Zach Cregger's 'Resident Evil' Adaptation Becomes Highest-Rated Video Game Movie

Zach Cregger’s take on iconic survival horror franchise Resident Evil has become the highest rated video game movie of all time.

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Rather than a direct adaptation of any of the beloved Resident Evi l games or the many spin-offs, Cregger’s film tells an original story that runs parallel to the events of Resident Evil 2 . “In an all-new story,  Resident Evil follows Bryan (Austin Abrams), a medical courier who unwittingly finds himself in an action-packed, non-stop race for survival as one fateful, horrifying night collapses around him in chaos,” reads a description of the “thrilling — and terrifying — reinvention of the Resident Evil  franchise.”

In the lead up to the film’s release, Cregger has had to defend his decision to not include any familiar characters – a move that’s upset some diehard game fans.. “My only hope is that they’ll see the movie regardless of their skepticism or their disappointment that I’m not telling some of the stories that the games tell so well, they will feel seen when they do watch the movie and they will recognise all of the love for the games that are in this movie, because it is there,” Cregger told IGN recently. “This is not me just telling a story and slapping Resident Evil on it so I can get a budget. This is me telling a Resident Evil story. I understand the resistance, I do, because I have it myself. It is coming from a true place of love.”

Resident Evil hits UK cinemas tomorrow (September 18) and, according to critic reviews, is the best video game adaptation ever made. The movie currently has a 97 per cent score on Rotten Tomatoes (based on 91 reviews) and a “generally favourable” score of 79 on Metacritic .

It beats out 2024’s Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (which has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 86 per cent), Werewolves Within and The Angry Birds Movie . Check out the top ten below:

The highest-rated video game movies of all time, according to Rotten Tomatoes:

- Resident Evil (97 per cent score)

- Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (86)

- Werewolves Within (86)

- The Angry Birds Movie (72)

- Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (69)

- Pokemon Detective Pikachu (68)

- Gran Turismo (65)

- Sonic The Hedgehog (64)

- Mortal Kombat 2 (64)

- The Super Mario Bros. Movie (59)

Later this year, a live orchestral concert tour will take place celebrating 30 years of Resident Evil ‘s terrifying soundtracks . ‘Resident Evil: Symphony Of Legacy’ is a “musical journey through one of the most influential horror universes in pop culture history—bringing together, for the first time, the worlds of video games and cinema in a single live experience,” explains a press release. “This concert tour revives the myth of  Resident Evil  in a powerful new form: live, immersive, and utterly captivating.” Tickets for the tour are  available now .

In other news, Bring Me The Horizon  vocalist  Oli Sykes ,  Spiritbox ‘s Courtney LaPlante and producer Grabbitz have teamed up to create a new EDM  Valorant  anthem – check out ‘If The Sun Burns Out Tonight’ here

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