All 11 Resident Evil movies ranked from worst to best

1. Resident Evil

Filmmaker Paul W.S. Anderson’s six-part Resident Evil saga has had his wife Milla Jovovich as the main protagonist Alice. Rounding this out to be a family affair with daughter Ever Anderson featured in the sixth and final film of the series.

The character of Alice only exists in Anderson’s film universe of Resident Evil. Having no ties to the video games whatsoever, her character was created solely for the purpose of the film and driving Anderson’s storyline.

In this first film, Alice is introduced to us as a woman waking up in a mysterious mansion with no recollection of how she got there. Soon we learn that she is part of a special unit tasked with a mission to break into an underground lab where they learn that a deadly virus has been unleashed. The film’s tone is much darker and leans more into the horror and suspense genre than any of the following chapters to come after.

Although it has barely any connection to the games it’s still an enjoyable watch for its survival horror aspect and it did have the visible potential to be a cult favorite. Love them or hate them the Resident Evil movies have made their marks for better or worse. Hopefully, a future installment will give a more faithful adaptation of the games.