Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021)

November 24, 2021 (DE) • Action, Horror, Science Fiction • 107m

Overview

Once the booming home of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, Raccoon City is now a dying Midwestern town. The company’s exodus left the city a wasteland…with great evil brewing below the surface. When that evil is unleashed, the townspeople are forever…changed…and a small group of survivors must work together to uncover the truth behind Umbrella and make it through the night.

Director

Johannes Roberts

Writer

Johannes Roberts

Top Billed

Kaya Scodelario

Keywords

biological weapon orphanage dystopia mutant infection zombie mansion police station based on video game reboot ghost town duringcreditsstinger lockdown 1990s secret experiment bitter disheartening

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Top Billed Cast

Kaya Scodelario

Claire Redfield

Hannah John-Kamen

Jill Valentine

Robbie Amell

Chris Redfield

Tom Hopper

Albert Wesker

Avan Jogia

Leon Kennedy

Donal Logue

Chief Irons

Neal McDonough

William Birkin

Lily Gao

Ada Wong

Chad Rook

Richard Aiken

Marina Mazepa

Lisa Trevor

Nathan Dales

Vickers

Josh Cruddas

Ben Bertolucci

Pat Thornton

Truck Driver

Holly de Barros

Sherry Birkin

Janet Porter

Annette Birkin

Lily Gail Reid

Young Claire

Daxton Gujral

Young Chris

Dylan Taylor

Kevin Dooley

Sammy Azero

Enrico Marini

Jenny Young

Waitress / Louise

Stephannie Hawkins

Sickly Mother

Nathaniel McParland

Sickly Boy

Pamela MacDonald

Nurse

Heloise Catherine Pead Galvin

Ashford Twin #1

Sophia Ann Pead Galvin

Ashford Twin #2

Kalie Hunter

Chernobyl Zombie #1

Andrea Ciacci

Chernobyl Zombie #2

Kelly Reich

Female in Crowd (RCPD)

Robert Chaumont

Man in Crowd (RCPD)

Matthew MacCallum

Labcoat Zombie / Dining Hall Chernobyl Zombie #1

Jason Lee Bell

Dining Hall Chernobyl Zombie #2

Avaah Blackwell

Dooley’s Zombie (uncredited)

Carson Manning

Orderly (uncredited)

