Kaya Scodelario and Robbie Amell star in 'Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City,' a reboot the video-game-based action-horror franchise.
With a police station as one of its central locations, “Welcome to Raccoon City” angles for “Assault on Precinct 13” vibes but falls short of the 2005 remake, to say nothing of the genius of the John Carpenter original. There’s no real sense of place, whether we’re talking about the station or the town as a whole, which is especially galling given that Raccoon City is supposed to be a central part of this mythology.
“Welcome to Raccoon City” is set in 1998, and even if you miss the title card with the date , the film hammers in its era with period-specific references . If the nostalgic winks don’t make you feel old, the film’s primary approach to making things scary — an assaulting volume level — will. The movie never successfully replicates the fear that was a hallmark of playing the video games, and its approach to ample gore is only as imaginative as a kid picking at a scab. A single cool scene — one lighted only by muzzle flashes — shows the stylistic promise on display in Roberts’ earlier filmThe primary director of the first six films,, gets a lot of flak, but at least he displayed knowledge of how to capably make a horror-action film.
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