Updated On: 04 December, 2021 07:24 AM IST | Mumbai | Johnson Thomas
Jerky action and awkward storytelling make this like a bad joke — not the dread-inducing nightmare that it should have been

A still from Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
The Resident Evil franchise has gone beyond bearable in the past decade of routine, unimaginative franchise instalments — Milla Jovovich, its lead star being the only charismatic draw that might have pulled you in to start with. Unfortunately, this issue doesn’t even have that. Johannes Roberts, who takes over the reins of the Resident Evil series from the super prolific Paul WS Anderson, focuses his energies on pandering to the video game aficionados. Clearly, he is not interested in creating a movie experience — just hitting on references and elements from the game to evince nostalgic interest.