A Queen sends the powerful and feared sorceress Gray Alys to the ghostly wilderness of the Lost Lands in search of a magical power, where the sorceress and her guide, the drifter Boyce, must outwit and outfight man and demon.
Starring: Dave Bautista, Milla Jovovich Directed by: Paul W.S. Anderson Release Date: March 7, 2025
I’m personally with you, I’m no fan of Anderson, but we can’t deny that the Resident Evil movies were moneymakers, which means on some level they were actually very popular films. Often popularity and perceived cinematic quality are in direct opposition of each other, some of the films that are considered cinematic masterworks are often kind of boring and most average people hate them.
He directed the first one and then the fourth one, only writing the second and third. The fourth one is when the money started really rolling in. 1-3 made about $100 million profit each, while 4 is when the series started pulling closer to 250 million per movie.
And all that’s just for box office numbers, it doesn’t include money made from like DVD/Bluray sales and streaming services. Undeniably popular series, even if we don’t think it’s anything to write home about.
Exactly. There’s a lot to be said for movies that are just escapist entertainment, which is what the resident evil movies are. It’s a game series brought to the screen that you can slap on and see some cool stuff happening.
That’s a perfectly valid form of film. Lots of people like that kind of movie (including myself as long as that isn’t all I have to watch), and it’s popular for that very reason.
It’s exactly that kind of movie that he specializes in.
That is interesting to learn. I remember really liking the first RE and thinking the rest were poorly written, directed, and acted. Then I rewatched the first and noticed that it was pretty bad too. I think it’s just that I’ve been more critical of films and less awed from action as an old person.