PREVIEW: Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Kaya Scodelario (Crawl), Hannah John-Kamen (Ready Player One), Robbie Amell (The Babysitter), Tom Hopper (SAS: Red Notice), Avan Jogia (The Drowning), Donal Logue (Zodiac), Neal McDonough (Minority Report), Lily Gao (Through Black Spruce), Chad Rook (The Wingman), Marina Mazepa (Malignant)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Johannes Roberts (The Other Side of the Door), director, writer; Hartley Gorenstein (Polar), James Harris (I Am Not a Serial Killer), Robert Kulzer (Pompeii) and Martin Moszkowicz (Bitter Suite), producers; Mark Korven (The Witch), composer; Maxime Alexandre (Annabelle: Creation), cinematographer; Dev Singh (Spiral: From the Book of Saw), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In 1998, Raccoon City – once the prosperous home of the pharmaceutical conglomerate known as the Umbrella Corporation – is a dying Midwestern town, which the company left as a wasteland with great evil brewing underneath the surface, waiting to be released. When the day finally comes, it is up to a group of survivors to come together and uncover the truth behind Umbrella before it’s too late…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The long-running video game series – and the subsequent movie franchise – gets a darker, bloodier big-screen reboot that is made for fans of the games, by fans of the games.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 3RD DECEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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