{"id":395,"date":"2026-06-30T00:07:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T00:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aimoneylab.ai\/?p=395"},"modified":"2026-06-30T00:07:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T00:07:41","slug":"resident-evil-movie-follows-an-idiot-director-likens-story-to-lord-of-the-rings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aimoneylab.ai\/?p=395","title":{"rendered":"Resident Evil Movie Follows An \u201cIdiot,\u201d Director Likens Story To Lord Of The Rings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The upcoming Resident Evil movie from Weapons and Barbarian director Zach Cregger follows the story of an &#8220;idiot&#8221; in a narrative that the filmmaker says is akin to The Lord of the Rings. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/zach-cregger-resident-evil-is-a-zach-cregger-movie-that-happens-to-be-resi-exclusive\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/zach-cregger-resident-evil-is-a-zach-cregger-movie-that-happens-to-be-resi-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Speaking to Empire<\/a>, Cregger said Austin Abrams&#8217; character, a medical courier named Bryan, is an &#8220;everyman&#8221; who gets mixed up in a deadly, horrific adventure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe concept here is that we\u2019re following an idiot,\u201d Cregger said. \u201cNot that he\u2019s stupid, but he\u2019s not your typical game character, with no combat skills whatsoever and completely inept at survival. Bryan is very much an everyman who happens to be burdened with this kind of sacred mission that\u2019s going to take him into the heart of everything. It\u2019s kind of like Frodo going into Mordor.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RESIDENT EVIL \u2013 Official Teaser Trailer (4K)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SJPu1spHqfk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The entire movie feels like &#8220;one gigantic sequence,&#8221; Cregger went on to say, adding that things begin to &#8220;pop off&#8221; five minutes into the movie&#8211;and it only ramps up from there. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt feels like one gigantic sequence,\u201d he says. \u201cThings pop off about five minutes in and it basically stays like that until the end. What I love about the games is that you move from set-piece to set-piece. Every location has a unique challenge. So again, I\u2019m borrowing from the games directly in that rhythm, where you\u2019re just running through a gauntlet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Resident Evil movie does not follow the events of any of the games, or feature its characters, and some have balked at that. But Cregger has said time and again that he&#8217;s a huge fan of the games and is aiming to capture the tone of the games while instilling his own vision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s really a Zach Cregger movie that just happens to be a\u00a0Resident Evil\u00a0movie,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was reported that Cregger had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/weapons-director-zach-cregger-was-given-carte-blanche-to-reinvent-resident-evil-for-the-big-screen\/1100-6538203\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/weapons-director-zach-cregger-was-given-carte-blanche-to-reinvent-resident-evil-for-the-big-screen\/1100-6538203\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">carte blanche to do whatever he wanted with the Resident Evil movie<\/a> to reinvent the film series. Paul W.S. Anderson directed the six previous major Resident Evil movies that together made more than $1 billion at the box office. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Resident Evil movie releases on September 18. It&#8217;s not the only video game movie still to come this year, as the Street Fighter movie arrives on October 16.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The upcoming Resident Evil movie from Weapons and Barbarian director Zach Cregger follows the story of an &#8220;idiot&#8221; in a narrative that the filmmaker says is akin to The Lord of the Rings. 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