Crew

Jennifer Spence

Production Design

Dev Singh

Editor

Maxime Alexandre

Director of Photography

Jennifer Lantz

Costume Design

Cayley Jensen

Costume Set Supervisor

Minda Johnson

Costume Supervisor

Kalene Osborne

Casting Associate

Joseph Hinds

Assistant Makeup Artist

Ashley Nay

Key Hair Stylist

Scott Strauss

Executive In Charge Of Production

Samantha McMeekin

Script Supervisor

Andre Coutu

Post Producer

Jesse Lagace

Painter

Phil Canning

Music Supervisor

Anthony Veilleux

Prosthetics

Daniel Carrasco

Creature Design

Paul Jones

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Hailey Roseland-Barnes

Makeup Artist

Ruby Gibson

Coordinating Producer

Paul Grimard

Graphic Designer

Neil Morrill

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Steve Newburn

Prosthetic Designer

Randi Lee Butcher

Assistant Art Director

Jerrett Zaroski

Post Production Supervisor

Faith Campbell

Costume Assistant

Sara Sahr

Costume Assistant

Bruno Rocca

Art Direction

Shaun Hunter

Prosthetics

Erin Sweeney

Makeup Department Head

Mira Apci

Set Designer

Bj Prince

Animal Wrangler

Emma-Lee Hilton

Prosthetic Makeup Artist

Luke Ellis

Dresser

Paul W. S. Anderson

Executive Producer

Kevin Carter

Contact Lens Painter

Anthony Veilleux

Sculptor

Gerry Kingsley

Digital Compositor

Mark Wotton

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Mara Zigler

Costume Coordinator

Dann Campbell

Assistant Hairstylist

Alisha Robinson

Costume Supervisor

Allan Cooke

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Steph Pringle

Key Makeup Artist

Paul Grimard

Props

Daniella Pluchino

Makeup Artist

Anthony Ianni

Art Direction

Bill Ferwerda

Colorist

Kayla Dobilas

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Mark Kowalsky

Set Designer

Jack Madigan

Assistant Sound Editor

David Ottier

Utility Sound

Brittany Hurrell

Data Wrangler

Renan Deodato

Mix Technician

Shelley Silverman

Set Designer

Ryan Cox

Utility Sound

Jeff Skochko

Special Effects Supervisor

Frankie Ovis

Art Department Trainee

Andrew Tay

Sound Mixer

Brian Power

ADR Supervisor

Bret Killoran

Sound Mixer

Bruce Stanfield

Special Effects Assistant

Benjamin Darier

ADR Mixer

Bruno Rocca

Graphic Designer

Christian Urdapilleta

Concept Artist

Lori Paradis

Key Scenic Artist

Daniel Moctezuma

Foley Recordist

Jeff Skochko

Additional Photography

Ève Corrêa-Guedes

Dialogue Editor

Nelson Ferreira

Supervising Sound Editor

Hugh Goodden

Additional Photography

Jordan Bell

ADR Engineer

Jesse Fellows

ADR Recordist

Dashen Naidoo

Sound Designer

Thomas Hayek

Sound Mixer

Jo Hughes

Visual Effects Supervisor

Troy Robinson

Cyber Scanning Supervisor

Margaret Shain

Set Dresser

Daniel LaCroix

On Set Dresser

Craig Baker

Boom Operator

Matthew Beightol

Visual Effects Compositor

Amy Szoke

Stunt Double

Geoff Meech

Stunt Double

Ana Shepherd

Stunt Double

Matt Irwin

Camera Operator

Avaah Blackwell

Stunts

Matt Irwin

Assistant Director of Photography

Shawn Kazda

Best Boy Grip

Alex Armbruster

Stunt Double

Sean Skene

Stunts

Matt Irwin

Additional Photography

Darian Loohuizen

Camera Trainee

Ryan Prouse

Assistant Camera

Alessia Spalvieri

Assistant Director

Jason Lee Bell

Utility Stunts

Stephannie Hawkins

Stunts

Mike Chute

Stunt Driver

Randy Butcher

Stunts

Geoff Scovell

Stunts

Axel Green

Dolly Grip

AJ Risi

Stunt Double

Jubinville Steve

Modeling

Adam Stewart

Lighting Supervisor

Michael Fisher

Assistant Camera

Laura Pettitt

Unit Publicist

Richard Barlow

Production Assistant

Melissa Covey

Production Assistant

Adam Singer

Set Production Assistant

Vanessa Smith

Makeup Artist

Don Stockford

Stunt Double

Tyler Emms

Key Grip

Bas Reitsma

Stunt Double

DL MacDonald

Stunts

Adrian Saywell

Online Editor

Tessa Sawchuk

Assistant Production Coordinator

Cora Gillespie

Actor's Assistant

Andrew Butcher

Stunts

E. Nova Zatzman

Stunt Double

Nick Stead

Stunts

John Gallagher

Gaffer

Danielle Dmytraszko

Post Production Coordinator

Norbert Hermannstädter

Finance

Vincent Rother

Stunts

Sebastian Buitrago

Stunts

Neven Pajkic

Stunts

Dave Muscat

Additional Colorist

Olivia Gudaniec

Stand In

Alina Ducharme Dockery

Production Coordinator

Christina Cameron

Production Assistant

Dalton Haskin

Transportation Coordinator

Stephanie Aubertin

Stand In

Alexander Hamilton Westmore

Production Assistant

Patrick Perron

Online Editor

Donald Colafranceschi

Production Coordinator

Tanner Brazier

Assistant Accountant

Colin Jones

Casting

Cassandra Barbour

Clearances Consultant

Antje Bankmann

Finance

Lawrence Van Beek

Production Assistant

Paul T. Brooks

Assistant Editor

Brandon Mayer

Travel Coordinator

Lidia Castellano

Production Assistant

Luke Auger

Cast Driver

Bas Reitsma

Stunt Driver

Sharon Canovas

Stunts

Dan Skene

Stunt Coordinator

Kierstin Zoratto

Second Assistant "A" Camera

Chris Feltis

Assistant Director

Abel Erazo-Ibarra

Assistant Director

Nick Haskin

Cast Driver

Adam Bocknek

Second Assistant Director

Mark Korven

Original Music Composer

Johannes Roberts

Writer

Jeremy Bolt

Executive Producer

Bret Killoran

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Andrew Tay

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Hiroyuki Kobayashi

Associate Producer

Hartley Gorenstein

Unit Production Manager

Alex Zhang

Co-Executive Producer

Sara Kay

Casting

Christine Sola

Production Manager

Jenny Lewis

Local Casting

Johannes Roberts

Director

Victor Hadida

Executive Producer

Martin Moszkowicz

Executive Producer

Robert Kulzer

Producer

Hartley Gorenstein

Producer

James Harris

Producer

Reviews

Dark Jedi

⭐ 5/10

July 16, 2022

Well I cannot say that I I had high hopes for this movie but I have watched the other movies in the franchise and I am a bit of a sucker for horror/fantasy/science fiction movies. Especially if one can expect a decent amount of special effects and gore so…

It is not a great movie. Not even a good movie really but it is a half decent B-movie horror flick. It sure as hell is better than that woke piece of trash that Netflix has produced with their TV-show adaptation of the franchise but then that does not really say very much.

