Official Disucssion - Resident Evil (2026) [SPOILERS]

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Resident Evil (2026)

Summary

From the mind of Zach Cregger, Resident Evil follows Bryan, a medical courier who unwittingly finds himself in an action-packed, non-stop race for survival as one fateful, horrifying night collapses around him in chaos.

Director Zach Cregger

Writer Zach Cregger Shay Hatten

Cast

• Austin Abrams as Bryan Hodukavich
• Paul Walter Hauser
• Zach Cherry
• Kali Reis
• Johnno Wilson
• Devon Stewart
• Shaun W. Loeser as Puker

Rotten Tomatoes: 96%

Metacritic: 80

VOD / Release In theaters — September 18, 2026

Trailer Official trailer

[u/BunyipPouch]

Zach Cregger, director and writer of Resident Evil, joined us here in /r/movies for an AMA/Q&A a few weeks ago, for anyone interested:

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1w15axg/hey_rmovies_zach_cregger_here_director_of_the/

[u/Animalpoop]

Loved it. I really like the idea that you are following someone who is ultimately just a victim like anyone else in the city, complete with an audio log left behind. It was a little abrupt at the end but that's ok cause I was fully invested the entire runtime.

I also love the meta commentary on padlocks in survival horror games. I could not stop laughing at him shooting them and it doing nothing.

[u/XxLuminairexX → u/Animalpoop]

Holy crap yes! He IS that audio log guy! Lol

[u/resurrectedbydick → u/Animalpoop]

Maybe a bit of a stretch but I understood Maxine's character was what a "classic" RE protagonist would be like.

[u/V2Blast → u/resurrectedbydick]

Very much so. Stoic badass, kicking infected ass... Though she does then get torn apart offscreen 😅

[u/Public-Profit-8184 → u/Animalpoop]

I know ppl hated the ending but I thought it was cool we basically got the orgin story of a boss Leon has to fight

[u/Defiant_Griffin]

Before I start: The RV scene is the best scene in the movie.

We finally got a GREAT Resident Evil movie. I don't know how Cregger captured the feeling of playing these games with such clarity. To balance horror with the absurdity of a situation or to show the ridiculousness of needing a key to get a car past a fence to making the last bullet you have count so you can just get to the next door. Phenomenal.

Turns out we didn't need a 1:1 remake of the storylines in the games, we just needed someone who played the games and translated those feelings on screen.

[u/BLUElightCory → u/Defiant_Griffin]

I think he captured it by making the protagonist feel less like a video game character and more like a normal person reacting while playing the games. He’s like the movie characterization of the player.

[u/Defiant_Griffin → u/BLUElightCory]

Yes 100%

[u/New_Success2782]

"He's FUCKING INFECTED!"

"No, no, I'm fine. Just a lot of stairs."

This entire part had me wheezing.

[u/SlowCrates → u/New_Success2782]

What does he say, "Think I could get a little bit of that?" As he's rapidly transforming into the thing from hell. Lol

[u/PaulFThumpkins → u/SlowCrates]

Him trying to hide his transformation really reminded me of the Wallace and Gromit Were-Rabbit movie where he's partially transforming in the doorway.

[u/Caspia_Fire_64 → u/New_Success2782]

“Good job Stanley”

[u/Ayjlm]

*Ominous and dark corridor where there's very likely a murderous mutant psycho monster lying in wait"

Bryan: "Hello", "HELLO"

[u/maimeddivinity → u/Ayjlm]

Sewer Baron Harkonnen has entered the chat

[u/idekokaylol → u/Ayjlm]

lolll when he says something like “hey man, u good?”

[u/largegaycat]

I didn’t expect to see Zach Cherry get absolutely destroyed by a desk in this but it got a good laugh out of me.

[u/bbysmrf → u/largegaycat]

I barely watched the Odyssey this week, so it was funny seeing another Antinous in this movie. Just him telling other people to do the things they aren't brave enough to do themselves.

[u/SufficientRespect542 → u/bbysmrf]

to be honest while he was a coward, he was at least giving his team good advice even if none of them were acting on it.

[u/bbysmrf → u/SufficientRespect542]

Was he giving good advice or sacrificing other people?

[u/SufficientRespect542 → u/bbysmrf]

a little of collumn A, a little of collumn B

[u/Mundane-Inspector-52]

That dog jump scares got me bad, and then the immediate surprise reveal 10 seconds later was amazing.

