Resident Evil Triple Feature: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021); Vendetta (2017); Death Island (2023)

<p><a href="https://letterboxd.com/catbusruss" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>CatBusRuss</strong></a> is excited about the third horror feature from acclaimed director <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1199107/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Zach Cregger</strong></a> (&quot;<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26581740/?ref_=nm_knf_t_3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Weapons</strong></a>&quot; and &quot;<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15791034/?ref_=nm_knf_t_1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Barbarian</strong></a>&quot;), but is a bit skeptical about the subject matter. The former &quot;Whitest Kid You Know&quot; is taking on the cinematically divisive franchise of &quot;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_Evil" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Resident Evil</strong></a>&quot;. </p><p>To this point, none of the live-action adaptations of the Capcom video game series have been &quot;Certified Fresh&quot; on Rotten Tomatoes (or nearly fresh with the least rotten being 39%, 21% from critical acclaim). Cregger has made it clear that his film will not be centered around any of the video games&#39; protagonists. <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/catbusruss.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Russ</a> was a fan of most of the <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0027271/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Paul W.S. Anderson</strong></a> series (with the exception of the one that scored 39%), but was that more about his fandom for the director&#39;s &quot;<a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/5xwEqRm0jxoj9TYW8HvcGX?si=f7367d7477454183" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Mortal Kombat</strong></a>&quot; and &quot;<a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/4COvY6oSVJqHcEIyHfcgmo?si=39080d3efa5f40d2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Event Horizon</strong></a>&quot;?</p><p>The Japanese CG-animated features stay in the continuity of the video games, and have a reasonable hit-to-miss ratio. Our host just watched the last two features in that franchise, &quot;<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5776208/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Resident Evil: Vendetta</strong></a>&quot; and <strong>&quot;</strong><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26674627/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Resident Evil: Death Island</strong></a>&quot;, to demonstrate that, especially