resident Evil is a successful video game released by the Japanese company Capcom in 1996. Due to its great success, it was brought to the big screen. It was in 2022 when screenwriter and director Paul WS Anderson presented his film adaptation. The film had the protagonism of Milla Jovovich and Michelle Rodriguez, and it moved away from the plot of the video game to tell us a completely new story with different characters.
After almost more than 20 years since the first film was released, Resident evil: welcome to Raccoon City arrives in theaters, a new version that takes the plot of the first two video games, bringing back the terror of the 80′s and 90′s. The film is directed by Johannes Roberts and has a first-rate cast, of which we will provide you with details below:
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Kaya Scodelario as Claire Redfield
After having spent her childhood in a sinister orphanage, behind which was Umbrella Corporation, Claire Redfield returns to Raccoon City in search of her brother Chris. A journalist named Ben Bertolucci alerts him that the company has been “poisoning” the population little by little and is now a ghost place from which the poor have not been able to escape. Her brother will receive her just before being sent on a mission to the Spencer mansion, where the virologist Dr. Pswell E. Spencer lived. Claire’s instincts make her move to the police station where her brother works and it is there that she meets Leon S. Kennedy. The character is played by Kaya Scodelario, who became known for her role on Maze Runner and the youth series Skins.
Robbie Amell as Chris Redfield
Chris Redfield was educated by Dr. William Birkin, who made him a police officer. One unexpected day his sister Claire arrives, who shows him a VHS tape with the message of a journalist that alerts about the experiments that Umbrella Corporation has carried out with the population of the city. Next, your boss will designate you to go in search of a team of agents who have disappeared in the Spencer mansion. Actor Robbie Amell plays the title character.
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Avan Jogia as Leon S. Kennedy
After having barely passed the police tests, Leon S. Kennedy is assigned to the Raccoon City Police Station. Despite being a rookie, he is put in charge due to his boss trying to escape the city. Everything will change when Leon meets Claire, the sister of his partner Chris, who reveals that something bad is happening to the few remaining citizens in the town and that the Umbrella Corporation is behind everything. The main character in video games is played by Avan Jogia, known for his character in the youth series Victorious.
Hannah John-Kamen as Jill Valentine
Jill Valentine is the co-star of the Capcom video game. Along with Chris Redfield, Albert Wesker and Richard Aiken they go on a mission to the Spencer mansion, home of the owner and founder of Umbrella Corporation. In this place you will have to look for some colleagues who went to the place and did not return. Hannah John-Kamen will step into the role of Jim, the actress is known for her role as Ghost in the Marvel movie Ant-Man and the Wasp.
Tom Hopper as Albert Wesker
Albert Wesker is one of the leaders of the Raccoon City police station, who seems to hide a dark secret, since when he goes in search of his colleagues who disappeared in strange circumstances, he receives a message that warns him that in his locker he has everything he needs to get out of town. Little by little, his companions will discover the truth. The character is played by Tom Hopper, who became known for his role as Luther on the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy.
Neal McDonough as William Birkin
The orphanage where Claire Redfield and her brother Chris lived as children was run by Dr. William Birkin (this differentiates the film from the video game). In that place, experiments were carried out with humans, the purpose of which was to develop a virus that turns people into lethal weapons without conscience. When disaster strikes the city of Raccoon City, Birkin will try to escape, forgetting what he has created. Actor McDonough is known for playing various villains such as M. Bison in Street fighter or Damien Darhk in the series The Flash.
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