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The 2021 reboot · 1998 (with a 1980s flashback)

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City

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A reboot closer to the games: the night Raccoon City falls

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Not required. It's left out of the main story but is part of the full chronological order.

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Quick recap

In the 1980s, Claire and her brother, Chris, live in a Raccoon City orphanage, where Claire befriends Lisa Trevor, a test subject of Umbrella's Dr. William Birkin. In 1998, Claire returns to town and warns Chris about the experiments. The virus spreads, and rookie cop Leon and Claire team up. Chris, Jill, Wesker and the S.T.A.R.S. team go to the Spencer Mansion. Wesker is secretly working for someone else. In the underground lab, William injects himself with the G-virus and mutates. The five survivors flee by train before the city is destroyed. In the mid-credits scene, Wesker wakes in a body bag and receives sunglasses from Ada Wong.

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  1. Behind the scenesA reboot that took a while

    Constantin announced the reboot in 2017. James Wan was attached as producer with a Greg Russo script, but Johannes Roberts was hired as writer and director in December 2018.

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  2. ReferenceBased on the first two games

    Roberts said the film draws on the 1996 Resident Evil and 1998's Resident Evil 2, and promised a darker, scarier tone than Anderson's sequels.

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  3. Behind the scenesA weak box office

    On a $25 million budget it grossed about $42 million. Wikipedia calls it a commercial and critical failure.

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