[u/Ecstatic-Product-411 → u/Mundane-Inspector-52]

The one that got me was the fakeout where he's focusing on the farm wife running towards the house through the snow when the husband comes running out of the closet. I flinched so bad. Lol

[u/Hot_Brother5557 → u/Ecstatic-Product-411]

Such a good scare! Your attention is split between the phone ringing and the girl running so you’re caught completely off guard.

[u/Nvveen → u/Ecstatic-Product-411]

Literally only time I actually heard people scream in the cinema. Wasn't me. For sure.

[u/Athena-Grande → u/Nvveen]

LMAO I screamed out loud and then I looked around like "holy shit, did I actually scream at a scary movie?"

[u/gtemi]

I love how he keeps shooting the locks. Like an answer to those gaming moments on “why cant I just shoot the lock with a freaking gun?”

[u/xNinjahz → u/gtemi]

I liked how the first one was indestructible because it had a special key. (Pretty sure it had a diamond symbol too), like one of those puzzle locks that absolutely requires you to complete a puzzle.

But then the one later in the movie that actually breaks is just a generic padlock.

[u/colddecembersnow → u/xNinjahz]

And then the second lock was a discus padlock, not a special lock that leads to an area but one that is just part of the background and not interactable with unlike a plain padlock or special lock.

[u/WingedScapula420]

Damn, that pedestrian he hit could sure hold a grudge.

[u/IWana-Be-Your-Friend → u/WingedScapula420]

The officer: "Sweet Jesus what the hell happened to her" 😂😂

[u/Able_Advertising_371 → u/IWana-Be-Your-Friend]

Dude accidentally killed the officer telling him to hold her in his car

[u/escapedfromhel → u/Able_Advertising_371]

He could've put her in the back, to be fair.

[u/deathbunny32 → u/escapedfromhel]

A cop let me wait in his car after a nasty accident where my car was completely totaled, and he had me wait in the back

[u/tonjohn → u/WingedScapula420]

IM SORRY FOR HITTING YOU WITH MY CAR

[u/SpaceCases__ → u/tonjohn]

JUST FUCK OFF!

[u/SeoulofSoraka → u/WingedScapula420]

Him apologizing to her like OK IM SORRY I HIT YOU WITH MY CAR was hilarious

[u/SufficientRespect542 → u/WingedScapula420]

Anyone else think that she and the other zombies were like a hive mind? So it was less a grudge then all of them chasing him because he had the cure and they knew that would kill them.

[u/Snakeberrys → u/SufficientRespect542]

Wasn't the scene where he looked down and saw the horde of zombies running into the hospital hinting at that? He was too far up for any of them to have heard/seen him

[u/IllllIIllllIll → u/Snakeberrys]

I assumed it was because that was the only building with light/activity and using power

[u/jobening]

infected foot kid: 🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️

Bryan: …damn..

[u/ColdPeasMyGooch → u/jobening]

My theatre laughed in unison outloud when she said hold me and then cut to his face..

[u/Embarrassed-Yard-583 → u/ColdPeasMyGooch]

His resigned “Damn” really sold me on his character, he’s not a bad dude but woefully unprepared for this kind of situation.

[u/JustPlainRude → u/Embarrassed-Yard-583]

woefully unprepared for this kind of situation

i can't imagine what would prepare someone for that kind of situation

[u/ChiefQueef98 → u/jobening]

The slow realization on his face he's gonna have to blow this kid's shit smooth off

[u/0-BD-1 → u/jobening]

Her face splitting open to the single eyeball got a nice jump outta me. Was she playing him the whole time? One of my favorite scenes

[u/That2ndIowanGuy → u/0-BD-1]

I think it’s more like how Brian was at the end; pleading with the scientists to cure him while his body is acting on the monster instincts

[u/LiviasFigs → u/That2ndIowanGuy]

That made it much more sad for me. We know the poor kid is screwed, but she doesn’t realize yet, and she’s just a scared little girl who wants someone to help her.

[u/sha_man → u/LiviasFigs]

Her cries for help unlocked a horror I thought I'd never see. Holy sh!t!

[u/3maters → u/0-BD-1]

def not playing. i think it was so disturbing. she knew something was happening and pleading for genuine help before horrifically mutating. so scary!

[u/Bigicefire → u/0-BD-1]

i dont think she was playing him , even after holding him with her foot she kept screaming for help

[u/NedStark4Life → u/Bigicefire]

Yeah, she was even using the doorframe to hold herself back if I recall

[u/Steamedcarpet]

That was a lot of fun. I liked that whatever the virus is in this world seems to be a mix of Las Plagas from RE 4 with a sprinkle of The Thing. The elevator scene was fun cause I legit forgot about the acid throw up.

