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Now that Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City has been released and sits comfortably on streaming platforms, it’s time to look back at this ambitious, flawed, and fascinating attempt to bring the survival horror genre back to the silver screen. Does it succeed in washing away the taste of the Anderson era? Let’s find out.

Set in 1998, the story follows a group of survivors during the final hours of Raccoon City, a once-thriving Midwestern town decaying after the exodus of the pharmaceutical giant, the Umbrella Corporation. The Outbreak:

film franchise. Unlike the previous series starring Milla Jovovich, this film aims for a more faithful adaptation of the Capcom survival horror video games, specifically merging the plots of the first two entries. Core Premise and Plot