![]() Alice and the terminator fight until he gets impaled on a jutting girder. That potent weapon gets used several times, blowing up cars, buildings and helicopters. Meanwhile, zombies munch on victims, adding them to their ranks.Ī good-ol’-boy sniper picks off the undead with a rifle until the mutant terminator shoots him with a rocket launcher. Punches and karate kicks may slow them down, but those lurching corpses aren’t truly out of commission until they get shot at close range, have their necks broken or take knives to the head. Soldiers armed to the teeth descend upon Raccoon City and mow down zombies with assault rifles. The MPAA’s explanation for the R rating reads, “For non-stop violence, language and some nudity.” When they say “non-stop violence,” they’re not kidding. ![]() Among those trapped is the young daughter of a respected scientist, who makes a bargain with Alice and others: Rescue my little girl and I’ll guide you safely out of Raccoon City before the place gets nuked at dawn. ![]() Authorities lock down Raccoon City, quarantining both the infected and their prey. The pair meet up and go mano a mano, but not before scores of zombies, once contained underground, have found their way to the surface. Meanwhile, her pal has been turned into a mutated lug genetically engineered as the ultimate biological weapon-a disfigured terminator. She now has superhuman speed, strength, sensory perception and leaping ability. It turns out the nefarious Umbrella Corporation had been experimenting on Alice and the other survivor from the first film. That film ended with its heroine, Alice, awaking in a deserted lab and strolling outside to find Raccoon City a deserted war zone. A broken neck or a bullet to the head was all that could stop the spasmodic, limp-limbed masses. Pretty soon it wasn’t just reviving dead cells, it was reviving dead people with a viral outbreak in an underground compound, leading to a gory zombie uprising that would turn George Romero green with envy (and viewers who aren’t into flesh-eating corpses just plain green). While audiences await word on the studio potentially moving forward with the sequel, they can stream Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City on Starz now.In the first Resident Evil the world’s largest commercial conglomerate surreptitiously created a scientific miracle: the ability to revive dead cells. Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City left a lot of narrative threads open for a potential sequel, namely Hopper's Wesker as he was mysteriously revived by Ada Wong after being shot and killed by Hannah John-Kamen's Jill Valentine. Additionally, the cast and Roberts have teased potential sequel plans, including thoughts of adapting everything from Resident Evil 4to Resident Evil 7: Biohazard and Code: Veronica. With Hopper confirming the studio is pleased with the film's financial returns and partnering with Netflix for a Resident Evil show, it seems likely the studio will keep the ball rolling on adaptations of the game. Though this largely falls short of the Milla Jovovich-led movies, the film's mid-pandemic release and positive fan reception to the Resident Evil reboot seems to have sat well with Sony and Constantin Films. See what Hopper said below:Īs Hopper notes, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City saw its success expand to its home entertainment releases, becoming the top-rented film on VUDU in its opening weekend and going on to gross over $3 million from Blu-ray and DVD sales in the four months since hitting shelves. Though the Albert Wesker actor hasn't heard any official rumblings for the follow-up, he did confirm the studios behind the first film were pleased with how it performed and seems confident a sequel will move forward. While speaking exclusively with Screen Rant to discuss The Umbrella Academy season 3, star Tom Hopper shared some insight for a potential Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City sequel. Related: Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City Easter Eggs & References Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City would garner a modest box office haul, grossing over $41 million against its $25 million budget, and one star thinks this could lead to something further. Hitting theaters this past November, the film received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics for its lackluster writing but received praise for its faithfulness to the source material. Kennedy, Donal Logue as Chief Brian Irons and Neal McDonough as Dr. Kaya Scodelario led the cast of Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City as Claire Redfield alongside Hannah John-Kamen as Jill Valentine, Robbie Amell as Chris Redfield, Tom Hopper as Albert Wesker, Avan Jogia as Leon S.
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