Once the booming home of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, Raccoon City is now a dying Midwestern town. The company's exodus left the city a wasteland with great evil brewing below the surface. When that evil is unleashed, the townspeople are forever changed and a small group of survivors must work together to uncover the truth behind Umbrella and make it through the night.... (Full plot summary below)
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Once the booming home of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, Raccoon City is now a dying Midwestern town. The company's exodus left the city a wasteland with great evil brewing below the surface. When that evil is unleashed, the townspeople are forever changed and a small group of survivors must work together to uncover the truth behind Umbrella and make it through the night.
Leave your thoughts about Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City.
| New York PostJohnny OleksinskiThe film is empty-headed good fun that’s blessedly under two hours and has just enough character development to make you kind of care when someone gets bitten. |
| Paste MagazineMatt DonatoEverything I’ve been asking for from a Resident Evil movie? Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City accomplishes. |
| Screen RantFerdosa AbdiResident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City is a fun and faithful adaptation of the games it is based on, but is lacking in character substance. |
| CNETSean KeaneDespite the lack of scares, minor tweaks to the games' lore and overall silliness, director Johannes Roberts' love for Resident Evil is clear in every moment of Welcome to Raccoon City. With a barrage of Easter eggs and fascinating takes on classic characters, the film's a gleeful trip back to the Spencer Mansion and Raccoon Police Department aimed squarely at fans. |
| PolygonJesse HassengerFor all of its limitations and points of departure from the previous series, though, Raccoon City maintains that lineage of B-movies made with skill. |
| IGNTaylor LylesResident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City sticks admirably closely to its source material, but an overly stuffed story and rushed third act hold it back. |
| Original-CinThom ErnstRaccoon City is most fun when showcasing Avan Jogia as a rookie cop who’d been transferred to Raccoon City after accidentally shooting his partner in the butt—a bad joke that Jogia turns into a workable gag. |
| The Film StageEthan VestbyBy the time the climax with a big CGI beastie arrives and basically ends before it begins, the slightly unsatisfying feelings of Raccoon City become cemented. |
| Austin ChronicleTrace SauveurIt’s not terrible as far as video game adaptations go, but as with many of them you’ll be wondering what the point is when a superior experience already exists. |
| Slant MagazineMark HansonJohannes Roberts’s prequel ultimately remains buried by its indifference to unchecked corporate power. |
