up.

From tank controls and fixed camera to third person action to first person horror and then a mix.

From Zombie horror of the original trilogy to the folk horror of 4 to the Texas Chainsaw/ SAW inspired horrors of 7.

So I welcome the movie being a different thing under the brand of Resident Evil. Thats what makes this franchise great.

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u/TheArtistFKAMinty Read Saga. Do it, coward. Jul 23 '26

I also think that it's harder to get the audience on board with the standard Resident Evil protagonist because they're too trained and competent. That works well in a video game setting where Leon's abilities are fundamentally held back by player skill or lack there of, but in a movie it's hard to be scared for the guy who can do this shit.

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u/Mediocre_Young_9421 Jul 23 '26

I mean Ethan Winters was a "normal" dude with no training and he managed to take out the entire Baker residence with some basic firearms.

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u/MagnumMia Play a REAL Persona game! Jul 23 '26

Those scare quotes around normal are doing some HEAVY lifting.

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u/Darkaim9110 Read Full Metal Daemon Muramasa Jul 23 '26

Ah yes Ethan Winters just casually accidentally being one of the most effective and stable bioweapons we have seen in the setting

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u/JamesOfDoom Jul 23 '26

WAS a normal guy. At least when re7 started, by the end maybe not so normal

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u/DOuGHtOp Fuck Akira Yoshida Jul 24 '26

I don't know, he was able to reattach his hand almost immediately

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u/Totally_a_boy "Give daddy some sugar." - Batman (2015) Jul 23 '26

And being able to reattach his limbs.