2002 film by Paul W. S. Anderson
Resident Evil
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Directed by
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Written by
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Based on
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Produced by
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Starring
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Cinematography
| David Johnson
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Edited by
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Music by
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Release dates
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- March 15, 2002
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2002-03-15
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(United States)
- March 21, 2002
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2002-03-21
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(Germany)
- July 12, 2002
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2002-07-12
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(United Kingdom)
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Running time
| 100 minutes
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Language
| English
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Budget
| $33 million
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Box office
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Resident Evil
is a 2002
action horror film
written and directed by
Paul W. S. Anderson
. The film stars
Milla Jovovich
,
Michelle Rodriguez
,
Eric Mabius
,
James Purefoy
,
Martin Crewes
, and
Colin Salmon
. it is the first installment in the
Resident Evil
film series
, which is loosely based on the
video game series of the same name
. Borrowing elements from the video games
Resident Evil
and
Resident Evil 2
, the film follows
amnesiac
heroine
Alice
and a band of
Umbrella Corporation
commandos as they attempt to contain the outbreak of the T-virus at a secret underground facility.
German studio
Constantin Film
bought the rights to adapt the series in live-action in January 1997. Several writers and filmmakers, such as
Alan B. McElroy
,
George A. Romero
and
Jamie Blanks
, were initially hired to direct and write the film, but their scripts were rejected. In 2000, Anderson was announced as writer and director. Developed as a
prequel
set in the same
continuity
as the video game series, the film was initially titled
Resident Evil: Ground Zero
, but was retitled after the
September 11 attacks
. Cast was announced in early 2001 and
principal photography
commenced in March 2001 in
Berlin
.
Resident Evil
was theatrically released in Germany on March 12, 2002, by Constantin Film Verleih, and in the United Kingdom on July 12, 2002, by
Pathe Distribution
. The film received generally negative reviews from critics and grossed $103 million worldwide against a production budget of $33 million. It was followed by five sequels establishing their own
continuity
:
Apocalypse
(2004),
Extinction
(2007),
Afterlife
(2010),
Retribution
(2012), and
The Final Chapter
(2016).
Plot
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Underneath
Raccoon City
, a
genetic research
facility called the Hive is owned by the
Umbrella Corporation
. A thief steals the genetically engineered T-virus and contaminates the Hive with it. In response, the facility's
artificial intelligence
, the
Red Queen
, seals the Hive and kills everyone inside to prevent the virus from leaking into the outside world.
Alice
awakens in the bathroom of a deserted mansion, suffering
amnesia
. She is tackled by an unknown person as a group of commandos led by
James Shade
breaks in. Alice's attacker claims to be Matt Addison, who just transferred as a cop in Raccoon P.D. Alice and Matt are ordered to go down to the Hive with the group, where they find another amnesiac, Spence, hidden in their train. The commandos explain that everyone in the group except Matt is an employee of the Umbrella Corporation, and Alice and her partner Spence were assigned to guard the Hive's secret entrance beneath the mansion under the pretense of being married.
At the Red Queen's chamber, a laser defense system kills Shade and three more commandos. Despite the Red Queen's pleas for the group to leave, Kaplan disables it, causing the power to fail and all of the doors in the Hive to open. This releases the zombified staff and containment units holding
Lickers
, creatures created through experimentation with the T-virus. The humans are attacked by the horde, and J.D. dies while the rest are separated. Alice starts regaining her memories while Matt finds his sister Lisa zombified. Alice saves him, and Matt explains that he and Lisa were environmental activists. Lisa infiltrated Umbrella to smuggle out the evidence of illegal experiments and shut Umbrella down. Alice remembers that she was Lisa's contact in the Hive but does not tell Matt. The survivors reunite at the Red Queen's chamber, where the commandos explain they have one hour before the Hive traps them inside automatically. Alice and Kaplan activate the Red Queen to find an exit; to force her cooperation, they rig a remote shutdown.
As they escape through maintenance tunnels, zombies ambush them, and a reanimated J.D. bites
Rain
before she shoots him dead. They reach safety except Kaplan, who is bitten and separated from the group. Alice remembers that an anti-virus is in the lab, but they find it missing. She also remembers that Spence was the thief who stole and purposefully released the T-virus in the beginning; he hid both the T-virus and anti-virus on the train. Spence turns against the others but is bitten by a zombie before trapping the survivors in the lab. Spence retrieves the anti-virus but is killed by a Licker. The Red Queen offers to spare Alice and Matt if they kill Rain, who has been infected. A power outage occurs. Kaplan appears, having shut down the Red Queen to open the lab doors. The group heads to the train, where Alice retrieves the anti-virus and kills a reanimated Spence.