My only issue is how abrupt the end is. Unlike the recent Hope which decided to have the most random ending you could think of, this was just “thats it movies over get out”. Could have used maybe 15-20 extra minutes.

Honestly I may see it again. It was fun.

[u/sryguys → u/Steamedcarpet]

Him putting the throw up zombie in a chokehold was fucking hilarious.

[u/Steamedcarpet → u/sryguys]

He was just so done at that part lmao.

[u/DavidMerrick89 → u/sryguys]

I love how Vomit Zombie immediately wimped out as soon as Bryan reached his floor. Just enough consciousness left in there to know he wasn't built for a stand-up fight.

[u/Easy_Action_1380]

My man was so panicked he accidentally picked the Drop option on his shotgun shells.

[u/qgmiller]

Can’t get over the dynamic lighting in the first half of the movie. The way the snow shined in blood red tail lights with a suffocating pitch black background was so cool. Top notch cinematography and man Cregger knows how to build the suspense while balancing such a great comedy touch. Absolutely loved it. 

[u/ColdPeasMyGooch → u/qgmiller]

I thought the same thing in the beginning with the shadows on the white snow working so perfect. The red from the break lights and cop car were also perfect with adding the tension fear and anxiety. It was really well done.

[u/Able_Advertising_371 → u/qgmiller]

Shooting it like a video game was a great choice. Felt like we were in the middle of the action and story

[u/UnInHibbitted → u/qgmiller]

Best shot for me was def the lady running toward the house in the distance as he finds the shotgun shells. Lol I don’t know why that’s so effectively scary. Very 28 Days Later

[u/thestorm236]

I don't what it was, but the final monster transformation in the end was eerily and disturbingly captivating.

Top tier monster design.

[u/Rosebunse → u/thestorm236]

Because he seemed somewhat aware the whole time. All the people seemed somewhat aware as they turned.

[u/aWW3Veteran → u/Rosebunse]

That was my favorite. Him being aware of what's happening and not being able to stop it. Terrifying.

[u/TNWhaa]

Very on brand for Umbrella to allow an infected into the lab and to also not have multiple versions of the base for a cure on hand, shocked Bryan didn’t need to upgrade a keycard as he progressed up the hospital

[u/EngineEddie]

The on-going padlock gag was great

[u/JeanRalfio → u/EngineEddie]

Great callback to the games. Loved how many of the props were from the game too. Was really excited the first time I saw the farm gate and the big ass key.

[u/CyclopsMacchiato → u/JeanRalfio]

The first aid spray in the barn was the first Easter egg I saw.

[u/McEndee → u/CyclopsMacchiato]

When he was walking past the cars in the tunnel, one of the vehicles had a giant green plant in the back seat.

[u/mentho-lyptus → u/McEndee]

The typewriter in one of the rooms.

[u/somesketchykid → u/mentho-lyptus]

Finding the shotgun as first new weapon, complete with the "oh hell yeah" upon finding it.

[u/A_Toxic_User]

Scariest moment of the whole movie was Brian waving the gun barrel in front of Paul Walter Hauser’s face in the car while loading it

[u/badassbuffy → u/A_Toxic_User]

"YOU COULD SHOOT THE ENGINE!"

[u/Memphisrexjr → u/badassbuffy]

Who shot my car?

[u/SilverKry → u/A_Toxic_User]

Legit thought that's how he was gonna die. By getting shot accidentally. 

[u/blockdmyownshot → u/SilverKry]

In a way that is how he died just not exactly at that moment lol

[u/Giff901 → u/blockdmyownshot]

As soon as he aimed to shoot the tentacle I knew Hauser was getting shot lol

[u/mikeyfreshh → u/A_Toxic_User]

I thought he was gonna get Marvin'ed

[u/reallinzanity]

Sad about no Justin Long cameo.

[u/RemindAround]

The way the entire theater groaned (complimentary) that he has to take the stairs all the way up to the top is now a core memory this year in theaters.

[u/blockdmyownshot → u/RemindAround]

In my head canon cregger is also a final fantasy 7 fan and this was a way for him to pay homage to another video game he loves 😅

[u/SugarFreeCummiBears]

If this is the version with LESS jokes, what did the original possibly look like?

