Related: William Levy's Resident Evil 6 Costume Is Loaded With This One Easter Egg Retribution picks up from the cliffhanger of the fourth movie with Alice captured by Umbrella and she must escape from an underwater base, while The Final Chapter reveals some shocking revelations about Umbrella's plans and Alice's backstory. Extinction is the Mad Max-inspired entry, while Afterlife is the first shot in 3D and pit Milla Jovovich's Alice against classic game villain Albert Wesker. Resident Evil: Apocalypse is the closest the movies came to the original games and is largely an adaptation of Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. Resident Evil and Resident Evil: The Final Chapter are pretty self-explanatory in terms of chronology, but it's the middle that gets confusing. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2017).Since the sequel eschewed numbers in the titles, the chronological order can be confusing to newbies, so here's how they're meant to be viewed. The franchise holds the distinction of being the most successful based on a video game too, as they've collectively grossed over $1.2 billion worldwide. Related: What Milla Jovovich Has Done Since the Resident Evil Movies EndedĪnderson initially stated he wanted to make a Resident Evil trilogy, but following the advent of 3D in the late 2000s, he expanded that to two trilogies instead. The movies remain controversial among fans, as they favor outlandish action over suspense or horror and largely ignore the stories from the games.
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In many ways, the Resident Evil series would become a defining franchise for the filmmaker, as he either wrote or directed all six chapters, in addition to meeting his future wife Milla Jovovich during the first film.
Anderson ultimately helmed the first Resident Evil movie, which was a comeback for the director following the box-office failures of Event Horizon and Soldier. Romero wrote a relatively faithful adaptation of the first game with lots of action, but for whatever reason, producers rejected it and he was fired from the project. Romero - director of zombie classics like Dawn Of The Dead - was hired to direct a Japanese commercial for Resident Evil 2, which led to him nabbing the planned movie adaptation. The modern-day comeback of the zombie began in earnest with both Resident Evil and The House Of The Dead games in the late 1990s. The lack of numerals can make the correct viewing sequence confusing, so here's a guide to the Resident Evil movie franchise in chronological order.