On the train, they inject Rain and Kaplan with the anti-virus. The Licker attacks them, clawing Matt and killing Kaplan. Alice subdues the Licker before Matt is attacked by a zombified Rain, the anti-virus having failed to cure her. He shoots Rain dead.
At the mansion, Matt's wound begins mutating. Before Alice can give him the anti-virus, a group of Umbrella scientists seizes them. They reveal Matt is to be put into the
Nemesis Program
, and the Hive is to be re-opened for an investigation into the incident.
Sometime later, Alice awakens at the Raccoon City Hospital strapped to an examination table. She escapes outside, only to find Raccoon City in ruins. She retrieves a shotgun from an abandoned police car for defense.
Cast
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Production
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Development
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German production company
Constantin Film
bought the live-action film rights for
Resident Evil
in January 1997, and hired screenwriter
Alan B. McElroy
to write the script.
[7]
[8]
At the time, McElroy was also writing the film adaptation for another video game,
Doom
, which ultimately wasn't used.
[9]
The May 1998 issue of
PlayStation Magazine
published an article about McElroy's
Resident Evil
script. Described as action- and horror-packed and very violent, the script was similar to the original game. Some changes were made; for example, there was no mention of the
Umbrella Corporation
or STARS. Instead, the plot followed a
special forces
team sent by the government to rescue scientists from the mansion laboratory after the
SWAT team
sent in earlier was killed, during which they realize the mission was a trap and that they are specimens in a medical experiment. The script included all major characters and monsters from the game. McElroy's script was rejected.
[10]
[11]
[12]
In 1998,
George A. Romero
directed a television commercial for the video game
Resident Evil 2
. The original game's director,
Shinji Mikami
, is a fan of Romero and had been influenced by
his films
. The commercial was only shown in Japan, but impressed Sony enough for them to ask him to write and direct
Resident Evil
. Romero stated that he had his secretary play the entire game through and record the gameplay so he could study it as a resource. Romero's screenplay was based on the first
Resident Evil
game and included characters from the video games.
Chris Redfield
and
Jill Valentine
were the lead characters, involved in a romantic relationship.
Barry Burton
,
Rebecca Chambers
,
Ada Wong
, and
Albert Wesker
were to also appear. The ending to the film would have been similar to the
best
ending to the first
Resident Evil
game.
[13]
Romero also hired artist
Bernie Wrightson
to design some concept artwork of creatures for the film, and Wrightson did several designs of Tyrant, based on its look in the original game and its description in Romero's script.
[14]
In a 2002 interview in
Fangoria
, Romero said that he wrote a total of five or six different drafts, but that they were rejected.
[15]
Robert Kulzer, head of the production, said that, although he felt Romero's script was good, the film would have received an
NC-17 rating
if it had been approved. He also said that the producers thought that McElroy did well with his script, but that they rejected it because, by the time it was finished, the second game would have been released and they felt a film based on the first game would appear dated.
[16]
[17]
[18]
Romero said a number of people from Capcom and Constantin supported his script, but Constantin head
Bernd Eichinger
ultimately rejected it.
[19]
In 2019, the
University of Pittsburgh
's Library System acquired the "George A. Romero Archival Collection", which included material involving his work on
Resident Evil
. These include several more copies of Romero's
Resident Evil
script, and a first draft of McElroy's script, dated May 29, 1997, all of which are available to read at the university.
[20]
[21]
In 2000, director
Jamie Blanks
was attached to a new adaptation that was said to borrow more elements from the
Resident Evil 2
and
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
games.
[22]
In 1995,
Paul W. S. Anderson
's low budget film
Mortal Kombat
became one of the first commercially successful video game adaptations.
[23]
After playing
Resident Evil
, Anderson saw its cinematic potential and wrote a script titled
Undead
, which he described as "a ripoff" of the game. Bernd Eichinger, head of Constantin Film, was enthusiastic, so Anderson developed it into the script for
Resident Evil
.
[16]
In late 2000, Anderson was announced as director and writer, and
Resident Evil
re-entered pre-production stages.
[24]
Anderson stated the film would not include any tie-ins with the video game series as "under-performing movie tie-ins are too common and
Resident Evil
, of all games, deserved a good celluloid representation".
[25]
Casting
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In early 2001,
Michelle Rodriguez
,
[26]
James Purefoy
[27]
and
Milla Jovovich
[28]
were the first of the cast to be signed on the project.