[u/Rosebunse → u/SugarFreeCummiBears]

I assume Yakity Sax was involved.

[u/Pjoernrachzarck → u/SugarFreeCummiBears]

Judging by the leaked script, most removed jokes would be from the opening scene with the first zombie and the cop. That whole sequence is played relatively straight and tense in the film. In the script it is as jokey and quippy as the rest of it.

[u/cluckinho → u/Pjoernrachzarck]

I guess it’s no coincidence then that the opening was by far my favorite part.

[u/resurrectedbydick → u/cluckinho]

Just th fact itself that he was oblivious to the zombie situation while the viewers know what it's about made it funny. I mean he was being a good guy for finding the lady and trying to take her to the hospital while objectively it was the worst move ever.

[u/Morgan-Moonscar → u/SugarFreeCummiBears]

Pie fight in the hospital cafeteria.

[u/Coletransit]

Can we talk about how Maxine just wandered off to get off screened despite having THE CURE IN HER CAR!! What the HELLL MANNNNN!

[u/Ballchynski → u/Coletransit]

Yeah for how much of a mission they were on to get the cure to the hospital her getting out of the car to try and save somebody being swarmed by like 10+ infected was a crazy choice. Really feels like Cregger wanted to deny the protagonist the opportunity to be in a car as much as possible to really engross the audience in the tension/horror lol.

[u/Ok_Flatworm_7850 → u/Coletransit]

Yeah what's up with that? I thought she went off to save that one lady from the zombies but after killing all of them she continued on in the dark?

[u/SorryBoysImLez → u/Ok_Flatworm_7850]

I'm assuming that after she finished off the zombies, the alley/arm monster grabbed the lady, and Maxine went in to save her from it (like she did with Bryan, it quickly fled after a few shots), only to immediately run out of bullets (it looked like her gun on the ground was empty/the slide was locked back) and got snatched, too.

[u/fizystrings → u/Coletransit]

She was doing a completionist playthrough and wanted to grab the flash grenade on the workbench in the back of the garage.

[u/Dawn-Shade]

I love how much of the videogamey vibe this movie has, without it ever feeling forced.

[u/jargon_ninja69 → u/Dawn-Shade]

The POV shots were so well done

[u/Jeroz → u/Dawn-Shade]

it just feels like divided into each funhouse sections nicely

The snow, the barn, the house, the car etc etc Each with their new obstacles without feeling too forced

[u/Incue]

My sewer... My rats...My Racoon City

[u/spctclr_spiderman → u/Incue]

My Raccune

[u/TonyS2]

I think the moral of this movie is that people don’t respect delivery drivers enough.

[u/SmokeWeedHailLucifer → u/TonyS2]

As a courier, I agree. It's rough out here.

[u/SyrupBuccaneer]

Funniest screaming since Ryan Gosling in Nice Guys

[u/Whovian45810 → u/SyrupBuccaneer]

Bryan's screams when he running through the tall buildings as the creatures fall off them straight up feels like something you see in WKUK lmfao

[u/Giff901 → u/Whovian45810]

The sound editing for when the bodies stopped falling and we just heard his screaming was *Chefs Kiss

[u/PandaSwears → u/SyrupBuccaneer]

It was a mix between Ryan Gosling’s scream and Dr Zoidberg’s warble, got me good every time

[u/BigBlackTaco1]

LOVE ❤️

Downer ending but this is very much the side story of a character you read about in notes/recordings before you face them as a mini boss

[u/Bulletpointe]

I appreciate how much of a dweeb the main character was. There was never a point I didn't feel he was under genuine threat because he was not built for this.

[u/badassbuffy → u/Bulletpointe]

getting tired and giving up on level 4 of the stairs was soooo real

[u/kalventure → u/Bulletpointe]

I also appreciated how he was just muttering profanities and ranting to himself as shit just gets worse and worse. Excellent script

[u/DavyJonesRocker → u/kalventure]

Fucking motherfucker. Stupid fucking fence.

[u/HeronSun → u/Bulletpointe]

I had this thought. Like, this character is not a Resident Evil protagonist. He's a player thrust into a Resident Evil situation. The "protagonist" is Maxine, who shows up, bodies zombies like they're nothing, then gets taken out by the boss the first time she tries to fight it. Problem is, you only get one shot.

I also dig the little thru-line joke about Bryan not using the Typewriter. Because he didn't use it, he never saved his progress and thus when he dies, that's it. YOU HAVE DIED and all that. Now upon rewatch, it's back to the beginning.

