Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
As Raccoon City's hidden biological catastrophe erupts, a handful of survivors battle Umbrella's monsters through the night.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- gory
- tense
- pulpy
- horror movie night
- video game adaptation marathon
What critics said
Critics recognized the film's closer fidelity to the games and enthusiastic fan service but broadly found its overcrowded story, thin characterization, and rushed pacing undermined the adaptation.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Umbrella Corporation's abandoned operations and biological research drive the outbreak and the survivors' investigation.
The film centers on Raccoon City, the Spencer Mansion, the police station, and characters drawn directly from the Resident Evil games.
Raccoon City's decline after Umbrella's departure creates the isolated, wasteland-like backdrop for the infection.
The mansion, police station, orphanage, and underground facilities function as distinct danger zones for the survivors.
Films like Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, and why
Resident Evil
Shares survival horror, zombie outbreaks, biopunk conspiracy, and claustrophobic institutional settings.
Alien: Resurrection
Shares ensemble survival horror, corporate experimentation, mutant creatures, and action-driven scares.
Doom
Shares video game adaptation, undead outbreak, embattled survivors, and brisk B-movie energy.
The Crazies
Shares small-town infection horror, conspiratorial government science, and escalating creature violence.
Movie Details
- Director
- Johannes Roberts
- Release Date
- 2021-11-24
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 (2822)
Cast
- Kaya Scodelario
- Hannah John-Kamen
- Robbie Amell
- Tom Hopper
- Avan Jogia
- Donal Logue
- Neal McDonough
- Lily Gao
- Chad Rook
- Marina Mazepa
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Hulu, fuboTV, YouTube TV, FXNow, Starz Apple TV channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City about?
- As Raccoon City's hidden biological catastrophe erupts, a handful of survivors battle Umbrella's monsters through the night.
- What is Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City as graphic.
- What did critics think of Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City?
- Critics recognized the film's closer fidelity to the games and enthusiastic fan service but broadly found its overcrowded story, thin characterization, and rushed pacing undermined the adaptation.
- Which films are like Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City?
- Films with a similar feel include Resident Evil, Alien: Resurrection, Doom, and The Crazies.
- How long is Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City?
- Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City runs 107 minutes.
- Where can I watch Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City?
- In United States, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City streams on Hulu, fuboTV, YouTube TV, FXNow, Starz Apple TV channel.
