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Resident Evil

Resident Evil

6.7/ 10

TMDB Rating

6,836

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2002

Release Year

100 min

Runtime

Horror
Action
Science Fiction

Overview

When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain the outbreak.

Keywords

biological weapon
quarantine
amnesia
undercover
dystopia
mutant
hologram
flashback
conspiracy
zombie
special forces
based on video game

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Reviews(5)

7.4avg rating
Repo Jack

Repo Jack

@repojack

November 8, 2020

8
8/10

I originally watched "Resident Evil" at a movie theater when it was first released in 2002. I hadn't played the games. There was no Rotten Tomatoes and I didn't read reviews back then so I went in blind. And I utterly enjoyed the movie: the story, the action sequences, the underground "Hive," Mila J

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JPV852

JPV852

November 17, 2020

6
6/10

Been several years since I last watched this one and I guess it's passable but not very scary (I personally don't find zombies all that frightening) and the CGI creatures, while okay for its time, didn't add to the tension either. At least some of the action was alright and not bad following around

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Kamurai

Kamurai

July 1, 2021

8
8/10

Great watch, will likely watch again, and do recommend. I understand that zombies have been done to death by the time I wrote this, but I've always enjoyed them, and I understand that, as a movie franchise, "Resident Evil" is fairly laughed at, but the first movie was somewhat promising, even if

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The Movie Mob

The Movie Mob

@mooney240

August 19, 2022

8
8/10

**While not a perfect movie, Resident Evil stands above many other entries in the zombie and video game genres.** The first of a 6-movie series, Resident Evil stays grounded in its horror roots more than the rest. This movie takes every opportunity to keep the audience tense and on edge with zomb

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Andre Gonzales

Andre Gonzales

@SoSmooth1982

August 8, 2023

7
7/10

Good movie brought the video game game to life. Could have been better. I was glad to see this movie made though. Always thought this would be good for a movie series.

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