[u/srhdt → u/HeronSun]

The newer games have protagonists more like him. RE 7 and RE 9 both have player characters that are just regular people basically and are terrible at things like using guns.

[u/capamericapistons → u/Bulletpointe]

It felt like resident evil especially when he was running around the cop car in the beginning

I’ve been in that situation playing the games. Trying to fend off an infected person while figuring my shit out lol

[u/mochi-moon]

I’m never going to Raccoon City

[u/newgodpho]

“Aw man, not my fucking jays!”

This was a ton of fun in the theaters with a packed crowd.

[u/Sea_Finger5308]

“It was you wasn’t it?”

Had me choking on my popcorn

[u/Ancient_Sky922 → u/Sea_Finger5308]

Lab floors are slippery!

[u/Aggressive-Produce54]

Once Bryan recorded his message his wife would never hear, I knew what Creggar was going for. 

This is essentially the off-screen minor story you read about in documents you find while wandering. There's always bit characters recording their journey until they end with a tragic fate the game protagonists avoid. 

I can imagine Leon/Claire/Jill/Carlos stumbling upon his recording and putting it back down not knowing the shit he went through. Brian may even be killed by one of those protagonists in another universe. 

Brilliant way of avoiding OP protagonists and keeping RE terrifying throughout the run-time. 

[u/itshuey88 → u/Aggressive-Produce54]

great detail I didn't think of. you'll definitely pick up a phone while searching for supplies, listen to 2 seconds and move on

[u/Adorable_Oven5797 → u/Aggressive-Produce54]

Yep, my first thought as soon as he pulled up the audio recorder app was “ohhhh he’s an NPC”. Felt like a cassette you’d find in Bioshock.

[u/toaster-rex → u/Adorable_Oven5797]

I was so frustrated when he didn't take the obvious first aid sprays in the barn. It makes sense now though. Those are for the player.

[u/action_juice]

Cregger had a nice cameo as the scientist telling Bryan to take the stairs lol

[u/IHateLegoToys → u/action_juice]

I was bummed he wasn’t one of the lab guys! Also just want to point out that Griffin Newman’s character in the end was a dick but he was right if Abrams wasn’t in the lab they’d have the cure

[u/action_juice → u/IHateLegoToys]

In my head they killed 2 birds with 1 stone with that ending: If a sequel is green lit then the cure is sitting right there as the main plot point/objective…if there is no sequel, then they gave us an insane and abnormal ending that most people wouldn’t see coming

[u/Thebrianeffect]

The movie was much funnier than I expected. When the zombie in his car kept putting her hand up as the cop came up to the window I was dying. However, as the movie went on I did feel like it was a bit too jokey/goofy for what I was looking for. It was almost like a stoner got put in Racoon City.

Overall, a great flick though. Less to chew on and think about than his other two movies but still fun.

[u/SanderSo47]

"Are we gonna abandon her???"

"It's what she would've wanted"

Paul Walter Hauser might have had like 5 minutes of screentime, but he killed it.

[u/badassbuffy → u/SanderSo47]

"MAXINE? DRIVE"

"Shut the fuck up"

[u/GoldandBlue → u/badassbuffy]

Everything with Maxine was funny. Shows up and is fucking bad ass, starts blasting zombies like it's nothing.

Cut to Abrams and Hauser, "fuck she's cool. Wait where's she going? No dont go in there!!!... think she's coming back?"

[u/King_of_Nope]

I liked it, my only wish would have been for the main guy to get just one small win. Having him getting one last call with his GF towards the end would have made the ending feel less depressing. He earned it. 

[u/the_trees_bees → u/King_of_Nope]

I'm okay with the bleak ending but he definitely earned something more. By the end he was a competent firearm handler and he was cleverly using the zombies against each other.

[u/SillyPoopHead]

“You never shoot a gun in a car, you could hit the engine!” Got one of the biggest laughs I’ve heard in a theater in a long time

[u/ghazgib]

jesus christ that kid got turned into wallpaper paint

[u/jtfuckinmiller]

The shock of seeing the little girl foot was one of the best horror moments of the year. This movie was fucking gross in all the right ways. 

[u/Steamedcarpet → u/jtfuckinmiller]

The foot was one thing but I was not ready for her face to open up like that.

It’s like with the dog. I should had seen it coming but the movie lulled me into thinking no this was a normal dog.

[u/Rosebunse → u/Steamedcarpet]

This movie was so cruel for that. I almost feel like it's why it had to be so funny, because otherwise seeing a cute dog, a sad little girl, and a bunch of babies getting ripped apart by disease would be too sad

[u/thekillerstove → u/Rosebunse]

Saw someone point out that the family stickers he sees on the back of the car has a dad, mom, daughter, dog, and baby. Up until that point he had killed a man, a woman, a little girl, and a dog. He then goes on to kill a baby, completing the set.

[u/Rosebunse → u/thekillerstove]

It's the utter destruction of the family he could have had. He seems like a nice guy. He probably would have gone back to his girlfriend and agreed to have tge baby and stay with her. Then she would have the baby, they would get a dog, and then another baby...

[u/ColdPeasMyGooch → u/Rosebunse]

I loved that it made the most vicious harshest creatures to kills be things that in most movies are taboo to kill.

[u/AngelTheMarvel → u/ColdPeasMyGooch]

It's part of the themes of the movie. His discussion with Michelle seems to be that he distanced himself after finding out she is pregnant, and probably telling her to abort the kid. It's no coincidence that he ends up dying to a kid and his final big challenge before getting to the lab is a maternity ward and that he kills a baby zombie in the crib

[u/badassbuffy → u/jtfuckinmiller]

that sequence had the weirdest yet best mixture of tension, anxiety, horror, and comedy

"my foot hurts"

".....you'll be okay"

[u/Steamedcarpet → u/badassbuffy]

It kinda reminded me of Cloverfield when the chick gets bit by one of the creatures. When they get to the army she just goes “I don’t feel so good” before bleeding from every hole and exploding.

[u/amillertime12]

Does this also count as a Katamari movie?

[u/breakfast_cats → u/amillertime12]

What about Inside?

[u/k_foxes → u/breakfast_cats]

Yay I wasn’t alone thinking this!

[u/TheStonerJoker]

Ending was abit abrupt, but I was very entertained throughout the journey.

I loved how he was moving level to level and buffing up each time with new weapons.

[u/mrnicegy26 → u/TheStonerJoker]

It is interesting that it had a bleak ending considering that Resident Evil games usually have the protagonist winning and saving the day.

Even Villiage had the protagonist save the day and it is the most bittersweet of all Resident Evil endings

[u/JayJ9Nine → u/mrnicegy26]

I kind of got the vibe/message 'yeaaaah this guy ain't MC material'.

More if the player was in the game rather than the actual mc's

[u/CaptainKipple → u/JayJ9Nine]

Yes, that was my feeling too. Like, the movie's main character isn't the game's main character. The game starts after he has already failed, he's just one of the voice logs that you find along the way; the backstory to one of the monsters.

[u/itrainmonkeys → u/CaptainKipple]

Felt like he wasn't the main character but actually the main villain of a game. We saw his origin story.

[u/KuromanKuro → u/CaptainKipple]

Great point about the voice log. This movie is literally just setting up keys, locks, memos, and voice logs for Leon or someone like him to find.

[u/lucypee → u/KuromanKuro]

Because of the ending, i like to think Bryan is the type of guy that ends up becoming the bosses Leon or the others encounter. 

Many may have survived a while longer than most. 

Those resilient enough, could be the ones that turn into stronger creatures. Idk maybe because they bring that awoken never ending adrenaline rush with them. 

[u/SufficientRespect542 → u/CaptainKipple]

that was why there was a bunch of stuff from the games that he never interacted with. He wasn't the protagonist, those weren't meant for him.

[u/Hokuboku → u/SufficientRespect542]

Oof. Love that take. My man was doomed by the narrative.

[u/madroguri → u/mrnicegy26]

Yeah but from what I got, that’s the point here. This guy is just like any other random npc from the games from which you end up finding their final notes somewhere as a log for world building.

He couldn’t win once he got bitten because the raccoon city tragedy still had to happen.

That’s one touch that I really liked about this movie, that it made the raccoon city event feel like a tragedy. I’ve played all the games and honestly this is the one RE material that reminded me “hey, this raccoon city thing that happened in this universe is an absolutely terrible and tragic thing”

[u/JayBondOF → u/TheStonerJoker]

Yeah I was bummed he didn’t get a happy ending but that city is getting nuked anyways 🥲

[u/worstcourtjester → u/JayBondOF]

I would’ve liked it if he managed to get a small signal up in the lab and send his girlfriend that voice memo, at least. Some kind of closure.