David Boreanaz
was intended to portray the male cop lead of Matt Addison, but he turned down the role to continue work on the
WB
series
Angel
. Boreanaz suggested that he was in negotiations to have a smaller role in the film, but he later declined the role.
[29]
The role of Matt Addison then went to
Eric Mabius
who was cast in March 2001,
[29]
along with
Heike Makatsch
, who was cast as Matt Addison's sister Lisa Addison, an employee working for
Umbrella's
Hive facility.
[30]
Filming and story development
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In early March 2001, half of the film was to be shot in Adlershof Studios in
Berlin
and its surroundings.
[31]
Principal photography
began on March 5, 2001, at numerous locations including the then-unfinished station
U-Bahnhof Bundestag
of the
Berlin U-Bahn
, Landsberger Allee, Kaserne Krampnitz and the Schloss Lindstedt.
[32]
[33]
The film was originally subtitled as
Resident Evil: Ground Zero
[31]
[34]
when it was considered a
prequel
to the games, but the subtitle was removed due to
9-11
.
[35]
The film's synopsis as of March 16, 2001 revealed that Jovovich's
Alice
and Rodriguez's Rain were the leaders of a
commando team
sent in to prevent a viral outbreak from spreading to the rest of the world.
[30]
The character of the Red Queen was added into the film's story as an
homage
to
Lewis Carroll
's
Alice in Wonderland
.
[16]
During production, professional dancers were hired to star as zombies as they had better control of their body movements. While computer effects were used on some zombies, much of the undead appearances were accomplished through make-up while their movements were a more
laissez-faire
approach, as Anderson told the actors to move however they thought a zombie would, given their conditions.
[35]
Whilst filming, there was a shortage of manpower where the available dancers were not enough to represent the required numbers of undead, but some of
Capcom
's executives and several of the film producers including
Jeremy Bolt
agreed to make appearances. The film's
stunt coordinator
also made an appearance as the dog trainer while Bolt's girlfriend and sister both appeared as zombies.
[35]
The
film's score
and soundtrack were composed by
Marco Beltrami
and
Marilyn Manson
during mid-2001. Manson described the score and soundtrack as being more "
electronic
" than his previous work.
[36]
Relationship to the games
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Elements are borrowed from
Resident Evil 2
and
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
, including Alice's character awakening in
Raccoon City
Hospital with a viral outbreak occurring in the city. There are several references to characters and organizations such as the
Umbrella Corporation
, the
Nemesis
program, the underground train bearing the moniker "Alexi-5000" (a double callback to a similar train in
Resident Evil 2
and
Code: Veronica
'
s villain
Alexia Ashford
), and a police cruiser, from which Alice takes out a
shotgun
, with a "STARS" logo on the hood.
Jason Isaacs
appears uncredited in the film as an unnamed masked doctor, a reference to
William Birkin
. The character of
Dr. Isaacs
(played by
Iain Glen
) in the later films is named after him.
[35]
[37]
Other references include Alice examining the mansion outside, where crows are visible; crows are minor enemies throughout the games.
[37]
Alice finds a picture of her wedding day with Spence, which is in the same style as the photos in the first version of the
Resident Evil
game: black-and-white with the foreground image noticeably
spliced
into the background. In the newspaper at the end of the film, the words
"Horror in Raccoon City! More Victims Dead!"
are shown in the upper right corner. This is a reference to the same newspaper in the censored opening of the first
Resident Evil
game and the prologue chapter for the
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Conspiracy
novel. Near the beginning of the film, Alice examines a statue after the wind blows its cover off. This statue is similar in design to one in the mansion of the first game.
[35]
While returning to the Red Queen's chamber, Kaplan points out that the four bodies of the group's dead crew from the Glass Hallway Trap sequence are gone. This is a reference to the games, where the bodies of enemies disappear.
[37]
When the survivors make their escape from the Hive with a countdown as they fight the Licker, this is a reference to the
Resident Evil
game which ends with a five-minute countdown, during which the boss must be defeated.
[35]
Anderson has stated that the film's
camera angles
and several shots allude to the video game's camera angles, such as the fight between Alice and the security guard. These include a scene near the beginning where there is a close up of Alice's eye, a direct reference to the title screen of the first game. In another scene, Alice awakes and hears a creepy sound, which is a reference to the plot of the first game.
[35]
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Release
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Marketing
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In March 2001, the official website was set up, which revealed the film's original October 26, 2001 release
[38]
and a redirect to the film's production company Constantin Film.
[39]
The website was fully opened in July 2001, and composed of images, plot info, character biographies and downloads.