The story is rather non-existent and things just happen for no good reason. It is like the writer just took a bunch of zombie and monster encounters and threw them in a mixer to see what came out. Sure there is a resemblance of a background story there but it is not much.

We never get to know why the zombies escaped into Raccoon City, why the experiments where abandoned or anything else that might enlighten us as to why zombies pop up here and there all the time (apart from the fact that it is a Resident Evil movie and it is Raccoon City of course). There also seems to be a number of characters in the movie that knows a lot about what is actually going on but again, we never really get much of an explanation. I have understood that the movie is based on the story in the first three of the games so I guess those that have played them might understand the why’s better.

The main reason to watch this movie is the special effects, the gore and the action and this is best done with your brain in the off position. There are indeed some decent gory special effects and I have to say that the monsters in the later half of the movie was pretty okay.

I do miss Milla Jovovich though. There is not really any good kick-ass replacement for her although some of the characters tried. Also, for f… sake, will the dumbass Hollywood script writers ever going to stop putting stupid shit in the movies, like firing off bazookas and rocket launcher in confined spaces, say a train car. It doesn’t work unless the goal is to also kill the person firing it you morons!

One thing that annoyed me throughout the entire movie though is the fact that it is really dark. Sure it is a horror movie so some dark scenes is to be expected but the entire movie is really really dark. To the extent that it really is difficult to see what is going on for a lot of the movie. It might have worked in a cinema but on a TV-screen, even with the pretty good OLED that I have, it is really too dark.

So it was pretty much what I expected, a basic B-movie of the gore feast variety. Didn’t feel like I wasted my time but that is a positive as it gets.

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The Movie Mob

⭐ 6/10

August 27, 2022

**The director’s love for the games is apparent, but too many poor decisions ruined what could have been the best and most faithful Resident Evil yet.**

Welcome to Raccoon City marks the first live-action Resident Evil adaptation to stick close to the original games in story and feel. Character costumes looked like they were plucked right from the games. Sets and locations were identical to levels I spent hours playing. Easter eggs and nods th… read the rest.

Andre Gonzales

⭐ 7/10

August 15, 2023

Not bad, first one without Alice though. Racoon city now has since been destroyed now. They start to find out what's underneath the city.

AJYURH

July 10, 2025

A great improvement over the previous movies, but it still misses the mark. Discussing what "is" Resident Evil will never be easy, both the games and the movies reached quite a wide audience, and the two cannons have widely different themes, lovers of the games will want more gore, darkness, horror and a bit of cheesiness, and lovers of the movies will be looking forward to big set pieces, pumped action scenes, and a wide cast of characters. Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccon City is clearly trying to bridge the gap by offering an experience closer to that of the games, but in movie form, and it gets close, the themes are there, the cheesy, but undeniably cool scenes are present, and the overall plot follows that of the games much more closely. Having said that, the movie lacked the courage to fully abandon the core formula of the previous movies completely, creating a weird clashing mishmash of ideas. Welcome to Raccoon city wanted to have a wide cast of important characters, and to do so it decided to borrow from 3 games at once, and in its attempt to convert 3 isolated storylines into one a lot was left on the cutting room floor, characters were poorly developed, many events were barely explained, and overall the movie lacked cohesion. It's painful to see how many good ideas were there that lacked the time to be properly executed, one glaring example is the character of Leon, one can see that the movie tried to give him a zero to hero arc, with him going from a clumsy cop to a strong-headed, laid back hero, but the audience doesn't have enough time with the character to fully grasp that growth, and it just ends up giving the feeling that his character just changes drastically from scene to scene. A really good effort, but still a clumsy movie by the end, on par with the rest of the series.

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Dr Nostromo

⭐ 5/10

July 24, 2026

50/100

I love all the films in the original movie franchise so I was looking forward to this one. This is a reboot that is supposed to follow the first two installments of the video games much more closely ...to its detriment, me thinks. It could have been a great film as it has some really good bones but many of them were broken with some awfully ludicrous decisions; the Police Chief's behavior was totally ridiculous and entirely unnecessary,… read the rest.