[u/Trevastation → u/worstcourtjester]

The voice memo did make me realize this is ultimately a feature film origin story of an NPC who becomes a boss fight for Claire/Leon/Chris etc to fight later, and I dug the ending a lil more with that thought.

[u/Steamedcarpet → u/TheStonerJoker]

Dude even felt like there was little transition cut scenes, like when he leaves the rv and meets up with the 2 people.

[u/dazdndcunfusd → u/Steamedcarpet]

when he opens the bedroom door in the homestead and the camera pushes pass him, that felt like it was capturing the feeling of opening a door in RE1

[u/makuXrosu]

I got the bad ending in the movie. Does someone know how to get the good ending? I must have missed a key

[u/Etheox → u/makuXrosu]

Bad ending branch goes all the way back to the tunnel. Sadly, you got to shoot the kid right away.

[u/SorryBoysImLez → u/Etheox]

Good ending can also be obtained by completing the QTE of grabbing the keys off Maxine's waist, so you can use the SUV and bypass the sewers, which gets you to the lab with enough time left to use the cure before turning.

[u/NateTrain]

Does anyone know why the jumpers didn’t connect like some of the others?

[u/CaptainKipple → u/NateTrain]

I just took it as the impact was strong enough to kill the parasite-thing inside the bodies, while shooting them just damaged the host. Total body impact vs localized trauma.

[u/PWN3R_RANGER]

Austin Abrams talking to himself about to be a whole genre I’m gonna obsess over. 

[u/lexicology]

the maternity ward was one of if not the most disgusting thing i’ve ever seen.

look i’m really sorry i hit you with my car!

[u/Chasedabigbase → u/lexicology]

As a dead space sicko I felt very at home there

[u/klyphw]

The ending of this will be controversial and I think a lot of people will dislike it, but to me it felt like a great showcase of the T-virus and separated itself from your typical zombie movie.

If you’ve never had a high fever or similar ailments (I personally once got meningitis and was walking around and couldn’t remember my birthday) it’s a extremely odd sensation to lose parts of your brain while still retaining other motor functions at high capacity.

So when Bryan starts losing his body but retains his mind it felt exactly like that. His body is lost as it brutally kills all the scientists but the entire time his mind remains singularly focused on getting the cure. The virus is spreading through his body but he is fighting it to hold onto his life. I thought the sequence was amazingly shot and paced. Many stories don’t have happy endings. I’m sure the syringe survived the fall and we’ll get a movie that could pick it right up where it left off. Cregger made a Resident Evil movie from the perspective of the character a Leon or Jill finds a voice note from and to me it was far more entertaining and heartbreaking.

[u/TarnishedAccount]

The shotgun shells being in a game-accurate green box made me very happy.

[u/badassbuffy → u/TarnishedAccount]

i also saw 2 first aid sprays in the barn before he dropped down!

[u/lotga → u/badassbuffy]

And a green herb in the one of the vehicles he passes when he gets into the tunnel.

[u/mmp64son]

I like to imagine Leon or Claire picking up the antidote on the ground somewhere, and find his audio log. RIP random NPC zombie.

[u/Perfect_Economy_7968 → u/mmp64son]

He's not an random NPC, he's a boss fight.

[u/iamnota_SHADOW]

Why did Maxine go on a side quest??

[u/hyperion_x91 → u/iamnota_SHADOW]

So it looked like the creature was trying to lure him further in like fishing. My thought was it did the same to her probably with the woman she ran out there to save and she was completely cocky and over confident. He survived that part because he nopes out.

[u/Coletransit]

Some of the jump scares in this movie were so effective I felt like that kid play RE3 in 1999 again, 9/10.

[u/marccoogs → u/Coletransit]

The dog busting through the barn wall was great

[u/Great_Praline_2713 → u/marccoogs]

When that happened I was like "Oh come on! No normal dog could do th- ohhh"

[u/jargon_ninja69 → u/Coletransit]

The farmer jump scare literally made me yell in the theater. I don't remember the last time a movie did that to me

[u/Coletransit → u/jargon_ninja69]

I was thinking of that one specifically when I made my comment too LOL. The way that shot was set up was masterful, who expects a jump scare when the main character is already panicking trying to load a gun for a different monster! Genius!

[u/NomadPrime → u/Coletransit]

The best one was one of the first ones, upstairs in the barnhouse, coming from nowhere out of the darkness. Genuinely the best I've been scared in years.

