Netflix's Resident Evil Gets Eaten Up By A Horde Of Bad Reviews
It seems like the latest Resident Evil adaptation is living up to the standard of letting down fans of the franchise, but Netflix's brand new series may have taken that to the next level, as over the weekend it amassed some of the worst reviews ever received by any production releasing on the streaming service.
This Resident Evil adaptation stars Lance Reddick as Albert Wesker and twins Jade and Billie Wesker (played by Ella Balinska and Adelina Rudolph), featuring a dual timeline set in 2022 and 2036, with the latter depicting the typical zombie apocalypse scenario. Now if this doesn’t really sound like classic Resident Evil, then that’s exactly why thousands of fans all over the world are voicing their displeasure with the show and why this could very well be an all-time low when it comes to video game adaptations or just content altogether.
Capcom Set the Gold Standards for Remakes with Resident Evil
At the time of writing, Netflix's Resident Evil holds a worrisome 51% critics' score on Rotten Tomaties along with an even worse audience rating of 25%, and it’s not like the overall perception is much different elsewhere. Over on, IMDB this Resident Evil is rated as 3.6 out of 10. All of these ratings are far lower than last year’s Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness, an animated Netflix production, or Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, which at least got a somewhat positive audience reception due to its relative faithfulness to source material from Capcom's games.
As for why exactly the series is being so criticized, it goes far beyond detachment from the games, as there are simply a lot of things that don’t make sense in Resident Evil. Most people suggest the show has very little to offer when it comes to storytelling,
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