I don't play video games, I know very little about the Resident Evil games. I am somewhat familiar with the movies and that most of them aren't good. For a long time this franchise was cursed with bad movies, until now. From the director of Weapons , this rendition of Resident Evil centers on a medical courier who makes the mistake of bringing a package to a VERY infected Racoon City. Yeah this movie was awesome, I liked it way more than I expected. And If you remember from my "September 2026 Releases" post, I was skeptical about seeing this and I am so glad I gave it a shot. This is probably the ugliest virus I have ever seen, even during the early stages because of how unhinged the infected become. While the movie was indeed terrifying, it was also strangely versatile as it was comical when it wanted to be (which was most of the time) but also heartbreaking when it needed to be. A lot of that is credited to Austin Abrams, who we'll talk about later. This movie ...
So why did Hollywood think it was a good idea to release 2 movies called "Runner" around the same time? Though the difference is one of them stars Jack Reacher and released to theaters, while the other stars probably the worst actress of a generation and released to Amazon Prime. In The Runner , Gal Gadot runs for her son's life when he is kidnapped by Damien Lewis. I have heard almost no good things about this movie aside from it being short. However I tried not to let that cloud my own judgment upon finally watching this. But unfortunately people are right, this is very bad. The problem is this movie tries way too hard to be intense when it's mostly just running and talking. And whenever it actually did get intense it was either briefly or extremely over-the-top. Pretty much everything was poorly executed. Mainly the plot twist, which I was aware of before hand due to other reviews. Not only was it obviously impossible and unrealistic for the protagonist to pull of...