[u/Public-Profit-8184]

wait.. did we just watch an entire movie about a mid level boss Leon has to fight?

[u/GIlCAnjos → u/Public-Profit-8184]

"So you used to be a courier? Well, I got a bullet to deliver to you!"

[u/mikeyfreshh]

Austin Abrams is a star, man. It's so hard to carry a movie entirely on your back like this and he just owns it, even when he's acting against nothing. This is like Tom Hanks in Castaway if Wilson was a giant tentacle monster instead of a Volleyball

[u/MrCog → u/mikeyfreshh]

Can I say something kind of weird? It was so oddly refreshing when he took off his shirt and he just looked like a normal guy. We're so conditioned to every shirtless actor having the 30 hour dehydration 6 pack.

[u/LiviasFigs → u/MrCog]

Him trying to cover himself with his shirt when he realizes he’s on camera was one of my favorite moments of the movie, and it got the biggest laugh out of my audience. It’s so relatable.

[u/freshtake84 → u/MrCog]

Supposedly he gained 30 pounds for it. It was nice that he was an average dude and he was so easy to root for.

[u/capamericapistons → u/mikeyfreshh]

He nailed the dialogue I repeat to myself when playing a resident evil game

“Mother fuckin cock suckin bitch fuck what the fuck why the fuck did this god dammit fuck”

[u/DistantEW]

This is literally me playing Resident Evil games.

Missing shots✓ Saying Fuck✓ Pissed at locks✓

[u/BelonyInMyLeftPocket → u/DistantEW]

Saying hell yeah to the shotgun on the wall

[u/mrnicegy26 → u/BelonyInMyLeftPocket]

Being even more happy to get the sub machine gun.

The only thing missing was a Rocket launcher in the end

[u/chewie202596 → u/mrnicegy26]

They even made a boss monster with a giant red eyeball

[u/Mastuh_KBM]

They managed to make a movie feel like a horror game and actually pulled it off masterfully! Best horror flick I've seen in some time.

Ironically I just watched Barbarian for the first time two days ago and I can definitely see a little bit of the inspiration. All around great time and genuinely well-timed jump scares.

I keep thinking back to the ranch house and how you just knew the husband was hiding in the corner, but the movie did such a good job of distracting you by shifting focus back on the wife over and over that you completely forget about the husband. Such a well-crafted movie.

[u/StinkyPete17]

I really enjoyed the movie. I can't wait to rewatch. I don't know if I am reading into things too much but I think there was a pretty cool parallel between Michelle and Bryan. I don't think Zach was trying to compare being pregnant and having a parasite living in you as a 1:1 comparison, but there was some cool points made from it.

Seeing how Bryan is able to easily brush off Michelle's initial concerns with "Its your body, your choice" when she is clearly asking for him to validate her feelings and talk her through this tough situation, and then later seeing Bryan's questions about the parasite get ignored after he has been bitten was interesting. Throughout the movie as he sees his body changing more and more we also see him starting to accept and understand what Michelle is going through.

It comes to a climax when he sees that the parasite has made it well past just his arm and seeing the family portrait on the van that he fully accepts the reality of both situations and breaks down.

Who knows, I will see if I still get those undertones when I rewatch it on streaming.

[u/Chaddderkins → u/StinkyPete17]

Also I don't think it's a coincidence that his pursuer in the movie is a hybrid which has lost all individuality, a great metaphor for the anxieties of someone about to assimilate into a family unit.

[u/2short4-a-hihorse → u/StinkyPete17]

I definitely noticed those parallels too! And then him going through the Maternity ward too

[u/mayoconquest → u/StinkyPete17]

He even says he's "carrying life," referring to the package during the call with Michelle. It was definitely intentional.

[u/IHateLegoToys]

The most “of course” ending there is… I was fooled thought the time he’d get that dose. But the whole game doesn’t happen unless there’s an outbreak. So fun to see Zach Cherry & Griffin Newman at the end, the desk pop was hilarious

[u/thesmash → u/IHateLegoToys]

Movie ending was a gift for Blank Check fans

[u/almond_girl]

The funniest part of the movie was when they kept saying “it’s what she would have wanted” after seeing her like just 30 seconds ago and not knowing if she was dead yet ahahah

[u/seljuz]

Am I the only one who didn't think the ending was abrupt at all?

His infection told us the pacing of the movie perfectly.

[u/Witty-Association-97]

How kind of Austin Abrams to portray how a normal guy would be like in the resident evil universe