[40]
In January 2002, the film was officially announced to have an
R rating
, although Anderson decided not to make it as gory as the games.
[16]
[41]
Originally it received an NC-17 rating and Anderson had to make cuts; the uncut version was teased but never released.
[42]
[43]
In December 2001, Sony gave fans a chance to design the film's poster with a prize of an undisclosed amount of cash and free screening of the film, with the final design being the film's poster.
[44]
On February 16, 2002, Nick Des Barres, a 23-year-old aspiring actor and ex-video game magazine designer, was announced as the winner of the competition.
[45]
The film's
trailer
and clips were released in late January
[46]
and early February 2002.
[47]
Resident Evil
was released on March 15, 2002, in the US.
On June 29, 2004, over two years after the film's release, a novelization by
Keith R. A. DeCandido
was published.
[48]
Distribution
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In May 2001, it was announced that
Sony Pictures Releasing
would distribute the film in North America through their
Screen Gems
label.
[49]
It was suggested by Capcom executives that the film would not be released in 2001, but rather in 2002,
[50]
which was later confirmed by Sony in August 2001.
[51]
The film was set for release on April 5, 2002, before being pushed forward to a March 15 release.
[52]
In December 2001, it was announced that
Pathe
and
FilmFour
had acquired the British theatrical distribution rights to the movie as part of a partnership between the two companies. They would both share acquisition and distribution costs and divide profits equally, while Pathe's UK distribution arm would handle distribution.
[2]
Home media
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Resident Evil
: Special Edition was released on
VHS
and
DVD
by
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
on July 30, 2002, in the United States,
[53]
April 14, 2003 by
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
in the United Kingdom
[54]
and October 2002 by
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
in Australia.
[55]
It was a special edition release, with a number of documentaries including five featurettes, one of which explained the making of
Resident Evil
, the film's score composition, costume design, set design, zombie make up tests, and the
music video
for a remixed version of "
My Plague
" by
Slipknot
.
A Deluxe Edition was released on September 7, 2004, which included new special features such as an alternate ending with director Anderson's video introduction, a clip compilation for
Apocalypse
, From Game to Screen featurette, a storyboarding
Resident Evil
featurette, and 6 other exclusive featurettes: The Creature, The Elevator, The Train, The Laser, Zombie Dogs and Zombies.
[56]
Screen Gems released
Resident Evil: Resurrected Edition
, a 2-disc package containing
Resident Evil
and
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
, on September 4, 2007.
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On January 1, 2008, a
Blu-ray
of the
Resident Evil
trilogy was released.
[59]
The film was also released on
Ultra HD Blu-ray
along with the five sequels on November 17, 2020.
[60]
Television
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In the United Kingdom, it was watched by
2.8 million
viewers on television during the first half of 2005, making it the eighth most-watched UK film on television during that period.
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Reception
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Box office
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The film opened in 2,528 theaters and grossed $17,707,106 on its opening weekend (March 15?17, 2002), ranking in second place behind
Ice Age
.
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[3]
The film grossed $40,119,709 domestically and $103,787,401 worldwide.
[6]
Critical response
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On
Rotten Tomatoes
the film has a score of 36% based on reviews from 132 critics and an average rating of 4.6/10. The consensus reads, "Like other video game adaptations,
Resident Evil
is loud, violent, formulaic, and cheesy."
[63]
On
Metacritic
, the film has an average score of 35 out of 100 based on 24 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".
[64]
Audiences polled by
CinemaScore
gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.
[65]
Robert K. Elder
from the
Chicago Tribune
thought the film "updates the zombie genre with an anti-corporate message while still scaring its audience and providing heart-pounding action".
[66]
Owen Gleiberman
from
Entertainment Weekly
noted: the film is as "impersonal in its relentlessness as the video-game series that inspired it".
[67]
Resident Evil
and its sequel appeared on
Roger Ebert
's most hated films list, published in 2005.
[68]
In his review, Ebert described it as a zombie movie set in the 21st century, where "large metallic objects make crashing noises just by being looked at", and criticized the dialogue for being a series of commands and explanations with no "small talk".
[69]
In 2014, filmmaker
James Cameron
named
Resident Evil
his biggest guilty pleasure.
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Accolades
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Sequels
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After commercial success at the box office, a
sequel
,
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
(2004) was released. It was followed by
Resident Evil: Extinction
(2007),
Resident Evil: Afterlife
(2010),
Resident Evil: Retribution
(2012) and
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
(2016). Anderson did not direct the second or third films due to filming commitments with
Alien vs. Predator
(2004) and
Death Race
(2008).
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See also
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