Adaptation #21: Don’t Stand Under the Umbrella

After seeing the newest film in the franchise, the hosts get together to discuss Resident Evil as a whole, what they like about the games, their favorite of the films and which ones didn’t measure up.

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Music: Zombie Zoo by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Main Discussion

Resident Evil Games

-Premiered in 1996

-Produced by Capcom

-Also inspired novelizations (written predominantly by SD Perry) and comics published by Wildstrom

Resident Evil Films

2002: Resident Evil

-Directed by Paul WS Anderson

2004: Resident Evil: Apocalypse

-Directed by Alexander Witt

2007: Resident Evil: Extinction

-Directed by Russell Mulcahy

2010: Resident Evil: Afterlife

-Directed by Paul WS Anderson

CGI Films

2008: Resident Evil: Degeneration

2012: Resident Evil: Damnation

Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)

-Released September 14 in the US and September 28 in the UK

-Directed and written by Paul WS Anderson

-Starring Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory and Michelle Rodriguez

Stay tuned for episode #22 on the Stephen Chbosky’s film The Perks of Being a Wallflower, based on his own novel!