Resident Evil - TV Series Review
Watched the TV series and while I didn't hate it? I didn't love it either. I get more of a "Why does this exist?" feeling from it than anything.
I dislike shows that skip around from the future to the past. It screws with the narrative and is usually fairly hokey. I just watched West World and the first two seasons were fantastic. Then, it took an entirely weird direction into this is the future this is the past and the show was no longer good. The same thing applied with Resident Evil. I could have done without the Zombie Apocalypse storyline completely. I actually thought the New Raccoon City stuff was far more compelling. Maybe that was because we were given some sort of insight into Umbrella. The actors were good for the script they were given, but the script was not very good or well thought out and there were a lot of 'modern references' that will date the show. The show felt like something the CW would put out with slightly better graphics. I will say the monsters did look good. I almost wish they had found a way to do without the Zombie Apocalypse and incorporate them into the New Raccoon City storyline instead.
All in all, it was mediocre. I'll probably not find a reason to watch it again. The characters were meh, the twists were bad, the script was very CW young teen drama. I definitely feel they would have done better if they had just forgone the name Wesker and made the series about a couple of unknown characters. It sort of felt like I was watching fanfiction and someone had made up multiple OC children and then children of OC children. Rating, 5.5/10











