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It’s not defined till later why the historically murderous Wesker appears so uncharacteristically amiable and bland at first, and the revelation is a doozy. The thriller and confusion surrounding Wesker are completely embodied by the ever-enigmatic Lance Reddick, whose skills as an actor are stretched farther than ever because the story progresses and Wesker’s true nature is revealed.
The setup: It’s 2022 and Wesker brings his younger twin daughters Jade (Tamara Smart) and Billie (Siena Agudong) to “New Raccoon City,” a sterilized utopia hiding a darkish secret within the Umbrella Corporation’s analysis labs the place Albert is lead scientist. Jade harbors a deep resentment for her dad for uprooting her life and lets him realize it, although Billie is extra forgiving, no less than at first. As the twins start uncovering the reality behind what’s actually occurring at Umbrella, their belief in him shatters.
And that’s solely half the story, actually. The present jumps between two timelines, one in 2022 and one in 2036, which sees a 30-year-old Jade (Ella Balinska) preventing by a completely zombified world in quest of a treatment for the outbreak that began again in New Raccoon City in 2022.
This Resident Evil is a household drama before everything, which is certain to show off followers with sure, well-warranted expectations of the franchise. Much of the present is dedicated to Albert and his ladies working by their points of their boxy, gray suburban home, and whereas the actors even have nice chemistry, viewers anticipating a continuous zombie kill-a-thon will likely be sorely disillusioned.
The first half of the season drags in locations, notably when Albert’s arguing together with his boss, Evelyn Marcus (Paola Nuñes), throughout the chilly partitions of Umbrella Corp. In truth, nearly the entire secondary and tertiary characters come throughout as shallow caricatures, which makes their scenes really feel like a waste of time. Some of the teenager drama the women grapple with at college feels slightly aimless as properly, however thank goodness Smart, Agudong, and Reddick are terrific collectively and elevate among the weaker moments simply sufficient to drag us by.
The character work is worse within the 2036 timeline. Balinska is terrific as an motion hero, however many of the interactions with the opposite characters fall flat. The zombie killing sort of saves the day right here—the motion and violence of the longer term timeline is spectacular and extra consistent with what you’d see within the extra action-oriented entries within the recreation sequence, like RE4, RE5, and RE6.
