{"id":2669694,"date":"2026-09-25T06:09:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T10:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/review-of-resident-evil\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T06:13:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T10:13:22","slug":"review-of-resident-evil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/review-of-resident-evil\/","title":{"rendered":"Review of Resident Evil"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">8<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freview-of-resident-evil%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2669694&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The author explains their dislike for video games, gore, and horror elements like reanimated corpses, which initially made them hesitant to review the new &#8220;Resident Evil&#8221; movie.Despite this,they decided to see the film because it was highly popular,earning over $60 million in its opening weekend. The review follows their previous coverage of other movies such as &#8220;practical Magic 2,&#8221; &#8220;Spider-Man: Brand New Day,&#8221; &#8220;The Odyssey,&#8221; and &#8220;Coyote vs. Acme.&#8221; The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-california-bill-could-completely-disqualify-former-ice-agents-from-public-employment\/\" title=\"New California Bill Could Completely Disqualify Former ICE Agents from Public Employment\">article includes promotional content<\/a> for a subscription to the Washington Examiner, emphasizing full access to their coverage and the option to subscribe or log in.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not being a fan of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/video-games\/\">video games<\/a>, gore, or jolts administered by the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3198053\/not-a-horror-freak\/\">sudden appearance of reanimated corpses<\/a>, I did not particularly wish to review the<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/movies\/\"> new movie<\/a> <em>Resident Evil<\/em>, but since I had already written about the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/movies-and-films\/\">other movies<\/a> occupying the top five at the box office last weekend, when the video game adaptation premiered at No. 1, I felt I had no choice.<\/p>\n<p>Having <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/4730431\/practical-magic-2-review\/\">spilt ink<\/a> on <em>Practical Magic 2<\/em>, <em>Spider-Man: Brand New Day<\/em>, <em>The Odyssey<\/em>, and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/4719170\/coyote-vs-acme-movie-review-looney-tunes\/\">my beloved <\/a><em>Coyote vs. Acme<\/em>, I reckoned that I was obliged to see the movie on which members of the public had collectively shelled out more than $60 million that opening weekend.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 160px; 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