The fifth installment, Resident Evil: Retribution , served as an ambitious, mind-bending celebration of the franchise’s history, structural design, and fan-favorite characters.
Russell Mulcahy Box Office: $148 Million
The Resident Evil franchise has been a staple of the horror and action genres for decades, captivating audiences with its intense gameplay, memorable characters, and terrifying villains. In 2002, the franchise expanded to the big screen with the release of the first Resident Evil film, directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. Since then, the series has grown to include six films, with the most recent installment, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, concluding the series in 2016. In this article, we'll take a closer look at the Resident Evil All Movies Collection, exploring each film in the series and what makes them so thrilling.
The trajectory of the series highlights a rare feat in Hollywood: a mid-budget genre franchise that consistently maintained or grew its international audience over a 14-year period. Film Title Release Year Global Box Office Main Villains Key Locations Resident Evil $103 Million Red Queen / Licker The Hive (Underground) Resident Evil: Apocalypse $129 Million Major Cain / Nemesis Raccoon City Resident Evil: Extinction $148 Million Dr. Isaacs (Tyrant) Nevada Desert / Las Vegas Resident Evil: Afterlife $300 Million Albert Wesker Tokyo / Los Angeles Resident Evil: Retribution $240 Million Red Queen / Jill Valentine Umbrella Prime Testing Facility Resident Evil: The Final Chapter $312 Million Dr. Isaacs / Wesker The Hive / Raccoon City Ruins The Secret to the Series' Success
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Alice wakes up inside the heart of Umbrella’s prime testing facility: a massive underwater Soviet installation in Kamchatka. The rogue Red Queen AI has taken control of Umbrella and uses this facility to simulate simulated zombie outbreaks in virtual recreations of global cities like Tokyo, New York, Moscow, and Suburban America. To escape, Alice must fight her way through these virtual biomes with the help of a strike team led by Leon S. Kennedy and Ada Wong, all while being hunted by a brainwashed Jill Valentine.
3. Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) – The Desert Wasteland
(2002–2016 – The Full Mansion Horror Saga)
The Resident Evil film franchise stands as one of the most commercially successful video game adaptations in cinematic history. Spanning fourteen years, six core films, and over $1.2 billion in global box office earnings, this post-apocalyptic saga redefined action-horror for a generation. Fronted by Milla Jovovich as the genetically enhanced heroine Alice, and spearheaded by filmmaker Paul W.S. Anderson, the series carved out its own unique lore separate from the Capcom survival-horror games that inspired it.
While introducing the original character Alice, the film utilized iconic elements from Capcom's video games, including the Umbrella Corporation, the Licker monster, and the claustrophobic survival horror atmosphere of the first game's mansion setting.
Filmed in 3D, Afterlife begins with Alice and her clones launching a full-scale assault on Umbrella’s underground headquarters in Tokyo. Stripped of her superhuman powers by Umbrella Chairman Albert Wesker, Alice flies to Alaska to find the Arcadia survivors.
Resident Evil: Retribution (2012): The Greatest Hits Simulation
Following the conclusion of the original series, a reboot titled Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City was released in 2021. It aimed to be a more faithful adaptation of the first two video games, but it was a .
Because the movies are frequently criticized for retconning, you have two viewing options: